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01 / 26 / 2023   - 06:10:26 AM

Milford Search For Suspected Vandal

MILFORD - Milford Police are looking for a man suspected of vandalizing a religious statue, pergola and altar at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery on Friday January 20. They say they tracked him through a wine bottle found at the scene which they traced to a local business... Read more

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01/25/2023 - 01:50:14 PM Medway Business Council Unveils 2023 Event Calendar for Networking, Professional Development and Advocacy MEDWAY - The Medway Business Council invites all business owners to kick off 2023 by increasing your business’ visibility and getting involved to support Medway’s business community. The following events have been planned for Wednesdays throughout the 2023 spring season... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 07:22:42 AM Boston Athletic Association Announces Pregnancy Deferral Accommodations for All B.A.A. Events, Including Boston Marathon BOSTON - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today accommodation enhancements pertaining to runners who are expecting or have recently welcomed a child into their families. Pregnancy and postpartum deferrals of entries will now be available for registered... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 07:01:30 AM Fudge Sale At Franklin Library FRANKLIN - Here’s a tip for Valentine's Day. The Friends of the Franklin Library has partnered with The Fudge Lady of Uxbridge for a fudge sale. You will be able to choose from 14 delicious specialty fudge flavors and all proceeds will help the Friends of the Franklin... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 07:00:25 AM Several Available Jobs With The Town Of Medway MEDWAY - There are several jobs available with the Town of Medway, including regular full time-jobs and summer gigs. The full time jobs include Assistant Water Superintendent and GIS Coordinator. Summer work includes Choate Summer Camp Counselors, a Choate Park Summer... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 06:58:12 AM GOOD NEWS - Koopman Lumber Expands To The Cape WHITINSVILLE - Koopman Lumber is expanding into Cape Cod. It will be the 12th location for the family-owned Whitinsville-based business. The Worcester Business Journal reports the nearly 8,880-square-foot store will include a drive-through lumber yard and two warehouses... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 06:56:54 AM Hopkinton Planning Board Makes Additional Affordable Housing a Priority HOPKINTON - Planning for additional affordable housing will reportedly be more of a priority for the Hopkinton Planning Board in 2023. At their meeting Monday the Board agreed to step up efforts with the need for affordable housing growing as the availability of it... Read more.

01/25/2023 - 06:53:26 AM Milford Regional Medical Center's Holiday Donation Drive Collects Nearly 2000 Items MILFORD - Milford Regional Medical Center says their staff Holiday donation drive collected nearly 2000 items for area patients and a local food pantry. Officials say during the month of December, boxes were placed throughout the hospital and off site offices for staff... Read more.

01/24/2023 - 07:29:36 AM Hopkinton Has Vacancies On Some Appointed Town Boards And Committees HOPKINTON - Hopkinton has vacancies on some appointed town boards & committees. The Town Manager’s office says they need residents to serve on the Council on Aging, Sustainable Green Committee and the Hopkinton Historic District Commission which has vacancies for the... Read more.

01/24/2023 - 07:25:44 AM Medway Business Council Holds Informal Roundtable With Chief Kingbury MEDWAY - The Medway Business Council invites you for an informal roundtable with Police Chief Bill Kingsbury to talk about small business crime prevention. It’s on Wednesday, February 8, at 9am at the Thayer Homestead. You can ask the Chief any questions you may have... Read more.

01/23/2023 - 07:44:33 PM Call For Cultural Performers For Celebrate Milford MILFORD - The Milford Cultural Council (MCC) has opened up a call for cultural performers for the Celebrate Milford event in May 2023. The MCC is excited to collaborate with the Celebrate Milford Committee to bring performances that celebrate the diversity of cultures... Read more.

01/23/2023 - 07:31:50 PM Franklin Cultural Council Announces Grants FRANKLIN - The Franklin Cultural Council has announced 28 grantees for its 2023 Cultural Council Grants. Awards were given for projects to be held within the Town of Franklin or are of the greatest benefit to Franklin residents including those that elevate voices and... Read more.

01/23/2023 - 07:28:25 PM Franklin Parishes Look To Use Church Property For Housing FRANKLIN - Two Franklin-area parishes are reportedly looking at using church property to create affordable housing. The Franklin Observer reports St. John’s Episcopal Church on Pleasant Street has already been before the Zoning Board of Appeals to discuss using... Read more.

01/23/2023 - 07:26:01 PM Hopkinton School Committee Reportedly Approves Proposed 2024 School District Budget HOPKINTON - The Hopkinton School Committee has reportedly approved the proposed 2024 school district budget. The Hopkinton Independent reports on Thursday the Committee voted to approve the $60 million budget which is about 8% higher than the 2023 budget. With the Select... Read more.

01/23/2023 - 07:20:11 PM Two Men Arrested For Recent Milford Shooting HOPEDALE - Two men have been arrested in Hopedale in what police say is a link to a January 15 shooting near TD's Pub in Milford. That alleged shooter Domingos Teixeira Jr of Douglas was arrested last week for attempted murder. Police say on Thursday Joseph Brigham... Read more.

01/20/2023 - 07:10:14 AM GOOD NEWS - Bancroft Library Gets Full Funding For Grant Application HOPEDALE - The Bancroft Memorial Library is pleased to share the news that our application for the Association for Rural & Small Libraries Sustainable & Resilient New England Libraries Grant has been awarded full funding in the amount of $10,000. The grant is... Read more.

01/19/2023 - 08:10:36 AM The Hopkinton Emergency Fund Continues to Help Residents in Need HOPKINTON — As the new year begins and the Hopkinton Emergency Fund continues to help residents in need of emergency financial assistance, the organization would like to highlight and recognize its partners, whose collaboration is crucial in helping the Fund fulfill its... Read more.

01/19/2023 - 08:02:59 AM Grafton Holds Community Outreach Meetings GRAFTON - The Town of Grafton has a couple of Community Outreach Meetings with issues that could affect you. The Select Board is holding one tonight with representatives from the Grafton and Upton Railroad. It’s at 7:00pm in the Community Meeting Room of the Grafton... Read more.

01/19/2023 - 08:00:58 AM Hopkinton Discusses Hopkinton's Elmwood School With Public HOPKINTON - There’s another public forum next week about plans for rebuilding Hopkinton’s Elmwood School. It’s set for Tuesday, January 24 from 6:30-8pm at Hopkinton High. This week the Elementary School Building Committee got a look at some possible designs for... Read more.

01/19/2023 - 07:57:42 AM Franklin Retools Open Space And Recreation Plan FRANKLIN - The Town of Franklin is getting ready to retool the Open Space and Recreation Plan which will help inform decisions on optimizing, expanding and improving open space and recreational facilities in the Town from 2024 - 2031. To make sure residents get a say in... Read more.

01/19/2023 - 07:56:18 AM Medway Woman Expected To Make Full Recovery MEDWAY - In a follow-up to a story we brought you last week, a 94-year-old Medway woman who was hit by a car while in a crosswalk on Medway’s Main Street is expected to make a full recovery. The woman had to be flown to a hospital for treatment and the Daily News reports... Read more.

01/18/2023 - 08:54:18 AM Milford Cultural Council Awards Over $20,000 in Grants MILFORD - The Milford Cultural Council (MCC) recently awarded over $20,000 in grants to 26 applicants for programming in the arts, humanities, and sciences. This year’s grants will help fund events for residents of all ages, including nine musical performances... Read more.

01/18/2023 - 08:52:38 AM Franklin Cultural District Plans on Sprucing Up Utility Boxes FRANKLIN - Now that some of the fire hydrants are prettier, it’s time to spruce up some utility boxes around Franklin. The Franklin Cultural District is joining in the nationwide utility box art movement and calling on Franklin artists of all backgrounds, established or... Read more.

01/18/2023 - 08:48:05 AM Free Parking is Going Away Downtown in Hopkinton HOPKINTON - There’s more free public parking on the way for the Main Street Hopkinton area. The Hopkinton Independent reports on Tuesday the Town Manager confirmed lots are being built behind 25 and 35 Main Street and in front of the new Hopkinton Village Center homes... Read more.

01/18/2023 - 08:47:10 AM Town Hall Seats Open in Medway MEDWAY - If you’d like to run for office in Medway, nomination papers for the May 16th Town Election are now available in the Town Clerks' office. Open seats and offices include one seat on the Select Board, one seat on the Board of Health, two seats on the School... Read more.

01/18/2023 - 08:43:42 AM Hopkinton Fire Department Awarded $6,000 in Grants HOPKINTON - The Hopkinton Fire Department has been awarded nearly $6,000 in grants toward their Student and Seniors Awareness of Fire Education or “SAFE'' Programs. Chief William Miller says they are getting more than $3,700 toward the student programs and more than... Read more.

01/17/2023 - 01:03:52 PM Public Hearing in Upton Planned For Route 140 Corridor Improvement Project UPTON - If you live in Upton you may want to attend a Design Public Hearing on the Route 140 Corridor Improvement project. Currently, the corridor does not meet current ADA standards and lacks multi-modal accommodations, like bike lanes and sidewalks along both sides... Read more.

01/17/2023 - 01:00:31 PM Holliston-based Biostage's Original Founder Back in Charge HOLLISTON - Holliston company Biostage, Inc. says interim CEO David Green is no longer just interim but is really back in charge. If his name sounds familiar, Green actually founded the company, which makes treatment implants for esophageal cancer, back in 2008 and was... Read more.

01/17/2023 - 12:56:30 PM Franklin Cultural District Committee Receives Grant For State FRANKLIN - The Franklin Cultural District Committee has received a $15,000 Cultural District Investment grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is looking for a project to fund. The Tri County Regional Chamber says last week the FCDC voted to earmark $7,000... Read more.

01/17/2023 - 12:54:04 PM Pickleball Courts May Be Coming To Hopkinton HOPKINTON - Plans are shaping up to put pickleball courts near Hopkinton’s Fruit Street Park. At their meeting last week the Parks & Recreation Commission got a look at revisions to an earlier proposal which had a projected cost higher than allocated by Town Meeting... Read more.

01/17/2023 - 12:50:18 PM Man May Have Suffered Medical Emergency Before Accident in Westborough WESTBOROUGH - A man hospitalized for an accident in Westborough Monday afternoon may have suffered a medical emergency that precipitated the crash. It happened around 3pm when for some reason the man slammed his pickup truck into a power pole at the corner of Mill Road... Read more.

01/16/2023 - 06:36:48 AM Tri-County Students Awarded Paid Internships FRANKLIN - Six Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School students have been awarded 100-hour paid internships from the Work-Based Learning Alliance and Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. The Engineering students participated in a 2022 STEM Week Challenge in... Read more.

01/16/2023 - 06:34:07 AM Hopkinton School District Reportedly Holds Off On Proposed Cuts HOPKINTON - The Hopkinton School District is reportedly holding off on some proposed cuts in special education instructors in next year’s budget. At Thursday’s School Committee meeting members instructed the superintendent to restore most of the proposed changes... Read more.

01/16/2023 - 06:30:32 AM Truck Driver Cited For Franklin Incident FRIDAY - The driver of a tractor-trailer that blocked a road in Franklin Friday has been cited. Franklin Police say around 12:20 pm the big rig driver tried making a u-turn on Beaver Street near Beaver Pond and got stuck in a muddy ditch off the side of the road... Read more.

01/16/2023 - 06:27:57 AM Westborough-based Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Patient's Medication WESTBOROUGH - A former Westborough-based nurse has been sentenced to four years in prison for tampering with a dementia patient’s morphine supply. Prosecutors say in March 2021 when Gwen Rider of Northborough was an RN at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing... Read more.

01/16/2023 - 06:26:32 AM Milford Police Makes Key Arrests MILFORD - Milford Police have made a couple of key arrests. The Department says following an extensive investigation conducted by Milford detectives and the Family Services Unit, Wednesday January 11 they arrested Nilson Araujo on allegations of indecent assault and... Read more.

01/13/2023 - 07:34:28 AM Hopkinton Fire Department Receives Grant HOPKINTON — Chief William Miller is pleased to announce that the Hopkinton Fire Department was awarded $3,781 for the Fiscal Year 2023 Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) Program and $2,077 for the Senior SAFE Program by the Massachusetts Department of Fire... Read more.

01/13/2023 - 07:28:15 AM Library Poetry Tour Comes To Milford and Uxbridge MILFORD/UXBRIDGE - The Shawna Foundation presents The Library Poetry Tour, bringing live poetry readings to the Milford Town Library and the Uxbridge Free Library quarterly throughout 2023. The readings will be held quarterly, hosted by Tony Brown, the winner of the 2022... Read more.

01/13/2023 - 07:25:48 AM Marijuana Business Proposed For Grafton GRAFTON - A marijuana business is still being proposed for Westborough Road in Grafton and the town is hosting a Community Outreach Meeting about it. Haze Cannabis bought the property at 135 Westborough last year but the building needed significant renovation. When... Read more.

01/13/2023 - 07:20:24 AM Mass DOT Hosts Online Public Information Meeting For 495/Mass Pike Rebuild MASSACHUSETTS - Get ready to learn more about the upcoming major rebuild of the I-495/I-90 Interchange. MassDOT is hosting an online public information meeting on January 25 at 6:00 pm. The meeting will begin with a presentation by the project team and you can see plans... Read more.