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In today's newsletter:

  • How Ludlow firefighters kept this East Street house fire contained
  • How did a car fly off I-90 onto Chapin Street?
  • Why Maine prosecutors dropped charges against a Ludlow man after missteps

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sun followed by some clouds, with a high of 33 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 43, low: 24.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ludlow crews put out house fire on East Street (wwlp.com) — Fire crews in Ludlow quickly knocked down a kitchen fire early Sunday at a two-family home on East Street, preventing injuries and keeping damage to the first floor. Five first-floor residents were displaced but are temporarily staying upstairs, while the Ludlow Fire Department continues investigating what’s believed to be an accidental blaze.
   

• Woman hospitalized after vehicle flies over fence on I-90 in Ludlow (wwlp.com) — Emergency crews responded Monday after a driver’s car went airborne off I-90 in Ludlow, flew over a fence, and landed on Chapin Street, sending the woman to a local hospital with injuries. State police from the Westfield Barracks are investigating how the vehicle veered from the left lane, and no additional injuries or road closures have been reported so far.
   

• District attorney drops drug trafficking case after violating discovery rules (bangordailynews.com) — A drug trafficking case involving a man from Ludlow was dropped by a Maine district attorney’s office after a judge twice faulted prosecutors over discovery violations. The defendant now faces separate charges in Connecticut, while legal experts question whether repeated evidence-handling problems are undermining serious drug prosecutions in Somerset County.
   

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