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Just recently Massachusetts residents in Berkshire County received a phone call with no "caller-id" pretending to be the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office.

We got word this morning from Acushnet Police Chief Chris Richmond that the regular business phone lines at the police department are down. Acushnet Police want to inform the public that "in addition to dialing 911 for an emergency, Acushnet Police can be contacted at (508) 998-6951...

State representatives invoked the memories of people killed in distracted driving crashes on Wednesday before voting 155-2 to pass a bill banning motorists from using handheld cellphones and electronic devices behind the wheel.

A bill targeting the behavior of motorists in Massachusetts is suddenly in the fast lane.

The fight continues for State Senator Mark Montigny as he pushes for passage of his hands-free cell phone bill.

A high school student in Bridgewater has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after reportedly lobbing her cell phone at a teacher.

Technical issues with the 911 system, and the resulting wireless capability outages, have been resolved.

The Fairhaven Police Department is reporting a rash of calls from residents of the town who have been called by someone claiming to be from the I.R.S.

Coast Guard units throughout the Northeast have responded to more than 90 cases of unmanned, adrift and mostly unlabeled paddlecraft so far this year.

The man had received a call from someone claiming to be the "Attorney General of National Security," informing him that he owed $27,000.