Springfield changes bar closing time
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield officials say they are going ahead with plans to make all bars and nightclubs close at 1 a.m. unless they have special permission to stay open an hour later.

BOSTON -- A top U.S. senator has asked federal housing officials to make a deeper probe into a troubled Massachusetts housing authority, where top managers are allowed to live in subsidized...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield officials say they are going ahead with plans to make all bars and nightclubs close at 1 a.m. unless they have special permission to stay open an hour later.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Charges against a Holyoke man accused of killing his brother have been downgraded.
BOSTON -- The famed Longfellow Bridge that spans the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge is getting a $300 million makeover.
WORCESTER, Mass. -- The former pastor of a Greek Orthodox church in Worcester who is facing assault charges is scheduled to go to trial in May.
NATICK, Mass. -- Three men in Natick were caught on camera working together to steal hundreds of dollars worth of underwear.
BOSTON, Mass. -- Federal environmental officials have picked six New England communities to get technical help improving the local economy and environment.
BOSTON -- A candy bar stunt in Copley Square not only left litter on the sidewalk, but a bad taste in the mouths of Patriots fans.
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A prisoner pulled a prank on Vermont state troopers after slipping a pig into the state police seal, which was put on dozens of cruisers.
REVERE, Mass. -- Surveillance cameras captured a thief breaking into storage units in Revere and thanks to at least a dozen tips from 7News viewers, Revere police say they have tracked down the suspect.
HYANNIS, Mass. -- A Barnstable man was in court on Tuesday answering to child pornography charges.
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- A Wellesley neighborhood is on edge after coyotes attacked people’s pets.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- A New Hampshire-based group is putting up billboards to spread the word about a missing toddler from Maine.
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Two former Massachusetts state recreation managers were in court on Tuesday and charged with recklessness after a woman died in a Fall River pool last June.
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. -- Fourteen people arrested during a post-Super Bowl disturbance at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst have pleaded not guilty to various charges including disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.
BOSTON -- A ballot question supporting the medicinal use of marijuana in Massachusetts is being bankrolled almost entirely by an Ohio billionaire who has backed similar efforts in other states.
CONCORD, N.H. -- More than 200 people are standing behind the prime sponsor of a bill to repeal New Hampshire's gay marriage law.
BOSTON -- A national anti-tax activist is weighing in on Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to raise taxes on tobacco products and soda.
BOSTON -- The highest court in Massachusetts has approved the expansion of a mobile home park in the town of Shirley, finding that local zoning regulators used concerns about traffic and density as pretexts to squash the project.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- State police say one person is dead after a crash involving a cement truck and a car on Route 1 south in Foxborough.