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Driver Killed in Crash With Box Truck in Ayer
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…
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Serious Crash in Ayer
NBC10 Boston SkyRanger footage showed a crash on Littleton Road/Route 2A
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Bar 25 Opening Second Location, Replacing Ceia in Newburyport
[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…
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Authorities ID Man Found Dead in a Pond in Ayer in January
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…
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‘Every Mom's Worst Nightmare': Woman Speaks Out After She and Her Baby Rescued From Burning Home
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...
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Woman Saved From Burning Home Thankful to Neighbors Who Saved Her and Her Daughter
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.
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‘We Kicked Down the Door': Neighbors Rescue Mom, Baby Girl From Burning Home in Ayer
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…
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Mom, Baby Girl Rescued From Burning Home in Ayer, Massachusetts
A mom and her baby were rescued Saturday from a burning home in Ayer, Massachusetts, thanks to their neighbors.
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Snowmobiler Recovered From Mass. Pond Dead From Possible Drowning
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…
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Police Seek Man Who Offered Child Money to Get Into Vehicle in Ayer, Mass.
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.
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Disgraced Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner Released From Prison
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...
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4 Injured in Series of Snowmobile Crashes in Maine
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.
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Woman Charged With Fatally Stabbing Cousin With Kitchen Knife Held Without Bail
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...
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Relative Names Victim Stabbed By Female Relative in Ayer
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.
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Woman Charged in Deadly Domestic Stabbing
A woman allegedly stabbed a man to death in Ayer, Massachusetts, and a relative says the victim was the suspect’s cousin.
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Child Rapist Arrested Again Before Planned Release
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.
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DA: Man Dies From Injuries in Furnace Explosion
Two civilians and two firefighters were injured Friday after a furnace explosion led to a 4-alarm industrial fire in Ayer, Massachusetts.
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1 Airlifted From 4-Alarm Industrial Fire After Furnace Explosion
Two civilians and two firefighters were injured Friday after a furnace explosion led to a 4-alarm industrial fire in Ayer, Massachusetts.
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Industrial Fire Rages in Ayer
Authorities responded to a 3-alarm industrial fire and reports of an explosion in Ayer, Massachusetts.
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Firefighter Injured Battling Blaze in Ayer, Massachusetts
A firefighter was injured while battling a fire in Ayer, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon.