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Zack Cummings, a 19-year-old from Saugus, was sidelined due to a cancer diagnosis. Now he’s been poised to become the Tufts Jumbos team manager in the fall after being accepted to the university.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A bit more than a year ago, one of the most popular restaurants in Cambridge’s Harvard Square was hit by a fire and has remain closed ever since. Now we are hearing that it is gone for good. According to an article from Cambridge Day, Border Cafe on Church Street will...

There was a lot of speculation surrounding Kowloon’s future after the owners participated in a Town of Saugus planning board meeting where one of the topics was a “preliminary subdivision plan” for 948 Broadway — the restaurant’s address.

Three accidents on Interstate-93 South caused traffic delays in the Andover area early Wednesday morning.

A 57-year-old Saugus man and high school basketball coach was killed after a piece of heavy machinery he was operating overturned, police said. Mark Bertrand was operating a Bobcat machine on his property Friday afternoon when it rolled over and trapped him, according to Saugus police. Emergency crews responded and transported Bertrand to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital with serious injuries. Saugus police…

Mark Bertrand was working on his property when a Bobcat machine overturned, fatally injuring him on Friday night.

Mark Bertrand, 57, was killed in a heavy machinery accident on his property Friday night.

Massachusetts police say they have identified a driver in connection with an alleged hit-and-run crash in Saugus, Massachusetts earlier this week that seriously injured a pedestrian. The crash, which was captured on surveillance video, happened on Route 1 southbound at Route 99 at 10:17 a.m., police said. A 24-year-old Gloucester man who works in the area was hit by the…

A woman was seriously injured Monday night after being hit while crossing a street in Saugus, Massachusetts, police said. The victim, a 70-year-old East Boston resident, was transported to a local hospital via ambulance for serious, non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement released by the Saugus Police Department. The Saugus Police and Fire Departments arrived at the scene near 69…

Owners of the Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus, Massachusetts, are urging the man who they say stole one of their Tiki chairs to return it by the end of the week. The restaurant posted on Twitter Tuesday that a yellow chair had been taken and that the “culprit” who took it was captured on camera. They asked the person to return…

New Mass. communities designated by the state’s as high risk for coronavirus are reacting to the designation.

Saugus has been added to the list of coronavirus hot spots in Massachusetts, designated as one of 17 cities and towns with the highest risk of coronavirus transmission. In the last two weeks there have been an average of nine cases each day per 100,000 people, according to the latest numbers from the Department of Public Health. The town has…

Saugus has been added to the list of coronavirus hot spots in Massachusetts, designated as one of 17 cities and towns with the highest risk of coronavirus transmission.

Nearly three decades after the body of a Massachusetts woman was found dead in the trunk of her car, state police are once again pleading for help in bringing closure to the case and reminding the public of a major reward. Twenty-seven-year-old Susan Taraskiewicz’s body was found outside an auto repair shop on Route 1A in Revere on Sept. 14,…

Massachusetts State Police are once again pleading for help in bringing closure to a 28-year-old cold case and reminding the public of a major reward.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] An all-you-can-eat restaurant on Route 1 has closed its doors, and its space is now available. According to a message sent from The Passionate Foodie, the Midwest Grill in Saugus is shuttered, and its space is now on the market based on a sign out front. Another note from Patrick Maguire of…

An iconic venue in Saugus has provided entertainment for nearly 40 years. Now, a pandemic with no end in sight leaves the business in limbo. Roller World, an indoor roller skating center that also features bowling alleys and arcade games, has been closed for the past four months as Massachusetts proceeded through a statewide shutdown and ongoing, gradual reopening during…

With no end in sight to the pandemic, the Saugus staple has been closed for months.

Three police officers were hospitalized but expected to survive after being stabbed in Saugus, Massachusetts, Thursday morning. The incident occurred when officers showed up at the home of Steven Sossong, 43, around 7:20 a.m. to investigate a report of a stolen U-Haul rental car that had not been returned, according to authorities. When Sossong refused to let the officers inside…