Weather is often a go-to conversation filler or ice-breaker. When people don’t know what else to say, they gripe about the heat or the cold or the rain or the snow. But severe weather is far more than ...

(TNS) — The Essex County Community Foundation has announced a $2 million initiative to help thousands of residents who lack access to a computer or an internet connection. The organization said its ...

Essex County -- which incarcerates more inmates than any other county in Massachusetts -- received $34,300 per inmate in state funding in fiscal 2015. But Berkshire County, which houses a small number ...