A new brush fire has developed in the Blue Hills State Reservation, sending smoke into surrounding Massachusetts communities.

A major brush fire erupted at Blue Hills Reservation on Monday night, and crews continued to battle the blaze Tuesday. The fire sparked Monday night near Houghton's Pond and quickly grew to more than 40 acres off Hillside Street,

The Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) in Massachusetts is investigating dozens of police officers accused of bypassing mandatory training requirements, WBZ-TV has learned.Hours of training completed in minutesEvery sworn police officer in Massachusetts is required to do 40 hours of in-service training a year,

The Municipal Police Training Committee is cracking down on Massachusetts law enforcement officers accused of bypassing mandatory training.

Massachusetts officials have notified police chiefs that some officers have been getting around parts of their online training. In a letter last week, Municipal Police Training Committee Executive Director Jeff Fanrsworth said officials had learned that some police officers have been “bypassing their TY25 online training by using technologies that override controls meant to prevent fast-forwarding through the training.

A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple charges after state police said she drove the wrong way while intoxicated on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire over the weekend.

GROTON - A man was nearly hit by a wrong way driver on a Massachusetts highway and he has the video to prove it. The driver was later arrested. "My wife would be planning a funeral today," driver Max Collins told WBZ-TV Monday.