This weekly animal column focuses on news involving animal issues in Massachusetts.
Plus, public health officials raise West Nile Virus risk threat in some Middlesex County communities.
Share your story of how you remember Sept. 11, 2001.
Plus, Massachusetts is one of the best places to have a baby and a team of students study whale mucus to see how it may determine stress.
Plus, a driver crashed into a Marshalls in Bedford and the Mass. Gaming Commission is holding casino talks this week.
Plus, a drunk man allegedly assaults children in a playground and another man is charged for drunk driving for fifth time.
Meteorological summer has ended, with rain far below average and temperatures on par with historical averages.
Plus, 1.2 million residents were compromised by data thefts last year and Plymouth Police finds child porn, guns and mass murder plan.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for most of southern New England for Saturday afternoon and evening.
This weekly animal column focuses on issues surrounding animal welfare in Massachusetts.
Plus, a citation was dropped against a man who created a Transformers police car and the Charles River gets a positive water quality rating.
The Charles River is the cleanest it has been in decades, according to a recently released 2013 Environmental Protection Agency report.
The pharmacy chain will now be known as "CVS Health."
Plus, CVS is changing its name and ending tobacco sales and police in multiple communities are looking for the public's help.
The National Weather Service says there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in some areas of Massachusetts.
Plus, two plead guilty in 2010 shooting and man charged with sex trafficking of teen.
The MBTA has released its latest ridership data, which shows an increase in riders in the month following a 5 percent fare increase.
This weekly column focuses on news about animals in Massachusetts. Have a tip? Email charlene.arsenault@patch.com.
Town offices, schools and banks will be closed for the holiday.
The Residences at Wingate to host a free day of crafts for all ages.
The event marks the 20th anniversary of Tippet Hospice Home.
Plus, dog owners warned after canine parvovirus outbreak and hero rescues toddlers who fell in reservoir.
This weekly column focuses on issues and concerns surrounding animals in Massachusetts.
Snowfall will be below average, however.
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Frank Tarr was charged on two counts of burglary and two counts of larceny.
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This weekly column features on animal issues in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles website has maintenance scheduled for Sunday.
Plus, police are looking for a man who was peeking through an apartment window and a Wilmington man was killed in a motorcycle crash.
The sessions will be open to athletes from surrounding towns.
Williams, who died this week, received an Oscar for his work in the Boston-based film "Good Will Hunting."
The area should see 1-2 inches of rainfall from an “unusually strong weather system for August,” according to the National Weather Service.
The price for regular, self-serve unleaded gasoline dropped by 6 cents per gallon this week.
Plus, an Avon man is still missing after an alleged kidnapping and a North Shore community is mourning the house of a young girl.
This weekly column features news about Massachusetts animals.
The Perseids, which produce fast and bright meteors that frequently leave trains, peak Aug. 11-13.
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Plus, a Burlington man was convicted of aggravated rape of a child and a Newton man was charged with leaving a dog in a hot car.
This dentist had some different kinds of patients this past week, keeping wildlife healthy.