A middle school in Medford, Massachusetts, was evacuated Tuesday after a fire in a bathroom, and one student was hospitalized following the incident. Medford Public Schools said in a statement that there was a small fire in a first floor bathroom at the Andrews Middle School just before 10 a.

New England is gearing up for a classic February snowstorm this weekend, with widespread heavy snowfall expected across the region, including Boston. While this storm will move quickly, it won’t be short on impact,

The map I’ve put together for snowfall totals has a fairly wide range of 4 to 8 inches. During Saturday, after we get even more information, I’ll try to start honing that down to see whether we’re going to be closer to the 4 inches or closer to 8 inches.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for all of Massachusetts due to the potential for more than a half foot of snow across the region this weekend. Boston 25 Meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz has us on a Weather Alert for Saturday night into Sunday morning.

A half-foot or more of snow is possible across much of Massachusetts from a storm that's expected to arrive late Saturday and last into Sunday. "It's a real thump of snow overnight into early morning,