Grafton

A fire was burning Thursday afternoon at an aerospace supply company on the line between the Massachusetts communities of Grafton and Millbury, officials said. The fire was reported at an industrial building at the Wyman-Gordon complex. The business’ address is listed as being in Grafton, but fire officials in that town said they were fighting the fire in Millbury. It…

Stay out of the Blackstone River as it flows through Worcester and several of its suburbs this weekend. The Boston Globe reported that officials in Worcester are asking people to avoid the river after nearly a million gallons of untreated and partially treated sewage spilled into the Blackstone early Thursday, which carries an increased risk of health risks from bacteria…

Police say they have found a man who had wandered away from a care facility in Grafton, Massachusetts. James Bailey, 62, wandered from a residential care facility near Pigeon Hill Drive on Thursday night. Grafton police announced Friday morning that he had been located and is safe. No further information was immediately available.

A Grafton, New Hampshire couple described a tense 45 minutes when they discovered a bear trapped in their mudroom. Eventually the husband had to climb out a window to get out of the house and open the outer door so the animal could escape.

Falmouth police identified the victim Monday as James A. Koshivos, 21, of Grafton.

A 21-year-old Massachusetts man has died after his car plunged into the ocean off Menauhant Beach in Falmouth early Sunday morning, police said. His name has not been released.

Every fisherman has their tale of the “one that got away.” But an ice fisherman from Millbury, Massachusetts, nearly landed quite the catch last week in Grafton. “I can still feel the adrenaline,” said Keith Poisant, “and thinking in my head, ‘My God, this is going to be a state record something.’” Poisant was ice fishing in Grafton’s Lake...

An ice fisher wrestled with an otter that he hooked in Grafton, and he captured the battle on camera

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.