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A Stoneham family is calling for justice after a hit-and-run crash left a grandmother with serious injuries.

Stoneham police are looking for the driver who hit a grandmother in a crosswalk.

A grandmother was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash this weekend, according to police in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The woman was hit Saturday evening near the intersection of Spring Street and Pleasant Street. Officers responded around 8:45 p.m. to find the woman on the sidewalk, suffering from serious injuries. Police say the woman was in a crosswalk when she was hit….

Former Det. Robert Kennedy, who was convicted of wire fraud after reports from the NBC10 Boston Investigators about his history of unpaid rent, will be allowed to collect about $5,000 a month from Massachusetts taxpayers.

The Stoneham Retirement Board voted to allow a former police detective convicted of a federal crime to keep his pension. At stake was Robert Kennedy’s taxpayer-funded benefit of roughly $5,000 per month. The key question: Was his wire fraud conviction directly related to his duties as a public servant? In January, Kennedy—whose career of more than 20 years with the…

A Stoneham, Massachusetts, middle school student is being summonsed to court after a fight in which a knife was brandished and racial taunts were used.

Students made racist comments and a knife was produced during an altercation at a shopping plaza in Stoneham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, according to police and school officials. A middle school student was being summoned to Woburn District Court after the incident, reported about 7:05 p.m., according to a release on Thursday from the Stoneham Police Department and Stoneham Public Schools….

Students attending public schools in Stoneham, Massachusetts, will start this school year about a week later than usual due to the ongoing construction of a new high school building. The first day of school for Stoneham Public Schools, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 28, has been pushed to Tuesday, Sept. 3. Superintendent David Ljungberg explained that while the delay primarily…

Stoneham Public School students will start the school year about a week later than usual due to the ongoing construction of a new high school building. The first day of school, originally scheduled for Aug. 28, has been pushed to Tuesday, Sept. 3....

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Stoneham High School says it has received some of its sports equipment back that police say they were stolen during a recent alumni event.

A high school in Massachusetts is starting to get some of its sports equipment back. While police say some of the items were stolen, the Stoneham High School Athletics Department is now saying it’s a misunderstanding, and are still asking for the public’s help to recover the items. The town is building a new high school, so past students...

Stoneham High School says a lot of sports equipment as taken during a recent alumni event.

A Massachusetts high school’s upcoming season is at risk after thousands of dollars worth of equipment, including football helmets and jerseys, was stolen during an event. The Stoneham High School Athletics Department pleaded for help finding the equipment, taken during an alumni event Tuesday, on X, formerly Twitter. “Our current athletes need this stuff and can’t compete without it,”...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched a home in Stoneham, Massachusetts, registered to a man who was previously convicted of distributing child pornography. Neighbors on Hancock Street took photos Wednesday of law enforcement at the home of James McCarty. In March, McCarty was caught trying to enter the South Elementary School campus armed with two knives. Authorities have not said…

A Stoneham, Massachusetts, police officer has resigned from the department after an investigation found he violated department policies with his use of “vulgar and racially insensitive language,” town officials said Monday. An internal investigation into Sgt. Thomas Heller began in spring 2023, according to a joint statement from Stoneham Town Administrator Dennis Sheehan and Stoneham Police Chief James O’Connor. Town…

The superintendent will remain in his position in Stoneham, Massachusetts, despite calls for him to step down after delays in communication to families following the arrest of a man walking school grounds with two knives. The Stoneham School Committee said Friday that it wanted to provide an update on the March 21 incident that occurred outside South Elementary School as…

This is after concerns about how he handled an incident at South Elementary School last month.

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There’s a big concern in the town of Stoneham, Massachusetts, this week: school safety. It all stems from a startling situation at an elementary school there. Parents are demanding changes from some town leaders.

Stoneham parents are upset they didn’t learn for five days that an armed man previously convicted of disseminating child pornography was caught trying to get into a school.

Concerned parents met at an elementary school in Stoneham, Massachusetts, Thursday night after police caught an armed man who was previously registered as a sex offender on school grounds. Parents say they weren’t notified about the incident until days after when their superintendent sent out an email. James McCarty was caught with two knives while walking the grounds of...