It's Summer!

Your guide to beaches, ice cream, seafood, Fourth of July, family-friendly activities, and more.

62 Massachusetts beaches you need to visit at least once

Ideas to stay cool 🏖️

Cape Cod Travel

Cape Cod towns have so many great beaches. Here's why you should visit them.

Culture

Soak in the sun at The Colonnade’s rooftop pool

Beaches

Mass. has one of the best secret beaches in the U.S., according to Southern Living

Ice cream 🍦

ICE CREAM

Where to get the best ice cream on Cape Cod

ICE CREAM

Where to get the best ice cream around Boston

ICE CREAM

Where to get the best ice cream in Somerville and Cambridge

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ICE CREAM

27 places to get a delicious frappe

ICE CREAM

21 places to get an ice cream sandwich

Readers Say

27 places that serve deliciously decadent ice cream sundaes

Seafood 🦞

$1 oysters

A guide to $1 oyster happy hour deals in Boston

🦞🦞🦞

Readers share their best tips and tricks for cracking open and eating a New England lobster

SEAFOOD

The best clam shacks in New England

Readers Say

We asked for the places that serve the best lobster roll. Here are your favorites.

Food Festivals

A guide to New England summer food festivals

Seafood

Where to get the best fried clams in Mass.

Daily Local Weather Forecast

  • Today January 31
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  • Wed February 01
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  • Fri February 03
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    28° -10°
  • Sat February 04
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    8° 8°
  • Sun February 05
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    40° 37°
  • Mon February 06
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    46° 34°

Things to do 🤸

Family Fun

10 fun things to do with kids in Boston, according to local experts

When it rains…

10 things to do in Boston on a rainy day

A man reaches to touch a detail of the 20-foot-high bronze sculpture "The Embrace," a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, in the Boston Common, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Boston. The sculpture, consisting of four intertwined arms, was inspired by a photo of the Kings embracing when MLK learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The statue is to be unveiled during ceremonies Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
Culture

10 things to do in Boston this weekend

Fourth of July 🎆

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Travel

4 of the best places to watch fireworks in the U.S. this Fourth of July are in New England, according to Country Living

Culture

The Boston Pops’ Fourth of July celebration returns to the Hatch Shell

Fourth of July fireworks
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All of the 2022 Fourth of July fireworks shows scheduled in Mass.

Red Sox ⚾️

Matt Barnes #32 of the Boston Red Sox delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins in the ninth inning of the game at Target Field on August 31, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Red Sox defeated the Twins 6-5.
Matt Barnes

Red Sox trade Matt Barnes to Marlins for veteran lefty reliever

Rafael Devers (right) made his first appearence in camp today, he is pictured with David Ortiz (left) before he started to participate in a workout. The Red Sox continued Spring Training workouts today at the Jet Blue Park complex.
David Ortiz

David Ortiz has one major issue with the Red Sox lineup in 2023

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

Channel 4 tests a 6 p.m. newscast without a sports report

Red Sox newsletter 📧

Things To Do

Festivals

5 ways to celebrate Black History Month in Boston

Wednesday, February 1 8:00 am

Holidays

A running list of romantic things to do around Boston

Wednesday, February 1 10:00 am

Arts

Visit Discovery Museum in Acton for free on select Friday nights

Friday, February 3 4:30 pm

Sports

Watch the action-packed Beanpot hockey tournament

Monday, February 6 5:00 pm

Festivals

The New England Boat Show Sails into Boston

Wednesday, February 15 12:00 pm

Festivals

The Boston Science Fiction Marathon & Festival returns

Wednesday, February 15 7:00 pm

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