Chelmsford

Firefighters responded to a stove burn accident early Sunday morning in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. According to Chelmsford Fire Chief Gary Ryan, firefighters were called to 19 Buckman Drive around 10:54 a.m. for an investigation. The fire crew arrived at the site to find one female who had sustained minor burns from a gas wood stove, Ryan said. She was transferred to a…

Students in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, have been disciplined for the viral TikTok challenge known as “devious licks,” residents say. In this case “lick” means theft — across the country, kids are stealing things from their schools, from hand sanitizers to more serious items like fire extinguishers and fire alarms, and then posting about it on the popular social media app. In…

A missing woman from Lowell was found after a police search in several Massachusetts communities Monday, officials said. The woman, 21-year-old Iliany Nunez, was found safe after police searches in Lowell and Chelmsford. Lowell police wrote on Facebook that “residents should be aware that they may see large numbers of police officers, some with police K9s, searching different neighborhoods...

A train hit a teenager on Wednesday, leaving him seriously injured, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, authorities said. The boy, who is 17, was flown to a Boston hospital after he was hit by the train near the border of Westford about 12:10 p.m., according to the Chelmsford Police Department. Investigators believe the teenager was walking on the tracks and unaware the…

Three units are now uninhabitable.

A car crashed into a building Saturday night in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, causing enough structural damage that three units were no longer safe to live in, authorities said. The driver of the car wasn’t hurt, and no other injuries were reported, according to the Chelmsford Fire Department. But the car had entered one of the buildings at the Chelmsford Woods...

After downpours ruined weekend plans and left many spending July Fourth indoors, sunny weather on Monday gave everyone another chance to enjoy the long holiday weekend.  For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic triggered a lockdown and put most Independence Day traditions on hiatus, people once again gathered for town parades in both Needham and Chelmsford.  “The fact...

A Massachusetts company is sending a robot to Surfide, Florida to help with search and rescue efforts after a deadly building collapse.

A specialized robot developed in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is now in Surfside, Florida, helping rescue teams search for any signs of life in the massive pile of rubble following a large apartment building collapse. “We overnighted a system down there to have at the ready,” said Tom Frost, Vice President of Teledyne FLIR’s ground robot business. The 5-lb. robot is...

A 30-year-old Lowell man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being pinned under snow removal equipment Saturday morning in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, according to Chelmsford Police Chief James M. Spinney. Firefighters and police officers responded to the alley behind 2 Alpine Lane at approximately 8:49 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from a worker in the building that heard…

More than a dozen communities in Massachusetts will have to revert back to step one of phase three of the reopening plan.

After three sustained weeks of high-risk status, a dozen communities will have to rollback reopening.

More than a dozen communities in Massachusetts will have to revert back to step one of phase three of the reopening plan.

Five residents of a Chelmsford nursing home have died and more have been infected in a COVID-19 outbreak, according to state health data. Data from the state weekly public health report show five residents have died and more than 30 residents and staff have been infected at Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, the Boston Herald reported. Many residents have…

A man in a pickup truck died in a crash with a front-end loader being driven by a Chelmsford Department of Public Works employee Tuesday night, according to police. According to a preliminary investigation, Michael Franklin, 22, of Westford, was killed when he drove a pickup truck into the intersection of Graniteville Road and School Street and struck the front-end…

The Chelmsford Board of Health decided to close the town’s beaches after reports of people defying social distancing guidelines meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

As the weather gets warmer, beaches in one Massachusetts town will be closed starting Friday. The beaches at Heart Pond and Freeman Lake in Chelmsford have been shut down because people were not following guidelines in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to officials. The Chelmsford Board of Health has received reports and witnesses beachgoers not wearing facial coverings or…

A young mother is celebrating after beating an aggressive form of colon cancer.

A social worker who reportedly worked for 10 straight days is among the 30 dead at a Chelmsford, Massachusetts nursing home that has become a hot spot for the novel coronavirus. The Palm Center said in a statement that its director of social services had died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, saying she was a beloved member…

It was a parade like no other Thursday in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. With precautions in place, family, friends and neighbors lined Alexa Morell’s street. She was returning from her 12th and final round of chemotherapy at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for stage 4 colon cancer. “I was bawling. I’ve been crying for the last half hour over it,” Morell said of...