Mendon News

An Upton fifth-grader is the Massachusetts winner of the 2012 Amber Alert Poster Contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Thomas Gilman, of State Street in Monson, on left, watches as volunteers from the Circle of Faith Group measure the area where they were going to rebuild his pool cabana, which was destroyed by the tornado, on a recent Saturday.

Massachusetts State Police say an investigation into the crash early Sunday morning in Newton, Mass., that killed a Rochester man, could take upwards of four weeks to complete.

A Rochester resident died after being struck by a pickup truck early this morning.

Voters at the annual town meeting Tuesday night approved $172,565 for salaries to bring police and fire dispatch back to town next fiscal year.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - Department of Public Works Director James Shuris and Highway Superintendent Robert Van Meter are happy men, and not just because voters on Tuesday approved a $625,000 five-year road maintenance plan.

In a race between two newcomers for a three-year seat on the Mendon-Upton Regional School District Committee today, Leigh Martin of 22 Carpenter Hill Road beat Kevin Rudden of 9A George St., 199-191. The candidates were vying to fill a seat vacated by Donald Morin, who chose not to seek re-election after serving for six years.

Voters at the annual town meeting tomorrow night will be voting to spend money on a weapon that some police chiefs think has come a long way from its early days, when it was considered to be a glorified cattle prod.

Around 75 voters at the annual town meeting swiftly passed all 28 articles Friday night including a $14 million balanced operating budget that avoided any layoffs.

Milford Police responded to several emergencies overnight, including a report of a ball player injured at Votolato Field while playing ball.