Key timing data challenged in NECC trial
BOSTON - Using an FBI agent as one of their witnesses, lawyers for a former drug company executive facing second-degree murder charges Friday attacked key timing issues in the case presented by...
View ArticleRescue groups question Greyhound Friends
HOPKINTON — Greyhound Friends built its reputation on rescuing race dogs and finding good homes for them. And the shelter raised millions of dollars from dog-loving donors eager to help since opening...
View ArticleBusinesses destroyed in Framingham shopping plaza fire
FRAMINGHAM - Ten businesses were destroyed in an fast moving early morning three-alarm fire that tore through the Old Path Village shopping plaza on Concord Street.The fire started shortly after 2 a.m....
View ArticleTen businesses destroyed in Framingham shopping plaza fire
FRAMINGHAM - Tears welled in Lisa Cabral's eyes as she peered at the charred and twisted remains of Merle Norman Cosmetics where she has worked for the past two decades."I saw it up in flames," said...
View ArticleFramingham strip mall fire not considered suspicious
FRAMINGHAM - A fire that destroyed a Concord Street strip mall on Saturday is not considered suspicious, a state fire official said Sunday.Investigators are continuing to look for a cause, but believe...
View ArticleNatick: Judge fines developer of Mangolia Road property
NATICK – A superior court judge is fining a Newton developer more than $100,000 for ignoring a court order related to efforts to develop land on Magnolia Road.Justice Christopher Barry-Smith ordered...
View ArticleNatick: Judge fines developer of Magnolia Road property
NATICK – A superior court judge is fining a Newton developer more than $100,000 for ignoring a court order related to efforts to develop land on Magnolia Road.Justice Christopher Barry-Smith ordered...
View ArticleMan charged with shoplifting at three Natick Mall stores
Natick Police say a Dorchester man shoplifted at three stores at the Natick Mall on Saturday.Natick Police arrested Khanh Ong, 47, after Apple Store security caught him, police spokeswoman Cara Rossi...
View ArticleNorthborough man arrested after chase in Hopkinton
A Northborough man led Hopkinton Police on a slow-speed chase on Sunday as he refused to pull over until he parked in a friend’s driveway, police said.Hopkinton Police arrested Yale P. Beebee, 64,...
View ArticleFramingham Police search for paintball vandal
FRAMINGHAM – Police are investigating a drive-by paintball spree through parts of the town during the weekend, authorities said.At least eight properties were hit by different color paintballs Saturday...
View ArticleKennel bylaw changes proposed in Hopkinton
HOPKINTON — As Greyhound Friends shelter fights charges of poorly treating dogs, the town is working on revamping its kennel licensing bylaw.Without discussion, selectmen last week placed the revised...
View ArticleNECC: Judge questions charges in Cadden case
BOSTON - Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday in the second-degree murder case against Barry J. Cadden, former co-owner and president of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham.The...
View ArticleSudbury: Bar mitzvah project sends baseballs to troops
A baseball and a Sharpie can go a long way – perhaps even thousands of miles in the case of one Sudbury kid’s bar mitzvah project.Ben Resnic, 12, is organizing a letter-writing campaign in support of...
View ArticleNatick Police search for burglary suspect
NATICK – Police are searching for a man they said tried to break into a business on Sunday.On Tuesday, on their Facebook page, Natick Police released a video that shows the man attempting to break into...
View ArticleSudbury Police seize gun during investigation
SUDBURY – Police confiscated a loaded firearm from a convicted felon last week as part of an investigation about which they would release only scant information.The man has not been charged, and police...
View ArticleIndustrial binoculars missing from scenic overlook along Rte. 2
Massachusetts State Police are searching for suspects in the theft of two 305-pound viewing binoculars from an overlook along Route 2 in the town of Florida.Sometime between Feb. 27 and March 7 two...
View ArticleDA: Framingham man assaulted girlfriend, toddler
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man repeatedly struck and pinched a toddler on Friday and threatened the boy’s mother when she told the man to stop, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on...
View ArticleHomeless man released after pleading with judge
A homeless man pleaded with a Framingham District Court judge on Wednesday not to hold him after Ashland Police arrested him on Tuesday and accused him of assaulting his girlfriend“I have an...
View ArticleGeneral Chemical scraps cleanup in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM — State environmental officials are moving to secure more than $1.8 million held in escrow for the cleanup of General Chemical Corp.’s polluted site on Leland Street after the company...
View ArticleFramingham woman bloodies boyfriend in dispute, police say
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman attacked her boyfriend on Thursday, drawing blood from several locations on his head during the assault, authorities said.Police arrested Jillian Peterson, 33, at her...
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