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A man who pointed two kitchen knives at officers responding to a domestic altercation in New Hampshire on Monday was arrested after being tasered by officers. Manchester police said they responded to a South Mammoth Road address around 2:25 p.m. Monday for a report of a domestic altercation between two men. Arriving officers learned that 40-year-ol...

A woman was hospitalized Tuesday after she was shot in Springfield, Massachusetts. A spokesperson for the Springfield Police Department says officers were called to the 100 block of Stafford Street around 4:20 p.m. for a report of a gunshot victim. Responding officers found an adult female with gunshot injuries that are believed to be non-life thre...

A 20-year-old blind cat named “Tiki” was rescued this week after he fell into an icy pond in Westford, Massachusetts, and this story is nothing short of a miracle from start to finish, according to the town’s animal control. Westford Animal Control says the police department received a panicked call Monday morning from a passerby ...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A few months ago, it was reported that a beloved Cambridge brewery was going to be saying farewell this month, and now we have learned that its beers will live on. According to a Facebook post, the Cambridge Brewing Company brand has been acquired by Castle Island Brewing Co., with the post......

Following a tense evening Tuesday night, people in Worcester, Massachusetts, will have another chance at a community meeting to voice their concerns about a scathing report on the city’s police department. It was a packed house on both sides at the Worcester City Council meeting Tuesday night with people expressing their outrage over the find...

Drone sightings have been reported in New Jersey, New York and more recently, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And now they are being reported in Maine too. News Center Maine said a Kittery couple reported seeing a drone flying just down the street from their house last week. Ken and Judy Galle told the station they spotted the drone on Dec…....

Police responded to an unusual incident on Monday after four cows fell from a trailer being towed by a pickup truck on the Maine Turnpike. Maine State Police said they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck hauling a cattle trailer on the Maine Turnpike in Lewiston at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver was going south when&#8230...

There will be a court hearing Wednesday in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother accused of killing her three children in 2023. Clancy’s lawyer said in a recent court filing that he plans to assert her “lack of criminal responsibility” at trial due to her mental condition. In a document filed Friday, Clanc...

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and killed early Wednesday morning in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, according to police who said traffic in the area will be majorly impacted for the morning commute. Boston police say they received a call around 5:42 a.m. for the pedestrian crash at Tremont Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, in front of the Re...

A large water main break flooded roads overnight in Newton, Massachusetts, creating problems for Wednesday’s morning commute. Newton police said the water main break in the area of 400 Centre Street was causing significant impacts to the Newton Corner area, and drivers were told to seek alternative routes. Part of Washington Street was shut d...

Not-so-cold this morning, eh? In the wake of our 60s Tuesday, the airmass hasn’t cooled much. That means Wednesday night’s precipitation is in the form of rain for a vast majority of the area. There are exceptions, of course. The higher terrain of northern Worcester County and southwestern New Hampshire could see some accumulations above 700 feet a...

The family of an East Boston woman missing since last week is pleading for help finding her. Boston police said Saturday that 61-year-old Elba Portillo had last been seen around 9:30 a.m. Friday in the Marion Street area after leaving for work on Meriden Street. She did not arrive. Portillo’s family says she suffers from insomnia and is poten...