MEDFORD

Residents of Medford, Massachusetts, say a possible microburst ripped through the town Sunday evening around 7:30, knocking over trees and knocking out power to homes in the town. In the streets of Medford, members of the town public works department were cleaning up broken branches and removing broken-down tree trunks with wood chippers. Damage to the town was obvious, as…

Trees were knocked over and power was shut down after a severe thunderstorm busted through Medford Mass. From 7:30 to 8 p.m.

State and local police said a 28-year-old man who was pulled from Wright’s Pond in Medford, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning is not expected to survive. Massachusetts State Police confirm they assisted Medford police with a “drowning in progress” Sunday at Wright’s Pond. They said the person was still alive when they were pulled from the water. Medford police said...

The diversion is necessary to allow for continued work at the Government Center parking garage project, officials said.

The MBTA released the video Friday, two days after Gov. Charlie Baker announced that the entire MBTA Orange Line will shut down for 30 days in August and September.

New video obtained by the NBC10 Boston Investigators shows the moment flames started shooting from an Orange Line train stopped over the Mystic River just north of Boston last month, forcing passengers to evacuate onto the bridge. The train fire on July 21 left the front of the Orange Line train charred. Passengers had to walk down the tracks from…

The MBTA announced Friday that it will be shutting down the new Green Line Extension for four weeks and that the opening date for the Medford Branch has been delayed from late summer to November of 2022. The diversion in service is necessary to allow for continued work at the Government Center parking garage project, MBTA officials said. Temporary shuttle…

Startling photos and videos show flames shooting from an Orange Line train stopped over the Mystic River Thursday and passengers evacuating onto the bridge. The train fire — the latest incident to impact MBTA riders’ commutes — left the front of the Orange Line train charred. Passengers had to walk down the tracks from the bridge. Video shared by people…

Flames and smoke poured from an MBTA Orange Line train crossing the Mystic River in Somerville on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Passengers had to evacuate the train from windows and walk down the bridge to safety.

Thousands of Massachusetts customers were left without air conditioning in the heat.

Thousands of people were without power for hours because of a heat-related problem.

Thousands of Massachusetts Eversource customers were left in the dark, and without air conditioning and lights, after a heat-related problem at an Acton substation on Wednesday, an Eversource spokesperson said. National Grid also reported a “major power outage” in Medford amid Wednesday’s 90-degree temperatures, police said. Nearly 11,000 customers lost power around 4 p.m., but most customers had their power…

A Massachusetts lawyer was arrested on federal bribery and fraud charges Friday after he allegedly tried to bribe Medford’s chief of police to get a company’s marijuana business license approved. Federal prosecutors and the FBI outlined the alleged “pay-to-play scheme,” in which Somerville attorney Sean O’Donovan allegedly tried to give $25,000 to a relative of Medford’s police chief, who...

There’s a rat problem in Medford, Massachusetts, so much so that you can see their burrows from the street. Neighbors in one neighborhood say MBTA construction moved in, and then so did the rats. Homeowner Lani Mimmo pointed out the burrows in her yard to NBC10 Boston on Thursday and says they appeared this spring. Mimmo occasionally sees the...

Medford leaders say they’re talking with other cities about what works and are updating their current plan dealing with rats.

The 35-year-old man was working alone in an electrical box at the end of a parking lot at 500 Salem Street just after midnight when the incident occurred, officials said. The worker was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A vigil is scheduled to be held Thursday night for a mother who was found dead in a recycling bin behind her home in Medford, Massachusetts, earlier this week. Police have increased patrols in the city as they continue to investigate the suspicious death. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Barbara Hovey Novaes, 61, of Medford, was first reported missing…

A National Grid worker has died after being electrocuted at a worksite in Medford, Massachusetts, on Thursday, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office confirmed.

Police in Mediford, Massachusetts confirm that a National Grid worker who was injured on the job overnight has died.

A National Grid worker was electrocuted at a worksite in Medford, Massachusetts, on Thursday, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office confirmed. The 35-year-old man was working alone in an electrical box at the end of a parking lot at 500 Salem Street just after midnight when the incident occurred, officials said. The worker was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he…