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Missing 6-year-old Westford boy dies
A 6-year-old Westford, Massachusetts, boy who went missing Sunday night died shortly after he was found, police said Monday.
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Deaths of 2 swans in apparent shooting under investigation
Authorities in Westford are investigating after two swans were killed.
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2 swans found dead, apparently shot, in Westford, police say
Police are investigating the deaths of two swans that were apparently shot, officials in Westford, Massachusetts, said Thursday, asking for the public’s help in finding anything suspicious that might have taken place in the area. The swans were found Tuesday in a wooded area on the western side of Nabnasset Pond, according to Westford police. “From observations made of...
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Car crashes over wall in Westford
A car fell off an embankment at a shopping plaza, sending the driver to the hospital.
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Car crashes over wall at Westford shopping center; driver hurt
A car crashed off an embankment at a shopping plaza in Westford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and its driver was hospitalized. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, near a Market Basket at the Cornerstone Square shopping plaza. Westford police say it appears to be a freak accident, and no arrests are expected. The driver, who has not been...
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Traffic delays expected as tractor-trailer full of pineapples rolls over in Westford
Mass. State Police say they responded to a two vehicle crash that caused a tractor-trailer to roll over off the side of the road on Route 495 Northbound.
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Police investigating theft of boa constrictor snake from Petco in Westford
Police say they are investigating the theft of a boat constrictor snake from a Petco store in Westford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Westford police said a Colombian Red Tailed Boa was stolen from a display at the Petco in Cornerstone Square around 12 p.m. Tuesday by a male suspect. They said it appears the suspect was working with two females who…
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Teen who died while swimming in Westford quarry on Labor Day is IDed
The 18-year-old who died while swimming in a quarry in Westford, Massachusetts, with friends on Labor Day has been identified. Chester D. Rodriguez started struggling and went underwater shortly before 5 p.m. Monday at Merrill’s Quarry, state police said Wednesday, and didn’t resurface. There were no sign of foul play, police said, noting that the quarry has signs marking...
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Teen's body recovered from Merrill Quarry in Westford
Officials haven’t identified the 18-year-old who died Monday.
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Teen found dead in Westford quarry after water search on Labor Day
A teen’s body was found in the water in a quarry in Westford, Massachusetts, on Monday, fire officials said. Someone at Merrill’s Quarry off Vineyard Road called 911 about 4:16 p.m. after an 18-year-old who jumped into the water in the quarry didn’t surface, according to Westford Fire Chief Joseph Targ. The teen who died wasn’t identified beyond being...
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Missing Westford man found
A missing Westford man has been found after a large-scale search that included a Massachusetts State Police helicopter on Monday. Westford police were searching for a resident who never returned from a walk either Sunday night or early Monday morning in a wooded area between the Cutter Lane/True Bean Way area off of Beaver Brook Road and Buckingham Drive ….
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Man Admits Dumping Woman's Body in Westford After Overdose in Car
A man who’d been charged with dumping a woman’s body on a road in Westford, Massachusetts, in 2019 has pleaded guilty, officials said Monday. Daniel Perras, a 59-year-old from Easthampton, admitted leaving Melissa Mestre’s body near a secluded stretch of Providence Road on Jan. 31, 2019, and getting rid of her belongings at a bridge miles away in Western Massachusetts,…
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Musket Fired Inside Mass. Museum, Damaging Wooden Beams
History was brought to life in an unexpected way this weekend at a Massachusetts museum. Holes were left in the wooden beams of the Westford Museum after a musket fired inside Sunday, with the projectile becoming lodged in the ceiling. The whole incident happened in a room of about two dozen people. Leslie Howard, the president of the Westford Historical…
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Musket Fired Inside Westford Museum
Wooden beams were damaged after a musket went off in a museum Sunday.