Wu announces free COVID tests, masks, and vaccination clinics to confront Boston’s ‘urgent situation’

Boston health officials will distribute 20,000 free rapid antigen home tests and free masks to neighborhoods with the highest rates of COVID-19, Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration announced Monday. 8:28 p.m.

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‘We have a mandate’: Boston leaders hear arguments for elected School Committee after voters backed it in November

Boston city leaders must return residents’ right to elect the School Committee after voters handed down that directive last month, several city councilors and advocates for the change argued Monday evening at the city’s first public hearing on the issue. 7:57 p.m.

He was sent to prison by a corrupt Boston police detective. Now, 26 years later, prosecutors want him freed

A review of the decades-old conviction of James Lucien found that key evidence went missing and crucial witnesses were coached or ignored, and “significant evidence of police misconduct and perjured testimony." The district attorney's office that once sent to him to prison for life now believes he should be freed. 7:23 p.m.

Portion of I-95 southbound near Hampden, Maine, reopens after icy conditions spin cars, trucks off the road

A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 95 southbound near Dixmont, Etna, Hampden, and Plymouth, Maine, is expected to be closed into the evening after icy conditions spun cars and tractor-trailers off the road in multiple crashes Monday morning. 7:12 p.m.

2 girls, 10 and 7, thrown from pickup truck, killed in rollover crash on Interstate 93 in Littleton, N.H.

Kyriana and Kelsey Couture, both students at Milton Elementary School in Milton, Vermont, were remembered Monday as charismatic and loving by their families, who said they were taken far too soon. 6:08 p.m.

Bob’s Muffin Shop closes after 65 years in Weymouth

Bob’s Muffin Shop, a local fixture in Weymouth’s Columbian Square, has closed after 65 years. 6:18 p.m.

Americana Theatre Company adds ‘Wonderful Life’ to holiday wonders

Americana Theatre Company will perform its radio play adaptation of the classic 1940s film “It’s A Wonderful Life” at the Plymouth Center for the Arts. 6:16 p.m.

Newton picks firm to design rehabilitation of Bullough’s Pond Dam

The state had found the dam to be in “poor condition” and “structurally deficient,” urging the city to repair it by January 2020. 4:12 p.m.

Newton Nomadic Theatre stages one-woman show at Nathaniel Allen House

“I can’t tell you how happy we are to be back on stage,” said Jerry Reilly, who runs the Newton Nomadic Theater. 3:55 p.m.

Steel costs, contract issues delay 10 solar projects in Newton

High steel costs, contract issues and problems with the supply chain due to COVID-19 have delayed construction of six large, solar-panel parking lot canopies and four smaller rooftop projects around Newton. 3:33 p.m.

Newton Police Chief John Carmichael puts focus on community engagement

During his first five months on the job, Newton Chief of Police John Carmichael said he has worked to implement “community-oriented policing” and listen to the needs of the community and the police department. 3:20 p.m.

‘Let’s get to work’: Tamika Olszewski is elected chair of Newton’s School Committee

Tamika Olszewski made history as the first Black woman elected Newton School Committee chair, breaking barriers during an election year that put women of color in local political positions around the Boston area. 2:34 p.m.