17 Mar, 2025

Woman hit, dragged by alleged drunk driver during Halloween celebration in Salem

Crime Police said concerned citizens freed the woman — who sustained serious injuries — from underneath the car. Revelers take to the streets on Halloween in Salem in 2021. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe Staff, File As the countdown to Halloween continues, Salem police are urging members of the public to drink responsibly after they say an […]

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Police: Woman, 23, found dead in Vermont IDed, death treated as ‘suspicious’

Local News Tanairy “Tanya” Velazquez Estrada, 23, was found dead Wednesday in the town of Washington. Vermont police have identified the woman whose body was found earlier this week and whose death is being treated as suspicious.  Tanairy “Tanya” Velazquez Estrada, 23, most recently of Barre, Vermont, was found dead Wednesday in the town of […]

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‘It just had me trapped’: Stoughton woman says coyote tried to attack her in her yard

Local News Robin Totman said she was stuck in her car for 15 minutes as the coyote tried to get at her. A Stoughton woman is sharing her experience after she says a coyote tried to attack her in her yard earlier this month.  Robin Totman posted about the incident on Facebook on October 3 […]

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Missing woman and dog found in NH woods after extensive overnight search

Local News Fish and Game officials located Kimberly Kerr in Clough State Park about 12 hours after she was last seen by her family. A missing woman and her dog were located in New Hampshire’s Clough State Park early Monday morning after an hours-long, overnight search, authorities said. Kimbery Kerr, 52, was last seen by […]

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Boston police ask public to help identify woman allegedly involved in Roxbury knife attack

Crime The attack took place on Blue Hill Avenue on Friday, Oct. 13, police said. Boston police are asking the public to help them identify a woman who was allegedly involved in a knife attack in Roxbury earlier this month. The assault took place near 218 Blue Hill Ave. around 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. […]

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Court documents: Gardner woman died by gunfire, search for husband continues

Local News Breanne Pennington was found dead in her home by police Sunday morning. They are searching for her husband, Aaron Pennington, who is considered to be “armed and dangerous.” The home at 42 Cherry St. in Gardner, Massachusetts, where Breanne and Aaron Pennington lived. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe Breanne Pennington, the 30-year-old Gardner mother […]

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An Atlanta woman returned from vacation to find her family home wrongly demolished. She wants answers.

National News “There’s someone over here who just demolished the whole house and tore it all down,” a neighbor reportedly told Susan Hodgson by phone. In this photo provided by Susan Hodgson, her mistakenly demolished family home sits in a pile of lumber and debris in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 15, 2023. Susan Hodgson […]

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Springfield police seek person of interest in building fire that claimed life of woman

Local News The investigation into the fire is ongoing. Investigators released this image of the person of interest in Monday’s fire. Springfield police Springfield police are asking residents to check their home surveillance cameras as they search for a person of interest in a Monday building fire that claimed the life of an 18-year-old woman.  […]

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