Boxford News

November is always a "ducky" month in the bird world. The number of ducks continues to build as migrants stop over on our rivers, lakes, ponds and ocean.

Questions that need to be asked about the North Andover CPA acquistion of Windrush Farm: The town is planning to spend $2.5 million of our property tax-funded community preservation money to purchase 160 acres of land on the farthest end of town bordering the Boxford state forest.

Police closed off a section of Kingsbury Avenue from Willow Avenue to the Boxford Line at around 9:45 a.m, after receiving a report of a large tree that was about to fall across the road.

Level 3 sex offender who was working as a state-certified flagger on a busy Boxford street gave horrified residents a Halloween fright this weekend as police officers went door to door to tell them the perv was working nearby.

" We don't just scare them. We want to mess them up for life. " Holly Travis, a professional actor who has a seasonal gig at Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery in Salem " Topsfield has the strawberry festival and Boxford has the apple festival.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission is providing consultant services to assist the Georgetown Historical Commission to document more than 50 historic properties along Elm and East Main streets.

A high school senior has been charged with motor vehicle homicide and speeding after his teenage passenger was killed Sunday night in a single-car crash in Boxford.

Masconomet senior Michael Doherty and his friend Evan Wiendczak were speeding along a narrow street Sunday when their car veered out of control, hit three trees and threw Doherty from the passenger seat into the road, police said.

Michael Doherty, 18, of 41 Highland Road, Boxford, died last night at Lawrence General Hospital following a single car crash that occurred on Highland Road at 6:34 last evening.

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Michael Doherty, an 18-year-old senior at Masconomet Regional High, was killed in a single-car crash on Highland Road at 6:34 p.m. Sunday after being ejected from the vehicle he was riding in, police Chief Gordon Russell said.

A man was killed in a car accident last night, according to state police. The unidentified man was airlifted to a Boston hospital after a one-car crash on Highland Road around 6 p.m., said state trooper George Katsarakes.

What began as a string of illuminated jack o'lanterns lining Maple Street 25 years ago has evolved into a weekend long festival enjoyed by generations of Middleton families.

Rachel Theriault, a recent Salem State College graduate, has joined the Manchester Public Library staff as an assistant.

When five Masconomet Middle School students allegedly sexually harassed a female classmate late last month, they each earned a 10-day suspension.

Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District has seen some real characters running for office, and Republican Bill Hudak ranks right up there with the best of them.

If you want a theme for this fall's Special Town Meeting, you'd do worse than the first line of the song that was said to be Franklin Delano Roosevelt's favorite.

Texting is a big problem, but with more people eating and driving than ever before, maybe that's an even bigger problem Sam Maman, 19, a Northeastern University student from Newton, prefers pizza on his commute.

More than 20 volunteers joined Rebuilding Together on a recent rainy Saturday helping with a painting project at Penacook Place Elderly Nursing and Rehabilitation facility at 150 Water St.

State police said the morning accident caused minor injuries, but is not having "any impact" on traffic.