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‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ to film in Worcester - here’s when and where
The Walking Dead fans in the Bay State might see zombies roaming the streets of Worcester this week, with filming of “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” season 2 happening downtown Thursday, May 2. Filming of the spin-off series will take place on Norwich Street on Thursday, May 2...
Police officers, firefighters testify in Karen Read murder trial
Jurors returned to the courtroom Tuesday for the trial of , where they heard testimony from police and firefighters who were among the first to respond to the scene of Boston police Officer John O'Keefe's death in January of 2022. Testimony resumed around 9:30 a.m., about 30 minutes later than...
Could "Raise The Age" bill reduce crime in Massachusetts?
BOSTON - Crimes committed by teens and young people normally make for eye-popping headlines. In the past week, hundreds of young adults have been arrested at campus protests. Over the weekend, a 16-year-old was accused of murdering a 14-year-old in Worcester. Last week, a 15-year-old was arrested for driving a stolen car during a high-speed chase with Massachusetts State Police troopers. This all comes as lawmakers on Beacon Hill consider a bill that proposes prosecuting 18, 19, and 20-year-olds as juveniles.What is the "Raise the Age" bill?Commonly called "Raise the Age," it would keep offenders in the juvenile court system until...
Hopkinton woman seeks $1M in damages; claims mother was assaulted at Milford facility
MILFORD ― A Hopkinton woman is alleging a Milford assisted living facility was negligent in the treatment of her mother, and is now suing the facility for $1 million. Victoria Francis filed a lawsuit in the Worcester County Superior Court, alleging her late mother was sexually assaulted on 14 separate days in September 2021 by a male resident of Cornerstone at Milford, an assisted living facility on Birch Street.
Child, two adults dead following murder-suicide in Lowell, Massachusetts DA says
LOWELL, Mass. — A child and two adults are dead after an alleged murder-suicide in Lowell, MA, authorities say. Lowell police say they got a call from a man in an apartment on Warren St. just after 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. The caller told authorities that he had shot his wife and daughter.
Battle over renaming Concord Middle School heads to a community-wide vote
Residents of Concord, a place rich with buildings named for famous people across history, are pushing town officials to rename the middle school for a local educator and abolitionist, Ellen Garrison. It would be the first building named for a Black person in the majority-white town, but the school committee...
The canvas of community: Inside the vision of El Salón's Plaza Sábados block parties
It was just past noon on a cloudy April Saturday, and at the bottom of Lagrange Street, the first Plaza Sábados neighborhood block party was beginning. One volunteer from the Worcester art collective El Salón stood at the top of the block and greeted every new arrival, pointing out free coffee. Domino tables were spread out on the pavement. A sudden burst of rain sent clothing and jewelry vendors scrambling to cover their products.
Burlington is opening a new store in Massachusetts this fall — here’s where
There’s a new place to shop for deals on top brands on the South Coast, with a Burlington opening in Fairhaven later this year. “We are thrilled to open a new Burlington store in the Fairhaven community this fall, offering residents our everyday low prices on a wide assortment of brand-name merchandise for the entire family and home,” Julia DePillis, with Burlington Stores, told MassLive on Monday.
Men arrested for burglaries targeting South Asians could face hate crime charges
Four men arrested in connection to a targeted string of 43 burglaries and break-ins of homes belonging to people of South Asian descent were arraigned in a Woburn court on Monday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Monday that her office is considering pursing hate crime charges. On Friday, the...
Authorities continue to investigate cases involving men found dead in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM — Authorities continue to investigate a pair of suspicious deaths that occurred in the past few weeks. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has still not determined the cause of deaths for Anthony Junior Lopez or Brooks Hood, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. The...
Superintendent: ‘Racially motivated incidents occurred in our schools’ Monday
Hopkinton Public Schools Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed the school community Tuesday to share that there two two “racially motivated incidents” Monday. “We are writing to report that two separate and racially motivated incidents occurred in our schools yesterday,” Cavanaugh wrote. “These disturbing events are currently being investigated.
New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts TD Bank Locations Closing
When was the last time you had to walk into an actual bank, complete with real people at the counter and lollipops for the taking?. According to occ.gov, TD Bank is closing 20 branches, including the one on Woodbury Ave in Newington, New Hampshire, the branch at the Maine Mall in South Portland, Maine, and the Longwood Branch on Longwood Ave in Boston, Massachusetts.
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