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Firefighters rush to contain flames at Marshfield home before it causes brush fire
Firefighters rushed to extinguish fast-spreading flames when fire broke out at a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday, preventing a larger brush fire from starting. “This morning when it started, the entire area was engulfed in black smoke. You didn’t know what was what! I thought I heard an explosion but I couldn’t be sure. It could’ve been anything,” witness George...
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New details released after police chase through Haverhill into Lawrence
An officer was hit by a car and another officer fired a gun when a suspect took off when confronted by police in Haverhill in Tuesday, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office
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1 captured, 1 at large after police chase through Haverhill into Lawrence
One person is in custody and a second remains at large after a police chase through two Massachusetts cities Tuesday, the suspects at one point speeding the wrong way down the highway as they attempted to escape police, officials said. Lawrence police said the situation started at a Friendly’s in Haverhill, but did not specify what first set things off....
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2 people dead, 2 others injured in I-495 crash in Methuen
Two people are dead and two others are hurt after a pickup truck crashed into a tree along Interstate 495 in Methuen, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning.
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Historic Harvard Square news kiosk set to reopen
A historic Harvard Square kiosk is set to reopen early next year. Its local impact has spanned decades as it served as a popular newsstand in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Organizers have a modern vision for the local landmark, which is nearly 100 years old. “The kiosk was constructed in 1927 by the Boston Elevated Railway. It was originally an entrance to...
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Mass. homeowners plead state for help with crumbling foundations
Massachusetts homeowners across the state are pleading with lawmakers to help them with crumbling foundations. Insurance won’t cover the issue and the government is the last place for them to turn. The advocacy group, Massachusetts Homeowners Against Crumbling Foundations, went door to door at the State House Wednesday calling for aid. The home foundations are failing because the concrete is...
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Salem brush fire: No need for evacuations as firefighters battle flames, smoke
A large brush fire is burning in Salem and Lynn, Massachusetts, Sunday morning, after sparking visible fire in the woods late Saturday.
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‘Hallmark moment': Stranger finds rings woman lost on Boston Common days before
Lori Lange had lost a ring that belonged to her mother and her diamond wedding ring when the Phoenix resident recently visited Boston on trip — lucky for her, another visitor who happened to be in the area “had his angel wings under his little red flannel shirt”
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Swampscott man meets good Samaritan who saved his life
A Swampscott, Massachusetts, man who nearly lost his life met the people who saved it on Wednesday. In mid-August, Tom Creamer and his wife Mary were wrapping up a busy day of errands. “She wanted to go home but I had a letter to mail,” Creamer explained. He walked to the Swampscott Post Office to mail his letter, and that’s...
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Young boy from Gaza, who lost his leg in airstrike, flown to Boston for surgery
There were cheers at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday as a young boy and his mom from Gaza arrived in the United States for life-changing medical care. Dua’a al Areer and her 4-year-old son Joud, an amputee, were brought to the US by the Palestine Children Relief Fund so the little boy can receive surgery at Shriner’s Hospital after...
