Chelmsford

Have you ever been so relieved to get a moment to yourself that you wanted to wall off your room to the world? Well, this beaver did just that, and it’s adorable. Meet Nibi, a wild beaver at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. This month, she got a new roommate, another beaver named Ziibi, and grew comfortable enough...

When Nibi, a rescued beaver, got her room at a Mass. wildlife rescue to herself, she immediately started building a dam, perhaps to keep her roommate from being able to get back in.

A person was killed when two SUVs collided on Interstate 495 in Chelmsford late Saturday night, Massachusetts State Police said. The two SUVs were both headed north on the highway at about 11:45 p.m. when they collided, causing both to leave the road, police said. The driver of one of the SUVs, a Chevy Trailblazer, was partially ejected and pronounced…

Downed power lines snarled traffic in both directions on Interstate 495 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday afternoon. Police said shortly after 6:30 p.m. that southbound traffic was backed up for three miles, and northbound for two miles. Authorities said southbound traffic was being diverted onto Route 3, with northbound traffic being sent onto Route 110 via Exit 88….

Crews who were searching Monday for a missing kayaker in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, found a body believed to be his. The tragedy began to unfold in the middle of Freeman Lake around 12:20 p.m. Neighbors who live along the water say some people heard a man screaming for help. First responders located a kayak in the lake, but there was no…

With a pond on one side and a creek on the other, it’s not uncommon to find a turtle along Cathy Road in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. But for Kathy Leslie, it was becoming too common to see a squished turtle. So she asked the town to put up turtle crossing signs. But controversy forced the town to put it back in...

Twelve-year-old Alexis Scott Alexis was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare and serious blood condition that led to the amputation of her leg. But despite her challenge, she wants to remind others not to be afraid of what life throws at them.

A man has died from injuries he received in an outdoor fire that was fed by a propane torch in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Wednesday, authorities say. Firefighters who arrived at the scene on Streans Street after noon found two people hurt and a shed engulfed in flames, according to local and state fire officials and Middlesex County prosecutors. An older man…

All travel lanes on Interstate 495 south in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, were temporarily shut down after a dump truck spilled wet concrete across the highway on Wednesday morning. State police said multiple vehicles drove through the concrete, and all three travel lanes were closed for cleanup at 9 a.m. Traffic was getting by in the breakdown lane only. Exit 88 was…

A driver and passenger were killed Friday in an early morning car crash involving a deer in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash on Interstate 495 northbound near the Chelmsford rest stop shortly after 5 a.m. According to police, a Nissan Rogue hit a deer and swerved into the median, causing the car to go airborne and…

One man has died and two firefighters were injured after a fire broke out in a mobile home overnight in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Chelmsford firefighters found heavy fire when they arrived at 175 Mason Avenue at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. First responders were notified that a resident was still inside, so firefighters quickly gained entry into the home and removed the man,…

Massachusetts State Police are at the scene of a fatal crash on Route 3 in Chelmsford involving a tractor trailer and a pedestrian. The crash was reported shortly after 3 p.m. on Route 3 north prior to Exit 84. Traffic is currently backed up for about three miles, state police said. No further information was immediately available.

Officers responded to New World Gas Station at 270 Littleton Rd. around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, where a clerk reported being robbed by a man brandishing a machete.

A man armed with a machete allegedly robbed a gas station Saturday night in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, police said, and a search is underway for the suspect. Chelmsford officers responded to New World Gas Station at 270 Littleton Rd. around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, where a clerk reported being robbed by the man brandishing a machete. The clerk told officers…

Remains found in the Concord River in Billerica belong to Judith Chartier, a teenager who disappeared nearly 40 years ago.

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…

Divers will search the Concord River in Chelmsford Thursday after pieces of a car and human remains were found, believed to be connected to a 40-year-old cold case.

It’s a job many may take for granted, but not Chelmsford Town Manager Paul Cohen. He says he needs snow plow workers immediately. “This is a problem that has gone on for the last few years and it’s getting worse,” he said. Cohen doesn’t want to wait for the first snowfall of the season to fill half a dozen...