Boston, MA
Cloudy, cool and gray today; weather slowly improves over holiday weekend
The weekend is improving, but it will be a slow process.
Lots of clouds around today. We risk a passing shower, but much of the day will be dry (and dull gray).
Glimpses – or even wholesale breaks – of sun are possible, but I don’t want to oversell any bright weather.
Highs stay in the “I’ll never complain about the heat again” range of the low 60s.
We’ll see more sunny spells tomorrow along with a steady northwest breeze. This will help us reach the mid-60s as we hold back the sea breeze for one more day.
There’s still a very small chance at a shower in the afternoon, but this is nothing to cancel plans over or throw your hands up in disgust. (OK, you’re allowed.)
Memorial Day remains the pick of the weekend, despite the fact that it may fall short of stellar beach weather. The sea breeze returns at the coast, so highs will fall just short of 70.
Away from the coast, we expect low 70s, with abundant sun for all.
Once again, we may run into a very brief, afternoon shower, predominately away from the coast.
Next week sees a return to steady highs in the 70s with occasional sea breezes at the coast. Heat stays away, humidity stays low, and the next chance for showers may hold off until Thursday.
Enjoy the holiday weekend and be safe!
Boston, MA
Photos from the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University forward Nick Roukounakis celebrates his goal with BU fans behind the glass during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson celebrates scoring the winning goal in a shootout to advance BU to the Beanpot final during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
TD Garden was full of Terriers and Huskies fans for the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson scores the winning goal in a shootout against Northeastern goalie Lawton Zacher to advance BU to the Beanpot final during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern forward Jacob Mathieu celebrates after scoring a second-period goal during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
TD Garden was full of Terriers and Huskies fans for the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson makes a pass during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University head coach Jay Pandolfo talks with his team during a time out during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University forward Cole Eiserman gets into a scrap with Northeastern defenseman Austen May during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
The Terriers celebrate Nick Roukounakis’ goal during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot Semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University forward Nick Roukounakis celebrates his goal with bench during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern defenseman Vinny Borgesi lines up a pass during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern defenseman Austen May tosses the puck in the air before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern forward Matthew Perkins battles Boston University forward Jonathan Morello for the puck during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University forward Ryder Ritchie corrals the puck in front of Northeastern defenseman Jack Henry during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Fans pound the glass trying to get Boston University goalie Max Lacroix’s attention before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
A fan pounds on the glass before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University forward Jack Harvey tries to force the puck past Northeastern goalie Lawton Zacher during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Huskies fans celebrate a Northeastern goal during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University defenseman Gavin McCarthy makes a pass during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern fans filled the upper balcony during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Fans hold jerseys while watching warmups before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Fans hold signs while watching warmups before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
TD Garden was full of Terriers and Huskies fans for the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Fans hold signs while watching warmups before the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern’s Dylan Hryckowian, Vinny Borgesi and Jacob Mathieu celebrate a Huskies goal during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson skates with the puck during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
The Huskies celebrate a first-period goal during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
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Katie Morrison-O’Day
Beanpot semi-final: Boston University vs. Northeastern
Northeastern defenseman Vinny Borgesi directs his teammates during the 2026 Beanpot semifinal between Boston University and Northeastern on February 2, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
The car-sharing company Zipcar will close its Boston headquarters, ending local operations in the place where it was founded.
Its owner, the car rental company Avis Budget Group, said it is “consolidating Zipcar’s headquarters” into its global home base in Northern New Jersey “as part of a broader effort to enhance Zipcar’s long-term operational effectiveness.”
“As a result, Zipcar will no longer maintain a separate corporate office in Boston,” a spokesperson for Avis Budget Group said Monday.
The company plans to lay off 65 employees in Boston by April, according to a notice it filed with Massachusetts state officials last week.
Zipcar was founded in Cambridge in 1999 and debuted there and in Boston the next year. The company expanded in the years that followed and by 2009 was the world’s largest car-sharing service, according to NBC News. Avis bought Zipcar in 2013.
“Zipcar was founded in Boston and the city has been an important part of its history since then,” the company spokesperson said. “This consolidation reinforces Zipcar’s foundation and positions the business to continue serving members reliably well into the future.”
The move will not affect service for Zipcar’s members, the spokesperson added.
In addition to the 65 Boston-based employees, the company will lay off approximately 61 remote workers elsewhere in the country, the Boston Business Journal reported.
Zipcar’s regional field and fleet operations teams will remain in Boston and other cities after the headquarters closes “to support members and day-to-day service without interruption,” the Avis spokesperson said.
Brian Shortsleeve, a Republican candidate for governor, said Zipcar’s move was the result of Massachusetts’ taxes and regulations on business.
“Massachusetts is becoming a place where even homegrown success stories can’t afford to stay,” he wrote in a post on X.
The announcement came the same week that Panera Bread said it would lay off 92 employees at its bakery in Franklin and that life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific said it would lay off 103 employees and close a facility, also in Franklin.
The Campbell’s Company also said Thursday it would close the Hyannis manufacturing plant of the beloved Cape Cod potato chip brand. The company will lay off 49 people, it said.
“These are not isolated decisions. They are rational business responses to a state that has become increasingly expensive, unpredictable, and hostile to employers,” said Paul Diego Craney, executive director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a conservative business organization. “High taxes, crushing energy costs, and rigid Net Zero climate mandates are making it harder every day for companies to justify staying in Massachusetts.”
The Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks honored the 75th anniversary of the breaking of the NBA’s color barrier Sunday by squaring off in the inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic.
The game spotlighted Basketball Hall of Famers Chuck Cooper, Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton and Earl Lloyd, who were the first Black players to be drafted, sign an NBA contract and appear in an NBA game, respectively.
Players for both teams wore shooting shirts with Cooper, Clifton and Lloyd’s names emblazoned on the back. Each uniform featured a “Pioneers Classic” patch above the nameplate and a “1950” patch beneath the rear jersey number.
The three legends’ names and jersey numbers also appeared on the TD Garden court and on the stanchion beneath each basket. Relatives of Cooper, Clifton and Lloyd joined Jaylen Brown on the court for a pregame address.
“Today is the NBA’s first Pioneer Classic, and it’s an honor to speak on the behalf of some of our legends — Nat Clifton, Earl Lloyd and (the) Boston Celtics’ Chuck Cooper,” Brown, who went on to tally 30 points and 13 rebounds in a 107-79 Celtics win, told the Garden crowd. “… A pioneer, by definition, if a leader, is an innovator and a forward thinker. Who will be the pioneers of this generation? On the behalf of the NBA, I want to say thank you — thank you, Boston. Let’s have a good game.”
Cooper played four seasons for the Celtics from 1950 to 1954.
“When you coach the Celtics, we’ve had just high-character people and have history and have had a tradition in many different forms,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said pregame. “And when you’re helping move that forward, you just have a responsibility to the people who came before you to move it forward. One, to be appreciative of what those before you have done on and off the court, and then the second piece to that is doing your part and moving that forward and kind of leaving it better.
“You don’t have a situation like this if you don’t have the people that have come before you. So that’s important. And I think the league is the same way. We’ve had great people come through this league, influential people, and just taking advantage of the opportunity you have to move forward is an opportunity we’re given.”
Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, who coached the Celtics from 2004 until 2013, saluted Red Auerbach during his pregame news conference. Auerbach drafted Cooper in the second round in 1950 — his first draft as Boston’s head coach — fielded the NBA’s first all-Black starting five in 1955 and hired Bill Russell as the league’s first Black head coach in 1966.
“What I think Pioneers Day represents, to me, is America,” Rivers said. “Red Auerbach is responsible for our achievements as much as anyone else. He didn’t see color. He wanted to make the league a better league, and he kept doing it — hiring Bill Russell as coach. I mean, you think about this city that’s had its ups and downs race-wise, but you have this one guy. And I got it a little bit, but when you come here and you coach here, boy, you really get it with Red. You really get what he was about. And so Pioneers Day, first game being here, for me, obviously, being a coach here for nine years, means a lot.”
The Celtics also honored Auerbach and Russell during the game. Auerbach’s granddaughter, Julie Auerbach Flieger, and Russell’s daughter, Karen Kenyatta Russell, were recognized on the court during a first-quarter timeout.
Rivers said the Pioneers Classic is “good for history.”
“Because we live in a time right now where our history is being, you know, whitewashed, a lot of it,” he said. “And I think you learn a lot through history. You have to. I think that’s our problem. We need to teach history, whether it’s bad or good. Need to teach it more.”
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