Boston MA

WILMINGTON — After months of frustration, smoke, and repeated flare-ups, the Town of Wilmington has undertaken what officials believe will be the final push to extinguish a stubborn underground mulch fire that has plagued residents since last fall. The smoldering pile at 333 Andover St. — near the border...

FALL RIVER/BOSTON – FreezPak Logistics, prominent in temperature-controlled logistics solutions, has announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, serving the greater Boston area and all of New England. This Northeast expansion marks a pivotal milestone in FreezPak’s...

Quincy's city council delayed a vote on a $2.65 million plan to replace firefighter gear that contains harmful chemicals. Quincy firefighters are sounding the alarm after city councilors delayed a vote on funding new protective gear, following the discovery of harmful PFAS chemicals in equipment currently in use....

Three people have been indicted by a Plymouth County grand jury for their roles in the fatal stabbing of a man in Brockton, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz announced. Tynigel Belgrave, 28, and Emerson Munguia, 19, were each indicted on one count of murder. Tony Gomes, 35, was indicted...

One person was flown to the hospital after a serious crash on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon. Framingham police said just before 1 p.m. that traffic was being diverted from Worcester Road (Route 9 westbound) at Country Club Lane onto Temple Street due to a crash. One...

The sudden departure this week of chief public health officer Derrick Neal has again caused questions about Cambridge’s unusual public health structure. The Cambridge Health Alliance runs the department and the public health commissioner is CHA’s CEO, Assaad Saya. Patty Nolan, a city councillor and chair of the...

A day after a Boston police officer was charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Stephenson King, organizers with the Roxbury-based Black Community Information Center on Friday called for the release of police body camera footage. The race of the victim was not brought up in...

A Whitman man who once ran a Newton circus and acrobatics school was convicted Wednesday of multiple counts of assaulting two teenage students, prosecutors said. A weeklong trial in Brockton ended with jurors returning guilty verdicts on several charges and an acquittal on one additional count. The allegations, first...

There is a potential miscarriage of justice brewing in Boston, after an officer-involved shooting. As the city moves to jail a police officer, city leaders are not inspiring confidence in the process. Boston police responded to a call of a woman being carjacked. The alleged carjacker, Stephenson King, allegedly...

SALEM, Mass. (Court TV) — Cellphone videos shown in court show a desperate Leroy Fowler crawling on the floor after he was poisoned with antifreeze, prosecutors said in court on Friday. Judy Church, 67, is charged with Fowler’s murder; prosecutors say that Church was angry over Fowler having relationships with other...