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School officials in Franklin, Massachusetts, are investigating after a report that fans hurled racist, antisemitic and homophobic slurs at high school athletes Thursday. In a letter addressed to the Franklin High School community Friday, Principal Joshua Hanna said the incident occurred a day earlier at a baseball game against Sharon High School. He said spectators watching from left field used…

It was a tense few hours in the Pleasant Street neighborhood in Franklin, Mass., on Saturday.

People in Franklin, Massachusetts, were asked to avoid a certain area of the town Saturday after a man barricaded himself inside a Pleasant Street home around 11 a.m. Franklin police said a 911 call came in just after 10:50 a.m. for a report of a man making suicidal statements at a residence on Pleasant Street. Officers learned the man made…

The Department of Public Works in Franklin, Massachusetts, is calling on all plow drivers. Like many other towns across the commonwealth, Franklin worries its staff will be stretched too thin to cover this weekend’s snowstorm. Nick Jolly and the folks at Aubuchon Hardware in Franklin have made sure to stock up on the season’s hottest items. Since Monday, “People...

Brendon Owen is accused of beating his ex-wife Shirley Owen to death at her Franklin home in December, then setting it on fire.

A man was killed Friday morning in an explosion at his home in Franklin, New Hampshire. The office of New Hampshire Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said the blast happened on New Hampton Road. Authorities responded just before 11:30 a.m. to find a male dead inside. The victim was identified Saturday as 44-year-old Nathaniel Krauz. An autopsy conducted Saturday determined his…

Franklin locals gathered at Franklin Common with candles and wearing purple to honor Shirley Owen and raise domestic violence awareness.

A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sunday night in honor of a woman allegedly killed by her ex-husband in her Franklin, Massachusetts home. The brutal attack that killed Shirley Owen, the mother of two children, was outlined in a southeastern Massachusetts court on Friday. Prosecutors say she was beaten to death by her former husband before he set fire to…

A brutal attack was outlined in a southeastern Massachusetts court on Friday: A woman allegedly beaten to death by her ex-husband before he set fire to her house a week before Christmas Eve. When officers arrived, having been called by the victim’s mother, Brendon Owen tried to escape, but they took him into custody, authorities said. They’d dealt with...

A man is accused of killing his ex-wife, with whom he has two children, after tying up her mother, then torching their home in Franklin.

A fatal house fire in Franklin, Massachusetts, on Friday morning is being investigated as a homicide. The fire was reported shortly after 8 a.m. on Grace Lane, according to the Franklin Fire Department.

A woman was found dead of blunt-force trauma at a home that was on fire in Franklin, Massachusetts, Friday morning, and her ex-husband was arrested at the scene, officials said. The woman had a restraining order out against her ex, whom Franklin police officers took into custody at the home on Grace Lane with the use of a Taser as…

A teenager was killed in a crash in Phillips, Maine, on Sunday. Maine State Police said the Franklin County Regional Communications Center received a call around 8 a.m. Sunday for a single car crash on Route 156. They said a 15-year-old male passenger was killed in the crash. His name has not been released. The driver of the car, 18-year-old…

Senior Pastor Mike Laird was looking for a new building to house the Christian church, New England Chapel, when he saw a for sale sign outside of a bowling alley in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Franklin High School Senior Mackenzie Atwood’s outcry against harassment and bullying, captured during a school committee meeting on Tuesday night, prompted school officials to address the issue. The 18-year-old Massachusetts student, who is openly gay, was addressing an audience member about 40 minutes into the meeting, who brought up a question about protective classes and white students earlier that night….

The outcry by Franklin High senior Mackenzie Atwood, captured during a school committee meeting on Tuesday, prompted school officials to address instances of bullying.

Kim Luccini shares her story of overcoming cancer and why this year’s race has special meaning.

A person’s body was found in a river in New Hampshire Thursday morning, police said. The body was found in a stretch of the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin, according to state police. The death is believed to be an isolated incident and foul play is not suspected, police said. They asked for anyone with information about the drowning to...

A man was arrested Tuesday more than 10 days after police allege he broke into and robbed a jewelry store in Franklin, Massachusetts, making off with what authorities said was thousands of dollars worth of goods. Patrick Maranda, 32, of North Attleboro, was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday and charged with breaking and entering nighttime for felony, larceny from a…

Police in Franklin are asking the public for help in tracking down a burglar who stole more than $10,000 in goods from a jewelry store.