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“Mr. Durfee’s record shows that he has engaged in a pattern of domestic violence, including strangulation, a strong indicator of potential lethality,” Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Rob Mullin decided to do the entire Long Trail as a painting trip and to raise money with his art for the Vermont Wildlife Coalition, of which he is a board member, and the Green Mountain Club, which maintains the Long Trail. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

SAN FRANCISCO — Police said Friday they arrested a man suspected of stealing a ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo, where officials rewarded a 5-year-old boy who helped recapture the endangered primate with a lifetime membership.The theft of of Maki, an arthritic 21-year-old lemur, made the news Wednesday in San Francisco and beyond when…

A 20-year-old Boston woman who allegedly drove in excess of 100 mph on the Massachusetts Turnpike, refusing to pull over for state police in Millbury, had been arrested four days earlier — for allegedly using stolen plates on the same car, police said.Carla Joffre Pena of Dorchester was arrested Thursday after she crashed in Framingham, police…

WORCESTER — Local Armenian-Americans packed the plaza in front of City Hall on Friday afternoon to decry what they see as aggression and war crimes by Turkey and Azerbaijan as conflict intensifies in their homeland.“We are Armenia’s second army,” rally co-organizer Rita Bahnan of Worcester told the crowd that stood soaking under afternoon downpours.Bahnan and…

“This pandemic-induced economic crisis is going to be more prolonged than anyone anticipated for air travel.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

“This is another good reminder that white sharks hunt in shallow waters off the Cape.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Authorities say a personal trainer from Rhode Island has been charged with sexually assaulting four female clients and employees at the gym he owns Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

LEICESTER – A bicyclist was hospitalized after a collision with a car Thursday afternoon.The crash, which occurred about 5:15 p.m. in the area of 119 South Main St. (Route 9), caused extensive backups as Leicester and state police investigated.Police said Friday morning that the adult bicyclist, identified as Marco Jimenez of Leicester, suffered serious but…

WORCESTER – With in-person early voting set to begin Saturday and run through Oct. 30, the Election Commission has adopted a policy prohibiting any political campaigning or electioneering within 150 feet of the entrance to a polling place.State law prohibits such activity from taking place at polling places on the […] Top Featured Tags: -…

WORCESTER – The School Committee on Thursday night gave its support to the administration’s plan to begin bringing students back to in-person classes starting next month.Under that proposal, students with significant needs, along with vocational students, will return to part- […] Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

A 70-year-old Rhode Island woman walking her dog has died after being struck by a vehicle Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

“I don’t see how anyone can be overly cautious when you’re dealing with health and safety in the pandemic.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

An organizer said Baker’s plan doesn’t go far enough to protect tenants, homeowners and small landlords. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more celebs join the production of ‘Don’t Look Up.’ Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

“Even once the 4% positive threshold is cleared, the Boston Public Schools can still compel teachers to work on-site if the Boston Public Health Commission determines that this can be done safely,” Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert Gordon wrote in his decision Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Authorities have determined that the death of a Vermont woman who was found in the Roaring Branch in Bennington was an accident Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Tracy Lovvorn, a Republican from Grafton, is making a second attempt at ending the lengthy congressional tenure of U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester.The two candidates in the Nov. 3 election are studies in contrast. Lovvorn, 48, has no previous political experience, while McGovern, 60, was first elected in 1996 and is now chairman of…

The state Department of Public Health released the number of COVID-19 cases for every city and town in the state on Wednesday.The report adds Shrewsbury, Auburn, Milford and Oxford to the list of communities in the highest risk category, coded red. The numbers keep Worcester, Leicester, Hudson, Marlboro, Webster and Southboro in the red zone.  There…

WORCESTER — City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. assured the City Council Tuesday night that the city is well prepared to deal with a second wave of COVID-19 infections should one emerge this fall or winter.He said the city and public health officials have been trying to manage the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases to prevent…

Trevor Daley Pierce, a first-year student, was skateboarding at the time. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Lane Forman was arraigned last week on a charge of breaking and entering in the daytime. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service