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An armed subject who fired shots into the air, leading to a lockdown of the busy Market Basket shopping plaza in Lee, New Hampshire, on Saturday afternoon is now in police custody. Police say 27-year-old Gordon Falt, from Bar Harbor, Maine, drove a truck to the Lee Market Place and fired an undetermined number of shots in the parking lot,…

Police say 27-year-old Gordon Falt, from Bar Harbor, Maine, fired a handgun in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Lee, New Hampshire.

A Market Basket manager in Leominster, Massachusetts, paid it forward when he covered the cost of groceries for a grandfather who forgot his wallet at home last week. The man’s granddaughter, Nicki Heath, posted a message on Facebook expressing gratitude to the manager, Charlie Branch, and personally thanking him for his kindness, revealing that her grandfather suffers from dementia....

Market Basket announced Friday that an employee at its distribution center in Andover, Massachusetts, has tested positive for the COVID-19. The company said some other workers were concerned with heading into the facility to go to work on Friday morning. “We consider it our responsibility to continue to take the aggressive steps necessary to protect our associates and also to…

An employee at the Salem, Massachusetts, Market Basket store has died after battling the coronavirus. The company confirmed the worker’s death in a statement Tuesday, saying she had last worked in the store on March 26. Vitalina Williams’ husband said he was devastated by a loss that came shockingly fast. He said they both had to continue working because they…

A grocery store worker has died from COVID-19.

An employee of a Market Basket in Salem named Vitalina Williams died, her husband said, saying the pair both had to keep working because they had bills to pay.

Market Basket has announced additional social distancing measures that will take effect April 2, including limiting the number of customers shopping at one time.

Market Basket has announced additional social distancing measures that will take effect April 2, including limiting the number of customers shopping at one time.

A worker at the Market Basket in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has tested positive for coronavirus. The supermarket chain says it has been in touch with public health officials after learning Tuesday about the positive test. The patient last worked at the store on March 15. “The health and safety of our Associates and that of our customers are our highest priority…

Supermarkets across New England and the U.S. are seeking to restock and fulfill online orders as essential items like toilet paper and canned goods fly off the shelves.

A popular New England supermarket chain will soon be opening its first location in Rhode Island. The first Market Basket supermarket will open in Johnston, according to Mayor Joseph Polisena and Demoulas Super Markets Inc. The new store will be located at 1300 Hartford Ave., the site of a former BJ’s Whole Club. “I am very happy and excited that…

From turkeys to trimmings, Thanksgiving feasts were coming together Tuesday night as shoppers get ready for the big day. “It’s just crazy,” said Susan Selway as she shopped at Market Basket in Waltham, Massachusetts. “Getting here is crazy, never mind shopping in there, the lines are incredible, you can barely move your cart in the store.”

A New Hampshire man is facing charges after police say he grabbed an elderly man’s wallet while he loaded groceries into his truck outside a Market Basket in Manchester earlier this week. The 85-year-old veteran told police he went to his truck after shopping at about 2 p.m. Monday outside the Elm Street store when he saw a silver Volkswagen...

A Market Basket in Rowley, Massachusetts, reopened Friday after nine people were hospitalized and an entire strip mall evacuated after a refrigerant leaked from an ice machine Thursday afternoon. The incident brought out a large number of emergency response vehicles after police were called to the supermarket on Newburyport Turnpike around 3 p.m.

A Market Basket in Rowley, Massachusetts, was evacuated Thursday after a refrigerant leak sent several people to the hospital.

Nine people were hospitalized and an entire strip mall evacuated after what is believed to be a refrigerant leak at a Market Basket store in Rowley, Massachusetts, Thursday afternoon. The incident brought out a large number of emergency response vehicles after police were called to the supermarket on Newburyport Turnpike around 3 p.m.

Market Basket shoppers in Rowley were transported after a refrigerant leak.

A man pulled a knife on another man in the parking lot of a Market Basket in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in a road rage incident that resulted in his arrest Friday morning, police said. Jose Barrera-Mendoza, 40, is facing charges of assault by means of a dangerous weapon and providing a false name to police, as well as other motor vehicle-related...