Massachusetts

ASHLAND, Ore.–  A new program adopted by the Ashland Police Department is wrapping up its first year after starting its pilot back in October 2017. The program known as The Gateway Program is a partnership with Medford-based Addictions Recovery Center and modeled …

Chicopee, Mass.- A $758 million fortune will go to just one lucky buyer in Massachusetts, who drew the sole winning Powerball number in the second-richest in the game’s history, the lottery’s organizers said early Thursday. The winning numbers- 6, 7, 16, 23 …

Lawrence, Mass. (WCVB/CNN Newsource) – Officers in Massachusetts are calling an 11-year-old boy “courageous” after he found illegal drugs in his dad’s bag and called police. According to Lawrence Police, the boy found the drugs in his father’s luggage. Detectives went to …

Abington, Mass. (NECN) — A Massachusetts community is asking stores not to sell certain items to kids under the age of 18 ahead of Halloween. Police in Abington sent a letter to businesses with a list of items which included spray paint, …

(NBC News) — This is a big year for marijuana. A Gallup poll last October shows more than half the country, 58 percent, think marijuana should be legal, and on election day voters in nine states will decide if people can walk …

Boston, Mass. (NBC News) — Quadruple amputee John Peck can now hold his fiance’s hand thanks to a double-arm transplant carried out by doctors at Brigham and Women’s hospital. The retired Marine sergeant became a quadruple amputee six years ago after he …

Cape Cod, Mass. (NECN) — A smartphone error is being blamed for a bizarre 911 call to police in Massachusetts. A driver called police on Cape Cod to alert them about a car crash. But she made one mistake — she made …

North Andover, Mass. (WCVB) — Week number two at school at the Thomson Elementary School in North Andover, and the lesson today was patriotism. And what better way to begin then with the pledge of allegiance. In his best USA shirt, Caden …

Cape Cod, Mass. (NBC) — Police surrounded a South Yarmouth home on Thursday where 31-year-old Shaun Miller was staying and ordered him outside. Miller tried to elude investigators by walking out dressed as an old man, but officers say they pulled off …

Princeton, Mass. (NECN) — The death of a 27-year-old woman who was found in the woods in Massachusetts Sunday evening appears to be a homicide, according to authorities. Vanessa Marcotte of New York City was visiting her mother in Massachusetts and didn’t …