A gas leak closed a road in Walpole overnight Friday as crews dug in to make repairs, according to authorities. Washington Street was closed early Saturday between High Plain St. and Pilgrim Way as Columbia Gas of Massachusetts works to fix leak, Walpole police said. Residents in the area may get to their homes from the Polley Lane side while…

A former police officer in Walpole, Massachusetts, is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly inappropriately touching another police officer while she was driving after a night at a restaurant last year. Christopher Mackenzie was a deputy police chief in Walpole, in the same department as the alleged victim’s husband, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. The victim is...

A former deputy police chief in Walpole, Mass. is accused of assault.

Christopher Mackenzie, the former deputy chief of the Walpole Police Department, is accused of sexually assaulting a female police officer from a nearby community when she was driving him home in his cruiser.

Two men have escaped from a truck that plunged into a frozen pond early Sunday morning in Massachusetts. Walpole Police Chief John Carmichael says the pickup truck somehow “slid off” Oak Street and crashed into a nearby pond. The truck was submerged in about 10 feet of water and both men had to escape through a window, he said. The…

The two men in Walpole managed to get out through a window of the truck.

The crash happened on North Street near Bubbling Brook.

A new spot for pizza and more has come to the southwest suburbs of Boston, and it has taken over the space where a location of a local pizza chain had been....

According to a source, GG Pizza Company is now open in Walpole, moving into the former Papa Gino’s space in the Walpole Mall. Based on its Facebook page and website,...

Police in Walpole, Massachusetts are responding to a stabbing.

A home in Walpole, Massachusetts, may have to be torn down after fire tore through it on Thursday. The fire at the 2-story East Street home started at about 10:30 a.m. and quickly reached two-alarms. Neighbor Marjory Goodwin said she had been next door to pick up her friend when the fire started.

A large marijuana grow house was recently discovered at a vacant gas station in Walpole, Massachusetts, according to police. A police officer said he noticed a suspicious car in the parking lot of the vacant gas station on Route 1 Monday. When the officer pulled into the parking lot, he found John Diarbakerly unloading boxes. Diarbakerly allegedly ran inside the...

Police have made an arrest in an investigation into multiple bank robberies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Joseph Hickson, 31, of Walpole, Massachusetts, was taken into custody at Plainridge Park Casino. He’ll be arraigned on Thursday morning. The exact charges he is facing have not been released.

A Massachusetts man accused of assaulting his mother with a meat tenderizer on Wednesday night has been captured in Vermont. Walpole police said Ian Crowley was taken into custody without incident in Hartford, Vermont, on Friday. No other details were immediately available. “Thanks to the agencies that assisted in the search and to the media outlets and general public who...

The search for a man accused of attacking his mother with a meat tenderizer continues in Walpole, Mass.

While officials continue to search for the man accused of assaulting his mother with a meat tenderizer, police in Massachusetts have obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect. Walpole resident Ian Crowley is facing an attempted murder charge after the alleged Wednesday night attack.

Residents in Walpole, Massachusetts, are being asked to remain behind locked doors as police look for a man who allegedly attacked his mother with a meat tenderizer. Police say Ian Crowley is wanted after a domestic incident on Common Street around 7 p.m. Wednesday. While authorities initially said a knife was used in the assault, they later said the tenderizer...

Police are searching for a man accused of attacking his mother with a meat tenderizer.

When you buy a major kitchen appliance, adding an extended warranty is often an option. A Massachusetts woman did just that and then discovered she couldn’t get the repair she thought she deserved. Enza Giacalone, of Walpole, cooks up a storm for her husband Joe, their kids, and grandchildren. Giacalone uses her electric cooking range a lot. When she bought...

A Massachusetts man ran into a burning building Wednesday in Walpole, Massachusetts, to make sure everyone was OK. The fire broke out at 942 East St. Fire crews responded around 11:30 a.m.