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The Massachusetts National Guard will begin driving students to school in five more communities. Brockton, Framingham, Holyoke, Quincy and Woburn asked and will receive the help, the Baker administration said Friday. The National Guard was already approved to help out in Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell and Lynn as Massachusetts school struggle to get kids into class on time amid a national…

Two decades after terrorist attacks changed the United States forever, people across Massachusetts and the country will gather to honor the survivors and victims of September 11, 2001, on Saturday.

School’s back in session for Massachusetts’ new year, and masks are back as well. Framingham is just one of many districts with school starting up Wednesday, with the pandemic not yet in the rear-view mirror. “The masks are annoying,” said Nathan Thurber, a senior at Framingham High. “It gets pretty hot in there but it definitely makes us safe,...

People in Framingham, Massachusetts, say they have complained about the state of a home for two years, and health officials are now watching the property. The home on Gleason Street is the talk of the neighborhood. Neighbors have made complaints about it since 2019, saying rodents, trash and homemade toilets had been seen in the backyard, where people are living…

Two more Massachusetts cities will require masks in municipal buildings even for fully vaccinated visitors as concern over the spread of the delta variant across the state grows.  Lawrence will require all people over five-years-old to wear a face covering while visiting city-owned buildings, Lawrence Mayor Kendrys Vasquez announced in a post on Facebook. Framingham Mayor Yvonne M. Spice...

A 32-year-old woman was injured in a fire in Framingham, Massachusetts Friday morning, according to officials.  The fire at 19 Brackett Road was contained to one room of the home, fire officials said.  The woman was brought to Massachusetts General Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, officials said. 

Police in Framingham, Massachusetts are seeking information from the public after two dogs were found abandoned outside of a school. Police say a few Good Samaritans found the dogs shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Brophy Elementary School and reported it to police. The dogs, which appear to be a Shiba Inu and a Pomeranian type mix, had been…

A week after a woman’s murder in Framingham, Massachusetts, her killer still hasn’t been caught. Twenty-eight-year old Jasmyn Beatty was found stabbed to death on May 25 in her unit at the Halstead Apartments on Route 9. “A person got murdered 25 yards from us, and we’re not feeling very secure,” said Alan Beauchamp, who lives across the hall from…

Space on Framingham school buses is limited with COVID-19 restrictions, but a new bike program seeks to ensure all students can get to school.

Police are looking for the person who killed a woman in her Framingham apartment this week,

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the killing, which is being investigated as a homicide based on the nature of the woman’s injury.

Officials are asking for the public’s help with a homicide investigation for Jasmyn Beatty, 28, who was found dead in her Framingham, Massachusetts, apartment Tuesday. Police found Beatty with a significant slash to the back of her neck at the Halstead Apartments around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a news conference with Framingham Mayor Yvonne…

A 16-year-old is dead after being pulled from a pond Wednesday in Framingham, Massachusetts.

A 16-year-old is dead after being pulled from a pond Wednesday in Framingham, Massachusetts. Police were called to Learned Pond around 6:15 p.m., where a teenager alerted an adult nearby that his friend had gone into the water and hadn’t resurfaced. The teen had been swinging on a rope swing and jumping into the pond when he went under....

Authorities are investigating the death of a 28-year-old woman as a homicide after she was found dead in her Framingham apartment, with the killer still on the loose.

Authorities have identified 28-year-old Jasmyn Beatty as the woman who was found dead in her apartment at the Halstead Apartments in Framingham, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Right now, investigators say they still don’t know if this was an isolated incident.  “She was a nice person. We were like, ‘Why would someone do this — she seems so nice,’” said Lauren...

The death of a 28-year-old woman in Framingham, Massachusetts, is being investigated as an apparent homicide. Someone who knew the victim called 911 shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to report that the woman was dead in her apartment, located at the Halstead Apartments on Worcester Road, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. Police responded and found the victim,…

Landmarks and institutions worldwide are named after former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, including Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Framingham, Massachusetts. But there will now be one less, amid heightened awareness about the 28th president’s views. A monthslong renaming process culminated Wednesday when the Framingham School Committee voted to rename the school Harmony Grove Elementary School – A Global Academy....

The school committee voted Wednesday to rename Woodrow Wilson Elementary due to the former president’s controversial past.

A man was hospitalized after being found injured in a trash truck Friday in Framingham, Massachusetts. The driver of the truck noticed a hand sticking out while he was outside a car dealership on Route 9 eastbound, according to fire officials. The 38-year-old man had been in a dumpster outside the dealership before it was emptied, authorities said. The driver…