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This is not how Daniel Trevino thought his morning fishing trip would go off the shore in Lynn, Massachusetts. But then he and his friend saw a small dinghy in distress and they raced to help five boaters all in the water.

Five people had to be rescued from the water after their small boat capsized Thursday morning off the coast of Lynn, Massachusetts. The boaters were rescued after a private boat, as well as the Lynn Fire Department and Lynn Harbormaster, stepped in to help, according to Lynn Fire Chief Stephen Archer. One person was taken to the hospital, and everyone…

A Lynn, Massachusetts, business owner is going head to head with the MBTA and their fight has ended up in court.  Cisco Meneses, the owner of roughly 20 storefronts on Mount Vernon Street, claims the deteriorating Mount Vernon Street Bridge is the reason why he can’t open any of his businesses. The businesses are located directly under the bridge...

The residents of Lynn, Massachusetts, have been banned from using nonessential water after the reservoir that serves the city’s drinking water supply dropped below 51% of its maximum capacity, the city said. The mandatory ban is apparently indefinite — the City of Lynn said residents will be advised when the reservoir levels have increased. “The Lynn Water and Sewer Commission…

Police weren’t able to release any suspect information Saturday night.

Police are investigating after a dog that had been lit on fire was found dead in the woods in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Eight people were displaced by a fire that caused the roof of a multifamily home in Lynn, Massachusetts, to collapse Tuesday. One person who lives in the home on Allerton Street suffered a minor injury while standing outside, according to fire officials. “It’s not anything really serious,” Lynn fire Chief Michael McBride said. An off-duty officer with the Lynn...

Three men and one woman are dead as police investigate a multiple homicide-suicide case out of Lynn, Massachusetts, according to authorities. Khosay Sharifi, 31, shot her father, Mohamad Sharifi, 66; and her brother-in-law, Sanjar Halin, 34; on Rockaway Street at Jefferson Street, according to a news release Thursday from the Essex County District Attorney’s Office She then allegedly shot and…

As authorities continue investigating a triple-murder suicide in Lynn, Massachusetts, the shooter’s best friend is in shock. Soha Akhlas says she spoke with the woman who allegedly killed three of her relatives and herself a short time before the shootings. None of the names of the deceased have been released. “Honestly, I can’t still believe it,” Ahklas said. “It’s...

Three men and one woman are dead as police investigate a multiple homicide-suicide case out of Lynn, Massachusetts, according to police. Neighbors tell NBC10 Boston they heard about 30 gunshots coming from a home on Rockaway Street at about 2:45 Tuesday afternoon. It was one of three crime scenes, all within a mile of each other. Police found two men…

Authorities stress there is no danger to the public.

No arrests have been made at this time.

Four people are dead after shootings Tuesday afternoon in Lynn, Massachusetts, with authorities investigating the case as a multiple homicide/suicide. Police responded to a shooting shortly before 3 p.m. on Rockaway Street, where two men, ages 66 and 34, were found dead from gunshot wounds. Authorities determined a 31-year-old woman to be the alleged shooter, the Essex County District Attorney’s…

Breakheart Reservation in Saugus was closed Wednesday afternoon due to an active wildfire, the Massachusetts Department of Conversation and Recreation said.

Massachusetts prosecutors say a police officer from Peabody was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly breaking into a home in neighboring Lynn. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said James Festa, a 13-year veteran of the Peabody Police Department, had been arrested on a felony charge of breaking and entering in the daytime, “placing a person in fear.” Lynn Police...

Police arrested Canseco Morillo, a 25-year-old man from Lynn for firing shots at the tournament in what police believe was a personal dispute outside of the game.

Lynn’s Shoe City Classic basketball tournament has been cancelled after a shooting occurred Friday evening outside of Thurgood Marshall Middle School, the venue where the tournament was being hosted. A Lynn tradition, the Shoe City Classic is a tournament that has brought basketball fans of all ages together in the city for decades, this year marking the game’s thirtieth...

A man is in stable condition after being rescued from Breeds Pond in Lynn, Massachusetts, according to authorities. Police say they pulled a man out of Breeds Pond who was apparently drowning. After police performed CPR on the unconscious man, he was taken to Salem Hospital, where officials say he’s in stable condition. Police have not publicly identified the...

After decades of contaminated water and noxious odors at the popular King’s Beach, officials in both Lynn and Swampscott are working together to trace the sources of the pollution and clean it up.  The project, which will take years to complete and likely cost tens of millions of dollars, aims to identify all of the sources of pollution and...

The FBI confirmed that agents were carrying out “court-authorized activity” at multiple Hells Angels clubhouses in Massachusetts Thursday. The activity is tied to an ongoing federal investigation, according to a representative with the Boston division of the FBI. The clubhouses are located in Danvers, Lynn and Westport. The FBI would not provide additional details on the activity or investigation, in…