READING

Samantha Gibbs, a Reading Memorial High School senior with Down syndrome and a manager of the Pingree School girls’ basketball team, where her dad coaches, is home with her family, but she misses her teammates.

An electrical issue is the cause of a three-alarm fire that broke out at a golf club in Reading, Massachusetts, early Friday morning. Crews were called to the closed Meadow Brook Golf Club just before 3:30 a.m. where flames had consumed the clubhouse. The clubhouse has been standing on Grove Street since its inception in the late 1800s. The building…

Crews remained on the scene dousing hot spots Friday afternoon following a fire at a golf club in Reading, Massachusetts.

Reading firefighters responded to a building on fire at Meadow Brook Golf Club Friday morning.

When you’re looking for something to do, why not pick up a book?! Marika McCoola from Porter Square Books offers some great titles that you’re going to want to add to your spring must-read list....

Many local book stores are closed right now but are open to giving book suggestions and are ready to help you find your next page-turner....

Kaylee Greer has found a way to do what she loves — and be successful. The 33-year-old North Reading, Massachusetts, native is an internationally acclaimed canine photographer, traveling the world photographing dogs for private and commercial clients.

Two people were hospitalized in serious condition Monday morning after being rescued from a 4-alarm fire in Reading, Massachusetts. Fire officials said crews responded to the fire in an apartment building at High and Washington streets around 3:30 a.m. “They started banging on the doors somewhere around 3, maybe a little after,” resident Ron Steenbruggen said. “Fire was coming out…

Two people were seriously injured early Monday morning when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Reading, Massachusetts.

Two people suffered life-threatening injuries in an apartment fire Monday in Reading, Massachusetts.

A Reading man who barricaded himself in his house and drew a heavy police presence was arrested late Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. Residents near the home were asked to shelter in place until the man was brought into custody, Reading police said. He was charged with two alleged counts of possessing a firearm without a license and possessing amunition,…

Jonathan Markow, 29, of Hampton, New Hampshire, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and operating to endanger.

One man has been arrested for alleged drunk driving and police in two Massachusetts communities are investigating after at least five vehicles were damaged in two crashes Friday night. Jonathan Markow, 29, of Hampton, New Hampshire, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and operating to endanger. Police say additional charges are likely. Reading officials responded...

Five people have been arrested in connection with a sex trafficking operation that ran in multiple cities in the Boston area, according to the state Attorney General Maura Healey.

Monday was a snow day for many children in the region.

Nearly a week after a popular chain of North Shore bakeries abruptly closed its doors, federal court documents revealed that the owners filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy months ago. The documents, which were filed in May, show that the owners of D’Amici’s Bakery owed creditors nearly $1 million.

Documents show that D’Amici’s filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy months before abruptly closing its doors this week.

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes the closing of a bakery chain, a new wine bar and more for The Seaport.

At least one person was seriously injured in a multi-car crash in Wilmington, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning. The crash happened off Exit 38 on Interstate 93 northbound at 1:42 a.m. Multiple vehicles and a tractor trailer were involved in the accident. Troopers discovered a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by a 21-year-old Woburn man, struck a 2011 Chevy Malibu, driven…

Pop star Charlie Puth found out about Limpy the turkey, on Friday and quickly wrote a song about the animal that unwittingly became the talk of a Massachusetts town last month.