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Ten Massachusetts firefighters are departing for Louisiana Tuesday from the town of Lee to support first responders dealing with the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. According to the Department of Fire Services, personnel from Carlisle, Dalton and Lynnfield will provide assistance under a mutual aid system known as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Louisiana officials last week requested aid under…

Massachusetts State Police are investigating after a body was found along Route 1 in Lynnfield on Friday morning. A passing motorist called state police around 7:45 a.m. to report that they had seen a body on the shoulder of Route 1 north by the former Fat Cactus restaurant. State police responded to the scene and found a deceased adult male…

A group of heavily armed men were refusing to comply with police Saturday morning in Massachusetts, prompting Interstate 95 to be closed and a shelter-in-place order for residents of Wakefield and Reading, police said.

There was a dramatic end to a police pursuit in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, on Monday morning.

A pickup truck that was wanted by police in Peabody, Massachusetts, crashed on Route 1 in Lynnfield on Monday, according to state police, and the driver had to be taken by medical helicopter to a hospital in Boston. The driver is facing criminal charges following the chase and subsequent crash, according to police. He’s being treated for injuries including burns…

The popular MarketStreet shopping center in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, is tightening up restrictions on younger shoppers as coronavirus cases continue to spike. Anyone under 18 will no longer be allowed on the property after 6 p.m. unless they’re with an adult. The curfew was initially 8 p.m. when it was initiated two weeks ago, but it has been moved up....

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A popular Cape Ann restaurant that shut down a few years ago is returning to a new space in the northern suburbs of Boston. According to a post within the jobs section of bostonchefs.com, Alchemy, which had been located in Gloucester until 2016, will be reopening in the former Gaslight space at…

A man and his stepfather were arrested Tuesday in connection to the theft and vandalism of Black Lives Matter signs in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Joshua Simpson, 21, and Stephen Smith, 55, both of Lynnfield, face numerous charges following a month-long investigation into vandalism, property damage and civil rights violations at a home on Summer Street, according to the Essex District Attorney’s…

A Massachusetts family believes they may have been targeted after a group of teenagers set off fireworks next to their yard signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Jason Caggiano was at his Lynnfield home Monday night when he suddenly heard his daughter shouting for help. “By the time I came out, the explosion had already occurred,” explained Caggiano. But…

Three teenagers who turned themselves in have denied their actions were racially motivated.

Lynnfield residents are reacting Sunday to the closure of the Whole Foods at the Lynnfield shopping center. Multiple employees have tested positive, the company says, for COVID-19.

Lynnfield residents are reacting Sunday to the closure of the Whole Foods at the Lynnfield shopping center after multiple employees tested positive for COVID-19.

A coyote captured in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, has tested positive for rabies, according to animal control officials. Lynnfield resident Kerrianne Allain said she was putting away her holiday decorations in her driveway on Lynnbrook Road on Friday when she saw the coyote. “I thought at first it was a dog, and I stopped and I looked and it was literally four…

Two people were injured in a 3-vehicle crash on Route 128 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on Route 128 north near Exit 44A. It involved two box trucks and a sedan, according to state police. The driver of one of the trucks, a 38-year-old man, and a passenger in that vehicle, a 25-year-old…

Maine state police say seven people from Massachusetts and one from New Hampshire were hurt in a pair of crashes over the weekend.

A Massachusetts firefighter police say walked nude into a Rhode Island convenience store because he thought it was legal has been placed on leave. Police responded to a 7-Eleven in Middletown at about 3 p.m. April 3 for a report of a naked customer. The owner said the man with a “smile on his face” purchased a soda, and left...

A standing-room-only crowd packed the Lynnfield Center Water District’s (LCWD) hearing room Monday demanding clean water.

A tire came off one car and went through the windshield of a grandmother on I-95 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

Two teenagers from Massachusetts have been rescued from an icy New Hampshire trail considered too dangerous for descending any time of year.

Those looking for a different spin on dining out can look forward to a new restaurant coming to Lynnfield, Massachusetts, next month that combines food, drinks and team-based puzzle room challenges.