Where to find Kneadful Treats’ sourdough bread, pizza crust and treats
Kristina McArdle is doing it all, working remotely for a corporate job while juggling motherhood and being the owner of Kneadful Treats in Gardner. The local baker started her business as a wholesaler, baking over 200 loaves a week for eight sellers in North Central Mass., and now she has recently expanded to take...
School closings, delays in Massachusetts for Tuesday, Jan. 27
Some school districts have announced closures for Monday and Tuesday due to a massive snowstorm that started Sunday. The National Weather Service predicts that most of the state will end up with 20 inches to 2 feet of snow by the time the snowstorm has finished on Monday. The following...
Early video from 2-alarm house fire in Massachusetts
Looking for a quality used fire truck? Selling one? Visit our sponsor Command Fire Apparatus. Early video from Matt Gregoire (sparkywfd) taken during a house fire on Wednesday. Here’s what Matt wrote about the fire:. Call for a fire in the rear of the house came into dispatch shortly...
Winter wallop dumping snow in Worcester
WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Worcester has been transformed into a winter wonderland as a light now is piling up. As of 5 p.m., about 5 inches of snow had already fallen in the Central Mass. city, which is a frequent jackpot location for winter storms. Roads and sidewalks were still...
Mass. State Police respond to nearly 150 car crashes during first day of snowstorm
As the biggest snowstorm Massachusetts has seen in years continues to pummel the state Sunday night, State Police say they’ve already responded to nearly 150 calls for car crashes across the state. As of 6 p.m. Sunday, State Police had received 145 calls, seven of which involved injuries, a...
These maps show snowfall predictions during major storm in Massachusetts
A major storm barreling its way to Massachusetts has already begun to dump heavy snow in Northeast region of the country Sunday morning, and forecasters say it could bring up to 20 inches to the state. The storm is expected to bring a mix of icy, heavy snow and below-freezing...
Emerson: Flu patients fill E.R., but a bigger one is in the works
Jan. 14, Emerson Hospital Emergency Department: On a tour of the hospital’s Emergency Department, the Exchange found fifteen of the total sixteen critical care rooms filled, mostly due to the surge of the flu virus (see the Jan. 18 Acton Exchange article that shows the increase in flu visits compared to last year)....
Westminster man arrested for brake-checking Jeep on Route 2, rear-ending it, & assaulting driver
WESTMINSTER — On Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, at approximately 7:42 p.m., Officer Connor Furey of the Westminster Police Department was dispatched to State Road East after multiple 911 callers reported a two-vehicle crash, after which both drivers were involved in a disturbance. (The account and quotations in this...
Why This One Common Habit Is Considered Highly Rude in These 10 U.S. States
New York: Cutting in Line New York: Cutting in Line (Image Credits: Unsplash) In the U.S., the unspoken rules about lines are so strong that in an experiment conducted in New York City by psychologist Stanley Milgram found it took researchers often half an hour to work up the courage to cut in line. The ... Read...
Opinion/Guest column: Time running out to protect MA Haitian workers
Haitian Temporary Protected Status is scheduled to end Feb. 3, putting work authorization for thousands of essential Massachusetts workers at risk. TPS for Haitians was established following the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, which left 316,000 dead or missing, according to the Haitian government. TPS allowed Haitians...
