Snow squalls are possible in Massachusetts and across other parts of New England on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The agency has issued special weather statements for parts of ...

Massachusetts officials are laying groundwork for a plan to offer coastal residents money for their homes as threats like ...

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Lawrence County Officials have appointed a new Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office commented on the appointment, saying that Sergeant Steven Carlton brings ...

Nearly every home and business in Pepperell, Massachusetts, lost power on Tuesday morning. Nearly 5,000 customers, ...

Firefighters from around western Massachusetts are still on the scene of a three-alarm fire that began Friday night in the town of Amherst, destroying a building that provided off-campus housing to ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - On Saturday, the Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman issued a state of emergency due the fires burning at Olympia place well after Friday night’s inferno. Residents are being ...

No injuries have been reported, and the fire is still burning as of Saturday, Nov. 8 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

Firefighters were first called to the blaze at an off-campus apartment building for University of Massachusetts Amherst students at around 8:20 p.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 7 No injuries have been ...

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