Framingham

Framingham Police have asked for help finding Madeline DeShazo, who was last seen on Thursday.

A person waiting for a MWRTA bus made a threat about Framingham High School Friday, prompting the school to go into stay in-place mode, police in the Massachusetts city said. Framingham police didn’t share the nature of the threat, noting that it was under investigation, but said the person who made it has been identified. The school had an...

This Thanksgiving, there is a new face of hunger: the working poor and middle class. And many of them are turning to organizations like Daniel’s Table in Framingham, Massachusetts for help. Wednesday, Daniel’s Table provided free Thanksgiving meals and groceries for a week for 160 families. All year long, they provide wrap-around services to people enduring tough circumstances. “We...

There was a heavy first responder presence at the service area following the crash. A car was left with serious damage.

A BMW hit the back of a truck overnight along the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham, according to state police. The crash happened along Interstate 90 Westbound at Framingham Plaza around 1:30 a.m., according to state troopers. The BMW driver was seriously hurt and taken to a nearby hospital by medflight. The entire highway had to be closed down for a…

According to CSX, the area is expected to be impassable until about 10 p.m. Sunday.

A train carrying hazardous materials derailed Sunday morning in Framingham, Massachusetts, causing traffic delays that are expected to last until early Monday morning. According to a statement from CSX, one of its trains was headed into the CP Framingham Yard around 10:10 a.m. when six railcars and one locomotive derailed near Route 135 and Waverly Street. Of those that derailed,…

City councilors in Framingham, Massachusetts, have voted to ban aggressive solicitation after an apparent increase in panhandling on busy streets. “The idea behind the ordinance is to convince people it’s really not the best way to help people who are in real need, and there’s some question as to whether some of these people are even in real need,”...

City councilors in Framingham have voted to ban aggressive solicitation.

As classes at Framingham Public Schools started on Wednesday, the company that handles transportation services for the district was still scrambling to fill more than a dozen open positions for school bus drivers.  The district has 60 drivers, but it needs 17 more to be able to adequately transport students. The driver shortage is widespread throughout the state, with multiple...

Some Massachusetts districts don’t have enough bus drivers to get all their students to school.

Surveillance footage shows the moment Framingham Police Officer Ryan Porter rescued a choking infant whose mother brought him into the station.

A police officer in Framingham, Massachusetts, saved the life of a choking infant who was brought into his station Tuesday. Surveillance footage shows Ann Cardoso, holding her baby, rushing into the Framingham Police Department with her husband. An officer, identified by the department as Ryan Porter, can be seen walking to the door and taking the child from Cardoso. Police…

Police in Framingham say Ryan Porter, an officer and a CPR instructor for the department, is the man seen on surveillance camera rescuing an infant

A Framingham man is accused of the fatal stabbing of his wife in their home Sunday night, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Edvardo Gomes-Da Silva, 40 was charged in the death of his wife, 30-year-old Neiriane Pereira-Da Silva. According to the district attorney’s office, Framingham police were called to the home on Taylor Street around 10:30 p.m....

Moises Bautista, a 19-year-old from Ashland, was arrested Thursday afternoon, Framingham police said Friday.

A teenager has been arrested in the shooting that wounded two teens near a McDonald’s on Cochituate Road in Framingham, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning, police said. Moises Bautista, a 19-year-old from Ashland, was arrested Thursday afternoon, Framingham police said Friday. Bautista was set to be arraigned Friday on charges of assault and battery with a firearm, having a firearm...

Two teenagers were shot early Thursday morning near a McDonald’s on Cochituate Road in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Two teenagers were shot early Thursday morning near a McDonald’s on Cochituate Road in Framingham, Massachusetts. Framingham police said they found two teenage men with gunshot wounds around 12:45 a.m. An 18-year-old who was shot in the chest was taken to Tufts Medical Center and a 19-year-old was taken to UMass Worcester for a leg wound, police said. Both...

In a surprise announcement that caught many off guard, including some city councilors, the oncology department at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham is staying open – at least for now. The announcement was made at a hearing from the state’s Department of Public Health on Wednesday at Framingham City Hall. The CEO of the medical center, which is owned by…