LATEST NEWS

On June 6, 2023, the Somerville Police Department responded to a report of two males armed with firearms in the area of Edward Leathers Park and the Somerville High School in Massachusetts. The suspects were seen riding bicycles towards the high school. The incident prompted school officials to issue a shelter in place order and briefly close the Central Library. Police officers located a person matching the description of one of the suspects and briefly detained them, but they were found to be unarmed. A search of the area by Somerville Police and National Park Services Police K-9 units did not locate any firearms.

A neighborhood resident sent photos to Boston 25 showing the aftermath of the crash.

FRAMINGHAM — Authorities say a man appeared to have committed suicide on Wednesday when he ran in front of a tractor-trailer on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Massachusetts State Police said the man has been "tentatively" identified as being from Boston. According to police, a tractor-trailer driven by a 65-year-old Hartford, Connecticut, man was heading...

If you know anything about the whereabouts of any of these individuals, call CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463). The Boston Police Department is interested only in your information, not your identity. Your tip is 100% anonymous. Calls or...

If you want to live longer, it may be a good idea to move to this Massachusetts city. The good thing is, it’s not very far away. The website greatgreenwall.org has come out with a study and has determined that Newton, Massachusetts is America’s “Well Being Capital!” In other words, Newton, Massachusetts is America’s healthiest city. Before you start packing up your belongings and calling a mover, let’s take a look at how this was determined and what type of statistics were analyzed.

REVERE - Massachusetts State Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old in connection with the Memorial Day weekend shooting near the bathhouses on Revere Beach Boulevard. The teenage boy is facing gun charges that include carrying a firearm without a license and possessing a firearm with a defaced serial number. At this time, he's not being charged in the actual Sunday night shooting, which is still being investigated. Police said additional charges are possible.A 51-year-old woman was shot in the legs and a teen boy was grazed by a bullet. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries.The 17-year-old surrendered at Boston Municipal...

Every state has its own unique colloquial terms, slang, and phrases. How many times have you heard someone from Massachusetts use the term "wicked." It happens probably more times than we would like to admit. Another term you may hear or use is Cumby's which is short for Cumberland Farms. These are just a couple of terms you'll hear throughout Massachusetts, we have a whole list of them which you can check out by going here and below (let us know what we missed and we'll add them to the list).

All address information, particularly arrests, reflects police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police department The post POLICE LOG 6/7/23 appeared first on Itemlive.

The Doyle family, a lifelong South Boston family, is desperately seeking a statue that contains family members’ ashes. The statue was stolen from the family’s property in the Dorchester Heights area of South Boston. (Pictured in photo above.) “My father and grandfather recently passed, and we decided on...

The suspect, behind the wheel of a rental car with Florida plates, sped at the officer, officials said.

The New Jersey lawyer charged in a 15-year-old Boston rape spree was lured to the scene of his arrest with his fiancée by a bogus package report, court documents indicate. Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested in the lobby of his Weekhawken apartment building on May 30 in front of his new fiancée, Laura Griffin, NBC Boston reported, citing a warrant filed in court. The FBI and police lured the pair to the lobby by having the front desk call their apartment to say that an oversize package had been delivered for them, the outlet said. Nilo pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated...

Tabari Muhammad, 31, of Boston, was arrested on June 6, 2023, by officers assigned to District D-4 Anti-Crime Unit (South End) on outstanding warrants. While on patrol in the area of 478 Tremont Street, officers observed a motor vehicle run a red light and initiated a traffic stop.

BOSTON (WHDH) - A large police presence has gathered in Hyde Park as Boston police conduct an investigation. No additional information was immediately available. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details. (Copyright (c) 2022 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material...

This week’s editorial is a personal one for me, because it’s the story of Philip Reavis Sr., who is more like an uncle than a family friend, and his son Philip Reavis Jr., who is my brother from another mother. To tell the story properly, I have to go back to the beginning.

Somerville Department of Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) is inviting the Somerville community to attend the City’s Juneteenth flag-raising event at the Somerville City Hall concourse on June 12, 2023.

To say that Sligo Pub was a fixture in Somerville’s Davis Square would be something of an understatement. The small, nearly windowless hole-in-the-wall holds the oldest liquor license in the neighborhood, according to its website. And according to Tom Mannion, who ran Sligo from 1989 until his death last year, the space — once called Mahoney’s and prior to that Pat Connelly’s — has been a bar since at least 1932.

The 134,000-square-foot Wegmans at the Natick Mall is one of the largest grocery stores in Boston... One of Boston's largest grocery stores will close this summer. Despite opening in 2018, and being Wegmans first multi-level store within a major mall, the 134,000-square-foot grocery store at the Natick Mall is going to close down this summer.

Boston police are reportedly investigating whether the person drove at an officer before the officer opened fire. A Boston police officer fired shots at an SUV that allegedly fled a traffic stop in Jamaica Plain Tuesday night, The Boston Globe reported. The incident happened around 8 p.m. near 218 Wachusett...

Matt Noyes, NBC10 Boston & NECN: ‘Like yesterday, we should expect showers in many spots, scattered around today, with most during the afternoon. Unlike yesterday, I’m not concerned about strong thunder embedded in these today.’

Stream full episodes of “Wait, What Happened?” now by downloading the Very Local app. It's not common for a seal to surface in a freshwater pond. But for folks in Beverly, Massachusetts, that wasn't even the strangest place Shoebert the seal showed up -- and Shoebert's unexpected pond escape was caught on camera.