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Ashland High School in Massachusetts has switched to remote learning for the week after the town reported challenges while tracing close contacts for several students who tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter to parents Sunday, Superintendent Jim Adams said some families have been resistant and uncooperative with the town’s board of health and its nursing staff in their...

Ashland High School in Massachusetts has switched to remote learning for the week after the town cited challenges to tracing close contacts for several students that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Two people have been arrested in connection with a Wednesday armed home robbery in Ashland, Massachusetts, according to Ashland Police Chief Vincent C. Alfano. One gunman was arrested and identified the same day as the home invasion, police said. The other gunman, a juvenile, was arrested Thursday. Several armed individuals illegally entered the Ashland home on Buckley Avenue just before…

School’s out, but a principal in Ashland is bringing a dance party to his students.

Blue the black lab is doing just fine after being rescued Tuesday afternoon in Ashland, Massachusetts. She had plunged through the ice in the Ashland Reservoir. “She walked out so far, fell in the ice,” said her owner, Corey Spaulding. “It was panic.” Spaulding spoke with NBC10 Boston from the emergency room, where she’s being treated for hypothermia after...

A dog is safe after falling through the ice on a reservoir.

Dax, a police dog who once saved his partner’s life, received a special honor at his retirement after more than a decade of service.

After the loss of two former players to cancer, Ashland’s football coach helped guide his team past struggle.

A man and his grandson experienced a close call Thursday when the car they were in was hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train in Ashland, Massachusetts. The crash happened at the tail end of the evening rush hour on Main Street, where a train from the Framingham-Worcester Line hit a car, leaving it mangled. Officials said late Thursday that…

A car was smashed after being hit by a commuter rail train in Ashland.

A deer trapped in frozen water got a big helping hand from a rescue crew in Ashland on Sunday. Authorities received a call about the distressed deer early Sunday. Crews rushed out to assist, using an ice rescue sled in making the rescue. The deer needed multiple attempts to get out, falling repeatedly back through the ice. The Ashland Fire…

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

A teenager battling a rare form of cancer just found out his fight is almost over. But before it is, the Ashland community is helping him cross items off his bucket list.

The only post office in Ashland, Massachusetts, is closed until further notice.

Massachusetts would eliminate carry-out plastic bags from retail stores around the state under a new bill set for debate this week in the State Senate. Released on Monday, the proposal would expand on measures already adopted in over 100 cities and towns across the commonwealth, according to the office of Senate President Karen Spilka.

A search is underway for a missing man in Ashland, Massachusetts. Michael Curtis, 59, was last seen wearing a yellow t-shirt and grey sweatpants near his home at 41 Upland Rd.

A man stole thousands of dollars in gifts meant for the bride and groom at his friend’s wedding in Ashland, Massachusetts, this weekend, authorities said. Daniel Bothwell, 32, of Fairport, New York, appeared in Framingham District Court on Monday where he was arraigned on a felony larceny charge.

A driver fleeing police cruisers rammed into another one in Ashland, Massachusetts, Wednesday, authorities said, and later seemed to express regret that he didn’t run over an officer on foot. Jeffrey Beale had run a red light in Framingham and didn’t stop local police, according to Ashland police Chief Vincent Alfano. The white sedan crossed into Ashland on Route 126...

A Massachusetts teenager accused in the strangulation and stabbing death of his friend’s mother has been indicted on charges of murder. William Smith, of Ashland, Massachusetts, was 15 at the time of the killing in April 2018 but a judge ruled last month that he’ll be tried as an adult. He was indicted last week.

Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.