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A 19-year-old has been charged in the death of a 16-year-old girl last month in Leominster, Massachusetts, prosecutors say. Christopher Filz, of Shirley, was driving a 2001 Ford Mustang that rolled over in an embankment Interstate 190 on the evening of Oct. 6, leaving Krystal Mello, of Ayer, dead and two other teens injured, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office…

A 16-year-old girl is dead after a car crash, and three other teens were hurt.

For those with a sweet tooth, doughnuts are often hard to resist, and with National Doughnut Day coming up, here are some of the top-rated spots in New England to get one. In its list of the Top 100 US Doughnut Shops of 2022, Yelp ranked New England twice, and residents of Connecticut and Massachusetts are in luck. At No….

A man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by an MBTA commuter rail train in Ayer, Massachusetts, police said. According to Transit police, the man was trespassing in the right of way when he was struck by an outbound Fitchburg Line train around 3:40 p.m. He sustained life-threatening injures and was taken by medical helicopter to a…

Ayer police are on scene for an incident involving a pedestrian and a train.

A popular playground in Ayer, Massachusetts, has been closed to the public due to arsenic contamination. The town of Ayer notified the state environmental protection department this week that the Kiddie Junction Playground at Pirone Park is contaminated. The town is working to remediate the site and replace the playground structure. The playground was constructed in 1989 using standard techniques…

An elderly woman was seriously injured after driving her car into a retention pond in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning, officials said.

An elderly woman was seriously injured after driving her car into a retention pond in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning, officials said. The Ayer Fire Department confirmed that a car went into the water off the Ayer Rotary around 6:50 a.m., falling into the frozen water 20 feet below. The driver, an elderly female, was taken to an area hospital…

Police in Ayer, Massachusetts, had an eventful morning Friday when a wayward moose tried to wander into a busy town roadway. Det. Kellie Barhight and School Resource Officer Jen Bigelow found the moose charging through the woods after getting spooked by a barking dog, police said. They said the moose ran past them and they did their best not to…

Charlotte Anderson has lived at the Devencrest Apartments in Ayer, Massachusetts, for 60 years — all her life. Now, she’s been told to leave. “I think it’s cruel,” she said. “I don’t understand why this is happening.” With no warning, she and her husband received a notice this week alerting them they’ve got to be out by the end...

Renters in Ayer are raising concerns after being told they have to leave their homes.

A driver was killed early Friday morning in a crash involving a box truck in Ayer, Massachusetts, police said. Ayer police responded just before 6 a.m. to Littleton Road (Route 2A) near Snake Hill Road for a serious crash involving a car and a box truck. Responding officers determined the driver of the car had died, police said. Her name…

NBC10 Boston SkyRanger footage showed a crash on Littleton Road/Route 2A

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A restaurant and bar in Ayer that is known for its craft cocktails is looking to open a second location, and this one would replace a well-known spot in Newburyport. According to a source, Bar 25 is planning to replace Ceia on State Street, with a Daily News article saying that Bar…

Authorities have identified a man found dead in a pond in Ayer, Massachusetts, in January. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said on Thursday that Thomas Cormier, 49, appears to have been operating a snowmobile on a frozen Grove Pond on Jan. 29. She said investigators observed a snowmobile track entering the pond with no signs of exit. Cormier’s body was…

A woman who was asleep with her 11-month-old baby on Saturday when a fire broke out at their home in Ayer, Massachusetts, says they would not be alive if it weren’t for their neighbors. Shannon Holleran and her 11-month-old baby girl, Madeline, were trapped in their Bligh Street home on Saturday afternoon as it was engulfed in flames.  Both...

Shannon Holleran describes being trapped in her Bligh Street home in Ayer on Saturday afternoon as it was engulfed in flames, and how she went to the porch and threw her 11-month-old baby Madeline to one of her neighbors.

A mom and her baby were rescued Saturday from a burning home in Ayer, Massachusetts, thanks to their neighbors. The Ayer Fire Department responded to a call at 5:19 p.m. for a reported fire at 22 Bligh Street. But it was two friends who saw their neighbor’s home burning and dashed over to make a daring rescue. “We were sitting…

A mom and her baby were rescued Saturday from a burning home in Ayer, Massachusetts, thanks to their neighbors.

A man who had been missing for more than a week was found dead in Ayer, Massachusetts, on Saturday in a case of possible drowning, authorities said. Divers recovered the body of the 49-year-old man from Grove Pond around 4:45 p.m., ending an extensive search, according to Ayer police. A partially frozen snowmobile was also found near the body. The…