Heat help still on hold
❤️ Donate Monday, November 17, 2025 🌤️ Mostly sunny, with a high of 43. Good Morning Boston, It's Monday. A quick reminder that the partial Red Line closure between North Quincy and Braintree continues this week through Sunday, Nov. 23. The MBTA is urging riders to instead take the commuter rail's Fall River/New Bedford , Kingston or Greenbush lines — which will be free between Boston and Braintree. There are also free shuttle buses stopping at each closed station, but the T says commuters should expect a trip downtown to take "at least" an extra 35 minutes if they use the buses. Now, let's get to the news: The shutdown's lingering LIHEAP effect : Temperatures are expected to drop just below freezing overnight this week in Boston. However, as WBUR's Amy Sokolow reports, nearly 160,000 Massachusetts households that rely on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to heat their homes are still waiting for ...