Massachusetts

Wildlife advocates are sounding the alarm once again about rodenticide, poison used to control rat populations, after sick foxes were found at a mall in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Teachers unions in two North Shore communities announced strikes Thursday.

A young man from Fitchburg who became partially paralyzed from a hockey injury and was told he would never walk again, but three years later, he is working to prove that belief wrong and get back on the ice.

The holiday season can be the most difficult time of the year for many people. Dr. Ximena Sanchez-Samper, a board-certified psychiatrist from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, shares practical tips to help you prioritize your mental health and manage holiday stress.

A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store. Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said the stabbing happened Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Hyannis. They arrested 31-year-old Hyannis resident Nikolas Rescigno. The victim, described by police as a juvenile, was brought to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses told police the girl…

More than a dozen brush fires are still burning across Massachusetts.

A woman who rescued foxes near a Leominster mall says that rat poison is to blame. 

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A 74-foot-tall fir tree was cut down in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and loaded up for a trip to Rockefeller Center, where it will be decorated in crystals and lights and become among the most famous Christmas trees in the world....

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Teachers in two cities on the North Shore of Massachusetts announced Thursday that they had voted to go on strike. The Union of Gloucester Educators and the Beverly Teachers Association say their members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the action. The Gloucester union said on social media that over 98% of the district’s educators voted to authorize the strike. Julia…

Massachusetts officials declared a major drought across the state on Thursday due to an unprecedented lack of rainfall over the past two months. “After more than a month of nearly no rain and devastating wildfires, Massachusetts is clearly experiencing significant drought conditions,” Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper said in a statement. “This autumn has felt different for all…

A former Stoneham, Massachusetts, police officer and his brother, who works as a contractor, have pleaded guilty in a bribery and kickback scheme that netted them millions of dollars in contract payments from the state’s Mass Save program. Joseph Ponzo, 51, of Stoneham and Christopher Ponzo, 50, of North Reading, are accused of bribing an associate with tens of thousands…

Warm weather is expected to continue on Thursday before beginning to drop a bit heading into the weekend.

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Brush fires are burning in Breakhart Reservation and just off Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, on Thursday.

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No less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected president, a new image was projected on the water tower in Hanson, Massachusetts.

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About 40 people were displaced, but no injuries were reported following an overnight fire in Peabody, Massachusetts.

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Police are investigating after a woman was shot and killed in Worcester, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning. 

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The 30 Rock Christmas tree was cut down in  West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Thursday.

A large brush fire is burning near homes and businesses along Route 1 in the Prankers Pond area of Saugus, Massachusetts. The fire was reported around 11 p.m. Wednesday and was still burning on Thursday morning. The cause at this point is undetermined, but the warm temperatures and dry weather conditions certainly hasn’t helped the situation. The fire is on…

A large brush fire is burning on Thursday near Prankers Pond in Saugus, Massachusetts.

The iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was cut down on Thursday morning. This year’s Norway Spruce is in West Stockbridge in western Massachusetts. It was cut down around 8 a.m. Thursday. It’s the first time in nearly 70 years that a Massachusetts tree has been selected. The 74-foot-tall, 43-foot-diameter, 11-ton tree is being donated by the Albert family. The...

A controversy in the town of Hanson, Massachusetts, has reignited after a new image of Donald Trump was seen shining off a local water tower.

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