Ipswich

A person is dead after being pulled from the water Sunday evening in Ipswich, Massachusetts, officials announced.

A neo-Nazi group has been distributing flyers in Danvers, Massachusetts, the latest North Shore community to be targeted with the hateful messaging. Police in Danvers said a group that describes itself as a “pro-white, street-oriented fraternity,” has left its hateful literature at homes in the town. The name of the group evokes that of the original Nazi party. The same…

Ipswich police are asking for the public’s help to figure out who is distributing flyers promoting a neo-Nazi group throughout town and across Massachusetts’ North Shore communities.

Ipswich police are asking for the public’s help to figure out who is distributing flyers promoting a neo-Nazi group throughout town and across Massachusetts’ North Shore communities. The flyers appear to be a recruiting attempt from a group described by the Anti-Defamation League as an underground network of white men who are “willing to fight against their perceived enemies,”...

Flyers promoting a neo-Nazi group were discovered in several yards in Ipswich, Mass. over the weekend.

Police in Ipswich have warned residents to be on alert for flyers with hateful messaging linked to a neo-Nazi group that have surfaced in town. According to Ipswich Police Chief Paul Nikas and interim Town Manager Mary Gallivan, the flyers appear to be an attempt at recruiting from the Nationalist Social Club, a group described by the Anti-Defamation League as…

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Firefighters put out a fire in a vacant 2-unit townhouse early Wednesday morning in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police said. The fire was first reported around 4:45 a.m. on High Street. Upon arrival, firefighters saw heavy smoke pouring from one of the two connected units. The fire was brought under control within an hour’s time. High Street between Ipswich High School...

A first responder is telling his story after helping save five people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, who were on a boat that capsized this weekend off the coast of Ipswich, Massachusetts. “They were about 200 or 300 yards offshore,” said Ipswich officer Matthew Bodwell, the town’s assistant harbormaster. Bodwell was patrolling the waters of Plum Island Sound…

Five people were rescued after their boat capsized off the North Shore.

A pregnant woman and a baby were among those rescued.

A 14-month-old baby, a pregnant woman and three others were rescued by police after their boat capsized off the coast of Ipswich, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon. Ipswich Police Officer Matthew Bodwell, who also serves as assistant harbormaster, was patrolling the water near the Clark Beach mooring area around 3:15 p.m. when he received a mayday call on his radio for…

A man was taken to the hospital Monday after he was burned in a brush fire that went out of control in Ipswich. Fire officials said they were called to the fire at 10 Mill Road around 10:30 a.m. where they found a man in his 60s with burns on his fingers and legs. The fire had spread out of…

A pickup truck hit and killed a teen cyclist Friday in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police said. A patrol officer with the Ipswich Police Department witnessed the crash shortly after 6 p.m. on Route 1A, authorities said. The officer began giving first aid to the 16-year-old male from Ipswich. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he later died,…

A 24-year-old Massachusetts man sustained serious injuries Thursday morning when he fell nearly 30-feet off of a roof at a residential construction site in Ipswich. The Ipswich police and fire departments responded to a call around 9:15 a.m. requesting medical assistance on Robinson Lane, officials said. First responders determined a construction worker was severely injured when he fell approximately 28…

Crews have recovered a body in a search for a swimmer who went missing off the coast of Ipswich.

The body of a swimmer who went missing Friday was found in the water off Ipswich, Massachusetts, after an hourslong search. Ipswich police said the body was spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter off Grape Island just before 5 p.m. The Coast Guard had been searching for Eric Pecina, who had gone missing off Crane Beach Friday morning. Police said…

Firefighters put out a fierce house fire that spread to a neighboring building in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning. The Ipswich Fire Department confirmed they responded to a two-alarm structure fire on Stagehill Road about 1 a.m. Heavy flames were pouring from the side and back of one home, which was unoccupied, and the siding of another home was on fire…

A Massachusetts man died Sunday afternoon in a mountain biking accident in Ipswich, authorities said. The 46-year-old victim from Wellesley, whose name was not made public, was biking with a friend in the Willowdale State Forest area when the two became separated around 1 p.m. Police say the friend found the victim lying unresponsive on the trail. The friend called…

Two Massachusetts fire departments are mourning the loss of former Fire Chief Henry Michalski, who died from cancer on Friday.  Michalski, 72, served as a member of the Middleton Fire Department and rose through the ranks before being appointed chief in April 1993. He served as fire chief there until 2000, when he became chief of the Ipswich Fire Department,…