The owner of the Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford, Mass., says a 7-year-old girl was taken to a hospital after falling about 17 feet from a chairlift. Al Fletcher tells The Sun of Lowell the girl was conscious and …
Connecticut students on a ski trip have suffered minor injuries in a bus collision. Police say two buses were traveling north on Route 140 when one bus rear-ended the other around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. One adult and eight minors were …
Massachusetts public health officials are urging consumers not to eat some brands of cheese because they may be contaminated with potentially fatal listeria. The Canadian-made cheeses under the brand name Fromagerie Marie Kade were sold in markets in Norwood and …
A Massachusetts judge is set to hear arguments on whether South Hadley officials must disclose details of a settlement that the town paid to the family of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after relentless bullying. Phoebe Prince hanged herself …
Supporters of tougher laws against distracted driving said Wednesday they hoped the National Transportation Safety Board’s call for an outright ban on all non-emergency cellphone use by motorists would encourage Massachusetts to expand on a law that bars texting while …
Two men are headed to court to answer charges that they stole 22 metal storm grates from several southeastern Massachusetts communities and tried to sell them as scrap. Benjamin Sisson and Kristofer Williams are scheduled to be arraigned Monday in …
A coalition is pushing for a new seat belt enforcement law after a study showed that seat belt use in Massachusetts is among the lowest in the country. According to a University of Massachusetts study prepared for the state, seat …
The family of an 89-year-old man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor has settled its case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reports Monday that the hospital …
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing changes to the state’s motorcycle laws, including bills designed to ease the requirement that riders wear helmets. Current law requires all riders and passengers to wear protective head gear, except those participating in parades. One proposed …
A straw roof that caught on fire during a cooking demonstration at the Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Massachusetts has destroyed a building named for a Pilgrim. No one was hurt during the Saturday morning blaze at the Cooke …