Weymouth

Police have arrested a Massachusetts man they say stomped his family’s pet Chihuahua to death and tried to hide the body. Weymouth police say 19-year-old Shykeim Basden faces arraignment Tuesday after his arrest Monday on several charges including animal cruelty. Officers responded to reports of the killing at about 3:30 p.m. A witness told responding officers that Basden had...

A 37-year-old Massachusetts man is accused of murdering his 61-year-old father in a home they shared in Weymouth. Family members contacted police Saturday night after they went to check on the Lochmere Avenue home. “The scene they observed led them to exit the home and contact police by 911 call,” Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrisey said in a written…

William D. Walling, Jr., is expected to be arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court on a murder charge in the death of his father.

A 19-year-old has died after being stabbed in Weymouth Thursday night, police said Ryan Martin was allegedly stabbed by someone he didn’t know during a gathering in the woods near 83 Colonels Drive in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was transported to South Shore Hospital but he did not survive his injuries, according to officials. On Friday afternoon, officials announced that Kelsey…

A Massachusetts elementary school will not close permanently after public outcry in response to a proposal. Weymouth Public Schools shocked parents and students last week when the district announced that budget issues stemming from the coronavirus pandemic were threatening to force the closure of Nash Primary School. Monday, the district said the school would not close down. “After listening to…

The debate over whether or not to close a Massachusetts elementary school is now over.

As many schools cancel the rest of the year, parents in Weymouth were shocked to learn their elementary school could close permanently.

Lori-Ann O’Hare has spent weeks making face masks with her group the Masked Crusaders in Weymouth, sewing them for friends, first responders and essential workers. For O’Hare, she says it highlights that when there are people in need, there are even more willing to help.

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire that broke out at Union Point, the site of an abandoned former naval air station in Weymouth, late Wednesday night. The South Weymouth Naval Air station has been closed since 1997 and the area hasn’t been redeveloped since, causing water issues due to a lack of hydrants in the area, according to the Weymouth Fire…

Firefighters rushed to the scene of a massive blaze in Weymouth.

A car rolled over off the highway and caught fire in Weymouth, killing the driver inside early Saturday morning. The single-vehicle crash took place on Route 3 Southbound, south of exit 16 in Weymouth. Police were called to the scene around 2:14 a.m. The victim was driving a 2019 Dodge Charger, which drove off the left side of the roadway…

A funeral Mass was held Saturday morning for four members of the same Massachusetts family who were killed in a car crash while on vacation in Florida. The services took place at St. Francis Xavier Church in Weymouth at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to their obituaries. Josephine Fay, 76; her daughter Julie Smith, 41; and Smith’s children Jaxon, 11, and…

A wake and funeral Mass for four members of a Massachusetts family who died in a car crash during a trip to Florida are scheduled for this weekend. The wake for Josephine Fay, 76; her daughter Julie Smith, 41; and Smith’s children Jaxon, 11, and Scarlett, 5, is scheduled for Friday at St. Francis Xavier Church in Weymouth. A funeral…

The Fore River Bridge, a drawbridge separating the Massachusetts cities of Quincy and Weymouth, was closed to traffic for part of Tuesday afternoon and evening due to a malfunction. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation confirmed around 5:30 p.m. that the bridge was stuck in the open position. Shortly before 6:45 p.m., MassDOT said the bridge had reopened. The MBTA was…

The community of Whitman is waking up to tragic news this morning: a chain reaction crash in Florida has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl from Whitman and two other women from the same family.

A Massachusetts family is dealing with an unimaginable tragedy after two children and two adults were killed in a crash in Florida.

Hundreds of protesters gathered Wednesday in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to fight the construction of a compressor station by the Fore River Bridge. The protest ended with a half dozen people arrested, according to organizers. Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, the group protesting the project, has been raising concerns about the environmental impact of the site since it was first…

Hundreds showed up to protest a construction site that will become a natural gas compressor station.

Four Massachusetts family members, including two children, have died after a crash near Disney World in Florida.

Investigators in Weymouth, Massachusetts, want to know who set a trap that caused traumatic injuries to a wild animal. The trap was found in a backyard Sunday night. A neighbor heard an animal struggling and found what is believed to be a fisher cat with the trap around its neck. He then called animal control. The animal suffered major trauma…