A beloved Lowell brewery is heading to Chelmsford, fulfilling the town's quest for a brewery that began years ago. Navigation Brewing Co., located at 122 Western Avenue in Lowell, is currently in the process of applying for licenses to get a Chelmsford location up and running by the end of summer, according to co-owner and brewer PJ Mercier, who jokes that his job title at ...

TSA agents often find strange and possibly illegal items in passengers' bags, but the sight of a rifle was likely shocking to the TSA agent who discovered it. In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 25, a muzzle-loading rifle was discovered in a 71-year-old's checked bag screening at Boston Logan International Airport, according to a Tweet made by TSA New England. Early ...

Instead of taking responsibility for crashing through a sign, a 32-year-old ditched his smashed-up car and called an Uber, officials say. The man crashed his vehicle through the MBTA CR parking lot sign in Readville in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 26, according to the MBTA transit police. 3/26 in the early AM hours a 32y/o male crashed through the #MBTA Readville ...

A 14-year-old and a 15-year-old were arrested for breaking into a Massachusetts State Trooper's Cruiser to steal a rifle and ammo under the cover of night, officials say. Both Malden teenagers were arrested on Monday, March 27 for the theft of a patrol rifle, high-capacity magazine, and ammunition that occurred on Thursday, March 23, according to Middlesex District Attorney ...

Cue the Rocky soundtrack, a Cambridge local just boxed her way from a community boxing program to a national competition that serves as one of the qualifiers for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Seraphina Brown, a 19-year-old alumnus of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, became the 2023 USA Boxing National Qualifier Runner-up in her category at the USA Boxing ...

A police officer who was the first on the scene of a fire engulfing an Ayer home was greeted with a large column of smoke that was visible from a distance, officials say. A two and a half story home, located at 20 Wright Road, became heavily involved in a fire that broke out at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 27, according to the Ayer Fire Department. Ayer Ma Fire ...

A 56-year-old man who has not taken his medication, and is legally blind, has been missing for a week, officials say. Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for Edward Leydon, who was last seen the morning of March 20, 2023, according to the Arlington Police Department. Leydon used to frequent Davis Square in Somerville, police say, and was last seen wearing jeans, ...

A recent lottery drawing with five big winners has begun to pay out its prizes, including a check for $500,000 that was won by a Taunton resident. Robert Taylor bought his lucky Keno lottery ticket at the Atlantic Café on Plain Street in Taunton using his usual set of numbers, one through 11, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery. His choice of numbers paid off on Wednesday, ...

UPDATE: Dracut Police report Michael Cluck has been located.Police are requesting the public's help to find a missing person with dementia. Michael Cluck, a 68-year-old with dementia, went missing on Friday, March 24, according to the Dracut Police Department. Cluck was last seen at 12:30 p.m. in the area of Skyline Drive, according to a Tweet from Mike ...

This story has been updated.Approximately 8,000 Optimum customers were left without internet because of "extensive damage" likely caused by a vandal, the company said. The company announced that some Fairfield County customers were without internet on Friday, March 24 due to a fiber cut by suspected vandalism. Service was estimated to be interrupted into Saturday, March 25, the ...