Dracut

An apartment unit in Dracut, Massachusetts, was destroyed by a fire early Tuesday morning. The fire occurred just after midnight on Pearl Street at a 12-unit apartment building, the Dracut Fire Department said. When firefighters arrived, flames could be seen coming out of the front windows and front door of a unit, officials said. A person living in the unit…

A New Hampshire woman is facing a series of charges in a four-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured eight others Saturday in Dracut, Massachusetts. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says 36-year-old Maria Martorell of Manchester was arraigned Wednesday at a Boston hospital. Police responded around 9 p.m. Saturday to the crash on Merrimack Avenue. One woman,...

One person is dead, and eight others are injured after multiple cars were involved in a crash Saturday night in Dracut, Massachusetts. Dracut Police say they responded to a report of a crash in the area of 1020 Merrimack Avenue on Route 110 at around 9 p.m. One person was declared dead at the scene and eight other people were…

A Dracut, Massachusetts, resident was pistol-whipped during a home invasion on Thursday and now the search is on for the attackers. Neighbors are shaken up by this and it is even more unsettling for them knowing that the suspects are still on the loose. Dracut police said they were called to the home on Arkansas Drive around 8 p.m. Investigators…

Neighbors are shaken up by this and its even more unsettling for them knowing that the suspects are still on the loose.

A Dracut, Massachusetts, resident was pistol-whipped during a home invasion on Thursday and now the search is on for the attackers. Dracut police said they were called to the home on Arkansas Drive around 8 p.m. Investigators believe two armed men forced their way into a home and restrained the person inside. When a second resident came home, they pistol-whipped…

A man and woman being sought for days over a series of armed carjackings in Salem and Alton, New Hampshire, have been arrested after a dayslong search in the Granite State and Massachusetts, police said Thursday morning. Authorities in both states had been looking for 35-year-old Nathan Saben, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and 40-year-old Jessica Tirone, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. They were…

The high school football team in Dracut, Massachusetts, will continue the season after facing the possibility of having it canceled as the program didn’t have enough players enrolled on the team. Dracut High will enter a one year co-op with Innovations Academy. The next steps on this co-op are still in process. There were initially enough players to fill...

The team was facing the possibility of having its season canceled.

The high school football team in Dracut, Massachusetts, is facing the possibility of having its season canceled — the program doesn’t have enough players enrolled on the team, leaving parents frustrated. There were initially enough players to fill Dracut High School’s football team, Dracut Public Schools Superintendent Steven Stone said, but that number has been reduced to 20, with only…

Low participation could force Dracut High School to cancel its football season.

Sunny Nguyen submitted a letter of resignation effective July 19.

A school resource officer has been placed on leave over an allegation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a student at Dracut High School, police and school officials in the Massachusetts city said Monday. The Dracut Police Department and Dracut Public Schools didn’t share more information about the alleged conduct, noting that the investigation into Officer Sunny Nguyen...

A 23-year-old Lowell man died overnight after his motorcycle left the roadway and struck a utility pole in Dracut, Massachusetts. Police say they received a 911 call around 12:15 a.m. Saturday about a motorcycle crash on Lakeview Avenue in the area of Old Road. Responding officers found the driver with critical injuries and the motorcycle off the side of the…

Police are giving a fiery warning about “Trouble Bubble,” a spicy gum, and the TikTok challenge that has come along with it.

Several cows were killed when a dairy barn at Shaw Farm in Dracut, Massachusetts, collapsed due to heavy snow and rain from Tuesday’s nor’easter. “Today at Shaw Farm we experienced one of life’s unexpected challenges. Thankfully, no staff members were hurt. Sadly, we did lose a few of our animals,” Shaw Farm said in a Facebook post Tuesday. “We...

It took almost two hours for firefighters to knock down the flames inside the Lakeview Avenue home