A man accused of trying to rob a mall store at knife point last week in Auburn, Massachusetts, led police on a foot chase that ended with the suspect inside of a pond.
Officers responded to Auburn Mall at about 6 p.m. Friday for a report of a man t…
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7 teens involved in Mashpee crash, 2 seriously injured
Seven teenagers were involved in a crash in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning.
The crash happened around 2:07 a.m. on Carleton Drive and Swain Circle, the Mashpee Fire Department said.
Fire officials say the driver struck a tree, and that …
Heat returns Tuesday, but another storm is on the way
The heat makes a comeback Tuesday — minus the humidity. We’re soaring into the mid and upper 80s thanks to the westerly winds.
There is the slightest chance the winds turn onshore right at the water’s edge and through Cape Ann late this…
Fire damages historic Boston building once home to Jacob Wirth Restaurant
A large fire ripped through a historic building Monday night near the Boston Common.
The fire occurred at about 10:45 p.m. on Stuart Street, the Boston Fire Department said. Part of that street remains shut down as crews remain on scene investigating the four-alarm fire.
The building was vacant and is under construction.
It was home to the Jacob Wirth Restaurant — an official Boston Landmark that had been the city’s second oldest continuously operating restaurant since 1868.
A fire in an upstairs apartment in 2018 had left the old German beer hall vacant, but in 2023, Royale Entertainment Group had begun construction to reopen the historic venue.
Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke says although the fire was tricky to attack, the water supply was good, the fire walls held and it helped that they knew the building was vacant.
“When the firefighters arrived, there was fire on all three floors. It was heavy fire. The chief went to a fourth-alarm right away, they went in the building initially to do an internal attack, and they had to pull them out because the fire was so intense. And they went to outside streams, they brought it from the outside,” said Burke.
The building to the right of it is also vacant, but the building to the left is a 30-story residential building.
Burke says everyone there was able to get out on their own and went to the nearby W Hotel.
The cause and origin of this fire remains under investigation.
Community mourns 2 cyclists killed in Cambridge crashes
Two bicyclists recently killed in crashes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were remembered Monday at a vigil.
A crash on June 7 at the intersection of DeWolfe Street and Mt. Auburn Street, near Harvard Square, killed 55-year-old Kim Staley of Florida. …
Heavy fire burns in buildings 1 block from Boston Common
A major fire was burning in what appeared to be a pair of buildings in Boston’s Theater District Monday night.
The Boston Fire Department shared images of the fire on Stuart Street, one block from the Boston Common at Boylston and Tremont st…
