Spicer: Interim Framingham police chief to be named 'very shortly'
FRAMINGHAM — Mayor Yvonne Spicer said she plans to name an interim police chief “very shortly” following the announcement Wednesday that Chief Ken Ferguson will step down next week.Spicer praised the...
View ArticleFramingham Police an 'extended family' for retiring chief Ken Ferguson
FRAMINGHAM – When people look back at his career, Police Chief Ken Ferguson said it won’t be the initiatives he has helped implement and create, or the recent negativity, that people will remember him...
View ArticleShrewsbury lawyer receives Supreme Judicial Court's award for helping fraud...
A young lawyer was honored Thursday for her legal skills in helping two clients reclaim money that had been misappropriated by disbarred former Worcester lawyer Ross A. Annenberg.Saman Salim Wilcox of...
View ArticleFramingham mayor names acting police chief
FRAMINGHAM – Deputy Police Chief Steven Trask will serve as acting police chief when Chief Ken Ferguson retires on Friday.Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer announced the appointment on Monday.“I am confident that...
View ArticleFramingham Police: Bellingham woman drove high on heroin with kid in car
FRAMINGHAM – A Bellingham woman was high on heroin when she crashed her car into another car on Saturday while her daughter was in the car.Royale Hogan, 39, denied the heroin that police found in her...
View ArticleNorthborough man charged with running naked past woman, twice
NORTHBOROUGH – A Northborough man stripped down to his birthday suit on Sunday and twice ran past a woman out on a walk, police said.Police arrested Zachary Teplansky, 21, after the 8:17 p.m. incident...
View ArticleAshland teen charged in murder of friend's mother in Maine
LITCHFIELD, MAINE — Three teens, including one from Ashland faces charges in connection with the death of a 47-year-old woman.According to court documents, Kimberly Mironovas' son, Luke Mironovas, 15,...
View ArticleState police payroll director accused of embezzlement
FRAMINGHAM – In a 15-month period, a now suspended Massachusetts State Police payroll director made 29 separate and illegal deposits into her personal bank account, authorities said.In total, Denise...
View ArticleFramingham family displaced by fire
FRAMINGHAM - Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze that struck a residential building on the grounds of Edwards Church Monday evening, sending smoke and flames through the second floor of the...
View ArticleAshland residents 'shocked' over Maine murder with local connections
ASHLAND – The neighborhood in which Maine murder victim Kimberly Mironovas likely lived while in Ashland is peaceful.Mountain Gate Road, where an online phone book places Mironovas, is a condominium...
View ArticleRoute 9 sinkhole snarls Wellesley traffic
A sinkhole in the middle of Route 9 in Wellesley has caused rush hour delays.According to Wellesley Police Chief Jack Pilecki, the sinkhole may be related to prior construction on a gas line under the...
View ArticleFramingham Police to hold gun buyback on Saturday
FRAMINGHAM – Those with a gun of any kind can turn them in to the Framingham Police on Saturday with no questions asked and they will receive a gift card for their firearm.The Framingham Police...
View ArticleFramingham accidental fire kills cats, chief says
FRAMINGHAM – Several cats died in an Edwards Street fire on Monday that fire authorities said was accidental.The fire at 45 Edwards St., caused about $50,000 worth of damage, Fire Chief Joe Hicks said...
View ArticleFramingham State police search for exposer
Framingham State University police search for man who exposed himself to two people near the campus.
View ArticleFramingham Police: Natick man bought lawnmower, paid restitution with bad checks
Authorities say Brad Collett used a homemade check to pay court-ordered restitution after using bad checks to buy a $5,500 lawnmower
View ArticleFramingham car theft ends in Mendon
MENDON – After allegedly stealing a Framingham man’s car, a Rhode Island woman is accused of crashing the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta on Cape Road in Mendon near Lowell’s Restaurant last week.Lizmar Morales,...
View ArticleSudbury residents ponder marijuana measure
SUDBURY -- About 30 residents attended a town forum Thursday night that gave people the opportunity to ask questions about a proposed Town Meeting measure that would prohibit recreational marijuana...
View ArticleAG: No charges in altering of report in arrest of Alli Bibaud, daughter of...
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey has concluded no criminal charges are warranted in the state's handling of prosecuting a Dudley judge's daughter who was arrested last year after a crash on...
View ArticleClinton woman pleads guilty to stealing from Museum of Russian Icons
WORCESTER – A 36-year-old Clinton woman pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to embezzling funds from a museum that employed her.Jennifer Delorey McNamara pleaded guilty to wire fraud before U.S....
View ArticleRI man arrested in Southborough comic book theft
SOUTHBOROUGH — A Rhode Island man has been charged in the November theft of $20,000 worth of comic books from Hall of Comics.The break-in at the Turnpike Road business, discovered Nov. 27, involved the...
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