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In some Massachusetts communities, you could see bus drivers wearing fatigues on Thursday. That’s because members of the National Guard are already practicing bus routes in several cities and towns across the state. The guard started learning routes and bus stops in Chelsea, Lowell and Lynn on Thursday. Guard members went through training on Wednesday. They underwent medical exams,...

School is in session in Massachusetts, but getting there and home is a challenge being met by the National Guard. Troops are in training at Camp Curtis in Reading. It’s a one-day, nine-hour course to teach about 150 troops how to drive 7D buses, which are vans that carry up to eight passengers. “It starts off with fingerprinting in the…

Amid a national school bus driver shortage, the Massachusetts National Guard is being activated to help get kids to schools at the start of the new year.

A former Massachusetts postal worker was sentenced this week for allegedly stealing stimulus payments and other mail from customers along her route. Angela Gomez, 40, of Lynn, was sentenced Thursday to three months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing mail, including almost $5,000 in stimulus payments, and making over $16,000 in fraudulent purchases and ATM withdrawals….

A restaurant in Lynn, Massachusetts, is requiring proof of vaccination for people who want to eat inside — a move that has been met overwhelmingly with support, but also with an aggressive series of phone calls. Rachel Miller, owner of Nightshade Noodle Bar, is defending the decision of her business to require people dining indoors to be vaccinated against COVID-19,…

Police say both vehicles were turning onto Washington Street when the crash happened.

A woman has died after a crash between a scooter and a dump truck.

A woman is dead after a scooter collided with a dump truck Tuesday morning at a busy intersection in Lynn, Massachusetts. Police said two people were riding on the scooter when both vehicles were turning right from Western Avenue onto Washington Street at the time of the crash. Both people on the scooter were thrown to the ground around 9:30…

The superintendent of schools in Lynn, Massachusetts, plans to recommend a universal mask policy for the start of the school year. Patrick Tutwiler, superintendent of Lynn Public Schools, announced that he will make a recommendation to the city’s School Committee that the 2021-22 school year, which will be fully in-person for all students, begins with universal mask wearing for...

Massachusetts has a rich history in Olympic boxing — and Rashida Ellis is adding to it in Tokyo. We visited the Lynn gym where she trains.

Six artists joined together to create a block-long Black Lives Matter mural in Lynn, Massachusetts.

After over a year of planning, artists and organizers have brought a block-long Black Lives Matter mural to life in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Heavy rainfall flooded the streets of Lynn on Monday, forcing the fire department to rescue stranded drivers and block off several roads.

Public officials in Lynn, Massachusetts, approved $500,000 for a pilot program to create an unarmed crisis response team as part of the city’s annual budget last month. Dubbed the All Lynn Emergency Response Team, or ALERT, the program is intended to improve response to mental health emergencies by offering an alternative to traditional policing. Crisis-response teams provide a behavioral health…

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after a 15-year-old girl was shot in Lynn, Massachusetts on Friday night. Authorities say the incident occurred on North Common Terrace. Police say the shooting may have been accidental. The teen was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and is expected to survive. The suspect, identified by police as Michael Tate, is facing multiple assault…

A judge ordered a man accused of killing his mother at their home in Lynn to undergo a mental evaluation. The man pleaded not guilty.

A man charged in connection with the death of his 80-year-old mother at their Lynn, Massachusetts, home pleaded not guilty on Monday. Officers said they found Katherine Paratore inside her Jenness Street home suffering from multiple injuries around 8 p.m. Friday. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her son, Alfredo Paratore, 49, who was living with her, was later…

Alfredo Paratore, 49, was charged with murdering his mother, 80-year-old Katherine Paratore, on Friday night in a home they shared, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office.

A Lynn man has been arrested in connection with the death of his mother at their Massachusetts home, authorities said Sunday. Investigators say they found 80-year-old Katherine Paratore dead inside the Jenness Street home she shared with her son around 8 p.m. Friday night. Authorities say Katherine Paratore suffered multiple injuries but did not elaborate on the nature of those…

Dramatic video obtained by NBC10 Boston shows a pickup truck crash into a boat in Lynn, Massachusetts. The driver said he’d just gotten his second dose of a COVID vaccine.