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TEWKSBURY - The fourth annual Tewksbury Fall Harvest Festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 15 at Livingston Field in Tewksbury. Festival events include rides, crafts, vendors, games, country/rock band Rattlesnake Alley, and shows including tribute performances of Michael Jackson, Taylor Swi

TEWKSBURY, MA -- Tewksbury residents can drop off a wide range of items they no longer need during the town's ninth annual Zero Waste Day at the Wynn Middle School parking lot on Saturday, September 23. More than a dozen groups will be accepting the items, which will either be reused or recycled. Th

TEWKSBURY (CBS) - Police in Tewksbury are asking the public to help them identify a truck that was involved in a hit-and-run with a school bus. Around 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a school bus was hit by an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer truck, according to officials. Tewksbury Police are looking to id

Organizers of the 9th annual Tewksbury Zero Waste Day are welcoming Andover residents to bring unwanted gently used items to their event located at the Wynn Middle School on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The Tewksbury Zero Waste Day collects donations of usable items for 15 local non

By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON -- Gov. Charlie Baker wants Amazon to build its second headquarters somewhere in Massachusetts, but he said he is not playing favorites, leaving it to local officials to try to woo the corporate giant to their particular city or area. "Locals are go

SALEM, Mass. - A Lawrence man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and mother of his young son made another brief appearance Friday in Salem Superior Court. Emilio DeLarosa, who was captured in September after nearly a year on the run, stood alongside his court-appointed attorney Joseph Collins.

It's Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Saturday's print edition. A SWAT event in Lowell early this morning resulted in the arrest of a local man on drug and firearms charges. Reporter Robert Mills, rmills@lowells

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer Friday night, and the Boston Red Sox extended their AL East lead to four games by overcoming Scooter Gennett's fourth grand slam of the season for a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Boston added to its lead with the help of the Yankees' 8-

A recent con- sultation on a home in the Belvidere sec- tion of Lowell sparked my creative interests as I conducted a walk-through of the home, already in the beginning stages of renovation. The project came to a halt because some decisions had to be made before continuing. The home was built in 19

Watertown resident and co-owner of Fit Z's Bar and Grille Jim Zarkadas called an ambulance to rush his wife Heather to the hospital last March, never expecting she wouldn't be coming home. The next day, he suddenly found himself having to tell his three young daughters, Mia, 15, Anna, 12 and Sophia,

BOSTON (AP) -- A new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is hitting theaters nationwide. "Stronger" captures Bauman, a Chelmsford native, recalibrating his life after losing both legs in the April 2013 bombings near the marathon finish line. Tatiana Maslany

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Who's right -- President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, or late-night host Jimmy Kimmel? None has really captured the complexity of the debate over who might lose insurance protections in the latest Republican health care bill. But of the three, the TV guy is the hardest to

COURTESY PHOTO Maureen Staudt passed away in December 2016 after battling leukemia. A blood drive on Tuesday, Sept. 26, will be held in her memory. NORTH ANDOVER - When Jim Staude's wife, Maureen, was battling leukemia, their family talked often about how to turn the pain from their experiences into

ANDOVER -- Curious about Sharia Law? Wondering what's actually in the Quran? Need help separating fact from fiction when it comes to Islam? All are welcome for an evening of food and conversation with Robert Azzi, an Arab-American photo-journalist and Muslim, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at South Ch

The Billerica Recreation Department will hold "The Haunting of the Manning" on Oct. 14 at Manning State Park, 39 Chelmsford Road, Billerica. Story Brook Trail for ages 2-8 will be 4-6 p.m.; Trail of Terror for ages 8 and older will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event will feature games, treats and activiti

BILLERICA -- A 21-year-old Billerica man who allegedly trafficked cocaine out of his unsuspecting parent's home on Sumac Street is free on $2,500 cash bail after a search warrant led to his arrest. Police reports say Billerica detectives obtained search warrants for both the home and car of Richard

A Billerica man was arrested on Thursday for alleged cocaine trafficking following a multi-week investigation into a cocaine distribution operation. According to a press release from the Billerica Police Department, on Sept. 21 detectives from the Billerica and Tewksbury Police Department narcotics

DRACUT -- When she was 9 years old, Tiffany Carlson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease where the pancreas stops producing insulin. "It certainly wasn't easy, but I don't think I'd be a nurse today if I didn't have a diagnosis of diabetes," Carlson said. In an effort to help

BILLERICA -- "If you don't play, you can't win." "Well, somebody out there has gotta win." It's what you hear whenever the lottery jackpot swells. Now, these catchphrases have moved over to the bidding war for Amazon, in which cities from all over North America are pitching their communities for

LITTLETON -- A Leominster man accused of breaking into multiple houses around the Worcester area was arrested in Littleton on Thursday, according to police. David King, 41, has been charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime. On Thursday, Littleton police detectives were notified that a M