Ashland

Everyone was able to get out, but the home is no longer livable.

Authorities responded to a fire in Ashland, Massachusetts on Sunday morning. Ashland Fire says they responded at around 8 a.m. to a house fire on Sherborne Circle. Fire and smoke were visible on arrival, authorities say. The people inside were able to escape safely but the residence is now inhabitable, according to the fire department.

The Ashland MBTA Commuter Rail station will be closed down for the fall season as major repair work is performed at the transit stop. The repairs and improvements will total $2.5 million, and will include the restoration of the pedestrian overpass, platform resurfacing and painting, repairs to the accessible platform, upgraded lighting and installation of digital signage, the MBTA said…

A preschool teacher and her 18-month-old daughter are starting a long journey home to Ashland, Massachusetts, after more than a week trapped in civil-war-torn Sudan. Trillian Clifford and her daughter, Alma, moved to Sudan less than a year ago after Clifford got a job teaching preschool there. Things were going well until recently. “She has spent the last 10 days…