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A pedestrian is dead and a driver is on the run after a hit-and-run crash in the early hours of Saturday at Boston's notoriously tangled Mass. and Cass intersection. Emergency crews were called to the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard at about 1:10 a.m., and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where they were later pronounced...

TEWKSBURY — A newly constructed home on Florence Avenue is offering a rare opportunity for affordable homeownership, thanks to a collaborative community effort and a local housing lottery set for June. The three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom single-family home at 97 Florence Ave. will be sold for $282,000 through an affordable housing...

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Emergency crews were called to a laundromat in Brockton on Saturday after a driver crashed into the building. A driver in a Jeep crashed through “Launderland” laundromat on East Ashland Street around 1 p.m. There were no reported injuries. The cause of the crash...

MassWildlife officials are reminding the public that March and April is when hungry bears emerge from their winter dens and seek out food.?If you live in northern Middlesex County, Worcester County, western Massachusetts, or other areas where bears have been spotted, take these steps to prevent conflicts with black bears:

BOSTON – A Cranston, R.I., man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in distributing cocaine, MDMA and ketamine. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 39-year-old Lengsy Prum, a/k/a, “Leon,” pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Court Judge Julia Kobick scheduled...

LAWRENCE, Mass. In Essex County Superior Court in Lawrence, John Carey, 66, of Braintree was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of Claire Gravel on June 29, 1986, the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker confirms. A jury convicted Carey...

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Fire crews from multiple communities responded to the area behind West Gate Lanes in Brockton on Saturday after several trailers went up in flames, officials said. The fire started around 2 p.m. and by the time Brockton firefighters arrived, the flames were already spreading from one...

A fire ripped through several trucks behind a bowling alley in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon, firefighters said. Images shared on social media, including by City Councilor Winthrop Farwell Jr., showed heavy smoke billowing from the fire behind Westgate Lanes near Route 27. The fire involving a group of tractor-trailers...

MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A dog owner was cited for failing to obey an ordinance pertaining to leashed dogs after their pet injured a child at Tufts Park in Medford on Saturday. Police say the dog was off its leash when it approached tow children seemingly trying to play. One child was knocked down and another was either scratched or nipped and suffered a small...

A pair of Billerica paramedics saved six people from a burning building in Lowell, Massachusetts, early Friday morning, police said. The Billerica first responders, paramedics Enrick "Nick" Nuttoli and Danika Connors, saw flames coming from a two-family home on School Street at about 3:30 a.m., as they returned to town from Lowell General Hospital, Billerica police said Saturday.