Ayer

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…

Police in Ayer, Massachusetts are searching for a suspicious man after a child was offered money to get into a vehicle on Monday. Authorities said the disturbing encounter happened in the area of 55 Littleton Rd. around 3:30 p.m.

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website shows the 54-year-old New York Democrat is currently in the custody of its Residential Re-entry Management office in Brooklyn, New York. It’s not immediately clear when Weiner was transferred...

Four people were injured Friday in a series of snowmobile crashes in Soldiertown Township, Maine, according to the Maine Warden Service. Authorities said a 15-year-old boy from Lancaster, Massachusetts, had been operating his snowmobile at about 11 a.m. on Interconnecting Trail Systems 85 and 86, when he collided with Michael Byram, 46, from Herman, Maine.

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman was drinking and taking drugs with her cousin before they got into an argument and she fatally stabbed him in the heart. A not guilty plea was entered on the behalf of Laqwanda Villaronga, 26, of Ayer, at her arraignment Monday in Ayer District Court. Villaronga is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous...

A man is dead after authorities say a woman stabbed him with a kitchen knife in an apartment in Ayer, Massachusetts. Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said a 24-year-old Ayer man was found with an a stab wound at a home on Groton School Road. He was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A woman allegedly stabbed a man to death in Ayer, Massachusetts, and a relative says the victim was the suspect’s cousin.

Wayne Chapman, a serial child rapist who was expected to be released after more than 40 years in prison, was arrested again on indecent exposure charges.

Two civilians and two firefighters were injured Friday after a furnace explosion led to a 4-alarm industrial fire in Ayer, Massachusetts.

Two civilians and two firefighters were injured Friday after a furnace explosion led to a 4-alarm industrial fire in Ayer, Massachusetts.

Authorities responded to a 3-alarm industrial fire and reports of an explosion in Ayer, Massachusetts.

A firefighter was injured while battling a fire in Ayer, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon.

The runaway bull, missing from Framer’s Livestock Auction and Market Exchange since Tuesday, was put down Sunday evening, according to police in Littleton, Massachusetts.

Police are investigating a break-in to an Exxon station in Ayer, Massachusetts, after suspects apparently used an acetylene torch to cut into an ATM.

Police are investigating a break-in to an Exxon station in Ayer, Massachusetts, after suspects apparently used an acetylene torch to cut into an ATM.