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TEWKSBURY — The Select Board voted to hand out two retail cannabis licenses Tuesday to Lazy River Products and Smyth Cannabis less than a year after voters at a special Town Meeting voted to lift the prohibition on local cannabis sales.

TEWKSBURY — It was a 17-year journey for Keisha Perez to open her ideal early childhood care and education center, and Saturday morning she and her family finally cut the ribbon for the Primrose School of Tewksbury at 1497 Main St. after being open for a little more than a month.

A school resource officer has been placed on leave over an allegation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a student at Dracut High School, police and...

An "atmospheric river" first brought the state a tornado warning -- that ended at 9:15 a.m. with another in effect until 10:30 a.m. -- and now a tornado watch until 3 p.m. for most of Massachusetts. According to the National Weather Service, all of Connecticut and sections of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and southern Maine fall under that watch.

An "atmospheric river" first brought the state a tornado warning -- one at 9:15 a.m. again at 10:30 a.m. -- and now a tornado watch until 3 p.m. for most of Massachusetts with a storm watch at Logan Airport with Boston possibly facing "winds in excess of 40 mph" from "a strong thunderstorm."

A tornado watch until Sunday afternoon was issued for much of southern New England and part of New York.

Worcester faces a double-weather whammy Sunday with a tornado watch and flood warning.

The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

History is measured in moments. Some moments are world news; far more are moments in your everyday lives that leave an imprint. A favorite restaurant, your place of worship or

LOWELL — The bucolic name of Duck Island, which sounds like a nature preserve, masks its true purpose: It’s home to a wastewater system that is designed to transport, treat and safely dispose of wastewater, stormwater and domestic septage from the city of Lowell.