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Six other people were seriously injured in the crash Monday.

A car and an SUV collided in a serious crash Monday evening in Townsend, Massachusetts, sending seven people to local hospitals. One of the drivers later died, officials said. The head-on collision took place about 5:35 p.m. on Main Street. All seven people involved — three in the car and four in the SUV — were hospitalized with serious injuries,…

A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday night when a snowplow struck them in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, police said. Tewksbury police were called to Main Street around 9:15 p.m. for a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. Officers learned the pedestrian had been walking along the side of the roadway when they were struck by a privately-owned snowplow….

Police are investigating a crash with injuries overnight in on Route 1 north in Saugus, Massachusetts. The single-vehicle accident was reported around 2 a.m. in the area of Main Street, state police said. A car hit a utility pole, knocking it down and causing electrical wires to fall onto Main Street. The travel lane has since been reopened, but ramps…

A deer went on quite the adventure Wednesday morning in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The animal went crashing through a window at Hempire, a CBD health and wellness shop on Main Street. Store owner Kirby Mastrangelo says Amesbury police called her Wednesday morning and she couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “I thought it was a prank call. I really didn’t...

Security footage showed the deer inside Hempire, a CBD health and wellness store in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

A popular ice cream shop in Cambridge that has been closed for nearly four years is on the verge of returning to its space. According to a couple of sources, Toscanini’s is reopening in its old space on the eastern edge of Central Square on January 1, with a Facebook post from the Main Street shop saying that it will…

A new coffee shop opened its doors this weekend in Melrose, Massachusetts, and tons of people turned out to support the local store and its important mission. Bitty & Beau’s Coffee is run by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. According to its founders, the company is more than just a place to grab a cup of coffee. The...

A woman was killed Tuesday in Taunton, Massachusetts, by an SUV that, after speeding away, crashed into another vehicle and flipped over, police said. The driver of the alleged hit-and-run vehicle, identified by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office as 42-year-old Roland Escobar, was hospitalized and is facing a long list of charges. The SUV hit the woman, identified...

A 63-year-old Watertown, Massachusetts, man is in critical condition after he was hit by a truck in Waltham on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 6:52 a.m. at the corner of Main and Bacon streets. Police said the man appears to have stepped off the curb into a crosswalk in front of a Peterbilt truck that was traveling eastbound on…

A man was stabbed late Sunday afternoon on a street in Worcester, according to authorities. Police were alerted to the incident on Main Street at 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, and they found a 33-year-old man who had been stabbed. Officers provided aid to the man, who was later brought to the hospital for treatment. His current condition is unknown. This…

Police are searching for a suspect after a bank was robbed Saturday morning in Melrose, Massachusetts. The Santander Bank, located at 492 Main Street, was robbed around 9 a.m., Melrose Police Chief Michael Lyle said. Police say the suspect came into the bank and passed a note to the teller demanding the teller put money in a brown paper CVS…

Businesses in one Vermont town that have been dealt a one-two-punch, first from the pandemic and then by impacts from a major construction project, are now getting a bit of a boost. A creative project aims to shine attention on merchants, and encourage foot traffic to those businesses. “Middlebury faces the double whammy of COVID and construction,” observed Lisa Mitchell…

On top of the tough climate from the pandemic, a Vermont town is now facing a couple of months of street closures due to a massive construction project.

Vermont’s largest city sent a clear message on Sunday that Black lives matter. Community members joined in a public painting project to put those words on Main Street in Burlington, just steps from City Hall and the famous Church Street Marketplace. The Burlington City Council voted unanimously to support the painting, and the Public Works Department provided technical expertise....

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The Federal Reserve is blasting markets with a bigger and bolder stimulus package, but the response in credit markets has been tepid as stocks continue to sell off.

Cromwell police have identified the two people killed in a motorcycle crash on Saturday night.

A man with a hatchet was shot by police Wednesday afternoon in downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, authorities said. The shooting happened in the area of 1 Main Street. The man had gone into a cell phone store and was acting irrationally, according to Acting Mayor Moises Rodrigues. When an officer asked the man to put the hatchet down, he refused.

Two people were hospitalized Thursday evening after being stabbed at a park in Leominster, Massachusetts. Police responded to Carter Park on Main Street at about 6:20 p.m. where a man and a woman in their 30s were found with stab wounds.