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Student grabbed after getting off school bus in Shrewsbury, officials say
A high school student said she was grabbed by an older man in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said. The Shrewsbury High School student had been dropped off the late bus at Stoney Hill Road and was walking on a path toward Cherry Hill with another student when the unknown man grabbed her, Shrewsbury Public Schools Superintendent Joe Sawyer told…
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Hundreds gather in Boston to celebrate Syria's liberation
Hundreds of people celebrated the liberation of Syria in Boston’s Copley Square Sunday afternoon. The steps were packed with people singing, dancing and waving the Syrian flag to celebrate their nation’s freedom, a revolutionary moment. People in the crowd were happy after learning of the end of the Assad family’s regime of more than a half a century. Many...
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Beverly mom says son ‘falling behind' as North Shore teacher strikes continue
Students in three Massachusetts communities have been out of school for nearly two weeks as teachers remain on strike. Melissa Wiley’s 9-year-old son, Nazayah, is ready to get back to class in Beverly, but schools in the city are empty — as are schools in Gloucester and Marblehead. All three districts will remain closed Thursday. Teachers the communities are demanding…
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Halloween in Salem: Large crowds expected despite brush fire smoke
The Halloween crowds in Salem, Massachusetts, may have hit a brief lull Tuesday night, but things are only expected to ramp up with a favorable forecast over the next few days and officials are still expecting to break records this season. Crowd sizes fluctuate with weather and on weeknights, according to Mayor Dominick Pangallo, and people may have stayed away…
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Grave of 2 freed women who were enslaved uncovered in Beverly cemetery
Curators have uncovered the first grave of people who were enslaved in Beverly, Massachusetts, and the discovery is raising more questions about who else could be hidden in Central Cemetery. The grave of Philis Cave and Nancy Milan almost sunk into the ground, their stories along with it. Abby Battis, associate director of collections with Historic Beverly, discovered the women…
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‘The legacy I want to leave': How a Maine teen is helping with concussion research
A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution…
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Advocate says Sandra Birchmore's family ‘always thought that she was murdered'
The federal indictment of a former Massachusetts police detective in the 2021 death of Sandra Birchmore — previously ruled a suicide — is an emotional development for family members and advocates. Matthew Farwell, who was a detective with the Stoughton Police Department, is accused of killing Birchmore and staging her apartment to make it appear she had died by suicide….
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Man faces judge after crash of stolen SUV in Plainville kills 10-year-old
A man accused of stealing an SUV from a Kenny Chesney concert at Gillette Stadium and causing a crash that killed a 10-year-old boy over the weekend in Plainville, Massachusetts, appeared in court Monday. The incident occurred Saturday at the intersection of Route 1 and Interstate 495, according to Massachusetts State Police, who said 42-year-old Michael Escolas of Oxford was…
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Power back on in Woburn after deadly crash
Skyranger flew over the scene of the deadly crash at the corner of Commerce Way and Atlantic Avenue on Friday night.
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Will Tim Walz sway New Hampshire voters for Harris?
As Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz start their battleground blitz, they have their work cut out for them in another swing state – New Hampshire. The Minnesota governor was set to visit the Granite State this past Sunday, but he canceled at the last minute amid rumors that he was on a list of contenders for…
