attleboro

Police are investigating after they said a man was shot in the parking lot of a grocery store in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Friday night. Kyle P. Heagney, Attleboro chief of police, said that at around 10 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop on Route 1 after receiving multiple 911 calls. Witnesses at…

It is part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to the state.

A donation drive was held on Saturday morning at Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts.  It is all part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to Massachusetts. The Attleboro Council on Human Rights is asking for clothes, baby supplies and personal care items. “We, just in two weeks, announced it, really advertised it and there’s...

The drive is part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to Massachusetts.

Hazardous materials teams are dealing with a 5,000 gallon sulfuric acid leak at a chemical company in Attleboro, Massachusetts, on Friday. Fire officials said they were called to Robert’s Chemical on Victor Road at 9:30 a.m. for a report of a sulfuric acid leak. The company manufactures industrial chemicals and said a 13,000-gallon tank car was actively leaking sulfuric acid….

Crews responded Thursday morning after a car crashed into a house in Attleboro, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage.

Crews responded Thursday morning after a car crashed into a house in Attleboro, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. near the corner of West Street and Ashton Road and took down a section of a wall. The vehicle was heading out of town on West Street at a high rate of speed, police said. It clipped…

People in two Mass. towns are edge over a string of BB gun shootings.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday for the first time this year, but on Saturday, Attleboro, Massachusetts, will be holding its second annual event to mark the day. Debra Britt has been celebrating Juneteenth since she was a child. “It has always been about the family, the community, the food, the coming together,” she said. Now Britt is helping to sponsor…

Attleboro residents are getting ready for Saturday’s Juneteenth celebration at Capron Park.

Two Massachusetts high school juniors dreaming of attending a prom are taking matters into their own hands. Mikayler Patch goes to Norton High School, Abbi Cloutier to Attleboro High. Both of their junior proms were canceled this year due to coronavirus. “It’s high school. You only live once,” said Abbi. So the girls, tired of missing out on so...

Two Massachusetts high school students are throwing their own prom after their school’s was canceled.

Salem usually has fireworks on July 4th. But, like most places in Massachusetts and around the country, the city shelved this year’s celebration because of the pandemic. But with restrictions easing, Salem is one place that’s reconsidering. Some think that’s great, like local Arthur Lormio: “I think we need that right now. It would be a great idea.” Amy Gagne...

With COVID cases dropping, could we see fireworks in the sky over Massachusetts on the Fourth of July this summer? Officials in some placed are reconsidering their cancellations.

A 19-year-old driver has died after his car crashed into the back of a truck on Interstate 95 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning, police said. Investigators are still working out what caused the crash, which also left a 19-year-old woman hurt, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The crash was reported about 3 a.m. on the southbound side of…

A Massachusetts state trooper accused of threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend has been suspended without pay, officials said. Trooper Joel S. Devine, who graduated from the state police academy in May 2020, is accused of pointing his service weapon at an ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her several times at his Attleboro home, The Sun Chronicle reported. “He adamantly denies...

The Bishop Feehan hockey team played rival North Attleboro on Saturday night, and No. 10 A.J. Quetta, who was injured in a game last month, was on everyone’s mind.

A.J. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, will be transported to Shepherd Rehabilitation Facility in Atlanta.

A car crashed through a Hobby Lobby store in Attleboro, and police believe it was intentional.

Police say a man apparently deliberately crashed his car into the front of a Massachusetts hobby store, knocked over displays, and then drove from the scene. Attleboro police Chief Kyle Heagney told The Sun Chronicle that a worker spreading salt in the Hobby Lobby store’s parking lot at about 5 a.m. Tuesday saw the car spinning around in the...