Ashby

Authorities have shed more light in the alleged assault of a student by a Massachusetts school bus driver in Ashby on Tuesday. Video of the incident shows “the bus driver physically handle the student,” North Middlesex Regional School District Superintendent Brad Morgan said. “Quite honestly, I was horrified by it,” he added. No injuries were reported in the incident, which…

A Massachusetts school bus driver is accused of assaulting a student Tuesday in Ashby. Police and officials with the North Middlesex Regional School District said no injuries were reported in the incident, which was caught on video and is being reviewed. The nature of the alleged assault was not made clear, nor was the age of the student. Other students…

A woman was found unresponsive and pronounced dead outside a home in Ashby, Massachusetts, Thursday, authorities said. The woman’s death, which was under investigation for hours after she was discovered unresponsive outside a home on Richardson Road about 12:55 p.m., does not appear suspicious, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Ashby Police Chief Derek Pepple. They didn’t...

A 22-year-old man was killed Thursday in a motorcycle crash in Ashby, Massachusetts. Police said they were called to the crash on Greenville around just before 6 p.m. The motorcyclist, identified as a 22-year-old from Fitchburg, was taken to Leominster Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators believe he was riding southbound on Greenville Road when he lost control of…

Ashby recorded an impressive 30 inches of snowfall, and nearly 1,500 people there remained without power Wednesday morning.

Snow was still falling during the early morning hours Wednesday in Ashby, Massachusetts, one of the areas hit hardest by this week’s nor’easter storm that howled into New England. Ashby recorded an impressive 30 inches of snowfall, and nearly 1,500 people there remained without power Wednesday morning. A state of emergency was declared in the town on Tuesday, when fire…