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BOSTON (Gray News) – A woman in Massachusetts is expected to be arraigned Thursday after officials said she posed as a doctor and performed a cosmetic surgery on a woman that resulted in permanent damage to the victim. According to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden, 34-year-old Dingrui Wang has...

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Western Massachusetts, the Montague Bookmill isn’t just a bookstore – it’s a portal to another dimension where time moves at the pace of turning pages and the soundtrack is provided by the rushing Sawmill River below. This former gristmill from...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — The Massachusetts State Police said that two men were arrested after a investigation into a drug trafficking operation that began in 2025. Daryl Fennell of Fall River and Lincoln Green of New Bedford were charged with multiple drug and firearms offenses. The department's Commonwealth...

Prosecutors say stolen identities were used to collect benefits across multiple states and funnel food and cash through the eatery. Three people were arrested and a fourth was charged in an alleged fraud scheme that used the stolen identities of more than 100 people to obtain over $1 million in government benefits,...

Weeks after abruptly closing all its stores, Acton-based Circle Furniture has officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Circle Furniture said it could no longer afford to stay in business and would lay off all employees at once, according to an email sent to employees just two days before Christmas 2025.

One of the country’s most recognizable deep-dish names is quietly shrinking, leaving regulars to discover locked doors and dark dining rooms where family dinners used to be. An 83-year-old pizza chain that helped popularize Chicago-style pies is now closing restaurants with little public warning, a jarring turn for a...

BOSTON, MA – The audit battle in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts continues to heat up as the State Auditor has revealed that a branch of government is now refusing to be audited. Diana DiZoglio took to social media Tuesday stating that Massachusetts courts just decided they won’t be audited...

The Cranston Police Department is currently investigating a multi-jurisdictional organized retail theft operation involving a Cranston woman accused of stealing merchandise from retail stores across multiple New England states. Beginning in October 2025, a Cranston Police Detective initiated an investigation into...

STERLING — An early morning shed fire in a densely packed Central Avenue neighborhood was quickly brought under control Monday, drawing a multi-department response and mutual aid from surrounding communities, officials said. Sterling firefighters were dispatched at about 2:15 a.m. after a report of a shed fire. Crews...

I went to Simply Khmer to check out the thriving Cambodian food scene in Lowell. I left, thinking, “Those are some of the best chicken wings I’ve ever had.”. That’s before getting into the fireworks of flavor I got from my Thai iced tea and my plate of beef loc lac. For the loc lac, I didn’t expect to enjoy beef on...