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The parents of a 6-year-old girl with nonverbal autism found dead in a pond last week thanked their community of Norton, Massachusetts, for their support at a candlelight vigil.

The family of a 6-year-old girl named Josie shared their thanks to the community of Norton, Massachusetts, for their support after the girl’s body was found in an icy pond after she went missing from home.  ...

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A 6-year-old girl with autism who was reported missing Friday was pronounced dead after being found in a river.

A 6-year-old reported missing Friday was pulled from the icy water, later being pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police in Norton, Massachusetts, say a 6-year-old girl has died after being pulled from an icy river Friday. Authorities began searching for the child, who was autistic and nonverbal, around 2:30 p.m. after she was reported missing. Dive teams located her in the Wading River by Barrowsville Pond about an hour later, police said. EMS performed life-saving efforts at the…

Norton Police say they responded to the area of 95 North Washington Street at around 1:36 a.m. for a report of a car that had crashed into a utility pole and a tree.

The spotted lanternfly continues to pop up in Massachusetts.

Police are searching for a truck driver who sideswiped a fire truck that was shielding a crash scene on I-495 in Norton, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Massachusetts State Police said Mansfield Fire Engine 33 was blocking the left and middle lanes of 495 southbound near exit 27 as emergency crews responded to a crash. Around 4:30 a.m., a tractor-trailer sideswiped the…

Mansfield Fire says the engine was struck on 495 Southbound just prior to exit 27 in Norton at around 4:30 a.m.

A 42-year-old Attleboro, Massachusetts, man whose body was pulled from the Norton Reservoir hours after he jumped off the back of a boat Monday night is being remembered by his family as a hardworking and loving dad. Roland Carty’s wife told NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that he was the kind of the guy who would give a stranger the...

The man was identified Tuesday as Ronald Carty, a 42-year-old from Attleboro, and his death appeared accidental, investigators said.

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Divers have recovered the body of a man who went missing in a reservoir in Norton, Massachusetts, Monday night, while he was boating with two other men. The Norton Fire Department confirmed late Monday that Massachusetts Environmental Police using sonar equipment discovered the man’s body around 11 p.m., and it was then recovered by state police divers. Multiple agencies...

The shelter system in Massachusetts is about to be overrun, and local communities are feeling the pinch on their resources. While Gov. Maura Healey is capping the number of families at 7,500 as the state’s shelter system reaches capacity, some communities that are currently hosting migrants are overwhelmed. Officials in places like Methuen and Lowell said they don’t have...

The state is trying to help those already housed through the shelter system move into permanent solutions, but they require federal help for work authorizations and other needs.