Framingham

A noose was found on Juneteenth on the campus of a charter school in Framingham, Massachusetts. School officials said Wednesday that police are investigating after the noose was found hanging from a structure outside a building at the Christa McAuliffe Charter School Friday. “This racist act is abhorrent and stands in opposition to everything McAuliffe stands for and hopes to…

For the second time this week, a Massachusetts police chief announced his plans to retire. Framingham Police Chief Steven Trask said Wednesday that he would step down. Friday will be his last day on the job. The announcement comes on the heels of Tuesday’s news that Newton Police Chief David MacDonald will also retire. No date was given, but...

As calls to defund the police echo throughout the country, some students and parents in Framingham, Massachusetts, are calling for the removal of school resource officers. Advocates say students of color are disproportionately affected by police in schools and they want the funding to be spent elsewhere. “All we see is overdisciplining of students of color, and they are just…

As more cities and towns vow to make changes, a petition to remove school resources in Framingham is picking up traction.

A Framingham company is offering a new blood test to show if someone has had COVID-19 even if they have already recovered.

During this coronavirus crisis, people are stepping up to support each other in extraordinary ways, like Daniel’s Table in Framingham, Massachusetts. The nonprofit has been distributing nutritional food to those in need for 12 years. David and Alicia Blais are the founders. “One of the things that makes Daniel’s Table unique is that we are adaptable,” said David Blais....

During the coronavirus crisis, many people are stepping up to support each other in extraordinary ways.

We aren’t supposed to be near each other, so people in Framingham, Massachusetts, are finding interesting ways to be there for each other.

Mayors around the Bay State are taking the coronavirus outbreak seriously and are calling for a coordinated response.

Mayors and other representatives of Massachusetts municipalities Thursday called for a coordinated and “cohesive” response to the coronavirus outbreak that has sickened dozens across the state. Their call came after a meeting of regional leaders including mayors on the state’s response to COVID-19. “We need to work together with partners at the state and governor’s office,” Somerville Mayor Joseph...

All public schools in Framingham, Massachusetts, will close down on Thursday after dozens of students at Potter Road Elementary were apparently exposed to the coronavirus. “I actually hope they extend it through Friday,” said Framingham parent Cyndie Aga. “I think one day is not enough. Get in there, clean out the schools and let the kids stay home through the…

Public schools in Framingham will close after dozens of elementary school students were potentially exposed to coronavirus.

A Massachusetts movie theater has partially shut down due to an infestation of mice. Erik Larson was with his mother at the Framingham AMC-16 Dine-In Theater on Saturday, March 9 to see the “Invisible Man” when he saw some very visible rodents. “At first, it was just a few. In total, probably 12 to 30 mice in about a half…

Staples Inc. next week will launch six reimagined retail stores in Greater Boston, as the Framingham-based office products retailer aims to pivot from stores with a warehouse-like feel to ones that gives shoppers an experience — and a place to record a podcast. Part of the recalibration is streamlining Staples’ in-store merchandise into separate sections, each designed around an experience…

Firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze that claimed the life of one person early Tuesday in Framingham, Massachusetts. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said the overnight inferno was reported at a single-family home located at 46 Swift Rd. Video from the scene showed a two-story home with two windows boarded up. The home’s two garage doors also...

One person was killed in an overnight fire at a home in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Aneudy Delgado Torres, 39, was arraigned on two murder charges Wednesday in the weekend shooting death of a father and son in Framingham. James Wade, 24, and his 45-year-old father James “Manny” Wade were ambushed in a barrage of bullets in the parking lot outside a housing complex on Second Street Friday night, prosecutors said. Hearing those details in court…

The man accused of fatally shooting a father and son in Framingham, Massachusetts, over the weekend was arraigned. The victims’ family called the hearing “devastating.”

The alleged gunman in the double murder of a father and son in Framingham is due in court.

Authorities have been investigating a double shooting that left a man and his son dead over the weekend in Framingham, Massachusetts, and they announced Tuesday that a man was arrested on suspicion of killing them. James “Manny” Wade, 45, and his 24-year-old son James Wade were killed in what appears to be an ambush by Aneudy Delgado Torres, Middlesex District…