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11 / 07 / 2019   - 09:08:01 AM

Celebrate Milford Donates $10,000 to Milford High School Program

Celebrate Milford recently donated $10,000 to Milford High School. The money will be used for new equipment in the Building Trades Department and in the Science Department. Pictured here (left to right) is Richard Johnson (Building Trades Teacher), Tony Chiarelli, Joe... Read more

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11/06/2019 - 02:48:10 PM Rhode Island Man Sentenced By MyFM's Rick Michaels - A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1 million from a Bellingham company. 35-year old Michael Tran of Woonsocket, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, three... Read more.

11/06/2019 - 11:10:09 AM Millis Marijuana Dispensary Opens By MyFM's Rick Michaels - An Adult Use Marijuana dispensary opened it’s doors in Millis for the first time this morning, culminating a 4 ½-year journey. The CEO of CommCan Incorporated Marc Rosenfeld of Millis says the retail store is located on land bought by his... Read more.

10/31/2019 - 06:39:30 AM Third Veterans Day Ceremony in Milford The Milford Medal of Liberty Committee and Citizens for Milford invite all area veterans and residents to attend the Third Veterans Day Ceremony, to be held Monday, November 11 in Draper Memorial Park, weather permitting. The ceremony will begin immediately following the... Read more.

10/23/2019 - 12:32:26 PM Franklin To Discuss Plastic Bag Ban By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Franklin Town Council’s Economic Development Subcommittee will meet tonight, to discuss once again a proposal for the town to develop and institute a Plastic Bag Ban. The subcommittee which is made up of four town councilors has discussed... Read more.

10/23/2019 - 12:01:49 PM Wood Chipper Slams Into Mendon Home By MyFM's Rick Michaels - An elderly Mendon couple were able to escape injury yesterday when a wood chipper machine became detached from a truck on Providence Street, slammed into a telephone pole and then crashed into the couples’ home. 90-year old Malcolm Clifton and... Read more.

10/23/2019 - 11:26:42 AM No Injuries Reported In Milford East Street Fire By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Milford firefighters and firefighters from several surrounding communities helped battle a two alarm fire at an apartment house on East Street yesterday fortunately no injuries were reported. The blaze broke out shortly before 1:30 yesterday... Read more.

10/23/2019 - 11:08:42 AM Lawmakers Trying To Stiffen Seat Belt Laws By MyFM's Rick Michaels - For at least the seventh consecutive legislative session, lawmakers and driving safety advocates are asking legislators to give police the ability to pull over and ticket drivers, if anyone in the car is not wearing a seat belt period. For years... Read more.

10/22/2019 - 06:59:37 AM Medway Schools Expands Pantry and Backpack Programs Superintendent Armand Pires is pleased to announce that following a successful pilot program last year, the Medway Public Schools is expanding its in-school food pantry and Weekend Backpack Program to include both elementary schools in town. Read more.

10/18/2019 - 02:24:44 PM Strong Winds Knock Out Power To The Region By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Wind gusts as strong as a tropical storm battered parts of the State yesterday, as a record-breaking bomb cyclone knocked out power, downed trees, sparked fires, and disrupted travel across the region. A bomb cyclone is a storm that earns its... Read more.

10/18/2019 - 01:59:21 PM Public Will Have A Chance To Comment And Question The 495/Pike Interchange By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The public will have the opportunity later this month in Hopkinton, to provide comments and ask questions about the next step of the Mass Pike/Route 495 Interchange Improvements Project. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is inviting... Read more.

10/18/2019 - 01:33:09 PM Baker Administration Makes Announcment About Cyber Safety By MyFM's Rick Michaels - As more and more aspects of daily life and business become connected through the internet, and as cities and towns increasingly find themselves the targets of cyberattacks, the Baker administration announced yesterday, a new effort to help each... Read more.

10/17/2019 - 09:32:14 AM Alconquin Gas To Release Odorized Natural Gas By MyFm's Rick Michaels - Alconquin Gas will be intermittently releasing odorized natural gas today during the day, at it's valve site, near Milford Street at Route 109 in Medway. The natural gas pipeline maintenance operation will be no danger to persons or property... Read more.

10/17/2019 - 09:19:41 AM 2 Chinese Nationals Charged With Conspiracy By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Two Chinese nationals one with connections to Upton were charged yesterday for their alleged participation in a complex stock market manipulation conspiracy. 31 year old Xiaosong Wang was arrested at a home he owns in Upton and 41 year old Jiali... Read more.

10/10/2019 - 01:57:57 PM The Bellingham Planning Board Will Hold A Public Hearing Tonight By MyFM's Rick michaels - The Bellingham Planning Board will hold a public hearing tonight, on several articles appearing on the Town Meeting Warrant next month. The Board will review two articles seeking to amend the town’s zoning by law dealing with Marijuana the first... Read more.

10/10/2019 - 01:43:45 PM Milford Town Meeting Study and Improvement Committee To Meet Tonight By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Milford Town Meeting Study and Improvement Committee will meet tonight, to select and rank the articles to be reviewed during a Pre-Town Meeting Forum, set to take place in 12-days. The Forum will provide an opportunity for Town Meeting... Read more.

10/09/2019 - 02:26:21 PM Uxbridge Planning Boards Holding Several Public Hearing Tonight By MyFM's Ri k Michaels - The Uxbridge Planning Board will be holding several public hearings tonight discussing several articles on the warrant for the Fall Annual Town Meeting later this month as well as an application for the removal of more than 50 trees, along two... Read more.

10/09/2019 - 02:08:33 PM Franklin Schools Send Out State Of The Schools Letter To Parents By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Superintendent of Schools in Franklin has sent out a letter to the Franklin Community her first “State of the Schools” letter to communicate with residents about the major matters of the Franklin Public Schools. Superintendent Sara Ahearn is... Read more.

10/09/2019 - 01:47:45 PM DA Early Announces Federal Grant For Milford By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Worcester County District Attorney joined local legislators and police chiefs, along with the staff at Community Impact yesterday to announce the awarding of a federal grant of almost $1.1 million dollars, for the Regional Substance... Read more.

10/08/2019 - 03:05:22 PM Holocaust Survivor Speaks Before Joint Committee By MyFM's Rick Michaels - A survivor of the Holocaust, joined dozens of civil rights advocates and public officials including the State Representative from Franklin who all spoke before the Joint Committee on Education yesterday, offering testimony and support for... Read more.

10/08/2019 - 02:57:27 PM Benchmark Senior Living At Forge Hill Raises Money For Frankilin Food Pantry Benchmark Fundraiser For the Franklin Food Pantry Read more.

10/07/2019 - 11:18:11 AM Bellingham Board Of Selectmen To Meet Tonight By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Bellingham Board of Selectmen will begin their meeting tonight with a review of Capital items,to be considered at the Fall Special Town Meeting next month. The warrant contains 27 articles two articles deal with Capital Outlay of... Read more.

10/07/2019 - 10:58:40 AM Franklin To Begin Road Work On Pond Street By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Franklin Department of Public Works will begin a major paving project today impacting a section of Pond Street work that’s expected to take weeks to complete. Pavement milling will begin this morning, on Pond Street from the Medway Town... Read more.

10/07/2019 - 10:52:08 AM Milford Selectmen Meet Tonight By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Milford Board of Selectmen will meet tonight three-weeks before the Special Town Meeting, when Town Meeting members will vote on 42 articles on the warrant. Under scheduled appointments with the help of the Finance Director, the Board will... Read more.

10/07/2019 - 10:12:58 AM Hopedale Board Of Selectmen Search For New Town Administrator By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Hopedale Board of Selectmen will begin to put the pieces in place as the search is getting underway to find a new Town Administrator. The resignation of Hopedale Town Administrator Steve Sette will become official tonight effective October... Read more.

10/07/2019 - 09:54:36 AM Milford Police Investigate Armed Robbery By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Milford Police are investigating an armed robbery at a residence last night in which one-person was shot and another person, suffered injuries from an assault with a dangerous weapon. Milford Police were called to an apartment at 48 North Bow... Read more.

10/04/2019 - 03:26:18 PM Uxbridge Schedules Special Town Meeting By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Town of Uxbridge has now scheduled a Special Town Meeting to deal with three additional articles, which will be voted on on the same night as the Fall Annual Town Meeting later this month. The three articles will ask voters to re-join... Read more.

10/04/2019 - 01:43:28 PM Town Meeting Mebers To Vote On 42 Articles By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Milford Special Town Meeting warrant reveals 42 articles, Town Meeting members will be voting on later this month. Among the articles is a petition regarding the upcoming appointment of a Police Chief for the town of Milford, if passed it... Read more.

10/03/2019 - 04:17:37 PM Uxbridge Residents Can Now Review All 116 Articles On The Warrant For The Special Town Meeting By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Residents of Uxbridge can now review all 16 articles on the warrant for the Special Town Meeting later this month if you go to the town website. Tonight the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee will hold a joint meeting to conduct a... Read more.

10/03/2019 - 04:00:59 PM Feds Award Worcester DA's Office With 1 Million Grant By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Federal Department of Justice has awarded the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office and its partners in Milford and surrounding communities… a $1 million grant to enhance access to recovery treatment for people suffering from substance... Read more.

10/03/2019 - 03:14:17 PM State Representative Jeff Roy Wants Finacial Transparency Measures In Place For Colleges By MyFm's Rick Michaels - Colleges and universities in Massachusetts could face significant fines or lose their ability to issue degrees for failing to implement financial transparency measures under a bill the House unanimously approved yesterday. Designed as a response... Read more.

10/02/2019 - 02:55:45 PM Uxbridge Selectmen To Meet The Uxbridge Board of Selectmen will meet again tonight to hear a presentation from Melanson and Heath on the financial audits for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018. The town continues to take steps to secure its’ financial footing with another major step taken in the last week... Read more.

10/02/2019 - 02:26:40 PM The First Of Two Special Meeting To Be Held Tonight In Milford By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The first of two Special Town Meetings to be held in Milford this month will take place tonight, with Town Meeting members deciding on a single article on the warrant dealing with recall elections. The citizens petition is aimed at amending... Read more.

10/02/2019 - 06:05:20 AM PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day BOSTON - Come join patients, families, and health care professionals at the State House as we come together to raise awareness and spread understanding of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset... Read more.

09/19/2019 - 12:10:04 PM Rep Murry Files Legislation To Ban "Rolling Coal" By MyFM's Rick Michaels - State Representative Brian Murray of Milford a member of the Transportation Committee had never heard of “Rolling Coal” until a constituent reached out to him and he’s filing legislation to ban the practice. During a Transportation Committee... Read more.

09/19/2019 - 12:05:13 PM Medway School Committee To Meet Tonight By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Medway School Committee will meet tonight with the first item on the agenda, is officially recognizing a former member of the Committee. State Representative Jeffrey Roy of Franklin who represents most of Medway will deliver a citation to... Read more.

09/19/2019 - 11:15:21 AM Congressman Joe Kennedy To Challenge U.S Sen. Edward Markey By Rick Michaels - Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy is getting ready to announce he’ll challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for his seat, in the State's Democratic Primary in 2020. According to various sources Kennedy will formally make the announcement on Saturday... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 12:28:02 PM Hopedale Police Warn Of VENMO Scam The Hopedale Police Department is issuing a scam alert…if you use the app…VENMO. The scam uses the same colors and fonts as the VENMO app…you’ll receive a text message telling you, your account is about to be charged and if you want to cancel the withdrawal…you need to... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 12:16:54 PM Bellingham Man Arrested On Severeal Drug Charges By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Bellingham Police investigating a case involving a threatening message, possibly involving a firearm that was sent via snapchat to a Bellingham resident resulted in the arrest of a Bellingham man, who’s facing several drug charges. 23-year old... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 12:08:48 PM Mendon Launches CodeRED Program By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Residents of Mendon are about to receive important alerts and time-sensitive messages with the official launch of the town's new CodeRED community notification system over the weekend. Along with emergency and critical messages CodeRED will also... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 11:56:41 AM Franklin To Have A Lot To Vote On In November By MyFM's Rick Michaels - When Franklin residents go to the polls in November they’ll vote to fill the nine seats on the Town Council seven seats on the School Committee as well as seats on the Planning Board, Board of Health and also for Town Clerk. At last count... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 11:42:04 AM Holliston Police Charge Hit And Run Driver By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Holliston Police releasing a statement Monday that the driver of a pick-up truck, involved in a hit and run accident, involving a young teenager on a bicycle walked into the police station Sunday night and is being charged. The driver is being... Read more.

09/18/2019 - 11:18:45 AM Milford Man Sentenced In Stabbing Death By MyFM's Rick Michaels - A Milford man is sentenced to nine to ten years in prison after pleading guilty in Worcester Superior Court yesterday in the stabbing death of another Milford man, in July of 2017. According to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette 46 year old... Read more.

09/16/2019 - 10:43:00 AM Uxbridge Native Doing Well In Navy Weatherman Role By MyFM's Rick Michaels - An Uxbridge native is currently providing timely, comprehensive and tactically relevant weather information for the U.S. Navy, at it's Weather Command Headquarters in Mississippi. Chief Petty Officer Dan Hicks a 2002 graduate of Uxbridge High... Read more.

09/16/2019 - 10:33:08 AM Medway Public Schools to Host Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Playground Superintendent Armand Pires is pleased to announce that a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to officially open a brand-new playground at McGovern Elementary School this week, followed by local kids getting to play on the new equipment. Read more.

09/16/2019 - 10:28:55 AM Milford BOH Will Update Public On Tripple E Threat Tonight By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Milford Board of Health will meet tonight at which time members may discuss and give an update on the Triple “E” situation in Milford. Aerial spraying for mosquitoes in the Worcester/Middlesex and Norfolk Counties will be wrapping up in all... Read more.

09/16/2019 - 10:19:05 AM Holliston Police Are Asking For The Public’s Help By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Holliston Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a truck and the person who may have been driving the truck in connection with a hit and run accident Friday night, that injured a child on a bicycle. The accident occurred in the... Read more.

09/13/2019 - 10:26:40 AM The Hopedale Water And Sewer Commission Meeting By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The Hopedale Water and Sewer Commission will hold another discussion tonight, dealing with the town's petition to intervene, in a proceeding before the Department of Public Utilities that would allow the Grafton Upton Railroad Company... Read more.

09/13/2019 - 10:15:14 AM Milford Town Hall Likely To Change Hours By MyFM's Rick Michaels - The hours at Milford Town Hall will likely be changing in the near future to allow residents the opportunity to conduct town business during the evening hours one night each week. Milford Selectmen received an update this week from Human... Read more.

09/13/2019 - 10:09:39 AM Northbridge Shooting Under Investigation By MyFM's Rick Michaels - Authorities are investigating a shooting in Northbridge last night in which at least one person was injured and taken to the hospital. Northbridge Police and State Police are gathered evidence at two locations at what may have been the shooting... Read more.