Grafton

It’s an odor so strong, so putrid, that some people near the Grafton/Millbury line in central Massachusetts called police last month, thinking there might be an emergency. “It smells like burnt toast, but like rotten,” said Leighann Gagnon of Grafton. “We were actually searching in the area for any dead livestock,” Kelly Paquin of Millbury said. “We couldn’t even...

A bad smell that seems to be emanating from a new processing plant has residents of Grafton and surrounding towns complaining.

First responders were working to free a driver from a truck crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the Westboro-Grafton line on Wednesday, officials said. The tractor-trailer rolled over Interstate 90 going west not far from the 101-mile mark, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Westboro Fire Department. Multiple lanes of the highway were blocked, including some on the…

Educators in one Massachusetts community are voicing their concerns with the district’s fall learning plan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Grafton Public Schools started the year with a hybrid learning plan that school officials believe is one of the most ambitious in the Commonwealth. “I think we’re one of the few districts that are five days on and five days...

Teachers in Grafton, Massachusetts, are voicing their concerns with the district’s hybrid learning plan amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A 12-year-old girl who went missing in Grafton, Massachusetts, was found safe and sound, according to police. Madeline Veech had not been seen since she left her home at the Bruce Hollow condo complex around 5 p.m. Thursday, police said.

On a weekend marked by American flags and fireworks, one of the biggest displays of red, white and blue in Massachusetts is growing on a green lawn in Grafton. Today, Mike Labbe says he can barely keep count of the tribute he started at his home months ago. “We just got 1,800 in, and I got another 1,200 on back…

Mike Labbe can barely keep count of the tribute he started months ago at his home in Grafton, Massachusetts.

Strong winds in parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Thursday led to downed trees and power outages in some communities. In Grafton, a large tree fell on the town common and partially blocked the roadway, according to police. Authorities urged residents in the area to use caution. Further north in Tyngsborough, police reported multiple power outages throughout town due…

A woman who was trapped in a sinking car was saved by a Good Samaritan in Grafton, Massachusetts. Authorities say the car was heading down Wheeler Road late Friday night when it slid on black ice, causing the driver to lose control and sending the car off the roadway, into a river. The man who was driving was able to…

A passing motorist helped free a female passenger who was trapped in a sinking car.

The southern Bristol County resident is over the age of 50, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement.

Leslie Gaydos reports on customers who have had their properties damaged by delivery drivers.

A New Hampshire man faced a judge Tuesday following an alleged road-rage incident in Grafton Monday afternoon in which a driver was shot. Joseph Brown, 38, appeared in Grafton County Superior Court in connection with the incident that authorities say played out in front of both men’s children. Brown, who was charged with first-degree assault, is accused of shooting the...

New Zealand’s stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left 49 people dead. Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared in court amid strict security,...

The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. He was angry about attacks in Europe that were perpetrated by Muslims. He wanted revenge, and he...

New Hampshire is changing its strategy to deal with an invasive pest that destroys ornamental and forest ash trees. Since the emerald ash borer was first discovered in New Hampshire in Concord in 2013, the state has pursued a county-by-county quarantine, which restricted the transportation of wood products across county borders.

The Grafton School District in Massachusetts is investigating an alleged case of misconduct involving one of its teachers.

A AAA driver is being praised for rescuing an elderly couple from a fire in Grafton, Massachusetts.

Firefighters are battling a large, smoky house fire in Grafton, Massachusetts.