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Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks
Animal Hoarding: 60 Boxer Dogs Seized From Mass Home Taxing Help Networks The MSPCA is asking for help after the group took in 60 boxers from a home in Essex County earlier this week, making it one of the largest seizures in the group's history.  Police said officers removed the dogs from a home on Locust Grove Road in Merrimac on Tuesday, June 11, after receiving reports of animal hoarding and overcrowding. The owner voluntarily forfeited the dogs to authorities.  Police did not release the owner's name as no charges have been filed, but a multi-agency investigation involving Haverhill, Windham (New Hampshire), and Merrimac police is ongoing. …

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
'Angel On Earth': Unexpected Death Of Saugus Mom Leaves 'Void In This World' 'Angel On Earth': Unexpected Death Of Saugus Mom Leaves 'Void In This World'
'Angel On Earth': Unexpected Death Of Saugus Mom Leaves 'Void In This World' A community on the North Shore is dealing with the difficult task of trying to fill a whole left by a mother who had "the biggest heart and the sweetest soul," according to an online fundraiser.  Michele Mersicano said Dawn DiLoreto was "an angel on earth with a smile on her face and ready to help attitude" on a GoFundMe campaign.  "With a contagious smile she’d light up your day and check in to make sure you were ok," Mersicano said. "She will definitely leave a void in this world especially for her daughter Mia." DiLoreto died unexpectedly on Tuesday May 30, according to her obituary. S…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support
Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support A time of joy and celebration for a young couple's engagement turned into a "horrible accident" for the pair and their family members.  Connor Colbert, of Somerville, proposed to his girlfriend Bridget Kelley shortly after arriving in Ireland for a vacation with Colbert's mother, step-brother, and step-father, Ken Mitchell. The joy the family felt soon turned into pain when the group was involved in a car crash on Wednesday, April 26 while still overseas, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to help the family recover.  Kelley received life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Gal…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Single Mother Of 3 Impacted By Smokey Blaze At Lynn Home, Daughter Says Single Mother Of 3 Impacted By Smokey Blaze At Lynn Home, Daughter Says
Single Mother Of 3 Impacted By Smokey Blaze At Lynn Home, Daughter Says A single mother of three is looking to rebuild after her Lynn home went up in flames this week, according to an online fundraiser.  Jordan Clark said that her mother has been struggling with her health and is supporting her pregnant daughter in a GoFundMe campaign.  Clark's mother was living at a home on Lover's Leap Avenue when a multi-alarm fire broke out on Friday morning, April 21, according to Lynn Firefighters Local 739.  2nd Alarm Box 536 XX Lovers Leap Ave. Posted by Lynn Firefighters Local 739 on Friday, April 21, 2023 Pictures from the scene showed the triple-decker shrouded…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
North Central MA Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire North Central MA Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire
North Central MA Salon, Apartment Complex Scorched By Multi-Alarm Barn Fire Several people were displaced and a business was destroyed following a multi-alarm barn fire in North Central Massachusetts this week, according to officials and an online fundraiser.  Crews responded to the fire at an apartment complex and business on Townsend Street in Pepperell on Monday night, March 6, according to the Pepperell Fire Department on Facebook.  Pepperell Fire said everyone living inside the complex made it out safe and there were no injuries. Everyone was displaced but had other places to go, Chief Brian Borneman told Daily Voice.  Crews are battling a 3rd Alarm fire…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Support Surges For 'Kind-Hearted' Family Who Lost Dog In Quincy House Fire Support Surges For 'Kind-Hearted' Family Who Lost Dog In Quincy House Fire
Support Surges For 'Kind-Hearted' Family Who Lost Dog In Quincy House Fire A community on the South Shore is coming together to help a family who lost their dog in a house fire at the start of the weekend.  The Bernardino family was at church when an electrical problem set their home at 15 Hersey place in Quincy ablaze on Friday night, Feb. 17, according to a GoFundMe campaign.  Firefighters braved strong winds, freezing temperatures and a tightly packed neighborhood to snuff the two-alarm fire, the Boston Sparks Association said on Facebook.  02/17/2023 City of Quincy Box 2-2121 At approximately 20:00 hrs., Quincy Fire Struck Box 2121 for a reported struc…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting
Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting From every corner of the country, donations are pouring in for a 2-year-old boy whose parents were gunned down in the parade shooting in a northern Chicago suburb that left six dead and dozens wounded. Kevin, age 37, and Irina McCarthy, age 35, of Highland Park, Illinois, the parents of little Aiden McCarthy, were killed on Monday, July 4th protecting their son as a shooter opened fire on an excited crowd lined up to watch the annual parade. Aiden was found wandering the street after the shooting, in which his father had laid on top of his son to protect him during the rampage. Police took…

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by Kathy Reakes