Massachusetts

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien on Monday, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts. In a statement, Goldberg said she decided to fire O’Brien after carefully considering more than 20 hours of meetings held earlier this year as well as various documents, case...

Should the names of more than two dozen people accused of paying for sex in a high-profile brothel bust be made public? That’s the question at the center of a legal debate playing out in the highest court in Massachusetts. On Monday, justices of the Supreme Judicial Court listened to arguments on both sides of the issue. The so-called...

Another person in Massachusetts has contracted the rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, health officials said Monday, bringing this summer’s total to four.

Three Massachusetts schools have received threats in the last three days following the deadly school shooting in Georgia on Wednesday.

Following last week’s school shooting in Georgia, Massachusetts schools are dealing with safety concerns. Two school districts are increasing security Monday in light of threatening social media posts. There will be an increased police presence as parents drop their children off at Timony Grammar School in Methuen and at schools in the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District. The FBI alerted...

Students in two Massachusetts school districts will notice a few extra people on their campuses Monday. Raynham and Methuen school districts are increasing security after threats were posted online.

Three Massachusetts schools have received threats in the last three days following the deadly school shooting in Georgia on Wednesday.

Three local schools have been targeted during the last three days.

Police and fire crews responded around 4:40 p.m. to the intersection of South Street and Cedar Street. 

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Massachusetts’ next helping of offshore wind power won’t be as significant as it could have been, and what was being touted as a tri-state partnership to make big advancements towards a region run on cleaner power appears to have largely fizzled. Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced Friday that Massachusetts selected a total 2,678 megawatts of offshore wind power spread...

A teen who went missing Friday morning in Gardner, Massachusetts, has been found safe, police say. The teenager was reported missing to Gardner police around 7 a.m. Friday, prompting a large search. Police reported around 9:30 a.m. that he had been found safe. No further details have been released.

An elected official in Townsend resigned from his position on Thursday, shortly after the NBC10 Boston Investigators started asking questions about the revocation of his drug and alcohol counseling license by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Chaz Sexton-Diranian had been serving as the chairperson of the Board of Selectmen, but it turns out he had kept a key detail…

A third person in Massachusetts has contracted the rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, this summer, health officials said Thursday.

Police in Stoneham, Massachusetts, say a man has been located after being reported missing. The 78-year-old man had last been seen leaving his residence near Pearl Street around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Police said Stoneham Central Middle School Principal Tom Sallee found the man on his way home. The man is being reunited with his family.

Emergency crews responded to a freight train derailment in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 9:19 a.m. at the rail yard in the train depot at Bligh and Faulkner streets, and the Ayer Fire Department said nine cars in all were derailed. The cars were all unloaded lumber cars, and no hazardous material swere involved. Ayer police…

Two people were stabbed in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning, and while police initially said they believed one person was responsible for both incidents, they said later that the incidents are believed to be unrelated. One man was stabbed near a McDonalds on Broadway, and another man, around 20 years old, was stabbed near Sixth Street at the railroad tracks…

A Massachusetts mother says her son, who has autism, ended up at an unregulated school in New York due to an error by education officials. Roberta Biscan of Wilmington says the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education wrongly approved Shrub Oak International School in Yorktown, New York, as her son’s special education school. “Connor is a funny, smart,...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has named a new leader for the embattled Massachusetts State Police. She has selected retired Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble of the New Jersey State Police as the next colonel of the Massachusetts State Police. His selection comes as a result of a national search led by a Search Committee and executive search firm.  “Lieutenant...

Several Massachusetts office-holders lost their reelection bids at the primary stage Tuesday, an unusual trend in a state where incumbents typically enjoy major advantages. Two sitting state representatives, Democrat Rep. Rady Mom of Lowell and Republican Rep. Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham, fell short against primary challengers. Another, Cambridge Democrat Rep. Marjorie Decker, is trailing by a paper-thin margin in…

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, according to authorities. The crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. on I-95 south near Exit 83, Massachusetts State Police said. Police said the motorcycle crashed into the median cable barrier. The operator, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was taken to the hospital, where he…