BRAINTREE, MA — The figurative red carpet will be rolled out on Friday evening at Braintree Town Hall for the town's annual fancy formal event. Fancy Formal is a chance for Braintree's special needs community to both attend an event dedicated to them in a prom or formal dance setting, but als...

MALDEN, MA – It’s 11 a.m. on a Friday when Josh Deering, the social media and marketing manager at Idle Hands Craft Ales in Malden, calls to let me know brewer Jake Douglass is running a bit late. “Jake’s pouring himself a little snack,” Deering said, chuckling. &ldquo...