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Rollover crash on I-495 in Franklin leaves man dead
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…
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Missing 15-year-old Franklin girl found safe, police say
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…
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Search for missing teen girl in Franklin intensifies, over a week after she was last seen
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…
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Franklin police seek missing 15-year-old girl
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…
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‘Like it was the end of the world': Family shaken, but unhurt, after crane falls on Franklin home
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...
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Suspicious Deaths Ruled Homicides in Franklin, NH
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.
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Autopsies show NH woman, daughter were shot to death; father died by 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...
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Suspect Connected to Fatal Shootings in NH Home 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.
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NH Man Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Wound Apparently Killed Girlfriend, Child, Officials Say
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...
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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.