Wilmington

Firefighters battled a large fire in a barn in Wilmington, Massachusetts, overnight. The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. Sunday in a barn on Lowell Street at Woodland Road, officials said. Arriving crews began battling the flames inside the barn. No one was found inside and no injuries were reported. The resident who lives in the adjacent building was home…

Firefighters were battling a large barn fire in Wilmington, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. No injuries were reported.

Patrick Sweeney’s locked 2018 Dodge Charger Hellcat was stolen from Wilmington between late Sunday night and early Monday evening with keepsakes from his grandfather inside

Thieves stole a Lawrence firefighter’s expensive car with keepsakes from his dead combat veteran grandfather early this week. Patrick Sweeney’s locked 2018 Dodge Charger Hellcat disappeared from the visitor parking lot of the Regency Place apartments on Horseshoe Lane in Wilmington between late Sunday night and early Monday evening. The car, according to the police report, is worth about $100,000….

A 70-year-old woman from Delaware hit the lottery twice within one week, claiming two six-figure rewards totaling $400,000.

A 24-year-old man died Friday night when the motorcycle he was driving crashed on Interstate 93 in Wilmington, Massachusetts, state police said. State troopers, along with the Wilmington police and fire departments, responded to the motorcycle crash on I-93 northbound at Exit 31 around 9:30 p.m. The motorcycle operator, identified as Rodrigo Rosa, died from injuries he sustained in the…

The man is suspected of carjacking and assault and battery by a dangerous weapon, along with other charges, that occurred in Wilmington at around 12:30 a.m. in a business around the Main Street area, according to police.

A man may have jumped into the Merrimack River in Lowell after leading police on a chase early Wednesday morning, according to Massachusetts State Police. The man is suspected of carjacking and assault and battery by a dangerous weapon, along with other charges, that occurred in Wilmington at around 12:30 a.m. in a business around the Main Street area, according…

Police and fire are at the scene of a serious crash on Route 38 in Wilmington, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night. Wilmington fire said on Twitter shortly before 8 p.m. that the crash was on Route 38 at the Woburn line. The Jaws of Life had to be used to extricate two people, they said. Photos from the scene showed what…

State police are searching on land and in the water after a person was reported missing.

The man that was the subject of a large missing persons search in Wilmington, Massachusetts on Tuesday has been found, Massachusetts State Police said. Police said the 54-year-old man, who they did not name, was involved in a crash on 93 overnight, and for some reason abandoned his vehicle at the scene. When he did not return home from work…

A 19-year-old Malden resident was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight in Wilmington, Massachusetts. A Wilmington police officer located a Chevy Traverse off the road in the area of 411 Salem St. around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. The driver, identified as 19-year-old Mattie Fitzgerald of Malden, was the sole occupant of the SUV and…

The town of Wilmington, Massachusetts has lifted its order for residents to boil water after E. coli was detected at a tank earlier this week. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) lifted the order, effective Saturday morning. E. coli was first detected in the Hillside Storage Tank on Tuesday, and follow-up testing of samples collected Wednesday confirmed it, according…

Any ice, baby formula, drinks or uncooked food made with water from Wednesday or later should be thrown out, town officials said.

A boil water advisory is in place in Wilmington, Massachusetts, after E. coli bacteria was detected in the water system. The bacteria can make people sick, especially children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. It’s a sign that fecal matter may have made its way into Wilmington’s water system. Wilmington residents should not drink or use tap...

A class ring from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, missing for more than four decades, is finally going back to its owner. Back before Jon Richards got married and started a family, he says he had nothing but time on his hands. “I bought a metal detector in 1980 and I took it all around,” the Wilmington resident said. Richards used to spend…

A ring missing more than four decades is going back where it belongs.

Coyotes have been cropping up in Wilmington, Massachusetts, police said Monday, urging residents to do what they can to keep the coyotes from eating human food.

The man’s name has not been released.

A man died Monday afternoon after he was struck by a vehicle in a Dunkin’ parking lot in Wilmington, Massachusetts, police said. Wilmington police were called to the Dunkin’ located at 211 Lowell Street around 1:22 p.m. for a motor vehicle crash outside the coffee and donut store. Responding officers found a 79-year-old Tewksbury man who had been struck by…