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2 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
A former Hopkinton deputy police chief was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of three counts of rape of a child, according to court records. John “Jay” Porter was sentenced Monday in Middlesex Superior Court for multiple assaults which occurred in 2004 and 2005 while he was a school resource officer for Hopkinton Public Schools.
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2 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
The second victim of a fatal Beverly plane crash has been identified, prosecutors said. Joseph Puciloski, 28, of Malden, died earlier this week after he was seriously injured in the June 19 crash, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. He was flown to a hospital via medical helicopter shortly after emergency responders arrived.
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2 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
Two Lynnfield town employees resigned after they were recorded using “inappropriate and racist words” during a conversation before the town’s high school graduation, town leaders said. A third employee who was also involved in the conversation was reinstated after it was determined that they did not make any inappropriate statements and “attempted to defuse the conversation,” according to a town statement on Facebook.
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3 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
The hottest day of the year saw thousands of customers across Massachusetts without power, according to statewide data. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 13,556 customers without power at around 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Most of the reported outages were for residents in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties. The most significant outages proportionately were in Westford and Tyngsborough, where more than 10 percent of residents lost power.
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3 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
Visitors at a Maine beach spotted a nearly five-foot-wide jellyfish after it washed ashore over the weekend. The lion’s mane jellyfish washed up at Willard Beach in South Portland, capturing the attention of beachgoers. City officials warned visitors on Facebook not to touch jellyfish and to notify lifeguards to help ones that was up back into the water. Lion’s mane jellyfish are one of the largest species worldwide, but this one was large even for a lion’s mane.
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3 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
The eastbound side of the Ted Williams Tunnel was temporarily closed Monday after an Amazon delivery van burst into flames on its way through the tunnel, officials said. Just after 11 a.m., the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced on X that the tunnel had been closed due to a vehicle fire. The left lane was reopened just before noon, and shortly after, all lanes were open, according to MassDOT.
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4 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
A second victim in a Beverly plane crash has died days after suffering serious injuries, according to prosecutors. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, succumbed to their injuries after being hospitalized, a spokesperson from the Essex County District Attorney’s Office told Boston.com. The plane crashed just before 9 a.m. shortly after taking off from Beverly Regional Airport, according to Beverly police. The pilot, Geoffrey Andrews, 30, of Melrose, was also killed in the crash.
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4 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
Boston police are seeking the public’s help in their searches for two missing teens. Herra Louis, 15, of Hyde Park, was last seen Friday at about 2 p.m. near Stanbro Street, police said in a statement. Louis was last seen wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans, and she is known to spend time near Riley Road. In a separate incident, Kamai Ingram, 14, of Roxbury, was last seen June 12 at about 1:30 p.m. near Humboldt Avenue, police said.
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5 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
Six people were hospitalized Saturday after they were injured in an early morning fire in Framingham, officials said. At about 12:25 a.m., crews responded to a second-floor blaze at 363 Concord St., the Framingham Fire Department said on Facebook. Firefighters conducted an “aggressive” attack and contained the fire to the second floor. Six people who were injured at the scene, one of whom is in critical condition, were taken to hospital for medical treatment, according to fire officials.
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5 days ago | 
boston.com | Darin Zullo
Officials have recovered the body of a 17-year-old boy after he drowned in a New Hampshire lake Friday, according to New Hampshire State Police. The division’s Marine Patrol department responded to a 911 call Friday afternoon reporting that a person had gone into the water on Lake Winnipesaukee and failed to resurface, according to a news release. The incident happened near Diamond and Rattlesnake Islands, respectively located in the towns of Gilford and Alton.
