![AYER — A 49-year-old Ayer man who was arrested by a SWAT team from the Northeastern Middlesex Law Enforcement Council after allegedly stabbing his 82-year-old father on Saturday morning was ordered held pending a mental health evaluation. Jeffrey Foresta’s father was treated for a stab wound and released from a local hospital after police responding […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ayer-Police-Department-1.jpg?w=88 "AYER — A 49-year-old Ayer man who was arrested by a SWAT team from the Northeastern Middlesex Law Enforcement Council after allegedly stabbing his 82-year-old father on Saturday morning was ordered held pending a mental health evaluation. Jeffrey Foresta’s father was treated for a stab wound and released from a local hospital after police responding […]")
SWAT team arrests Ayer man for allegedly stabbing 82-year-old father
AYER — A 49-year-old Ayer man who was arrested by a SWAT team from the Northeastern Middlesex Law Enforcement Council after allegedly stabbing his 82-year-old father on Saturday morning was...
![LOWELL — Lowell General Hospital has relaxed restrictions on visitors that have been in place since the early stages of the second surge in November, announcing Monday that each patient at the hospital will now be able to have a support person. “Due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases and positive trends throughout the Commonwealth, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/low-l-lghprayer1-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL — Lowell General Hospital has relaxed restrictions on visitors that have been in place since the early stages of the second surge in November, announcing Monday that each patient at the hospital will now be able to have a support person. “Due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases and positive trends throughout the Commonwealth, […]")
![LOWELL — Lowell General Hospital will vaccinate about 1,000 people per day against the COVID-19 virus moving forward, but despite so many patients being scheduled to go to the massive regional vaccination center at Cross River Center in Lowell demand is still far outpacing availability of vaccine. But Amy Hoey, chief operating officer of Lowell […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/low-l-LGHUpdate-1.jpg?w=125 "LOWELL — Lowell General Hospital will vaccinate about 1,000 people per day against the COVID-19 virus moving forward, but despite so many patients being scheduled to go to the massive regional vaccination center at Cross River Center in Lowell demand is still far outpacing availability of vaccine. But Amy Hoey, chief operating officer of Lowell […]")
![BILLERICA — Two inmates at the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction tested positive for COVID-19 during their quarantine period, marking the first time in 18 weeks that an inmate has tested positive. Meanwhile, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office said 166 inmates have now gotten their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, joining 363 members of […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/low-l-SheriffVax4-1.jpg?w=132 "BILLERICA — Two inmates at the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction tested positive for COVID-19 during their quarantine period, marking the first time in 18 weeks that an inmate has tested positive. Meanwhile, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office said 166 inmates have now gotten their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, joining 363 members of […]")
![TEWKSBURY — Former Tewksbury Senior Center Director Nicole Hutcheon, who was arrested on animal cruelty charges last year after two dogs died in her care, will avoid jail time but be forbidden from owning any pets for three years while she is on probation. Hutcheon, 34, of Tewksbury, who worked at the senior center director […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nicole-Hutcheon2-1.jpg?w=140 "TEWKSBURY — Former Tewksbury Senior Center Director Nicole Hutcheon, who was arrested on animal cruelty charges last year after two dogs died in her care, will avoid jail time but be forbidden from owning any pets for three years while she is on probation. Hutcheon, 34, of Tewksbury, who worked at the senior center director […]")
![WESTFORD — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday afternoon, according to a statement she released through her congressional office. The congresswoman, a Democrat representing the Bay State’s 3rd Congressional District, said she is fortunate to be asymptomatic and that she immediately began to self-quarantine. “After testing negative for COVID-19 in Washington […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Trahan-1.jpg?w=123 "WESTFORD — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday afternoon, according to a statement she released through her congressional office. The congresswoman, a Democrat representing the Bay State’s 3rd Congressional District, said she is fortunate to be asymptomatic and that she immediately began to self-quarantine. “After testing negative for COVID-19 in Washington […]")
![BILLERICA — Approximately 130 staff members and inmates have gotten their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, and more were expected on Friday, as staff and prisoners started to join frontline healthcare workers in the office who were already vaccinated. Those living and working in congregate settings — such as jails and shelters […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-l-SheriffVax4-1.jpg?w=132 "BILLERICA — Approximately 130 staff members and inmates have gotten their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, and more were expected on Friday, as staff and prisoners started to join frontline healthcare workers in the office who were already vaccinated. Those living and working in congregate settings — such as jails and shelters […]")
![WASHINGTON — Early Wednesday afternoon, as U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was working in Room 2439 of the Rayburn House Office Building and saw images of “insurgents” storming the Capitol Building across the street, she thought first of her 6- and 10-year-old daughters. “My first reaction was to call home to Westford and tell my husband […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-l-TrahanWeb-1.jpg?w=140 "WASHINGTON — Early Wednesday afternoon, as U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was working in Room 2439 of the Rayburn House Office Building and saw images of “insurgents” storming the Capitol Building across the street, she thought first of her 6- and 10-year-old daughters. “My first reaction was to call home to Westford and tell my husband […]")
![BOSTON — Tyngsboro Police Officer Daniel Whitman, who has been on a controversial paid leave from the department since August 2019, was charged in federal court Wednesday, along with a 49-year-old Westford man, on a single count of conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws. While both Whitman, 36, of Pelham, N.H., and Bin Lu, 49, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-l-Hitman1-1.jpg?w=123 "BOSTON — Tyngsboro Police Officer Daniel Whitman, who has been on a controversial paid leave from the department since August 2019, was charged in federal court Wednesday, along with a 49-year-old Westford man, on a single count of conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws. While both Whitman, 36, of Pelham, N.H., and Bin Lu, 49, […]")
![PEPPERELL — Two Pepperell Police officers who were first to arrive at a house fire in which a 76-year-old woman was trapped ran into the home and pulled the woman out from under debris before she was taken to a local hospital late Monday night. That woman, whose name was not released, was said to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20130623_080058_police-lights-Copy-1-1-1.jpg?w=117 "PEPPERELL — Two Pepperell Police officers who were first to arrive at a house fire in which a 76-year-old woman was trapped ran into the home and pulled the woman out from under debris before she was taken to a local hospital late Monday night. That woman, whose name was not released, was said to […]")