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North Shore shellfish harvesters eligible for state aid after sewage overflow
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (330+ words) Massachusetts shellfish harvesters who were not able to work for nearly two weeks because of a sewage overflow that impacted the Merrimack River and parts of the North Shore will be eligible for some state financial support. The ruptured pipe…...
Crews battle large fire at New Bedford home
9+ mon, 19+ hour ago (85+ words) Crews battled a large fire that broke out in New Bedford on Thursday night. The blaze started at a multi-family home on Elm Street around 8: 45 p. m. Neighbors tell News Center 5 they heard screaming coming from one of the apartments that there…...
Man in 60s dies in Mass. fire; Smoking materials eyed as cause
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (220+ words) A man in his 60s died in a two-alarm house fire in Lowell Monday night, according to local and Massachusetts officials. The fire was most likely started with smoking materials, said Lowell Fire Chief Phillip A. J. Charron, Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon,…...
Suspect sought after over 30 cars vandalized in Quincy
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) Police are asking the public for help after more than 30 cars were vandalized in several areas in Quincy Saturday morning, the city's police department said. The damaged cars were all parked in North Quincy, near 133 Commander Shea Blvd. , 165 and 175 Quincy…...
Victim, suspect dead after series of shootings ends on highway
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (460+ words) Highway reopened around 7: 30 p. m. Both sides of a busy highway were closed for several hours Wednesday following a series of shootings in Worcester, Massachusetts, that left both the victim and the suspect dead. Officers were dispatched to Heroult Road for the…...
Driver entrapped after rollover crash in the Merrimack Valley
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (71+ words) A driver was hospitalized after a rollover crash in Andover, Massachusetts on Tuesday night. The crash occurred on Route 93 north at Dascomb Road around 8: 30 p. m. According to the Andover Fire Department, responding crews found the driver trapped inside the crushed vehicle....
Utility pole snaps near Mass. highway, wires fall across road
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (307+ words) A portion of the Lowell Connector was shut down for hours on Monday after a truck caught overhead power lines, causing a utility pole to break and wires to fall. Video from Sky 5 showed the wires down across the highway…...
1 dead following shooting in Mass. city, police say
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (107+ words) One man died following a shooting in Lowell on Saturday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and the Lowell Police Department said they are investigating the fatal shooting, which occurred shortly after 11 a. m. Saturday on Cumberland Road in Lowell. Police responded to…...
Mass. lowers flags for Boston firefighter Robert Kilduff Jr. , a retired Marine
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (827+ words) He died after a fall during the response to a Dorchester fire on Saturday Friends and colleagues are remembering Boston Firefighter Robert Kilduff as a devoted dad, trusted friend and dedicated public servant. The 24-year veteran of the Boston Fire…...
Suspect in Worcester mother-daughter stabbing deaths arrested in New York
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (274+ words) A man wanted in connection with the stabbing deaths of a mother and her adult daughter inside a Worcester, Massachusetts, apartment last weekend has been arrested in New York, family members confirmed to WCVB. William Rodriguez, 59, was sought in connection…...