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Monday’s temperatures are well in advance of a late April day. Highs will reach 70°, nearly 10° hotter than the average April 29 day. While clouds will be in the picture, it is still a dry day. The clouds keep temperatures moderate Monday night with an onshore wind around 10 miles per hour. Tuesday is the first day of the turnaround, starting with morning fog. Tuesday’s high temperatures are between 50 and 55°. A few scattered showers will try to push in around 10 a.m., but the day is damper than it is washed out. We’ll see an additional round of rain late evening and early Wednesday morning. Between the clouds, rain and east wind, it’s another cool day near 50°. Most rainfall amounts are less than a quarter of an inch. The forecast through the week will be conducive for outdoor yard work and lawn seeding, as temperatures are warmer, and showers are sprinkled throughout. Temperatures turn around to warmer than normal to kick off the first few days of May, back in the 60s, with sea breeze days possible at the coast.

Singer Billie Eilish is coming to Boston later this year on her next tour. Eilish will bring her Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour to TD Garden on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, Live Nation noted in a release Monday. Her global tour will make its way through North America starting in September, and picks back up in February 2025 in Australia ahead of her European tour. This announcement comes two weeks before she’s set to release her third studio album Me Hard and Soft on May 17. Fans who are American Express card members can register for access to presale tickets on April 30, which runs throughout the week, according to Live Nation. General tickets go on sale May 3 on billieeilish.com. Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour starts on Sept. 29, 2024, in Quebec and is set to end on Dec. 17 in Inglewood, California. More entertainment news Oct 20, 2023 Bad Bunny is coming back to Boston: how to get tickets entertainment news Dec 5, 2023 P!nk's coming to Foxborough next summer. Here's how to get your tickets

A woman was killed by a speeding motorcycle in Methuen, Massachusetts, Sunday night, police say, asking for help finding the driver, who fled the scene and hadn’t been caught. The woman, a 62-year-old from Methuen who hasn’t been publicly identified, was found face down by the side of Lowell Street near Alexander Circle at about 8:37 p.m. Sunday, Methuen police said. An officer provided first aid until paramedics arrived to bring her to Lawrence General Hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead. Surveillance video shows a speeding motorcycle, possibly a Harley Davidson with a missing, two-tone grey and dark red fender, hit the woman, police said. The vehicle slows and stops, then continues driving. Anyone with information about what happened, the motorcycle or its driver, who hadn’t been identified as of Monday morning, was asked to call police at 978-983-8698. More Methuen news Apr 25 Man arrested for driving BMW 108 mph on I-93 in Windham, NH Daylight Saving Time Mar 8 Massachusetts casket company calls on America to ‘bury' daylight saving time in viral ad

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A new location of a local group of bagels shops has debuted nearly a year after its plans were first announced. According to a poster on the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, NY Bagel Factory is now open in Newtonville, moving into a space in the Trio luxury apartment building on Washington Street. The new shop joins others in Framingham and Southboro, and it offers bagels, breakfast items, baked goods, sandwiches, coffee, iced tea, and more. The address for the new location of NY Bagel Factory in Newtonville is 839 Washington Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460. The website for all locations can be found at https://thenybagelfactory.com/ [Earlier Article] NY Bagel Factory Plans to Open a New Location in Newtonville [A related post from our sister site (Boston’s Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area] Please help keep Boston Restaurant Talk and Boston’s Hidden Restaurants going by making a one-time contribution or via a monthly subscription. Thanks! (Donations are non-deductible.)   

Torben Straight Nissen took over the reins of Repertoire Immune Medicines at the tail end of 2022, at a time when the Cambridge company was in need of a reset. Nissen’s arrival coincided with Repertoire’s decision to scrap its two lead drugs and lay off 65 people when Phase 1 trials against melanoma and tumors involving HPV-16 didn’t pan out. But during that difficult period in the industry, when many biotechs that encountered challenges were forced to shut down rather than pivot, Repertoire appears to have found a new way forward.  On Monday, Repertoire announced a multi-year collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop tolerizing vaccines for up to three autoimmune diseases. Repertoire will receive a $65 million upfront payment, and up to $1.8 billion for hitting development, regulatory and commercial milestones, in addition to tiered royalties. More on this story from Boston Business Journal