Ipswich

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,…

A 19-year-old man is seriously hurt following a boating accident in Ipswich, Mass.

Ipswich Police report that a 19-year-old man has suffered serious, life-threatening injuries after a boating incident.  Police say they responded to a call at 2:57 p.m. of a man seriously hurt after an accident involving a 19-foot center console boat in the area of Third Creek Mooring Field in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  According to police, all four occupants of the...

A Massachusetts woman has been cited in a fatal crash involving three bicyclists last month in Ipswich, according to the Essex District Attorney’s office. Ryane Linehan, 43, of Ipswich, was allegedly using her phone while driving a Kia Soul on Topsfield Road on March 26 when she struck 58-year-old George Norris and his wife and son. George Norris was taken…

One of the three bicyclists who were hit by an SUV on Thursday in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has died, authorities said. George Norris, 58, of Ipswich, died early Friday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital. He had been airlifted there after he and two others — a 19-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman — were struck while riding their bikes on Topsfield…

A bicyclist is dead after being hit by an SUV Tuesday in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The cyclist, a 58-year-old Ipswich man, was hit at the intersection of Topsfield Road and Congress Street. Police responded around 6 p.m.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers. Windy. Highs in the 50s. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, spot showers. Lows in the 40s to near 50. Saturday: Drizzle, clouds early. Still breezy. Peeks of afternoon sun. Highs around 60. Cape Cod: Friday: Cloudy, pockets of rain. Windy. Highs in the 50s. Friday Night: Windy and clouds, more showers. Lows around 50. Saturday: Mostly...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking “world-famous recording artists,” stealing their unreleased music and selling it for cryptocurrency.

This weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton brought a rush of feelings for one mom who lost her daughter in the Parkland shooting last year. Lori Alhadeff was in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Monday to participate in the annual fundraiser in honor of Harold L. Vitale, a Saugus Police officer killed in the line of duty in 1985. Alhadeff’s daughter,...

Authorities say a man awaiting trial for allegedly carrying his ex-girlfriend into the path of a dump truck has died in jail.

Massachusetts authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered by a fisherman along the Crane Beach shoreline in Ipswich on Monday morning.

Police say a 35-year-old man who was reported missing on Friday morning in the area of Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts was found safe at his home in Beverly.

The ceiling of the Living Faith United Methodist Church in Ipswich, Massachusetts, collapsed Friday afternoon.