Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

The Christmas spirit was alive and well in downtown South Boston on Sunday as businesses opened doors for the annual holiday ...

Police arrested Everett R. Trotman, 30, of Windsor on Thursday night after a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Graham Road and Mark Drive. Officers with the South Windsor Police Department ...

A Quincy man was nabbed after he allegedly tried to rob a Weymouth bank. Forty-one-year-old Thomas Bois Junior is charged ...

The streets of South Boston will come alive Sunday with businesses opening doors to get a jump on the holiday shopping season ...