Townsend

An elected official in Townsend resigned from his position on Thursday, shortly after the NBC10 Boston Investigators started asking questions about the revocation of his drug and alcohol counseling license by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Chaz Sexton-Diranian had been serving as the chairperson of the Board of Selectmen, but it turns out he had kept a key detail…

Chaz Sexton-Diranian has stepped down as chair of the Townsend Select Board after questions from the NBC10 Boston Investigators.

Two unsettling reports of animal cruelty involving dogs in different towns in Massachusetts were unfounded, according to police. Authorities in Townsend and Newburyport issued press releases Friday looking to debunk rumors that had been circulating around the towns. Police in Townsend, located in northern Massachusetts along the New Hampshire border, said they received a report on April 11 that someone…

A woman in Townsend, Massachusetts, is at the center of a police investigation after allegations that she may have poisoned her husband with a bowl of soup. According to court documents, Roxanne Doucette sent several text messages to someone she thought was a star in the soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful.” “He wanted money and he wanted to…

Police in Townsend are looking into whether or not a woman poisoned her husband’s soup after falling victim to a scam.

A 38-year-old man from Ashby is in the hospital after driving his car into a home in Townsend, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, according to police. Police say they arrived at 551 Main St. after getting calls that a car had crashed into a house. The 38-year-old currently unidentified driver was the only person in the car, and he was able…