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The Toussaint L’Ouverture Academy is teaching Creole fluency while also helping families by easing translation burdens for children of immigrant parents.

Police in Templeton, Massachusetts, and state police assigned to the State Fire Marshal’s Office are asking for the public’s help in identifying who placed an apparent hoax explosive device on a bridge this week. Authorities said the item’s resemblance to a “destructive device” and its placement on a bridge over a rail...

We have one day of pure spring weather and nice warm temperatures, before it’s back to the chill we’ve had all week long. Wind direction is key this time of the year and Thursday, it’s a south wind helping to boost our highs, combined with the sunshine. There is a wave of rain and thunderstorm activity across northern New......

Remains found in Warwick, Massachusetts, nearly 35 years ago have been identified through genetic testing, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. On June 24, 1989, Constance Holminski Bassignani’s remains were found by a driver on Route 78 in Warwick, District Attorney David Sullivan said, a mile and half south ...

A British national who forced a United Airlines plane flying from London to the New York City area to be diverted to Maine earlier this year has been ordered to reimburse the airline over $20,000 for interfering with flight crew. Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, 30, was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor for interfering with a...

An Attleboro, Massachusetts, woman has hit the jackpot — not once, but twice — playing the Massachusetts State Lottery.

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding later this month, officials said Wednesday. Teixeira, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, faces two ...

The second man arrested in connection with a violent shooting last year in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood is due in court Thursday. Micah Ennis, 25, was arrested in Roxbury on Wednesday, Boston police said. He’s accused of opening fire at a group of people hosting a barbeque at a housing complex on Ames Street on Sept. 17. Five people...

A man is dead and a woman arrested after a domestic incident Wednesday in Leominster, Massachusetts, officials said. The woman was identified as Jami Parker, 28. Investigators believe she shot her boyfriend in the head during an argument at her home on Main Street at the intersection of Keystone Drive. Parker called 911 to report the shooting, requ...

The wake for the Billerica police Sgt. Ian Taylor, who was killed last week in a crash while working on a construction detail, is set for Thursday. Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cataudella Funeral Home on Pleasant Valley Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the…

The high-profile Karen Read murder trial resumed Thursday with more testimony from first responders, four of whom testified. One line of questioning that both the prosecution and defense followed with each witness Thursday involved what they heard a distraught Read say at the scene of the incident. Read is charged with second-degree murder in the 2...

College unrest continues Thursday morning on campuses with police are arresting protesters and knocking down encampments across the U.S. To the north, in New Hampshire, students at the University of New Hampshire attempted to set up an encampment but it was shut down by police. Nearly a dozen of them were arrested. A similar situation was reported ...

We’re getting a one-day summer pass with the temperatures Thursday. With plenty of sun developing, we should see our highs soar into the mid-70s in spots. While it would be nice to say everyone latches onto this warmth, there are (always) a few exceptions. Cooler weather will prevail from the Seacoast of New Hampshire to Cape Ann — and......