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DRACUT -- A small fire in a third-grade classroom was reported Wednesday morning at Dracut's Englesby Elementary School.

BILLERICA -- Considered a local landmark, First Parish Church has stood in Billerica Center for over 350 years, and now it's steeple is in need of rehabilitation.

By Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashoba valleyvoice.com
GROTON -- Voters supported hiring of two additional firefighters on Monday night, and held off a Proposition 2 1/2 override for another year.

Some Massachusetts prosecutors have filed suit to block federal authorities from making arrests at state courthouses, specifically those individuals suspected of being in this country illegally, because that practice makes it harder to administer

SAUGUS -- A 47-year-old Tewksbury man was killed following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Main Street about 11 a.

PELHAM -- Two men were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol during the afternoon commute Tuesday, including a Nashua man who crashed his SUV into a ditch off of Dutton Road, authorities say.

LOWELL -- Police recovered 10 spent shell casings from Cork Street while investigating reports of gunfire in that area of the Acre neighborhood about 1:30 a.

By Katie Lannan
State House News Service
BOSTON -- Anthony Mulligan told state lawmakers Tuesday that his story is not a triumphant one.

TEWKSBURY -- A 47-year-old Tewksbury man was killed following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Main Street in the town of Saugus at around 11 a.

BOSTON -- Prosecutors in Massachusetts sued Monday to block federal authorities from making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, arguing the practice is making it harder for them to hold defendants accountable and get justice for victims.