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In times past, auto dealers and lenders were slower to retake cars when borrowers fell behind. But the pandemic changed that.

Supply shortages have sent used car prices soaring. And that's made repos more lucrative, with borrowers having cars seized days after missing a payment.

WATERTOWN — Samantha L. Webb-Carter, 33, of 621 Lansing St., Watertown, was charged by city police on Sunday with third-degree robbery, fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree harassment.

WATERTOWN — Robert W. Murphy said it was his fourth day in the hospital when he woke up with a face mask on and tube down his throat. He was

WATERTOWN — The four officers didn’t know there was a fire Monday morning until they unlocked the door and watched smoke pour into the hallway, instinctively leading them to hit the deck and crawl to the man inside. “For them to risk their lives to go in there and pull him out of that fire — there is no award or not enough thank yous or recognition that could be given for that,” said Tarra S. Murphy, the wife of the man inside. Mrs. Murphy thought Robert W. Murphy, her husband of 35 years, was dead as she sat in her bedroom Monday, being told he was locked inside a bu...