Middlesex

A woman reported missing Friday in Vermont has been found safe. Police in Vermont had asked for the public’s help finding 41-year-old Amber Mann, who was seen just before 3 p.m. on Tangletown Road in Middlesex, where she had gone into the woods for a walk. State police said shortly before 10:30 p.m. that Mann had been found in...

Fire destroyed a church in central Vermont Wednesday, creating plumes of smoke that were visible from Interstate 89. The fire in Middlesex is still under investigation, but as of mid-afternoon Wednesday, authorities were unaware of any injuries.  “We loved looking at it across the street from our house,” said Doug Lombard, describing the Middlesex United Methodist Church as a “small-town…

Saturday night: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

A significant winter storm slowly making its way toward New England is set to arrive Sunday, impacting people hoping to get home after Thanksgiving during the year’s busiest travel weekend. It will be a long-duration nor’easter, with the region under its grip for 24 to 36 hours. Here’s what you need to know about the powerful storm:

A Massachusetts man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a woman at the massage center in North Reading where he worked, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a woman at the massage center where he worked, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Daniel Feener, 35, of Peabody was arraigned Tuesday in Woburn District Court on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery in connection with the alleged incident at Tai Chi Acupuncture & Wellness Center in North Reading.

An eighth person has contracted the rare and potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus, in Massachusetts this year, state health officials said Friday. The latest case is a man in his 50s from northeastern Bristol County, according to a release from the Department of Public Health.

A new round of aerial spraying for areas at critical or high risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, will begin Tuesday night, state health officials said. Communities in Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties will be sprayed in part or in full.

A horse in Douglas, Massachusetts, has tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, prompting the risk level for infection to rise to critical, health officials said Tuesday. The risk level in neighboring Oxford and Webster has also been raised to high.

Massachusetts is in the midst of an outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, and large swaths of the state are at risk, according to the health department. Several towns in Bristol, Plymouth and Worcester counties are at critical risk of the rare virus that can kill people who get it, along with a few towns elsewhere.

If you’re living in one of the 23 communities in Middlesex and Worcester counties found to be at high or critical risk for the eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus, you may have heard aerial spraying overhead Monday night. “In Massachusetts we’ve never done an aerial spray in this area, at least in sort of recent memory,” said state epidemiologist...

Nearly 100 more measles cases have been reported across the nation since last week, marking a 10 percent increase in total cases as the number in the U.S.’ worst outbreak in decades eclipses the 800 mark, officials said Monday.

Two tornadoes touched down Saturday in New England and caused havoc over the areas.

A man charged in a deadly home invasion in Lowell, Massachusetts, took a video game system from the crime scene, according to authorities. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says 41-year-old Samundi Cobb was arraigned Friday on charges of armed assault. Forty-year-old Saro Mann of Lowell was badly hurt in a home invasion. He was taken to Lowell General Hospital,...

An attorney in Lowell, Massachusetts, who specializes in drunk driving cases, is offering to reimburse anyone who has to resort to other modes of transportation because they have had too much to drink.

A New England business was on the receiving end of mean-spirited blowback for a decision made hundreds of miles away, which it had absolutely nothing to do with.

A New England business was on the receiving end of mean-spirited blowback for a decision made hundreds of miles away, which it had absolutely nothing to do with.

A driver who fell asleep at the wheel crashed into a Vermont pottery studio, injuring no one but causing the studio to lose half its pottery two days ahead of an open exhibition.