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BOSTON -- This weekend, you can check out popular beer gardens that are reopening, do yoga with baby goats, take a ferry for free, and try delicious food from the SouthCoast area. It's all a part of this weekend's To Do List.OWL'S NEST BEER GARDENSThe Owl's Nest beer gardens on the esplanade and in Herter Park are reopening this weekend. In addition to those two spots, Night Shift Brewing has four more locations opening in June. You'll be able to find rotating food trucks at each of them.https://nightshiftbrewing.com/locations/owls-nest/When: Times of operation vary Where: OWL'S NEST ESPLANADE Between Berkeley & Clarendon Streets...

LINE: Red Sox -112, Mariners -107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs. BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox take on the Seattle Mariners after Trevor Story hit three home runs against the Mariners on Thursday. Boston is 7-10 at home and 16-22 overall. The Red Sox have gone 10-4 in games...

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metropolitan area, which covers parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a total of 13,107 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 272 fatalities […]

The move to send Brasier down to Worcester allows the Sox to create a spot on their 26-man roster for fellow right-hander Michael Wacha, who is expected to be activated from the 15-day injured list and start against the M’s on Friday night. Brasier was an obvious candidate to...

Astros left-hander Framber Valdez entered Thursday trailing only Justin Verlander on the Houston staff in innings pitched, having worked at

QUINCY — The rise in COVID-19 cases is showing no signs of slowing down. For the eighth straight week, the number of cases statewide and on the South Shore increased, the state Department of Public Health reported on Thursday. New case numbers increased in all 23 communities surveyed, some by more than 50%, over a week ago.

As South Shore Hospital celebrates its 100th anniversary this week, a truly significant milestone for our entire heath system, we are grateful for our community’s generous support and honored to carry forward a century-long legacy of service to patients and families on the South Shore. It began in 1921,...

Marcus Smart ended the Celtics’ 127-102 blowout win over Miami with 24 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds, three steals and a block. Smart finished one board shy of a triple-double and led Boston to a comfortable series-tying victory, making his presence felt on both ends after he was forced to sit out of Tuesday’s Game 1.

Marley Robinson doesn’t consider herself a sporty person. She has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that impacts nerves and muscles, and says that she was never drawn to sports because of her disability. But on a recent Saturday afternoon in Roxbury, Robinson, who just graduated from Northeastern University...

MIAMI — When the Heat were making their mini-comeback in the third quarter, Jimmy Butler again had his fingerprints all over Miami’s run. The Celtics led by 25 points by halftime, but the Heat were at least trying to make it interesting with Butler leading the way. He scored 16 of his 29 points in the third alone, hitting shots and getting the crowd back into the game.

FALL RIVER — The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association released its fourth tournament power rankings for the spring season on Thursday. Teams finishing in the top 32 of these rankings qualify for the state tournament. Teams that is outside the top 32 can still qualify for the playoffs by finishing .500 or better.  Here's a look at where...

Tailwind Air will no longer be flying seaplane service from Boston Harbor to Provincetown Harbor, instead opting to fly from Boston Harbor to Provincetown Municipal Airport. Since seaplanes are amphibious, they can take off and land on both water and land. The seaplane service, which is the only commercial seaplane...

“Probably for the first time in the history of Exeter a child of Chinese parentage has been born in Exeter.”  So wrote a notice in the Exeter News-Letter announcing the birth of Priscilla Ung in 1937. Her family lived on Water Street above their laundry business in a building that no longer exists. Her parents, Hung Yum and Hom Ung, arrived in the United States in the 1920s when it was difficult for Chinese immigrants to gain entry into...

Marcus Smart inspired the Boston Celtics to a 127-102 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday to level the Eastern Conference Finals. Smart had missed the opening game of the series through injury but returned with a vengeance in Game 2, racking up 24 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds and three steals in a 40-minute masterclass.

WEYMOUTH – Annmarie Reardon launched the Weymouth Pride Project last year with the hopes of handing out 500 rainbow flags for Weymouth residents to fly during Pride Month in June. She and a group of residents ended up raising enough money to give away 700 flags, provide a book...

After defeating the Seattle Mariners with a season-high 12-run, 16-hit performance on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox look to build upon that victory as the four-game series continues on Friday. Michael Wacha (3-0, 1.38 ERA) is expected to come off the injured list to start for Boston. The Red Sox...