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Police and college safety officers in Dudley, Massachusetts broke up a large off-campus party near Nichols College Saturday night, prompting worries about the spread of COVID-19.  Dudley Police Chief Steven Wojnar said there were “between 50 and 100 kids” at the party, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Wednesday. Police discovered the gathering when they accompanied the fire department as…

Nichols College is threatening to shut down the campus in Dudley after a party nearby.

The town of Amherst will keep in place capacity limits and a business curfew, both of which were set to loosen on Monday, as part of efforts to contain a COVID-19 outbreak at its flagship University of Massachusetts campus. The Amherst Board of Health extended the 25% capacity ceiling and the 9:30 p.m. closing time for many industries indefinitely in…

A New Hampshire man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill six members of Congress last month if they did not “get behind Donald Trump.” Ryder Winegar, 33, of Amherst, was arrested on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire. He was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate judge on...

College students’ return to Boston has long prompted fears of coronavirus spikes. Reports of parties at schools in the region have left some city leaders are questioning whether students will follow rules.

Two people were killed Tuesday night after their vehicle crossed into the wrong lane and collided with a minivan in Amherst, Massachusetts. According to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the two men — one in his 40s and the other in his 20s — were traveling in a Datsun 280ZX in the area of 916 West Street around 7:42 p.m….

Firefighters who will go to work at 13 departments across Massachusetts are scheduled to graduate from the state firefighting academy this week. State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director David Evans will present certificates of completion to members of the graduating class on Friday morning at the Department of Fire Services facility in Springfield. The graduates represent…

For the second year in a row, the St. John’s Prep Eagles are Massachusetts Division 1 Super Bowl champions.

Six municipalities across Massachusetts celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day on Monday. According to The Boston Globe, those municipalites were Amherst, Northampton, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville and Great Barrington.

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst is moving ahead with a $200 million project to replace two aging student apartment complexes with more modern units.

Police in Amherst say they inadvertently published Social Security numbers and other private information tied to more than 20 people on the department’s website. MassLive.com reports that an online log of police calls in July included the addresses, birthdays and Social Security numbers for 26 people. It included some who requested help from police and some who were arrested.

University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to raise tuition at the system’s four undergraduate campuses by 2.5% for the academic year that starts in the fall. The trustees in a statement Friday said holding the hike to the rate of inflation would boost in-state undergraduate tuition by an average of $359 per student per year.

Many Americans are lucky enough to have the Fourth of July off from work. Several presidential hopefuls are not among them. Six Democrats hopeful of taking on President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election are slated to spend their holiday in New Hampshire.

Flowering “bee lawns” that attract pollinators are a compromise between fastidious turf management and the more casual yard approach. They add biodiversity to the landscape and need less maintenance. That makes them cost-effective, too. Bee lawns are turf grasses blended with low-growing perennials that bloom again after mowing. They’re cared for like typical lawns, making them comfortable for playing and...

An affidavit says an off-duty police officer accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed a New Hampshire woman was seen weaving in and out of traffic and traveling in the wrong direction beforehand. The affidavit also says Londonderry police officer Tyler Berry told a first responder following the April 5 crash in Amherst that he had been drinking...

Police say a Londonderry police officer was the 27-year-old Amherst, NH, man charged in the alleged drunken driving crash that killed a Manchester woman late Friday night.

Officer Tyler Berry, 27, is accused of killing 21-year-old Sierra Croteau while driving drunk on Friday night in Amherst, N.H.

Tyler Berry, 27, is accused of driving drunk and killing 21-year-old Sierra Croteau in a crash in Amherst, N.H. on Friday night.

Massachusetts’ highest court has ordered the dismissal of more drug cases potentially tainted by a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day for the eight years she worked at a state drug lab.

“Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” star Harrison Ford stopped for some pizza Tuesday in Amherst, Massachusetts, along with his wife, “Ally McBeal” star Calista Flockhart, and their son