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Rockport, MA

Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police
Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police A 59-year-old Essex County man was arrested and charged this week with raping a child with intellectual disabilities multiple times, authorities said.  Brian E. Tuck, of Rockport, is charged with aggravated statutory rape, indecent assault and battery on an intellectually disabled person, indecent assault and battery on a person under 14, rape of a child under 16 by force (three counts), and reckless endangerment of a child, Rockport police said.  He was ordered held without bail on Thursday, April 4.  Police said the assaults took place between 2013 and 2015 but did no…
2 Elderly People, 1 Officer Hospitalized After 3-Alarm Rockport Blaze 2 Elderly People, 1 Officer Hospitalized After 3-Alarm Rockport Blaze
2 Elderly People, 1 Officer Hospitalized After 3-Alarm Rockport Blaze Two elderly people as well as a police officer suffered injuries during a fire that broke out at a home in Rockport, officials said. The fire started shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, on the second floor of a home at 74 Phillips Ave., according to the Rockport Fire Department.
 A police officer and a good Samaritan managed to save two elderly residents from the burning building. Related: 6 Displaced In Mattapan 2-Alarm Fire: Boston FD “Both residents and the Officer were transported by Rockport Ambulance and Beauport Ambulance to Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hosp…
Boston Woman Drowns SCUBA Diving In Rockport Boston Woman Drowns SCUBA Diving In Rockport
Boston Woman Drowns Scuba Diving In Rockport A 40-year-old South Boston woman died over the weekend in Rockport while SCUBA diving with her father, authorities said.  Sara Elizabeth Nivens was found late Saturday afternoon, July 22, near the Dry Salvages Rock about two miles northwest of the town, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. She had been on a two-day trip with her dad diving off a charter boat.  Authorities pulled Nivens' body from the water and took her to Addison Gilbert Hospital and later taken to Lahey Hospital Medical Center in Burlington, where doctors pronounced her dead.  Rockport pol…
Rockport Cop Hospitalized After Crash With MBTA Train Rockport Cop Hospitalized After Crash With MBTA Train
Rockport Cop Hospitalized After Crash With MBTA Train A police officer was injured after a crash involving a police cruiser and an MBTA train, officials say.  The police car and the train crashed at the Poole's Lane crossing in Rockport around 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, according to Rockport Police Chief John Horvath. The officer who was in the police cruiser was injured and taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment.  The train's 10 passengers were uninjured.  Information was not immediately released about the logistics of the crash, but both the train and cruiser were traveling at a low rate of speed at th…
2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report 2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report
2 Mass College Students Among 4 Dead In Fiery Maine Crash; Others Injured: Report Hundreds of students of Maine Maritime Academy gathered over the weekend to honor four of their classmates who were killed in an early morning crash on Saturday, Dec. 10, including two young men from Massachusetts, reports said.  Maine police identified Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, Brian Kenealy, 20, and Chase Fossett, 21, both of Maine, as those who died in the Saturday, Dec. 10 crash in Castine, Maine, ABC6 reported.  Investigators told reporters that a 2013 Range Rover loaded with seven students of the Maritime Academy slammed into a tree on…
Brush Fire Scorches 96 Acres In Rockport: Officials Brush Fire Scorches 96 Acres In Rockport: Officials
Brush Fire Scorches 96 Acres In Rockport: Officials Approximately 96 acres were scorched by a brush fire in one North Shore town, fire officials said. After several hours, firefighters extinguished the fire near Johnson's Quarry that broke out on Monday morning, Nov. 21, Rockport Fire said on Facebook. The area where the fire occurred was still considered to be under severe drought conditions, according to US Drought Monitor.  Rockport MA is working an 80+ acre brush fire in a large wooded area off Johnson Rd. Rockport and much of NE Massachusetts are still in severe drought despite recent precipitation. pic.twitter.com/MxtyH0Bd8L — Davi…
Mass Men Who Tried To Steal $530,000 Through People's Cell Phones Sentenced Mass Men Who Tried To Steal $530,000 Through People's Cell Phones Sentenced
Mass Men Who Tried To Steal $530,000 Through People's Cell Phones Sentenced Two Massachusetts men who pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to steal $530,000 worth of cryptocurrency and "OG" steal social media accounts will spend two years in federal prison, authorities said.  Eric Meiggs, 25, of Brockton, and Declan Harrington, 22, of Rockport, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiracy, four counts of wire fraud, one count of computer fraud and abuse and one count of aggravated identity theft, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Harrington also copped to an additional count of wire fraud.  The men admitted they we…
UPDATE: Elderly Woman Killed After Hit By Box Truck In Rockport UPDATE: Elderly Woman Killed After Hit By Box Truck In Rockport
Update: Elderly Woman Killed After Hit By Box Truck In Rockport An elderly woman has died after she was hit by a small box truck in Rockport, authorities said. Police responded to several calls about a pedestrian-involved crash on Railroad Avenue just before 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, Rockport Police Chief John Horvath said.  Upon arrival, officers found the woman being attended by the truck's driver and two others, Horvath added. The woman was later airlifted to an area hospital where she later died Traffic Advisory Due to an earlier motor vehicle crash on Railroad Ave in the area of Cumberland Farms, portions of... Posted by Rockport Police De…
Breakheart Reservation In Saugus Still Closed As Crews Battle Massive Brush Fire (PHOTOS) Breakheart Reservation In Saugus Still Closed As Crews Battle Massive Brush Fire (PHOTOS)
Breakheart Reservation In Saugus Still Closed As Crews Battle Massive Brush Fire (Photos) Breakheart Reservation in Saugus has been closed for several days because of a multi-acre brush fire that has shown no signs of stopping.  The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) originally closed the park on Wednesday, Aug. 17 but has since extended the closure until Wednesday, Aug. 24.  UPDATE: @MassDCR has issued the following recreational advisory for Breakheart Reservation in Saugus: pic.twitter.com/J6B6jjuRN9 — MassDCR (@MassDCR) August 21, 2022 While the cause of the fire is under investigation, A DCR official told NBC Boston that these fires are "suspi…
These Massachusetts Locales Rank Among New England's 10 Best Beach Towns, Report Says These Massachusetts Locales Rank Among New England's 10 Best Beach Towns, Report Says
These Massachusetts Locales Rank Among New England's 10 Best Beach Towns, Report Says Five Massachusetts beach towns were ranked among the best places in New England to have fun in the sun. Yankee Magazine/New England Today published a list of the 10 best beach towns in New England on Tuesday, March 8. According to the news outlet, these Massachusetts locales are some of the best beach towns to check out this summer: Provincetown Nantucket Edgartown Rockport Chatham From the Cape Cod National Seashore beaches of Provincetown to Rockport's boutiques and ice cream shops in Bearskin Neck, the list includes a variety of factors that make these beach towns great places to …