Crime & Safety

Man Stabs Parents, Girlfriend With Scissors, DA Says: Patch PM

Also: Trailers, hotel rooms part of Merrimack Valley housing plan​; Tom Brady sets record with 500th touchdown pass; More.

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Man Stabs Parents, Girlfriend With Scissors In Acton: DA

Benjamin DiCristina's father is not expected to survive. DiCristina was released after mental health assessment earlier in the day.

>>>Also: Ayer Woman Charged With Stabbing Murder In Cousin's Death

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Trailers, Hotel Rooms Part Of Merrimack Valley Housing Plan

With colder weather coming, officials mobilized a plan to provide temporary housing to people without gas after the Sept. 13 explosions.

>>>Also: Columbia Gas 'Woefully Unprepared' For Situation, Senators Say

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Couple Indicted In Cape Cod Man's Murder

A man and his girlfriend have been charged in the death of the man's father, whose body was found in Plymouth last December.

Tom Brady Sets Record On 500th Touchdown Pass

The Patriots ran away from the Colts - twice, in fact - and the accolades were not in short supply.

Photo by Renee Schiavone, Patch

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