Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults

To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any ...

Mass. DAs are increasingly in the spotlight. So why are incumbents so hard to unseat?

Voters this year will pick new top prosecutors in Norfolk and Bristol counties. Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan ...
Wicked Local

Middlesex County MA sheriff says vending machine is saving lives. Here's how

Nearly 160 naloxone nasal spray kits have been obtained by local residents during the first 10 months of a new initiative at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction, according to a community ...
MassLive

1st human case of West Nile virus in Mass. found in Middlesex County woman

A woman in Middlesex County was diagnosed with West Nile virus, the first human case detected in Massachusetts in 2025. The woman is in her 70s, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public ...
The MetroWest Daily News

MA health officials report first human case of West Nile virus. Where it occurred

Massachusetts has confirmed that its first human case of West Nile virus this year involves a woman in her 70s in Middlesex County. State officials report that the risk from the virus remains high and ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Year's first human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Mass.

A woman in her 70s is the first human case of West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said. The woman was exposed in Middlesex County.“West Nile virus ...
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Middlesex MA County Sheriff's Office has 10 new correction officers

Ten new correction officers joined the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office ranks on Friday, Nov. 21, after graduating from the 53rd Basic Training Academy, according to a community announcement. The new ...