Billerica

Days after a disabled woman in Billerica found a note in her mailbox bullying her over the leaves in her yard, good Samaritans came out to help her clean it all up.

Days after a good Samaritan helped a woman with disabilities clean up her Massachusetts yard, because someone had left an unkind note in her mailbox, several people came by to finish the job. Someone wasn’t happy that Kristene Whitehouse’s yard in Billerica was full of leaves. But Whitehouse has a number of disabilities, including missing several fingers, and can’t...

After a woman with disabilities got an unkind note about the state of her yard, neighbors came out to rake up all the leaves.

After a rude note was left telling a disabled woman to clean up her yard in Billerica, Massachusetts, community members came together in support. Kristene Whitehouse says her heart sank when she received a note in her mailbox Monday night. The message read, “Clean up your yard leaves they blow all around.” Someone wasn’t happy her yard was full...

Police are asking for help after numerous mailboxes were vandalized in Billerica sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning.

Police are asking for help after numerous mailboxes were vandalized in Billerica sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. Vandals hit mailboxes and fences along Fardon Street, French Street and Glad Valley Drive. Surveillance video from one of the targeted homes shows two people running up the street after apparently knocking down a mailbox. Police are now asking residents to…

People in Billerica, Massachusetts, woke up Friday to find their mailboxes vandalized. The damage took place sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, impacting Fardon Street, French Street and Glad Valley Drive. “It’s disrespectful,” said Kim Navarro, whose mailbox is now propped up against a tree after it was torn from the ground. “I discovered it when I woke...

A 22-year-old Massachusetts man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle was involved in a crash in Burlington, officials announced.

The FBI is conducting an underwater search for evidence in the Concord River in Billerica, Massachusetts, but they aren’t saying what case the investigation is connected to. The Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team, which is out of New York, is searching for “specific evidence,” according to a news release from the FBI Boston Division. Local police are not...

A driver was stabbed multiple times and their minivan crashed in to a utility pole in Billerica, Massachusetts, Saturday morning, police said, adding that the crash appeared to be what caused the accident. The crash on Boston Road near Winthrop Street was reported to police about 8:05 a.m., Billerica police said. The vehicle had side-swiped the pole, knocking down power…

Police say a driver has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian Wednesday morning in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The victim, a 64-year-old woman, was walking on the sidewalk near the intersection of Nichols and 5th streets around 7:10 a.m. when the car crossed the center line into oncoming traffic and hit her from behind, police said. Police…

A Massachusetts town is trying to crack down on the theft of water from fire hydrants. Officials in Billerica say the problem is leading to water main breaks and brown water. Town Manager John Curran told NBC10 Boston that some contractors are pulling up to fire hydrants and taking the water for their own use — and opening and closing…

Police have arrested four people after seven Tewksbury Memorial High School students were injured in an incident in the school parking lot following a boys’ basketball game between Tewksbury and Billerica on Thursday night. Thomas Murphy, principal of Billerica Memorial High School, said in a statement Friday morning that preliminary information is that after the game in the Tewksbury high…

State police said they’re investigating why Joseph Francois left the SUV he was in and walked into the roadway Saturday night.

The crash occurred on Route 3 northbound, just prior to Exit 78.

Police in Billerica, Massachusetts, have safely located a missing teenager from Vermont. Ethan McGuire, age 13, was found safe early Friday morning in Lowell, Billerica police said in a tweet. Police asked the public for assistance locating him Thursday night and said the teen had been missing since 6:30 p.m. from the area of Charnstaff Lane. Billerica police thanked everyone…

Students at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Billerica built a Fenway Park replica as part of a sophomore project.

Power lines sparked flames and smoke in Billerica, Mass., after a tree came down Friday along Albion Road and knocked out a utility line.

The human remains found earlier this week in the Concord River in Chelmsford have been identified by authorities as Judith Chartier, revealing more detail in a decades-old cold case. The Chief Medical Examiner identified Chartier, who had been missing since June 5, 1982, through dental records. The new details in the case could give a family and a community answers…

Search teams continue to scour areas of the Concord River in Chelmsford in hopes of cracking a decades-old cold case. Divers and investigators returned Thursday looking for more clues connected to the disappearance of Judy Chartier. Human remains were found in the river a day earlier, which could give a family and a community answers after 40 years. Divers found…