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A young child was airlifted Thursday after being pulled from a pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A firefighter and a police officer, both off-duty, helped rescue the 3-year-old around 7:15 p.m. during a family night at Camp Clark at the YMCA on Hedges Pond Road. The child was in the water with a life vest on, but at some point, the…

A firefighter and a police officer, both off-duty, helped rescue a young child from the water.

The rainy weather is taking a toll on tourists and vacationers who had to book their summer rentals months before seeing the forecast. The Pinewood Lodge Campground in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is usually booked to capacity for most of the summer. During one of the wettest months of July on record, they are seeing plenty of no-shows and cancellations. “The real…

The heavy rainfall is affecting people’s outdoor summer plans, many of which were made in advance.

Archaeologists combing a hill near Plymouth Rock where a park will be built in tribute to the Pilgrims and their Native American predecessors have made a poignant discovery: It’s not the first time the site has been used as a memorial. David Landon of the University of Massachusetts-Boston’s Fiske Center for Archaeological Research says his team unearthed a cache...

Fourth of July Fireworks return in Plymouth this year. Last year, the Independence Day festivities were canceled due to COVID-19.

A woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving went off the road and into a river in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation confirmed a crash took place Monday on Route 3 southbound after Exit 12. Fire officials say the driver, who was alone in the vehicle, went onto the median, hit trees and other objects before…

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation confirmed a crash took place Monday on Route 3 southbound after Exit 12.

The Mayflower had a few false starts before its trailblazing sea voyage to America more than 400 years ago. Now, its artificial intelligence-powered namesake is having some glitches of its own. A sleek robotic trimaran retracing the 1620 journey of the famous English vessel had to turn back Friday to fix a mechanical problem. Nonprofit marine research organization ProMare, which…

Four centuries and one year after the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, on a historic sea journey to America, another trailblazing vessel with the same name has set off to retrace the voyage. This Mayflower, though, is a sleek, modern robotic ship that is carrying no human crew or passengers. It’s being piloted by sophisticated artificial intelligence technology for...

Two Army paratroopers were found dead in their barracks at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg and illicit drugs may have been a factor, officials announced Monday. The 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were found unresponsive Friday and declared dead at the scene, according to a news release. A cause of death hasn’t been released, but Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey...

A man has died after he was found unresponsive Saturday in a pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, officials said. A jet skier called 911 after he found the man in the water at White Island Pond in the area of Arrowhead Road and brought him to shore. The Plymouth Fire Department says it responded to the 911 call for a reported…

Police in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are investigating a large fight reminiscent of the movie “Fight Club” that was captured on video at White Horse Beach over the weekend. The wild scene concerned a lot of people in Plymouth, which has worked to change the reputation of the beach, and with Memorial Day and the start of summer less than a week…

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, police in Plymouth are investigating videos that show beachgoers fighting on a popular beach, a teacher is in trouble after being accused of handing out a questionnaire to students that featured inappropriate questions and, just in time for the playoffs, there’s good news for fans heading to TD Garden.

Hundreds of people came out for a beach brawl in Plymouth over the weekend — something the town is trying to prevent in the future.

After the town threatened a man with fines, he called the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, which quickly sent a letter to town officials to argue that the bylaws are unconstitutional

After Plymouth moved to make a resident take down an expletive-laden lawn sign disparaging of President Joe Biden, the man pushed back, with the ACLU on his side.

Plymouth police have announced that they’ve caught Buddy the Beefalo after several months of searching. Buddy, a name police chose for the animal, is a beefalo, which is a cattle-bison hybrid that is raised for its meat. Buddy had been brought from a farm in Becket, Massachusetts, and escaped a meat processing facility in Plymouth, Connecticut. Buddy has been...

A man was airlifted after being shot Monday in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Police say the victim was shot shortly before 5 p.m. on Wallwind Drive. He was taken by helicopter to an area hospital, police said. There was no immediate word on his condition. A female was in custody after the shooting, according to police in Plymouth. The case is under…

A Massachusetts woman is not only mourning the loss of her 84-year-old grandmother but is also searching exhaustively for her nana’s missing wedding ring, which she says was stolen.