Balcom Street News Today

MANSFIELD — The Balcom Street bridge is now closed to traffic so state contractors can start a $3 million reconstruction project and replace the two-lane span.

MANSFIELD — The Balcom Street bridge will be closed Monday, Feb. 26, so state contractors can start a $3 million reconstruction project and replace the structure.

MANSFIELD -- The initial stages of work on a $3 million project to replace the Balcom Street bridge will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 3.

Heavy rain and high winds swept through the area and the state Monday, flooding some spots, knocking down numerous trees, limbs and utility poles, and causing widespread power failures and

The sale of the Mohawk Ramp to developer Douglas Jemal and city-owned properties on Main Street to an Ohio affordable-housing developer are ready to close, after the Buffalo Common Council

Town officials say they have received its third consecutive test showing no E. coli bacteria in the water system.

Officials are notifying residents that E. coli bacteria was recently detected in the town's drinking water.

Residents of Mansfield and Foxboro are being advised to boil their tap water before consuming it due to the presence of E. coli bacteria.