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This time is especially difficult for those battling addiction. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sheds light on his own past struggles.

Market Basket announced Friday that an employee at its distribution center in Andover, Massachusetts, has tested positive for the COVID-19. The company said some other workers were concerned with heading into the facility to go to work on Friday morning. “We consider it our responsibility to continue to take the aggressive steps necessary to protect our associates and also to…

An employee at the Salem, Massachusetts, Market Basket store has died after battling the coronavirus. The company confirmed the worker’s death in a statement Tuesday, saying she had last worked in the store on March 26. Vitalina Williams’ husband said he was devastated by a loss that came shockingly fast. He said they both had to continue working because they…

An employee of a Market Basket in Salem named Vitalina Williams died, her husband said, saying the pair both had to keep working because they had bills to pay.

Market Basket has announced additional social distancing measures that will take effect April 2, including limiting the number of customers shopping at one time.

Market Basket has announced additional social distancing measures that will take effect April 2, including limiting the number of customers shopping at one time.

A worker at the Market Basket in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has tested positive for coronavirus. The supermarket chain says it has been in touch with public health officials after learning Tuesday about the positive test. The patient last worked at the store on March 15. “The health and safety of our Associates and that of our customers are our highest priority…

Supermarkets across New England and the U.S. are seeking to restock and fulfill online orders as essential items like toilet paper and canned goods fly off the shelves.

A popular New England supermarket chain will soon be opening its first location in Rhode Island. The first Market Basket supermarket will open in Johnston, according to Mayor Joseph Polisena and Demoulas Super Markets Inc. The new store will be located at 1300 Hartford Ave., the site of a former BJ’s Whole Club. “I am very happy and excited that…

From turkeys to trimmings, Thanksgiving feasts were coming together Tuesday night as shoppers get ready for the big day. “It’s just crazy,” said Susan Selway as she shopped at Market Basket in Waltham, Massachusetts. “Getting here is crazy, never mind shopping in there, the lines are incredible, you can barely move your cart in the store.”

A New Hampshire man is facing charges after police say he grabbed an elderly man’s wallet while he loaded groceries into his truck outside a Market Basket in Manchester earlier this week. The 85-year-old veteran told police he went to his truck after shopping at about 2 p.m. Monday outside the Elm Street store when he saw a silver Volkswagen...

A Market Basket in Rowley, Massachusetts, reopened Friday after nine people were hospitalized and an entire strip mall evacuated after a refrigerant leaked from an ice machine Thursday afternoon. The incident brought out a large number of emergency response vehicles after police were called to the supermarket on Newburyport Turnpike around 3 p.m.

Nine people were hospitalized and an entire strip mall evacuated after what is believed to be a refrigerant leak at a Market Basket store in Rowley, Massachusetts, Thursday afternoon. The incident brought out a large number of emergency response vehicles after police were called to the supermarket on Newburyport Turnpike around 3 p.m.

Market Basket shoppers in Rowley were transported after a refrigerant leak.

A man pulled a knife on another man in the parking lot of a Market Basket in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in a road rage incident that resulted in his arrest Friday morning, police said. Jose Barrera-Mendoza, 40, is facing charges of assault by means of a dangerous weapon and providing a false name to police, as well as other motor vehicle-related...

A man spotted photographing children at a Tewksbury Market Basket last week had child pornography in his possession and was arrested, police said Tuesday. The arrest took place Wednesday, July 17, according to a statement from Tewksbury police.

A New York man is facing drug trafficking charges after authorities seized more than 3 kilograms of fentanyl from a truck he was driving in the parking lot of a Market Basket in Woburn, Massachusetts. Truck driver Kelvin Jimenez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, was taken into custody Thursday by Woburn detectives and members of the Southern Middlesex Regional...

Market Basket and Wegmans are among the highest-rated grocery chains in the nation when it comes to customer satisfaction, according to a survey. The chains were among six regional and national grocers to earn the top overall satisfaction score in the survey carried out by Consumer Reports. The findings were based on a survey of more than 75,000 Consumer Reports subscribers.

As the Stop & Shop strike enters its sixth day, other grocery stores are seeing an influx of customers. Many shoppers said they are avoiding the chain as the picket continues. Last week, 31,000 employees from more than 200 Stop & Shop stores in New England walked off the job over stalled contract negotiations. The union said the cuts to...