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WATCH: 80-year-old drives on wrong side of Route 2, strikes vehicle causing injuries, police say
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Mystery 'booms' heard in Gardner - find out what police say is the cause
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The New “4 Feet” Law In Affect In Massachusetts
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Corrections officer raped, purchased underwear from inmates, DA says
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Mystery 'booms' heard in Gardner - find out what police say is the cause
"What was that loud boom?" It's a question that is posed quite often by Greater Gardner residents on social media pages. Intermittently - and usually between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. - something big and loud is fired off from somewhere, but nobody seems quite sure what or where that something is. On Tuesday,...
Former State Police lieutenant from New Jersey will lead Mass. State Police, Healey announces
Former Lieutenant Colonel of the New Jersey State Police Geoffery Noble will be the new head of MSP, Healey announced on Wednesday. Governor Maura Healey selected Geoffery Noble as the next Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, officials announced on Wednesday. Nobel previously served as Lieutenant Colonel of the New...
Steward Health CEO refuses to testify despite Senate panel subpoena
The CEO of Steward Health Care told a Senate panel he won’t testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the company’s bankruptcy, in defiance of a subpoena. In a letter to the Senate Health Committee sent Wednesday, attorneys for Ralph de la Torre said it would be inappropriate for…
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states
Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. It was a slow night, and she only had one table, a large group led by a man who “kept touching my lower back and my leg and making jokes,” she told Stateline. It […]
2 people died due to heat this summer in Mass.
Two people died in June due to heat in Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Previously Massachusetts was among states that did not track heat-related deaths where exposure to extreme heat was a secondary factor. “States like Massachusetts don’t track heat deaths because they don’t have to...
Gardner dance studio makes leap into new location - find out where
A longtime Chair City business has made a perfect leap and nailed the landing in a new location. The Just Dance! Performing Arts Center, which operated for several years downtown, has found its new home at 25 Kraft St., in the building that formerly housed the LaChance Interiors furniture store. Owner Rebecca Wilson, who...
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