Traffic was shut down Monday for one lane on each side of the Massachusetts Turnpike, as firefighters from the Newton Fire Department rescued the furry critter Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter ...

According to the Massachusetts Environmental Police, an officer received a report of a raccoon stuck on a light post just before Exit 127 on Mass Pike in Newton. The Newton Fire Department assisted ...

Newton first responders are used to dealing with various situations on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Monday night, they encountered a most unusual one. They brought the fire truck onto the highway, but ...

In a rescue more daring more than saving a cat from a tree, Newton firefighters responded to an unusual call Monday night, halting traffic on both sides of the Mass Pike to save a raccoon stranded on ...

This silent 1930s-era raccoon footage presents a charming and naturalistic study of raccoon behavior in a woodland setting. The film begins with a raccoon interacting with a tree stump, climbing and ...