SHIRLEY — The annual town election on Tuesday, May 6 will see a couple of key races this year, with one pair of contenders vying for a single seat on the Select Board and two others facing off for a seat on the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee. There are also two candidates for one […]
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TOWNSEND — What started as a routine fire response escalated into a major drug investigation, leading to the arrests of three Townsend men and the discovery of large-scale psilocybin mushroom cultivation and THC distribution operations inside a multifamily home divided into two apartments.
Go Slow! Endangered right whales spotted in shipping lanes south of Massachusetts
A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, the New England Aquarium announced Thursday, triggering a “crucial” slow zone in the area.
Massachusetts Senate releases $1.3B spending bill that draws from millionaire’s tax surplus
Massachusetts Democrats released a $1.3 billion spending bill that uses surplus dollars from the millionaire’s tax. Millions would go toward transportation and traffic safety concerns related to the FIFA World Cup.
Massachusetts House Democrats reject GOP-led civil immigration detainer reform
House Democrats resoundingly rejected a Republican-led effort to reform a court ruling that bars law enforcement in Massachusetts from detaining people based solely on suspected civil immigration violations.
Trump Admin to name and shame ‘sanctuary cities’ after new executive order
Sanctuary policies, according to the president’s order, are “a lawless insurrection against the supremacy of Federal law and the Federal Government’s obligation to defend the territorial sovereignty of the United States.”
