Peter Eliopoulos

CANTON, Mass. — A routine call from the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office made a life-saving difference for an 80-year-old woman from Canton on Thursday morning.

UMass Amherst researchers are using drones to study and enhance safety measures for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians on Beacon Street.

While the dockworkers' strike drags on, keeping ports including Conley Container Terminal in Boston closed, other industries are also being impacted.

BOSTON — Ports across the Gulf and East Coasts, including Boston's Conley Container Terminal, are preparing to reopen following an agreement to suspend the strike that forced them to close for three days.

ACTON, Mass. — Members of the Acton community came together to finish a home for a deserving veteran after the project's original builder passed away unexpectedly four years ago.

People along the Gulf of Mexico coast who rode out Hurricane Milton said they felt lucky to be spared by the worst of it, but along the east coast of Florida, many were surprised by catastrophic tornadoes.

"Unfortunately, it was still a loss, but it gives you hope for the future."

CHELSEA, Mass. — Firefighters in Chelsea put out a large fire that tore through the roof of a triple-decker home on Sagamore Avenue on Monday.

DEDHAM, Mass. — Karen Read's legal team has filed a response to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court asking that the second-degree murder charge against her be thrown out.

ESSEX COUNTY, Mass. — Newscenter 5's Peter Eliopoulos goes live above the brush fires which have burned through the North Shore communities of Middleton, Salem and Saugus.