Talia Lissauer

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Talia Lissauer

Music blared from four mini stages across Southwest Corridor Park Saturday for the Wake Up the Earth Festival where dozens of local businesses pitched tents, drawing in thousands for a day of activities and shopping. Mayor Michelle Wu delivered a short speech on the Sun Stage, where she welcomed everyone and echoed the festival’s goals of love, unity, and respecting the earth.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Talia Lissauer

A Swansea ambulance stolen while responding to a medical call early Sunday morning was later found in Rhode Island, police said. Around 12:30 a.m., a Swansea Ambulance Corps. ambulance was reported to have been stolen during a medical call, Swansea Police said. It was found undamaged in Rhode Island with help from the Rhode Island State Police.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Talia Lissauer

A 15-year-old boy’s body was found by rescue divers in a New Hampshire lake after a canoe carrying four teenagers capsized late Saturday night, officials said. Divers with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department found the victim around 8 a.m. Sunday morning, was around 30 feet from shore and without a life jacket, a statement from New Hampshire State Police said.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Alexa Coultoff |Talia Lissauer

Hundreds of people filtered into the pews at Trinity Church in Copley Square on Easter morning. The sounds of organs playing and the choir signing filled the air with “Alleluia, alleluia!”The Rev. Morgan Allen, the rector of the church, told congregants during his sermon that they can make Easter Sunday what they want it to be, just as they can control the love and light they bring to life. “For only kindness can win the world for kindness,” he said.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Talia Lissauer

A 50-year-old man died Saturday after he was shot in his home in Lowell, officials said. Police found Tige Dyer around 11:10 a.m. when they responded to a home on Cumberland Road for a report of a man shot, a statement from Middlesex District Attorney’s office said. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the statement said. A preliminary investigation shows it was an isolated incident, and the investigation remains ongoing.