Rockport

Three people, including a police officer, were injured after a fire broke out Wednesday at a home in Rockport, Massachusetts. The fire began on the second floor of a house on Phillips Avenue, fire officials said. An officer and two other people were injured in the fire, according to authorities. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear, but…

Two divers who were found dead off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, on Wednesday appear to have drowned, and foul play is not suspected, Rockport police said Thursday.

Two divers who were found dead off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, on Wednesday appear to have drowned, and foul play is not suspected, Rockport police said Thursday. The first diver was found in distress on Front Beach around 11 a.m. While bystanders and first responders tried to help, the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. He was identified…

Two divers were found dead off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts.

A second diver was found dead Wednesday evening after a water search off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard confirms they were called out after the first diver was found dead on Front Beach Wednesday afternoon. The body of a second, a 70-year-old man, was found via sonar by a research vessel....

The woman died on Monday morning, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office.

A woman who was scuba diving with her father off Massachusetts’ North Shore on Saturday has died after two days in the hospital, authorities said. The woman, identified as Sara Elizabeth Nivens of South Boston, was rushed to the hospital Saturday after being pulled onto a charter boat, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Nivens, who was 40,…

A police officer in Rockport, Massachusetts, was injured when his cruiser collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train on Sunday night. Rockport police said in a press release that an MBTA train and a Rockport police cruiser were involved in a crash around 8 p.m. at the Poole’s Lane crossing in Rockport. Both the train and the cruiser were...

A sewer overflow incident began Thursday afternoon in Rockport, Massachusetts, and continued into the night. A sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) began Thursday at around 2 p.m. at the Dock Square Pump Station, according to the town administrator, who also confirmed that outflow from the overflow was entering the stormwater system, which discharges into Sandy Bay. By around 10:45 p.m., the…

Maine Maritime Academy was scheduled to hold a vigil for four students killed in a fiery weekend SUV crash. The event was to be held Sunday evening for students, faculty and local residents on the lawn of Leavitt Hall, a day after the deadly crash shook the community. Four students died and three others were hurt when a Range Rover…