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Authorities are investigating a multi-car crash in Cohasset on Tuesday morning that injured several people, including two babies.

On January 29, 2022, the body of Boston Police Department Officer John O’Keefe was discovered outside the residence of Officer Brian Albert in Canton, Massachusetts. The previous evening, O’Keefe had been dropped off by his girlfriend, Karen Read, to attend a gathering hosted by Albert and Jennifer McCabe. Upon discovery, he was transported to a nearby hospital, where his death was attributed to blunt force trauma and hypothermia.

During the reconstruction of the seawall along Nantasket Avenue across from the Fitzpatrick Way lagoon, a number of safeguards to protect pedestrian access are being instituted. Nantasket Avenue between Fitzpatrick Way and Point Allerton Avenue is closed in front of the seawall. In response to an August 8 memo to...

Who doesn't love it when a new eatery opens up close by? I think we all do, right? I mean, at the very least, it's something new to try. In the case of chain restaurants, you may have visited a restaurant in your travels, and now one has opened up in your neighborhood!

New DNA evidence will be presented by prosecutors against former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell, the man accused of killing a pregnant 23-year-old woman they said he began sexually exploiting when she was a teenager, according to court documents. Prosecutors will bring forward “expert testimony regarding DNA testing in this...

BOXFORD - Who needs to trek up north to Iceland or Canada when are the northern lights are stunning skies right here in our New England backyard? The marvel of magenta, green and purple lights painted the New England heavens Thursday night. Aurora borealis erupted over clear skies. In the darkness of Boxford Common is where we found Jim Holland, President of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club-telescope in tow-scanning the skies to catch a glimpse of the splendor. "I've never seen anything like it," said Holland. "Nature is an incredible thing when you see something like this it gives you a lot...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A 32-year-old Canton man is facing charges after his arrest in connection with a shooting that killed one man and injured another man in a Dorchester barbershop last month, police said. The shooting happened at the Exclusive Barbershop and Salon on Washington Street near 1 p.m. on...

The property boasts bold wallpaper and a gorgeous stove. This week’s Luxury Home of the Week pick is a cozy-yet-sophisticated custom-build in the South Shore town of Hingham. The house at 9 Crooked Meadow Lane in Hingham has a $2,790,000 asking price and measures 5,574 square feet on 3.61...

• The Boys 3/4 Soccer Team 1 played a doubleheader in Kingston this past weekend, shutting out both Kingston teams with a 1-0 win in one game and a 3-0 win in the other. The team, consisting of Owen Bilodeau, Liam Palermo, Luke Panetta, Harrison Jones, Rhys Siegrist, Henry Lidington-Trubia, Luca Dibley, North Saforrian, Finn Saforrian, Rocko Truglia, Sawyer Markowitz, and Casey Resnick, played well in both games and are showing progress playing together as a team. Thank you to Jordan Dunn and Gibran Succar from Team 2 for playing the second game and giving team support. The 3/4 Team 2 defeated Kingston, 3-1, on Saturday, October 5, improving to 3-0 on the season. Andy Michaelides scored two goals and Teddy Misdea scored 1 goal on a penalty kick. Nolan Cichocki was amazing playing goalie the entire game. Kai Funeri, James Petruzzelli, Zachary Walsh, and Enki Mundo were excellent at switching off positions during the game. The team’s next game is on Saturday, October 19 at 4 p.m. at home.

There is no shortage of amazing restaurants and eateries throughout the state of Massachusetts. That also include bakeries. The Bay State has several of them on a local level throughout the state that deserve accolades for what they provide in their respective communities. But one bakery in particular has recently received some national recognition. It looks like Massachusetts happens to be home to one of the best bakeries in the U.S.

The man was charged with transmitting interstate threats. A Lynn man was arrested for allegedly making numerous threats to an elected official, including threatening to murder the official and their family, the US Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Justin David Gaglio, 50, was charged by criminal complaint with one count...

No foul play is suspected. Authorities have identified the man who died Tuesday after falling into the water near the Bass Haven Yacht Club in Beverly. William M. Cass, 82, of Salem, was pronounced dead on Tuesday at Beverly Hospital, according to the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker.

BROCKTON — Jason Gould, a veteran and fourth-generation Brockton firefighter, was just 46 years old when he died on Sept. 8 from injuries he sustained while rescuing a woman from an apartment fire about a decade earlier. Retired firefighter Mark Picher said he and Gould were bringing a woman down from one of the upper floors of the Hamilton Oaks apartments during a fire when Gould's mask was knocked off. ...

A Somerville man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a teenager inside a bathroom at Boston’s Museum of Science this past weekend, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced Thursday.

The Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15, 2013, and the nearly week-long search for those responsible shook Massachusetts and the nation to the core. Three people died and 281 others were injured when explosives detonated by brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rocked the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon.

Remember a simpler time when television was free and filled with friendly faces?. We didn't have to remember what platform the nightly news was on or where our local TV stations were, they were just always there. Ahhh. the simple life. All you had to do was pull the knob...

Cambridge Police arrested Michael Burke on Thursday for the possession of illegal drugs and a homemade firearm. By Isabel M. Kendall. Cambridge Police arrested Michael Burke on Thursday for the possession of illegal drugs and a homemade firearm — commonly known as a “ghost gun” — and accused him of being involved in “cocaine distribution over an extended period of time” in a press release.

The following news report is based on selected Arlington Police Department logs from Oct. 1 through 7. No arrests were reported. Three male suspects were filmed by home security systems during an early morning spree on Friday, Oct. 4, in which 10 cars were broken into on nine different streets, nine by smashing in front driver or passenger side windows (one had been left unlocked). All the cars showed signs of rummaging through glove boxes and consoles, and in four instances, property was reported stolen.

BOSTON - A family originally from the South Shore is asking for answers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, after it says the hospital lost its late mother's belongings. Nikki DiMascola's mother, Ruth, died suddenly on August 1, after she collapsed while out for an errand due to a ruptured brain aneurysm. Her children quickly flew to Boston, where she was on life support at Beth Israel, until her final moments. "It was horrifying. It was my worst nightmare," DiMascola said. "I really didn't understand the gravity of the situation until I got to the hospital and saw her...She was not conscious....

A Salvadoran man living in Somerville was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Tony Joel Salvador Umanzor, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to eight months in prison. In June 2024, Salvador Umanzor pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of deported alien. In May 2024, Salvador Umanzor was indicted by a federal grand jury. He has been in federal custody since his initial appearance in federal court on May 9, 2024.