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MILTON — More than a dozen years after SSG Thomas Baysore Jr. paid the ultimate price while serving in Afghanistan, his father still becomes a bit emotional talking about how

From volunteer firefighter to lawyer to firefighting again on Cape Cod, West Barnstable Fire Chief Joe Maruca looks back on his career.

For some Minnesota small businesses, its been harder to fully recover from major events of the past two years. A state grant program has a new round of funding for capital improvements, and partners say the goal is to get the money to areas of high need. Minnesota is in its latest phase of the Main Street Economic Revitalization Program, established last year. ...

A chemical spill at the Cape Cod YMCA sent seven children to the hospital Friday after they were exposed to hazardous fumes, authorities said.

Former West Barnstable chief lived, ate, slept fire department and loved fire rescue.

Massachusetts residents are being asked to step up, just as they did five years ago, to help their fellow Americans in Puerto Rico. The Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund raised more than $4 million after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017. But government dysfunction, and the immense structural damage from the storm, allowed many of the donated goods to go to waste. ...

"We would struggle on day three or day four of an event to be able to rotate people into the incident and sustain ourselves."