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Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian has announced registration for the popular Middlesex Sheriff's Office Youth Public Safety Academy will open at 8 a.m March 4.Now entering its 21st year, YPSA is an educational, low-cost summer camp option for Middlesex County families. The camp is open to children ages 8-12 and is held at the Middlesex Sheriff's Office Training Academy in Chelmsford. Last year, more than 1,000 youngsters participated in the program.YPSA is composed of six one- [...]

A Medford woman is looking for her lost wedding ring. She does not know exactly when or where the ring was lost. But she does know that she first realized it was missing in the first week in January. So the ring could have disappeared sometime over the holidays or up until Jan. 8.The woman says that during that time she was in Somerville, Winchester, Arlington, Belmont, Everett and Woburn, in addition to Medford."I was going full speed ahead to get through the [...]

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 24, 2020.....With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign seemingly growing in strength after another win in Nevada over the weekend, early voting in Massachusetts began Monday in the Democratic primary for president with home-state Sen. Elizabeth Warren in search of places to put a win on the board.Warren and Sanders are running neck-and-neck in Massachusetts, according to the latest polling, but they are hardly the only two Democrats competing in the Bay [...]

Early voting for the presidential primary began Monday, Feb. 24, and residents can vote during normal business hours at Town Hall: Monday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. The presidential primary is Tuesday, March 3, and voting will be held at all regular polling locations on that date.Local electionThe town election will be held on Saturday, March 31.Three candidates are vying for [...]

State residents are encouraged to visit Mass.Gov/ID to determine if a REAL ID credential is right for them; beginning Oct. 1, 2020, customers flying domestically or entering certain federal buildings will need federally-compliant REAL ID credential or valid passport

In response to criticism from a community group opposing the use of Skillings Field as a site for a public pool, representatives from the group proposing the pool updated town leaders Monday, on the progress they’ve made toward their vision of a public facility that would enrich the lives of all Winchester residents.Amanda Lewis, president of the board of directors of Swim Winchester, and David Bentley, a board [...]

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 26, 2020.....Buyers picked up new single-family homes and condos in Massachusetts at an accelerated pace in January, despite a significant surge in median sale prices.The more than 3,500 single-family home sales recorded last month marked an 8.1 percent increase over January 2019, according to The Warren Group.The median home sale price of $393,000 was up 6.8 percent from $355,000 in January 2019, a new high for the month."The [...]

A federal health official warned Tuesday that the deadly coronavirus could cause "severe" disruptions in the USA as global experts struggled to fend off the outbreak and avoid a pandemic.Is it too late?"Disruption to everyday life may be severe," Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, warned at a news conference Tuesday. Schools could be closed, mass public gatherings suspended [...]

BOSTON, FEB. 26, 2020.....Columbia Gas of Massachusetts and its parent company displayed "a pattern of flagrant organizational indifference" when it came to the safety of the natural gas distribution system, the FBI and U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday as they announced that the utility has agreed to plead guilty in connection to the 2018 natural gas disaster in the Merrimack Valley and stop all operations in Massachusetts.The fires and explosions that rocked Lawrence, [...]

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 26, 2020....Stressing that the risk of contracting coronavirus remains low in Massachusetts, state public health officials said Tuesday that they are prepared for a potential outbreak.Tens of thousands of cases of the respiratory illness now known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China, have been diagnosed worldwide. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel told reporters Monday that there is still one confirmed case [...]