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A Massachusetts high school is delaying its transition to hybrid learning and cancelling sports for two weeks after Franklin police broke up an indoor Halloween party that up to 50 students attended without wearing masks or social distancing. Franklin High School will remain fully remote for two more weeks after Saturday night’s underage drinking party violated multiple coronavirus precautions, Superintendent…

Franklin High School will postpone hybrid learning until at least Nov. 16 after up to 50 students attended a Halloween party where they violated coronavirus precautions such as social distancing and wearing a mask.

A 26-year-old Massachusetts man was shot and killed in Franklin during the early hours of Thursday morning. Police found Deandre Akeem Scott, of Attleboro, with a gunshot wound to his chest around 12:43 a.m. Officers secured the area in search of suspects and administered first aid to Scott until Franklin Fire Department medics arrived. He died an hour later at…

The fatal shooting of a man Thursday morning in Franklin, Massachusetts, remains under investigation.

Police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that killed a 26-year-old man in Franklin early Thursday morning.

An armed man experiencing a mental health crisis barricaded himself inside a Franklin condominium and then fired multiple rounds at an armored truck after a SWAT team responded to the neighborhood Sunday afternoon, police in Massachusetts say. Around 12:50 p.m., the Franklin Police Department received a 911 call reporting a man experiencing a mental health crisis in the Spruce Pond…

The town clerk of Franklin, Massachusetts, announced her resignation Friday evening, referring in her letter to the nearly 3,000 ballots that were found uncounted in the state’s recent primary election. Teresa Burr’s resignation letter, effective Sept. 18, was shared by the town after 8 p.m. Friday. The letter, addressed to the town council, said she’s stepping down allow voters...

Franklin Public Schools sent a letter to parents saying a high school student who had taken part in out-of-season workouts had tested positive for COVID-19.

A high school student from Franklin, Massachusetts, has tested positive for the new coronavirus after taking part in out-of-season workouts with other members of the boys soccer team, according to district officials. The Franklin Public Schools superintendent’s office sent a letter to the community Friday saying the athletic department was told of the high school student’s diagnosis. NBC10 Boston...

Three teammates who play lacrosse at Franklin High School will miss out on a shot at a state title, but they’ll rally together in the fall to play at UMass Lowell.

A carbon monoxide incident sent 12 people to the hospital Thursday morning and forced the evacuation of a strip mall in Franklin, Massachusetts, fire officials said. The incident happened just after 9 a.m. at Franklin Village Mall. Fire officials said a malfunction of the furnace inside a dry cleaner was to blame. “They call it the silent killer and it…

A carbon monoxide incident at a strip mall in Franklin, Massachusetts, sent twelve people to the hospital Thursday morning.

Police say they have located a missing woman from Franklin, Massachusetts. Kayla Quagan, 35, was last seen the morning of Jan. 17 with her small dog. She was reported missing the next day, according to police. Authorities said they were looking to do a well-being check, and confirmed Wednesday that Quagan has been located and the well-being check completed. No…

The Franklin, Massachusetts, police department has some sage advice for the holidays — keep your toys away from Ben the therapy dog. The station posted a video on Wednesday of Ben — the department’s therapy dog — carrying a baby doll in his mouth. Officers try in vain to get the dog to drop the toy, but Ben walks through…

The Franklin Police Department in Massachusetts captured their therapy dog, Ben, committing an act of larceny when the pooch refused to let go of a toy that was meant to be donated.

A significant winter storm slowly making its way toward New England is set to arrive Sunday, impacting people hoping to get home after Thanksgiving during the year’s busiest travel weekend. It will be a long-duration nor’easter, with the region under its grip for 24 to 36 hours. Here’s what you need to know about the powerful storm:

Saturday night: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Six days a week, Ricarte Burgos wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to drive halfway across Massachusetts to get to work. Fortunately, the 40-year-old Springfield resident narrowly avoids the morning traffic jam along the Massachusetts Turnpike at that hour. But the journey carries with it considerable cost and sacrifices, and is fraught with variables including accidents on the highway and the...