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Middleborough firefighters respond to house fire on Vernon Street
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (317+ words) MIDDLEBOROUGH — On Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, at approximately 1:09 p.m., Middleborough fire crews responded to a single-story, wood-frame home at 38 Vernon Street. According to Middleborough’s Interim Fire Chief Dana Fontaine, when crews arrived on scene, the shift commander in Car 3 observed flames coming…...
West Yarmouth man charged with OUI after erratic driving ends in utility pole crash
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (289+ words) SOUTH YARMOUTH — A 47-year-old West Yarmouth man was arrested Thursday afternoon after Yarmouth police said multiple callers reported a pickup truck driving erratically before it crashed into a utility pole. On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, the Yarmouth Police Department…...
Shrewsbury man charged with boat OUI after speeding toward police boat on Lake Quinsigamond
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (447+ words) SHREWSBURY — On Friday, June 19, 2026, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Shrewsbury Police Officer Timothy Charland was patrolling Lake Quinsigamond aboard Marine Unit 1 when he observed a boat with a New Hampshire registration being operated in what he described as a negligent manner. (The…...
Proposed per-pupil funding formula could slash Newburyport’s share of Whittier Tech capital costs
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (510+ words) NEWBURYPORT — Newburyport’s share of capital costs for Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School could fall sharply under a proposed per-pupil funding formula, but expected opposition from Haverhill could jeopardize the change and a potential school building project. Mayor Sean Reardon…...
Plymouth man arrested in woods for assaulting resident, firing gun inside home
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (231+ words) PLYMOUTH — On Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at approximately 3:45 a.m., Plymouth police responded to a Royal Street residence following a report of a disturbance involving a firearm. According to Captain of Police Operations Marc Higgins, initial reports indicated that a man had assaulted…...
Two arrested for trafficking cocaine after police spot drug deal in Tewksbury
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (226+ words) TEWKSBURY — On Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Tewksbury police officers were patrolling the Main Street area when they observed what appeared to be a drug transaction involving a silver sedan. According to Tewksbury Police Chief Ryan Columbus, officers approached the…...
Tractor trailer driver charged with OUI after striking cruiser at Sturbridge barracks
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (230+ words) STURBRIDGE — On Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, Massachusetts State Police troopers arrested the driver of a tractor trailer who struck an unoccupied cruiser parked outside the state police’s Sturbridge barracks. According to Massachusetts State Police, the impact pushed the cruiser onto a curb…...
Tip leads to arrest of Bridgewater man in Raynham for possessing unlicensed 9mm handgun, fentanyl
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (303+ words) RAYNHAM — On Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Raynham police arrested a Bridgewater man after allegedly finding a loaded 9mm handgun, fentanyl, and crack during a traffic stop on Route 138. According to the Raynham Police Department, while investigating an unrelated incident at…...
‘The sun blinded him’: Townsend man charged with 2nd-offense OUI after Groton crash injures woman
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1075+ words) GROTON — On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at approximately 5:44 p.m., Officer Tyler Melanson of the Groton Police Department was dispatched to the intersection of Lowell and Old Dunstable roads following a two-car motor vehicle crash with airbag deployment. (The account and quotations in…...
Heavy rain floods roads across Massachusetts, forcing closures in Leominster, Lunenburg and beyond
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (441+ words) LEOMINSTER — Heavy rain flooded roads in Leominster, Lunenburg, and other Massachusetts communities Monday morning, forcing street closures and disrupting traffic on Route 2. At approximately 9:19 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2026, Leominster Emergency Communications 9-1-1 reported heavy flooding on Industrial Road, North Main and Nelson…...