Here’s a look at top local news stories from 2025.

I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I work on them in the margins of other responsibilities, yet they have become a constant. In 2025, I ...

When Aliko Dangote first announced his intention to build a private oil refinery in Nigeria back in 2013, skeptics outnumbered ...

Antarctica is breaking apart in two very different directions. While West Antarctica hemorrhages ice into warming seas at an ...

For decades, exterior polyurethane varnish has played a pivotal role in enhancing surface durability, aesthetics, and ...

Sommarøy’s time-free zone was, in a sense, an attempt by residents to reclaim their connection to a more natural measure of time. After all, every year, the island experiences roughly 1,656 hours of ...

The Orpheum Theater, a restored vaudeville house, brings touring productions to the heartland, offering the Broadway experience without New York City prices or the challenge of navigating Manhattan ...

Boston Sail Loft, an unassuming waterfront establishment, serves what might just be the most perfect lobster roll in Massachusetts—perhaps even all of New England—without any of the fanfare you might ...