Acushnet

Two people building a garage on a property in Acushnet, Massachusetts, were injured Tuesday in a construction accident. Acushnet police responded to Perry Hill Road after receiving a 911 call just before 3 p.m. and found two workers with serious injuries. According to police, workers on scene said a garage was being constructed and the two workers were in the…

OSHA is investigating.

After three sustained weeks of high-risk status, a dozen communities will have to rollback reopening.

A third person has a confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in Massachusetts this summer, health authorities said Friday. A man over 60 years old in northern Franklin County has the rare but potentially deadly virus, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement. The risk level is now critical in two Franklin County communities.

More Massachusetts communities were sprayed for mosquitoes Wednesday, with further treatment planned across the Bay State. Health officials have been spraying as a preventative measure to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.

More Massachusetts towns and neighborhoods will be sprayed for mosquitos Tuesday after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. East Boston, Worcester and Andover were set to be sprayed as preventative measures to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.

Spraying for mosquitoes began in Boston’s West Roxbury and Hyde Park neighborhoods Monday evening. With concern growing across Massachusetts after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, city crews were spraying in the two neighborhoods from dusk until 11:30 p.m. using a truck-mounted aerosol sprayer.

With concern growing across Massachusetts after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), officials are continuing to spray specific areas to reduce the mosquito population and public health risk. Using a truck mounted aerosol sprayer, officials will spray Monday in the Boston area from dusk until 11:30 at night. The health commission says the formula they...

Another Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Friday, making him the second person to be diagnosed with the rare but dangerous infection. Laboratory testing confirmed the virus in a Grafton man who is between the ages of 19 and 30, authorities said.

A Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Saturday. This is the first human case of EEE in the state since 2013. The man is over 60 and lives in southern Plymouth County, the DPH said. “Today’s news is evidence of the significant risk from EEE and...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged after a graveyard in Acushnet was vandalized in October. According to police, they arrested and charged the juvenile with desecrating on a place of burial and injuring a gravestone.

Police are investigating a barrage of break-ins in Acushnet, Massachusetts.

A driver was killed in a single-car rollover crash on Route 140 in New Bedford overnight.