"It was a very surreal moment for me. I was quite taken aback by it—I thought I was in trouble," Carly Thomson told Newsweek.

Prior to enrolling at East Middle, Samantha had not attended a single day of school this academic year as her mother and the Braintree school district disputed her special education placement.

Construction on The Eastwalk, a new development on the former Braintree Electric Light Department property, is now underway.

Tom Cunningham, councillor responsible for transformation, the environment and customer services, and deputy leader at Braintree Council, said: "The chargeable garden waste collection service has ...

ESSEX County Council Elections will be postponed this year due to devolution reform as Braintree’s council leaders welcomes new plans.

Judge Beverly Cannone on Thursday ruled on and heard motions ahead of the April 1 trial date of Read, who is accused of ...

The grant also covered the purchase of comfortable furniture, including a sofa, new tables and chairs, as well as new curtains and blinds.

A community group has been granted planning permission and funding to establish a new cycling network in Essex. Braintree ...

A pop-up community supermarket is to be set up in the Braintree area. The mobile supermarket is the brainchild of the Maldon Community Voluntary Service and aims to ease the cost of living for people ...

Colchester, Braintree and Tendring councils could form ... Essex is a two-tier system of local government - made up of 12 district councils, two so-called unitary authorities and one county ...

A Braintree man has been arrested for sex trafficking ... He is expected to be arraigned in South Boston District Court on Tuesday. On Monday, members of the Boston Police Human Trafficking ...