#boston-area

#boston-area

The carving is up to you, though. Autumn in New England is a special time. With temperatures dropping after a long, hot summer, it's time for some wholesome fall activities and eats, from apple picking and corn mazes to pumpkin spice lattes and cider doughnuts. And we've got another activity to add to your fall bucket list: pumpkin picking. Check out these five prime pumpkin-picking spots, all located within an hour from Boston.

Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25 reached a deal Friday to end a trash strike that disrupted service for hundreds of thousands of customers across the Boston area for weeks. In a joint statement on Friday, the company and the union announced they had reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement. The strike began at the beginning of July, leading to overflowing trash across more than a dozen communities - mostly on the North Shore - and calls for residents to follow adjusted schedules. Commercial clients in Boston and other nearby cities were also impacted.