Ayer

A 19-year-old swimmer who was rescued from Sandy Pond Beach in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon after he’d gone missing while in the water has died, police say. Ayer police say they responded to the beach around 3:12 p.m. Saturday after receiving an emergency alert from the medical call box there. First responders were told by on-duty lifeguards that...

Two firefighters were injured battling a fire in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. Ayer fire officials said the fire started shortly after 8:30 a.m. at a home on Wright Road. As they were approaching the scene, firefighters could see a large column of smoke from a distance, and the first police officer to arrive at the scene confirmed that the…

Officials say the derailment didn’t cause any injuries or impact to the environment.

Most of the freight train that derailed Thursday in Ayer, Massachusetts, have been removed from the site as of Friday morning, in work that impacted commuters. Five train cars carrying 10 shipping containers of trash and recycling materials toppled over on Thursday — it’s not yet clear what prompted the derailment, which officials have said took place while the train…

A freight train carrying trash and recycling materials derailed in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Thursday, prompting local firefighters to urge the public to avoid the area. The derailment took place around noon near Sculley Road, the Ayer Fire Department said. They added in a Facebook post that, “The railroad cars involved do NOT contain hazardous materials.” Footage from the scene showed…

A 19-year-old has been charged in the death of a 16-year-old girl last month in Leominster, Massachusetts, prosecutors say. Christopher Filz, of Shirley, was driving a 2001 Ford Mustang that rolled over in an embankment Interstate 190 on the evening of Oct. 6, leaving Krystal Mello, of Ayer, dead and two other teens injured, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office…