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Concord firefighters double as storks

March 24, 2024

The department has gone on calls to transport women in labor to the hospital or to take mothers and newborns there, but delivering a baby is rare for them.

Changing careers from banking, new CPD officer fulfills a dream

March 16, 2024

“I never know what to expect each day, but I always know I have a team behind me," former banker David Braga said.

Concord Fire Department extinguishes Independence Road blaze

March 1, 2024

The occupant had already evacuated when firefighters arrived to find smoke throughout the house.

Dog rescued after falling through ice at Warner’s Pond

February 19, 2024

Concord firefighters rescued a beagle/basset mix that fell through the ice on Warner's Pond.. Photo by Concord Fire

Concord Center streetlights swapped out after decorative fixtures fall

January 26, 2024

The town swapped out dozens of decorative streetlight heads in Concord Center for temporary replacements after at least three of the 15-pound fixtures apparently tumbled to the ground from atop their poles.

MCI-Concord: A brief timeline

January 24, 2024

From its troubled inception to a riot, a psychedelic experiment, a jailbreak and finally a planned shutdown, here are some highlights of the history of the Commonwealth’s oldest running state prison for

Officials grapple with MCI-Concord closure’s impact, potential

January 24, 2024

Town officials were coming to grips Wednesday with the impact — and the potential — of the state’s decision to shutter MCI-Concord and move its inmates and correctional officers to another prison.

Dog owner praises walker, Fire Department after dramatic ice rescue

January 22, 2024

When Jodi Dakin Loughlin’s Vizsla, Tenney, plunged through the ice of a pond near her home, her dog walker rushed to the rescue. Tenney is “very lucky to be safe and sound