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32+ min ago   (239+ words) LOWELL — Once a week for nearly 40 years, Wally Burns would climb the 71-step spiral staircase that leads to the City Hall clocktower. Once inside the 180-foot structure, he would manually reset a 30-pound weight that descended from a cable. The…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (109+ words) A Massachusetts man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for armed bank robbery. Joseph Sawyer, 52, allegedly used a firearm to rob the St. Mary's Bank on Northwest Boulevard in Nashua on... A Massachusetts man was indicted yesterday by…...

17+ hour, 12+ min ago   (908+ words) After five years of litigation, Black Unity organizers signed a $700,000 settlement agreement with the city of Springfield July 15 to end a lawsuit accusing police officers of stifling free-speech rights during protests against the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor....

19+ hour ago   (86+ words) Springfield Memorial Hospital ranked fourth in Illinois for rehabilitation and earned multiple high-performing designations from U.S. News & World Report. Springfield Memorial Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report for high performance in rehabilitation and several specialty treatment areas in its…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (138+ words) WORCESTER — With the temperature expected to climb toward 90 degrees, the city is opening cooling centers for residents needing a way to beat the heat. By 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, the reading in Worcester was 80 degrees, with the National Weather Service expecting…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (350+ words) The University of Cambridge has announced a probe into snowballing claims that a professor plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis. Published Aug 07, 2026, 11:00 PM Updated Aug 07, 2026, 11:21 PM LONDON - The University of Cambridge said on Aug 7 that it would be reviewing its…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (203+ words) Looking to soak up this weekend's hot weather at a Massachusetts beach? If so, you'll want to avoid the beaches closed due to unsafe swimming water. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) states that swimming in the water at…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (420+ words) The issue is a foul odor that Cogswell said dominates the air around his business on Canterbury Street in this gritty, industrial part of the city to such an extent that some of his workers have had to leave the…...

18+ hour, 26+ min ago   (392+ words) Brazilian food is something you don't want to miss in Massachusetts. Massachusetts, with its large Portuguese-speaking population, has more than 100,000 Brazilians living in the Bay State, according to 2024 Census data, rendering it the second most populous state for Brazilians and…...

15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (167+ words) Storms on Thursday afternoon produced all types of springtime weather in the middle of summer. People reported wind damage, 2-inch hail, and heavy rain. There were also several reports of mammatus clouds and scud clouds! Scud clouds can look scary…...