Public Safety

I gave the large, prominent, silver button a push, and waited for the light to change. I waited some more, then I gave it another push. Nothing seemed to be happening.

As driving rates continue to decline across our region, we can expect to hear more walkers, bikers, and bus riders clamoring for a larger share of space on our public streets.

"It felt like being inside of a dryer. If you were like a load of laundry. Like it was rolling over. And when it stopped I was looking up at chairs."

As investigators try to make sense of the Amtrak 188 derailment, longtime residents may be reminded of a passenger railroad accident that took place a mere mile away in 1943.

A seventh person has been found dead in the aftermath of the Amtrak train derailment on Tuesday night.