Plane In Deadly CT Crash Was From Massachusetts​: Patch PM

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Plane In Deadly CT Crash Was From Massachusetts

The Stow-based Collings Foundation was offering rides to donors on its vintage aircraft in Connecticut when the pilot of a B-17 with more than a dozen aboard crashed.

Patriots Kicker Stephen Gostkowski Going On Injured Reserve

The All-Pro kicker has attempted every kick for the team since 2011, but his struggles this season have been unmistakeable.

Ex-Peabody Teacher Gave Drugs To, Had Sex With Student: Lawsuit

In a federal lawsuit filed last month, the unnamed man claims he was sexually abused by an educational assistant in the early 2000s.

MA Man Wins Food Network 'Outrageous Pumpkins'

Wilmington Farmers Market will host Paul Dever for a live carving demo Sunday, Oct. 13 — 2 weeks after his Food Network victory.

Family Of Woman Who Jumped Out Of Car Waiting For Answers

The brother of the woman who jumped out of a car into oncoming traffic in Boston said she has a long road of recovery ahead.

Worcester Man Used App To Arrange Underage Sex: FBI

The 40-year-old was arrested after he met an undercover FBI agent. A search of the man's phone turned up child porn, prosecutors say.

Sea Bird Once Considered Extinct Seen In Cape Waters

The Bermuda Petrel, commonly referred to as the Cahow, was thought to have been extinct until it's rediscovery in 1951.

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Danvers High School officials told parents that a fire in a third-floor boys' bathroom Wednesday morning was an "act of vandalism."

Swampscott officials have had plenty of inquiries from business owners that want to sell recreational cannabis in town, but only one formal application.

The Foxborough Board of Selectmen discussed a potential ban on plastic bags at retail stores in town.

Worcester was awarded a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for lead abatement, enough to address lead issues in hundreds of housing units across the city, according to officials.