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Franklin Schools Hope to Make a Difference With Composting
Composting is on the menu at two schools in Franklin, Massachusetts.
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Person Fatally Struck By Truck in Franklin
No one has been charged or cited as so far in the investigation, police said, but state and local detectives were continuing to investigate what happened.
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Person Dies After Being Hit by Truck at Shipping Facility in Franklin
A person died after being hit by a truck in Franklin, Massachusetts, Friday morning, police said.
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As First Snowfall Arrives, Many Mass. Communities Are Still Short Plow Drivers
The overnight wintry storm turned out to perhaps be more of a reminder that winter is coming, rather than a true first test for snow plows. Like many other places in Massachusetts, snow was sticking on the grass in Fitchburg, but not so much on sidewalks or roads. Plows weren’t really needed after all. The salt and sand trucks...
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Towns Dealing With Plow Driver Shortage This Winter
As snow begins to fall in parts of New England, some towns are offering bonuses to incentivize people to plow.
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MBTA Commuter Trains Delayed Over ‘Fire Department Activity' in Hyde Park
Commuter trains were running up to an hour late on the MBTA Fairmount, Franklin and Foxboro lines Thursday afternoon after an incident at Readville Station in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, the transit agency said. It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of incident prompted the delays, which appeared to involve Fairmount Line Train 929, headed outbound. It was stopped before...
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Man Suspected of Disabling Young Women's Vehicles in Mass. Arrested
A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying property in a case in which police in several Massachusetts communities warned the public about someone disabling young women’s vehicles and offering them rides home. Alexander Yee was arrested at his home in Winchendon on a warrant charging him with destruction of property worth more than $1,200 in Milford, Winchendon police…
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Police Warn of Man Disabling Young Women's Vehicles in Mass.
Police in multiple Massachusetts communities are warning the public that a man has been disabling young women’s vehicles and offering them rides home. The Milford Police Department said in a Facebook post Saturday that a man in his late 30s has been flattening tires in the area and filling gas tanks with water. He is reported to have been...
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Fans Allegedly Hurled Hateful Slurs at High School Baseball Players in Franklin
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…
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Franklin Police Block Roads for Barricaded Subject
It was a tense few hours in the Pleasant Street neighborhood in Franklin, Mass., on Saturday.
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Peaceful Ending After Franklin Police Block Roads for Man Barricaded Inside Home
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…
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Mass. Communities in Need of More Snow Plow Drivers Before Weekend Storm
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...
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Man Indicted on Murder Charges in Killing of Ex-Wife in Franklin, Mass.
Brendon Owen is accused of beating his ex-wife Shirley Owen to death at her Franklin home in December, then setting it on fire.
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Man Killed in Explosion at NH Home
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…
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Hundreds Gather at Vigil Held to Honor Franklin Woman Allegedly Killed by Estranged Husband
Franklin locals gathered at Franklin Common with candles and wearing purple to honor Shirley Owen and raise domestic violence awareness.
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Vigil Held for Woman Slain in Franklin Home, Allegedly by Her Ex-Husband
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…
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Franklin Killing: Ex-Husband With History of Domestic Violence Charged With Murder
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...
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Man Charged With Killing Ex-Wife After Arrest in House Fire
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.
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Deadly Franklin House Fire Investigated as Homicide
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.
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Woman Fatally Wounded, Ex-Husband Charged With Murder in Franklin House Fire
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…