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By Terry Eliasen, WBZ-TV Meteorologist, Executive Weather ProducerBOSTON - Welcome to June!It is the official start of meteorological summah!And, what better way to kick things off than with a couple 90 degree days followed by a couple days in the 50s!  So much going on this weekend from graduation and grad parties to weddings, ball games etc. Sadly, the weather news is not good.I think the best we can hope for is that much of Saturday and Sunday will just be gray and chilly and NOT soaking wet. This is a distinct possibility. Let's break it down as best we...

BOSTON (TCD) – Police have arrested a 35-year-old man they allege raped several women in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood in 2007 and 2008. Boston Police announced May 30 they took Matthew J. Nilo into custody in New Jersey and charged him with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery. Police said these assaults allegedly occurred Aug. 18, 2007, Nov. 22, 2007, Aug. 5, 2008, and Dec. 23, 2008.

Flames tore through two homes in Brockton early Thursday morning, sending three people to the hospital and displacing 19 residents.

The South Shore chain of urgent care centers and medical clinics shut down without warning due to unspecified "challenges" Wednesday. Compass Medical, a South Shore chain of urgent care and medical clinics, shut down Wednesday without warning due to unspecified “challenges,” leaving patients and staff baffled and frustrated.

The girl was a student at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School

Ward Hayden’s musical vision took him and his bandmates around the world, but he finally learned that what he wanted most was right in his backyard. Ward Hayden and the Outliers have just released their latest album (May 5). “South Shore” is a collection of songs that celebrate the simpler pleasures in life and love, including appreciating your old hometown. In Hayden’s case, that is Scituate.

The attorney who was arrested this week in New Jersey by police and the FBI is set to return to Boston to face charges in a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings from 2007 and 2008. Matthew Nilo appeared in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday morning for an extradition hearing...

BROCKTON – Searching for a new place to eat, a good meal, or a fan favorite? Yelp, a popular online food review website, can help make your choice easier. The website has compiled a list of what they rate are the 10 best restaurants for food lovers in the Brockton area. The cuisine is varied with everything from Cajun seafood boils and sushi to authentic Vietnamese Pho and Cape Verdean food to barbecue.

HANSON − The family of missing Hanson native Maura Murray is continuing to keep her memory alive with a new scholarship for a graduating Whitman-Hanson Regional High School senior who competes in cross country. Maura Murray, then 21, went missing after leaving her dorm at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and crashing her car in New Hampshire in 2004. Murray was a 2000 graduate of Whitman-Hanson High School and captain of the cross-country team. ...

Lindsey’s Family Restaurant, the East Wareham seafood institution which closed down after 74 years last fall citing staff shortages, is in the process of selling to Towne Tavern and Tap. Towne Tavern, owned by David Barry, has locations in Attleboro and Pembroke. Former Lindsey’s owner Cheri Lindsey said Barry...

Boston Police are asking for help from the public to find a 13-year-old teenager from Dorchester.

QUINCY, Mass. — The Massachusetts medical group that surprised patients and staff this week with its decision to close has not paid any part of a recent $16 million court judgment, according to another medical group that won the lawsuit. Quincy-based Compass Medical on Wednesday confirmed its "imminent plan"...

Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: ‘Only in the 50°s with a raw NE wind and rain at times for the 1st weekend of June’

In your evening travels, have you come across any street lights in the Boston area that are blue or purple? It’s not meant to be that way. They’re not some kind of upgrade or an energy-saving invention like I assumed. A listener in Saugus called today and said she heard they heard using these special lights is to help prevent crime. So I looked it up.

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Brockton mom graduated with honors and her 2-year-old daughter by her side, or in her arms. The pair walked across the graduation stage Thursday together. Tiana Teixeira received an associate’s degree from Massasoit Community College, and the president of the college praised her during the...

Some residents are demanding the state take action and call sharpshooters back in. Following the death of a dog that was attacked by a coyote while being walked on a leash in Nahant Sunday, residents there are restless. Multiple dog owners said they fear walking their dogs in the North Shore near-island town, and that something needs to be done about the issue before it gets further out of hand.

Brockton's first brewpub, which prides itself in being the 6th Black-owned Brewery in Massachusetts, is celebrating its one-year anniversary of being open!. Brockton Beer Company, which features a full menu of craft beer, drinks, and food, is a family-friendly establishment that was founded in 2018 by five local families who bonded over their shared love of youth sports and weekly game nights.

A male black bear, dubbed Buster, has been routinely spotted in communities around the South Shore recently, while also becoming a bit of a local fixation. The Plymouth Police Department warned area residents that Buster was foraging for food in people’s trash bins along Bourne Road in the community over Memorial Day weekend and provided tips on how best to stay “bear-safe.”

A Somerville woman has been charged after authorities say she strangled her mother, who was found dead inside her Summer Street apartment over the weekend, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced. Gail Gasperini, 73, of East Boston, was reported missing by her husband on the evening of May 28, according...

Guns N’ Roses on Wednesday announced that they will be performing alongside a special guest when their worldwide tour stops at Fenway Park this summer.