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A Vermont man decorated his SUV for Christmas, aiming to bring joy to his neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic and to generate attention for a community toy drive. “I want people to be happy,” Troy Austin of Essex told NECN. The security guard wrapped his Nissan Rogue in what he estimated was a couple hundred dollars worth of Christmas lights….

Vermont resident Troy Austin decked out his SUV with Christmas lights

A gas heater is to blame for a two-alarm fire at a popular seafood restaurant in Essex, Massachusetts, fire officials said Monday. The fire broke out at Essex Seafood at 142 Eastern Ave. just before 11 p.m. Sunday. Fire departments from Gloucester, Hamilton, Manchester and Ipswich responded to the scene. Video from the scene showed flames tearing through the roof…

A town in Vermont’s Chittenden County is asking its neighbors to keep their eyes out for a distinctive weather vane that was stolen from an elementary school. “It’s devastating that it’s gone,” said first-grade teacher Susan Ayers, talking about what should be sitting on top of a gazebo that watches over Essex Elementary School. The weather vane in the...

A distinctive, weather vane with a deep and somber meaning was stolen from a Vermont elementary school.

Police say a woman using a snowblower near a road in Essex was hit and injured by a drunk driver. Essex police say the driver fled the scene Tuesday afternoon. He was found with help from a witness. The woman was taken to University of Vermont Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Thirty-year-old Michael Arnold, of Essex, was charged with leaving…

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is ending its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it announced on Tuesday. Instead, the department will pivot its focus to an expanded population of women entering the Suffolk County House of Correction, which it says is the largest growing population of incarcerated subjects in the country. This is, in part, due to an agreement...

A Massachusetts man who killed one man and wounded another in Lynn on Easter two years ago will spend at least 42 years in prison, prosecutors said Monday after his sentencing. William Cash, 47, received a life sentence for second-degree murder, 10 years for armed assault with intent to murder and 7 years for human trafficking, according to the Essex...

A Massachusetts was found guilty Friday for a double shooting in Lynn two years ago Easter Sunday that left one man dead and another injured, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s office. William Cash, 47, was found guilty Friday by a jury in Salem Superior Court.

The threat of EEE is continuing to grow in Massachusetts.

A child riding a bicycle was hospitalized Thursday after being struck by a driver in Essex, Massachusetts, according to police. The 12-year-old girl was hit by a Ford Edge just before 3 p.m. on Howard Street, police said. The girl was taken to Beverly Hospital, then airlifted to a Boston hospital, where the extent of her injuries is unclear.

A young girl was hospitalized Thursday afternoon when she was struck by a vehicle in Essex, Massachusetts.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of New England, including Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex counties in eastern Massachusetts, as a storm rolled in. Among heavy rain and strong winds, a ground stop was issued to halt flights into and out of Boston Logan Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

An early morning fire destroyed a shed near a home in Essex, Massachusetts.

An early morning fire destroyed a shed near a home in Essex, Massachusetts.

Authorities say a man awaiting trial for allegedly carrying his ex-girlfriend into the path of a dump truck has died in jail.

More than 20 years after a barely 2-year-old New Jersey boy vanished near his home, prosecutors reissued a call Monday for information from the public in hopes of cracking the now decades-old cold case.

President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified more than $2 million in eligible public infrastructure damage, more than double the minimum for a disaster declaration.

President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified more than $2 million in eligible public infrastructure damage, more than double the minimum for a disaster declaration.

Police in Vermont have taken into custody a 17-year-old driver following a chase that reached over 100 mph.