Merrimack River

Two people drowned in the Merrimack River in New Hampshire this weekend. New Hampshire State Police said their Marine Patrol dispatch center received a 911 call around 7:45 p.m. Saturday saying there were people in the Merrimack River in Canterbury who appeared to be struggling. State police Marine Patrol, New Hampshire Fish and Game and numerous area police and fire…

One person was killed and a second badly injured in an accident at a bridge construction project on Interstate 495 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. The Essex District Attorney’s Office said one person was confirmed dead at the scene and another was taken by medical helicopter to Lahey Hospital in Burlington where he underwent surgery. His condition is not...

One person was injured after becoming trapped underneath a car at a Boston auto body shop on Wednesday. Boston Fire said they received a call at 11:40 a.m. for a technical rescue for a person trapped under a car at 237 Hyde Park Ave. Emergency crews were able to remove the person by jacking up the vehicle. The person was...

A Massachusetts nonprofit that prides itself on cleaning up the Merrimack River recently discovered an usual item: a marble urn with ashes still inside. Rocky Morrison of Clean River Project found the urn Friday while cleaning near the Lawrence boat ramp, according to The Eagle Tribune.

Two people were found dead in the Merrimack River from an apparent drowning early Saturday morning, authorities said. A fisherman in Lowell discovered a male body around 6:30 a.m. near Aiken Street behind LeLacheur Park, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.

A bottlenose dolphin has been spotted in multiple locations in the Merrimack River in Massachusetts since last week. The SSC Marine Mammal Rescue said they received reports of the dolphin in locations between Newburyport and Amesbury starting on Aug. 16. The last confirmed sighting was on Tuesday afternoon.

Five people were saved from a capsized boat in the Merrimack River after their boat capsized Saturday.

The Duck Bridge in Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been closed to traffic after police say a truck struck several beams Tuesday morning. Police received a call at about 11 a.m. after several overhead beams on the bridge that connects Union and South Union streets were seen hanging, according to the Eagle Tribune.

A Massachusetts teenager who killed and beheaded his high school classmate in 2016 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Mathew Borges, 18, was convicted in May on a charge of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty. He will be eligible for parole because he was just 15 at the time of the crime.

A Massachusetts teenager who killed and beheaded his high school classmate in 2016 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Mathew Borges, 18, was convicted in May on a charge of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty. He will be eligible for parole because he was just 15 at the time of the crime.

The body of a kayaker who went missing in the Merrimack River in Concord, New Hampshire earlier this week has been found. Divers found the body around 2:30 p.m. Friday, downstream from where the kayaker had first gone missing. He has been identified as 20-year-old Alec Bronchuk, of Merrimack.

The search for a kayaker who went missing in the Merrimack River in Concord, New Hampshire has been suspended until Friday. Concord fire officials said they received a call sometime before 7 a.m. Thursday reporting two overturned kayaks in the area of the Sewalls Falls Bridge.

A teenager charged with killing and beheading his high school classmate has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Jurors found 18-year-old Mathew Borges guilty of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty. The charge carries a minimum sentence of 25 to 30 years to life. Because he was just 15 years old at the time of the crime, he will...

Jurors began deliberating Monday in the trial of a teenager charged with killing and beheading a high school classmate. Both sides presented their closing arguments in the trial of 18-year-old Mathew Borges on Monday morning in Salem Superior Court. Jurors began deliberating around 11:45 a.m. and were sent home for the day without reaching a verdict. They will continue deliberating...

Jurors in the gruesome beheading trial of a Massachusetts teenager will begin deliberating the case next week following a week of shocking new details that were released from several witnesses. Both the prosecution and defense rested in the Mathew Borges trial Thursday afternoon. The jury will begin deliberating next week after closing arguments which are scheduled for Monday morning. Borges,...

A medical examiner said Monday that a Massachusetts teen whose decapitated head was found floating in a river three years ago was stabbed nearly 80 times before and after his death. Following a week of shocking details, emotional testimony by the victim’s family and a visit to the scene of the crime, the murder trial of Mathew Borges continued into...

The trial of a Massachusetts teenager charged with killing and beheading a high school classmate is entering its second week. Testimony in the first-degree murder trial of 18-year-old Mathew Borges is scheduled to resume Monday.

The first-degree murder trial for a Massachusetts teenager accused of beheading his classmate continued Friday with jurors visiting the crime scene. Mathew Borges, 18, has been charged with the murder of fellow Lawrence High School classmate Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, whose body was found on Dec. 1, 2016. On the fifth day of the trial, jurors at Salem Superior Court visited...

Following days of shocking new details being released and emotional testimonials from grieving family members, there was more explosive testimony Thursday from friends in the trial for a Massachusetts teenager accused of beheading his classmate. One friend of defendant Mathew Borges told jurors in Salem Superior Court that Borges confessed to the Dec. 1, 2016 murder of 16-year-old Lee Manuel...

Testimony continued Wednesday on Day 3 of the trial of a Massachusetts teen accused of beheading a classmate over jealousy. Mathew Borges, 18, is charged with the murder of 16-year-old Lawrence High School classmate Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino back in 2016. The victim’s headless body was discovered by someone walking their dog along the banks of the Merrimack River. His head...