Beloved Massachusetts typewriter shop, once given a gift from Tom Hanks, closing after 45 years

CBS Boston (News) 1/8 1:16A Brandon Truitt

ARLINGTON - For the past 45 years, Tom Furrier has mastered the craft of restoring, reviving, and selling typewriters in his shop in Arlington, Massachusetts. Now, he's retiring. The Cambridge...

Beloved typewriter shop in Arlington, Massachusetts closing after 45 years

CBS Boston (News) 1/8 1:01A CBS Boston

The Cambridge Typewriter Company in Arlington is one of the last of its kind in the Boston area. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports.

Boston Calling 2025 lineup announced with headliners Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs and Fall Out...

CBS Boston (News) 1/6 5:35A Neal Riley

BOSTON - The Boston Calling lineup for the 2025 music festival in Allston, Massachusetts was released Monday with Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs and Fall Out Boy announced as headliners. The three-day event will come to the Harvard Athletic...

Weekend To Do List: Holiday shopping throughout Greater Boston

CBS Boston (News) 12/12 9:30P Jordyn Jagolinzer

BOSTON - Tis the season for gift giving and there's plenty of holiday markets and strolls taking place this weekend in Greater Boston! North End Holiday Stroll Friday night, it's the North End Holiday Stroll in Boston. Explore the festively...

Is it worth haggling over the cost of college tuition? Expert says you "absolutely should."

CBS Boston (News) 12/8 3:45A Jon Keller

BOSTON Consumers haggle over the price of big-ticket items like homes and cars. So should they also bargain over the cost of college tuition? Yes, parents, you "absolutely should," said Jon Marcus, higher education editor for the non-profit...

Women facing "broken rung" in careers, missing early promotions, according to report

CBS Boston (News) 11/18 11:33P Chris Tanaka

BOSTON - There are more women working than ever before but a recent report shows they still face barriers to advancement. McKinsey and Company's 10-year report revealed several startling findings, mostly notably that getting behind early has...

Weekend To Do List: Honoring veterans, fall festival, farmers market

CBS Boston (News) 11/7 9:30P Jordyn Jagolinzer

BOSTON - Take in a fall festival and farmers market this weekend, along with honoring those who fought for our country with a salute to Veterans Day. Quincy Veterans Parade and Ceremony With Veterans Day upon us, honor those who fought for our...

Salem, Massachusetts brush fire smoke smell detected as far south as Boston

CBS Boston (News) 10/27 11:25P Penny Kmitt

SALEM - Brush fires in Salem and other parts of northeastern Massachusetts continued to burn Monday morning, with smoke being detected as far south as Boston. In Salem, more than 100 acres have burned...

Police investigate antisemitic stickers in Brookline, Cambridge

CBS Boston (News) 10/23 11:03A CBS Boston

Police say the stickers are a clear target to the Jewish community. WBZ-TV's Tiffany Chan reports.

Fridays are "bike bus day" for kids at this Massachusetts elementary school

CBS Boston (News) 10/18 1:48A CBS Boston

Friday is "bike bus day" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. WBZ TV's Penny Kmitt explains what it's all about and why it's so fun!

Is it too early to turn on your heat in Massachusetts?

CBS Boston (News) 10/16 11:44A CBS Boston

BY SAMANTHA CHANEY CAMBRIDGE - The season of fall comes with changing leaves, shorter days and in the greater Boston area, one controversial question: When do you turn on your heat? By law, Massachusetts landlords have to provide a heating system...

Green Line train was going 3 times the speed limit when it derailed in Cambridge, NTSB says

CBS Boston (News) 10/16 10:03A CBS Boston

The Green Line train that derailed at the beginning of October was going 36 mph in a 10 mph zone, the National Transportation Safety Board Says.

Derailed Green Line train going 36 mph in 10 mph zone, NTSB says

CBS Boston (News) 10/16 9:06A Riley Rourke

CAMBRIDGE - The Green Line train that derailed at the beginning of October was going 36 mph in a 10 mph zone, the National Transportation Safety Board Says. A Green Line train derailed near Lechmere...

Another Massachusetts city will try giving thousands of dollars directly to low-income residents

CBS Boston (News) 10/16 3:01A Neal Riley

SALEM - Salem is the latest city in Massachusetts to test out a guaranteed income program that would give thousands of dollars directly to its poorest residents. The Uplift Salem initiative will give $500 a month to 100 Salem residents for an...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors share Nobel Prize in economics

CBS Boston (News) 10/13 11:42P CBS Boston

STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three Americans Monday for their research into why some countries succeed and others fail. Two of the three economists are professors at the...