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Wicked Local Editors note: In the final part of our series, we take a closer look at what the local police response to mental health issues has been like during the pandemic. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted all facets of life including mental health. Like local emergency room departments and private clinicians, local police departments have also seen a significant increase in mental health calls since March 2020. Local police Boxborough Police Chief Warren Ryder estimates a 3...

Seven Hills Family Services, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, has been awarded a contract to operate a Family Support Center in the Greater Lowell area by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services, which will be located at 7 Technology Drive in Chelmsford.

There are 43 fewer Massachusetts communities at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission than there were last week, health officials revealed. It’s the...

A heavily in-debt ex-Massachusetts state representative, who once served as chairman of the House Ethics Committee, has admitted to funding his lavish lifestyle with public money and fraudulent bank loans.On Wednesday, Feb. 24, former stat…

Submitted to the Billerica Minuteman Submitted to the Billerica Minuteman More than 250 individuals wanted on outstanding warrants in jurisdictions across Massachusetts, and beyond, were taken into custody in 2020 due in part to the efforts of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) Warrant Apprehension Unit (W.A.U.), officials announced today. The W.A.U. is comprised of three full-time deputy sheriffs and a member of the Lowell Police Department.  The unit is also supported by other MSO divisi...

MA Town-By-Town Coronavirus Stats: 66 High-Risk Communities - Across Massachusetts, MA - The Department of Public Health's four main metrics — cases, positive tests, hospitalizations and deaths — all continued to fall.

Ed Brennen Because Isaiah Langa ’20 studies finance in the Manning School of Business and has been investing on his own for several years, he occasionally receives a text message from a friend or relative seeking advice on a stock pick. When shares of video game retailer GameStop skyrocketed by more than 2,000% in January, fueled by an online Reddit community of amateur “retail” investors trading on the popular Robinhood platform, Langa’...

Thursday’s data marks the fifth week in a row that the number of high-risk communities in the state has fallen.

Wicked Local Editors note: In the final part of our series, we take a closer look at what the local police response to mental health issues has been like during the pandemic. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted all facets of life including mental health. Like local emergency room departments and private clinicians, local police departments have also seen a significant increase in mental health calls since March 2020. Local police Boxborough Police Chief Warren Ryder estimates a 3...

Reply When Kimeang Chhay first arrived to the United States from Takhmao, Cambodia in 2018, she was enrolled in Dracut High School as a senior because of her age. Without being fluent in English, Chhay passed her Math and English MCAS exams, but struggled with the Biology test. Without it, she was unable to graduate from high school on time. Chhay was already accepted at Middlesex Community College but needed her diploma in order to start taking classes for her associate degree. Through Middles...