Methuen Fire Chief Blames Aging Fleet For Recent Crash
The Methuen Fire Department is down one fire truck after Engine 5 broke down and crashed last week with three firefighters on board.
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The Methuen Fire Department is down one fire truck after Engine 5 broke down and crashed last week with three firefighters on board.
A daytime homeless shelter's potential move to downtown Lowell is of concern for some residents.
A 48-year-old man faces charges after an hour-and-a-half-long standoff with police on Friday in Ipswich.
Mayor Tom Menino stopped by Engine 42 and Rescue 2 in Roxbury Wednesday afternoon to thank all the firefighters who saved several people in a 6-alarm fire Monday.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke avoided Occupy Boston protesters on Tuesday during a visit to Boston.
Three men are under arrest in connection with the murder of an Ipswich restaurant owner.
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage this week fell below 4 percent for the first time ever, to 3.94 percent.
A high school student in Manchester, New Hampshire is accusing his school resource officer of using excessive force. The incident was caught on camera.
A New Hampshire man who returned home last year to find his 4-year-old son strangled by the boy's mother pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing his wife as she tried to commit suicide, officials said.
The team received their championship rings at a celebration at the Boston Harbor Hotel.
The people of Ipswich remembered Tony Woo for his generosity.
A fisherman was hospitalized after a dramatic rescue at sea off the coast of Ipswich early Monday morning.
Red Sox GM Theo Epstein told reporters that the entire organization shared the blame for the September collapse.
A $2,000 reward being offered in a fatal hit-and-run accident last month in Chelsea.
A woman police officer from Hull has filed a lawsuit claiming she was sexually harassed by the chief and two other high-ranking department commanders.
A popular restaurant owner was murdered at his restaurant in Ipswich on Tuesday.
Hundreds of Boston Public School teachers and coaches got certified on how to identify the symptoms of and prevent concussions among student athletes.
A man who is not even supposed to be in the United States was arraigned on his sixth drunk driving charge Monday.
The robber beat the clerk at Skip's Country Store on Route 133, and fled with almost $1300.
The juvenile's mom says she was horrified when she first saw the video of her son being beaten by a group of police officers last October.
State education officials say more than two-thirds of schools designated as chronically underperforming a year ago showed significant improvement in the MCAS English and math exams taken this past spring.
A Peabody woman got the experience of a lifetime over the weekend.
A group of volunteers staged a protest against Bank of America by attempting to deposit trash they allegedly picked up from an abandoned property.
The man accused of shooting a Woburn police officer earlier this month during a jewelry store robbery is not expected to survive.
Eight people are facing charges in Nashua, New Hampshire after a large brawl broke out Wednesday night.
Middlesex DA Marian Ryan is cautiously optimistic the two men wounded in the shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday will make a full recovery.
Amanda Gutierres converted a penalty kick in stoppage time and the Boston Legacy came from behind to beat the Orlando Pride 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Schwarber homered in his fifth consecutive game and the Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended for the first six games of next season for slashing Buffalo's Zach Benson.
Middlesex DA Marian Ryan is cautiously optimistic the two men wounded in the shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday will make a full recovery.
A retired Massachusetts judge says the sentence given to Tyler Brown after a 2020 shootout with Boston Police was not a failure of the justice system, despite renewed scrutiny.
Tyler Brown, accused in the shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, was reportedly released from a psychiatric hospital days earlier.
Massachusetts State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor, who was killed last week by a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield, was honored Tuesday with a wake in Peabody.
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is "devastated" following a shooting in Cambridge that she says could have been prevented.
Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, cutting the risk of dementia.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
The gunman who allegedly opened fire on passing cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts is 46-year-old Tyler Brown from Boston.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
Dover Saddlery is closing its Wellesley, Massachusetts store and preparing for more than 100 layoffs.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
In Groton, Massachusetts, there is a recently opened state-of-the-art venue that is becoming one of the region's premier nonprofit music destinations.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a protected marine ecosystem off the coast of Massachusetts known for its rich biodiversity, world-class whale watching, and historic shipwrecks.
Best Bees installs and manages professionally maintained hives for homes, businesses, and institutions.
Known for his sustainable cooking and farm-fresh ingredients, Woods Hill's Charlie Foster is a leader in the farm-to-table movement.
Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts is one of the region's leading non-profit farms dedicated to hunger relief.
Amanda Gutierres converted a penalty kick in stoppage time and the Boston Legacy came from behind to beat the Orlando Pride 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Schwarber homered in his fifth consecutive game and the Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended for the first six games of next season for slashing Buffalo's Zach Benson.
Gillette Stadium looks different already, with 2026 FIFA World Cup matches coming to Foxboro, Massachusetts in June
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.