Rockport

They say not all heroes wear capes. A Massachusetts grandfather dons a tablecloth instead and pairs it with a mask. Bill Lee, a 75-year-old Rockport man, isn’t very great at hiding his identity, but what he lacks in mystery, he makes up with charity. Lee has a special Friday tradition to help save children with cancer, and he recently...

Authorities say a man was killed Friday in an explosion in Rockport, Maine, while he was welding on a diesel fuel tank. The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says emergency crews responded to the blast shortly before 3 p.m. to Rockville Street. Investigators found that 39-year-old Sean Rancourt had been welding on the tank when it exploded. He was treated...

Three people, including a police officer, were injured after a fire broke out Wednesday at a home in Rockport, Massachusetts. The fire began on the second floor of a house on Phillips Avenue, fire officials said. An officer and two other people were injured in the fire, according to authorities. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear, but…

Two divers who were found dead off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, on Wednesday appear to have drowned, and foul play is not suspected, Rockport police said Thursday. The first diver was found in distress on Front Beach around 11 a.m. While bystanders and first responders tried to help, the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. He was identified…

A second diver was found dead Wednesday evening after a water search off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard confirms they were called out after the first diver was found dead on Front Beach Wednesday afternoon. The body of a second, a 70-year-old man, was found via sonar by a research vessel....

A woman who was scuba diving with her father off Massachusetts’ North Shore on Saturday has died after two days in the hospital, authorities said. The woman, identified as Sara Elizabeth Nivens of South Boston, was rushed to the hospital Saturday after being pulled onto a charter boat, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Nivens, who was 40,…

A police officer in Rockport, Massachusetts, was injured when his cruiser collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train on Sunday night. Rockport police said in a press release that an MBTA train and a Rockport police cruiser were involved in a crash around 8 p.m. at the Poole’s Lane crossing in Rockport. Both the train and the cruiser were...

A sewer overflow incident began Thursday afternoon in Rockport, Massachusetts, and continued into the night. A sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) began Thursday at around 2 p.m. at the Dock Square Pump Station, according to the town administrator, who also confirmed that outflow from the overflow was entering the stormwater system, which discharges into Sandy Bay. By around 10:45 p.m., the…