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A 4-year-old girl is recovering after being hit by a driver who fled the scene last week.

A Massachusetts woman is facing charges after allegedly hitting a 4-year-old girl with her vehicle last week in North Reading and fleeing. The North Reading Police Department said Tuesday that a 39-year-old Andover woman, whose name was not released, would be summoned to Woburn District Court. The crash happened Wednesday morning, with police responding to Lakeside Boulevard around 7:40 a.m….

A class ring from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, missing for more than four decades, is finally going back to its owner. Back before Jon Richards got married and started a family, he says he had nothing but time on his hands. “I bought a metal detector in 1980 and I took it all around,” the Wilmington resident said. Richards used to spend…

A ring missing more than four decades is going back where it belongs.

A black bear believed to have been spotted multiple times in the North Reading, Massachusetts area has been captured and relocated to a new area, North Reading police said Monday. Police said they’ve received several calls reporting black bear sightings this month, including one on Foley Drive when the animal attacked chickens. There were other reports of the wandering...

A driver was killed when he crashed into a house in North Reading, Massachusetts, Monday night, according to police. Emergency crews were called to the home on the 300-block of Park Street around 7 p.m. When they arrived they discovered a 2007 Ford Mustang crashed into the building. The driver, identified as 63-year-old David Lopilato of North Reading and East…

Frustrations are running high after a smash-and-grab burglary at a Massachusetts motorbike store – one police say may be tied to other break-ins in the eastern part of the state and southern New Hampshire. Surveillance video shows thieves back up a U-Haul van, smashing the front doors of North Reading Motorsports. Several people move in trying to steal dirt bikes….

A Massachusetts police officer and his brother have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly paying an employee of a Mass Save vendor company tens of thousands in weekly cash bribes. Joseph Ponzo, 48, a Stoneham police officer, and Christopher Ponzo, 47, of North Reading, an owner of an electrical contracting company, were also accused of using kickbacks…

Joseph Ponzo, 48, of Stoneham, and Christopher Ponzo, 47, of North Reading, were each indicted on one count of wire fraud conspiracy and 12 counts of wire fraud.

A Massachusetts police officer and his brother have been indicted in a $36 million fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Joseph Ponzo, 48, of Stoneham, and Christopher Ponzo, 47, of North Reading, were each indicted on one count of wire fraud conspiracy and 12 counts of wire fraud, federal prosecutors said. They were arrested Friday and were expected…

A dozen people and three stores were indicted Friday by a Massachusetts grand jury in connection to what Attorney General Maura Healey’s office called “an ongoing scheme to rob the state of tax revenue by laundering lottery winnings and lying under oath on numerous lottery claim forms.” The 12 defendants include store owners, employees and ticket-cashers who are alleged to…

Police are investigating racist, homophobic and sexually explicit graffiti found in a home in North Reading on Monday.

With a first-hand understanding of life with a Traumatic Brain Injury, Meredith Casey organized a campaign to deliver gifts to children who will wake up in the hospital on Christmas Day. Casey, a Freshman at North Reading High School, suffered a life-changing brain injury five years ago. She since created a non-profit, the Mighty Meredith Project, dedicated to raising awareness...

A local teenager created the non-profit organization, the Mighty Meredith Project, after suffering a life-changing traumatic brain injury in 2015. The organization is in the middle of a campaign to get gifts to children who have to spend Christmas Day in the Hospital.

An off-duty police sergeant in Massachusetts called 911, and alerted three people inside a North Reading home, after spotting a large fire on his way home from his shift Monday night.  “I saw the left hand side of the house was fully engulfed in flames,” said Sgt. Thomas Encarnacao of the North Reading Police Department. It happened at 30 Lowell…

The three people inside 30 Lowell Road had no idea their house was on fire around 1 a.m. Tuesday.

An off-duty police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, according to North Reading officials.

A North Reading Police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, town officials said. The officer noticed the fire on Lowell Road overnight before the people inside realized what was happening. He kicked in the front door of the single-family home and helped them get out before fire crews got there.

An off-duty police officer rescued three people from a burning house on his way home from work, according to North Reading officials. The officer noticed the fire on Lowell Road overnight before the people inside realized what was happening. He kicked in the front door of the single-family home and helped them get out before fire crews got there. Initially,…