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Firefighters in Franklin, Massachusetts, responded to a hazmat incident in an industrial area on Forge Parkway Tuesday morning. Here’s what know so far.

An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire at The Plant Group, a plant wholesaler on Pond Road in Franklin, early Monday morning, but police said it appears to be accidental. The fire burned fertilizer and pesticides, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and they said the environmental impact appears to be minimal. Firefighters…

A crash this weekend in Franklin, Massachusetts, left a motorcyclist dead, police said Monday. Police responded just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday to East Central Street after a crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan. The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old Franklin resident whose name has not been released, was brought to Milford Hospital and pronounced dead. The sedan’s driver was taken...

The Moonlight Smoke Shop in Franklin, Massachusetts, was broken into Wednesday morning, marking the third smash-and-grab at the store in just two months. “I have no words,” owner Hardik Patel told NBC10 Boston Wednesday. “I don’t know what we should do. Should we stay open? Shut down? I don’t know.” Franklin police say three teenagers were charged in the...

A man is dead after a crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 495 in Franklin, Massachusetts. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. near Exit 41. Massachusetts State Police say the driver, a 39-year-old Weymouth man, was ejected from his vehicle, which rolled multiple times. The man was taken to Milford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. His name…

A 15-year-old girl who had been missing for more than 10 days in Franklin, Massachusetts, has been found, police announced Saturday. Franklin police said Jazlyn Rodrigues was safely located Saturday afternoon and was being reunited with her family. Massachusetts State Police shared the local police department’s social media update and thanked everyone who shared the missing child alert for the…

10/21/23 UPDATE: Franklin police say the 15-year-old has been safely located. The search for a 15-year-old teenager, missing since last Tuesday in Franklin, Massachusetts, has intensified with both police and community members working to try and find her. The Franklin Police Department posted on social media that it is still searching and investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Jazlyn Rodrigues. She…

10/21/23 UPDATE: Franklin police say the 15-year-old has been safely located. Police in Franklin, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help to find a missing teenager. Authorities said Wednesday that they were looking for 15-year-old Jazlyn Rodrigues, who was last seen Tuesday evening. Rodrigues is described as being a Hispanic girl who has dark, curly hair with blonde highlights. Police…

A construction crane fell tipped over and fell onto a home in Franklin, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Images from the scene showed the tilting crane leaning on the house on Michelle’s Way, its beam resting on the roof. “Fear. Terror. Terror like it was the end of the world. Like your house was on fire and you needed to get...

Autopsies determined Nicole Hughes, 35, and her 18-month-old daughter Ariella Bell died of multiple gunshot wounds; their deaths were ruled homicides. Jamie Bell’s death was ruled a suicide.

A man fatally shot a woman, their 18-month-old daughter, and wounded another child before he was found dead hours later by suicide on the bank of the Merrimack River, autopsies confirmed Sunday, according to the New Hampshire attorney general’s office. Autopsies completed on 35-year-old Nicole Hughes and her toddler daughter Ariella Bell determined that both died of multiple gunshot...

A person of interest in an investigation into two suspicious deaths at a home in Franklin, New Hampshire on Saturday, has been found dead.

A person of interest in an investigation into two suspicious deaths at a home in Franklin, New Hampshire on Saturday, has been found dead, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office. The AG’s office confirmed earlier in the day that investigators were looking for Jamie Bell, 42, in connection with the death investigation on Elkins Street. Officials said...