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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:

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...

Such a quintessentially American role, some said, should have gone to an African American actress. Erivo, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants to England, was born in London and currently lives in New York.

Olympia Sports announced it is closing 50 stores in New England as part of its plan to close a total of 76 stores.

British actress Cynthia Erivo is relatively small in stature. In person, she is earnest and genial. In performance, the 32-year-old can appear achingly vulnerable. And if you’re not paying attention, she will bowl you over. Now, after glimpses of her on-screen power last year in Drew Goddard’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” and Steve McQueen’s “Widows,” Erivo gives her...

It might sound like one of Liberty Mutual’s “Limu Emu” ads, but police in Massachusetts really did have to wrangle one of the large, flightless birds this week. But the emu that wandered away from its home is back with its owners thanks to the Franklin Police Department, the agency said Monday.

An owl is expected to make a full recovery after it was hit by a car in Massachusetts, according to Franklin police. Officers responded to a call from a driver who said they hit an owl while traveling on Interstate 495. Photos of the scene show the owl in quite a predicament, as it appears to be stuck near the...

Saturday: Drizzle, clouds early. Still breezy. Peeks of afternoon sun. Highs around 60. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s and 50s. Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Columbus Day: Morning showers. Afternoon sun. Highs in the 60s. Cape Cod Forecast: Saturday: Mostly cloudy, morning showers. Then drizzle. Gusts up to 30mph early. Highs in the 50s....

Fall is officially here and so is one staple of this too-quick season – apple picking! From Cortlands to McIntosh, Gala and every variety in between, apple picking season is upon us and we wanted to make it easier for you with our list of more than a dozen great places to pick your own. So grab your family, make...

An eighth person has contracted the rare and potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus, in Massachusetts this year, state health officials said Friday. The latest case is a man in his 50s from northeastern Bristol County, according to a release from the Department of Public Health.

By law, National Grid has to repair the road to “as good a condition” as it was in before they dug it up. But, and it’s a big but, they only have to fix the part of the road they worked on — no matter what the other half looks like.

A new round of aerial spraying for areas at critical or high risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, will begin Tuesday night, state health officials said. Communities in Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties will be sprayed in part or in full.

Strong storms battered southern New England overnight, knocking out power for thousands of homes and bringing flooding and lightning damage. Torrential rain brought localized flooding to some areas, including Boston, where a section of Storrow Drive near Massachusetts Avenue flooded and caused trouble for drivers.