Crews worked Friday to upright several cars of a freight train that derailed on Thursday in Ayer, Massachusetts. The incident left five railcars toppled over, others with their wheels ripped off, and ...

Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston. He has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade. Emmy award-winning Beth Germano is a general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV News. Born ...

A pilot is safe after making an emergency landing in Ayer on Sunday as the plane ran out of fuel, according to authorities.Ayer police said the small-engine aircraft made the landing at about 3:30 p.m ...

Some freight train cars derailed in Massachusetts on Thursday but no hazardous materials were being hauled, a local fire department said. Video appeared to show Norfolk Southern engines hauling ...

Five cars attached to a freight train moving through Ayer, Massachusetts derailed on Thursday, but no toxins or chemicals were involved, according to officials. The Ayer Fire Department responded to ...

AYER - A freight train derailed in Ayer late Thursday morning. It happened near Sculley Road. Five rail cars carrying 10 containers went off the tracks. The train was stopped on the tracks when it ...

Ayer Shirley School District contains 4 schools and 1,687 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 30%. The student body at the schools served by Ayer Shirley School District is 70.4% white, ...

Hartwell O. Kidder was Ayer volunteer firefighter, WWll Vet; 87 AYER — Hartwell O. Kidder, 87, of Ayer, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at Emerson Hospital, Concord. His wife of 68 years, Mary K.