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Gov. Charlie Baker and Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera send message to residents in a COVID-19 update.

Gov. Charlie Baker made an impassionate plea to Massachusetts residents ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, when the sun is expected to be out, to keep up their end of the fight against the coronavirus. “If you’re gonna go out, be smart. Be careful, respect the virus,” Baker said Friday afternoon in Lawrence, where the mayor announced a $1 million…

Gov. Charlie Baker is urging everyone to continue social distancing and wearing masks this weekend.

Gov. Charlie Baker is urging everyone in Massachusetts to use caution during this holiday weekend.

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The first $70 million in settlement payments to people affected by a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in 2018 will be mailed Friday.

Massachusetts is currently in the first of a four-phased reopening plan, unveiled by Gov. Charlie Baker Monday.

The Lawrence Police Department will be on the lookout for people who aren’t wearing masks in public in a new enforcement initiative. Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera told The Eagle Tribune that the patrols will target public places and businesses Monday through Friday over two different shifts. Violators could face a $300 fine. Masks must be worn in various situations in…

You can now be fined for not wearing a face covering in Lawrence.

Beginning Friday in Lawrence, Massachusetts, anyone not wearing a mask in public could face a $300 fine, according to the city’s mayor.

Lawrence Police will begin patrolling for mask enforcement starting Friday and could issue $300 fines to violators.

An estimated 41 residents at one of the largest nursing facilities in Massachusetts have died after tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. A representative of Mary Immaculate Nursing/Restorative Center in Lawrence gave the figure Friday and said it came despite strict adherence to state and federal public health guidance. “We share the community’s concern...

A man is dead and a woman was seriously injured after being shot early Sunday morning in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Lawrence police received a call around 3:10 a.m. to Market Street for a report of shots fired. Responding officers discovered a 23-year-old man who was dead, and a 19-year-old woman who was suffering from gunshot wounds inside a car.  The woman…

Authorities say Alan Jimenez, 23, of Lawrence, was shot and killed early Sunday morning. A female victim is in stable condition.

The Gang Unit of the Massachusetts State Police located and seized 734 grams of suspected fentanyl on Wednesday evening. During the raid, 28-year-old Manuel Estheulis-Almonte was taken into custody, according to police. Prior to the raid, state police observed Estheulis-Almonte accepting money in exchange for fentanyl, police said. When police located Estheulis-Almonte, he attempted to run away. Estheulis-Almonte had no…

Authorities were investigating Friday after a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Lawrence police said they responded to the area of Inman Street at around 10:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a person struck. The man, whose age was unknown, was pronounced dead at the scene. Crews responded Friday after an alleged trespasser…

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource, after agreeing to plead guilty in connection with the disaster, authorities announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said in a press conference that Columbia Gas had agreed to plead guilty to felony violation of…

Columbia Gas will pay a $53 million criminal fine for breaking a federal pipeline safety law and plead guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes, federal officials announced Wednesday.

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource.