Framingham News

The U.S. Attorney in Boston has given notice in a pending civil case that his office is still actively investigating allegations concerning the drug compounding firm blamed for a nationwide fungal meningitis that has taken the lives of 15 Tennessee patients and sickened 152.

Nearly a dozen area students are among those who will graduate from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine this weekend.

Mary Ellen Kelly, chief financial officer in the town of Framingham, Mass., outlined a scenario in which water and sewer rates for the average household could rise by about $223 in 2014 - " an increase of 21 percent for rate-payers in Massachusetts' largest town.

InsuranceNewsNet Earlier this month, Transamerica Retirement Solutions announced what it called a "retirement exchange," aimed at small employers.

Wednesday, May 15 1:04 a.m.: Natick Police pulled over a car near the intersection of Speen St.

So much for that idea. GateHouse Media cut many jobs last year as it centralized newspaper page production in two hubs, and added jobs at those hubs in Framingham and in Rockford, Ill.

Leading convenience and gasoline retailer Cumberland Farms has announced that its customers have saved $1 million on gasoline since the launch of its free SmartPay Check-Link payment program in January.

Gene-by-gene interaction is one important potential source of unexplained total heritability.

Work to replace Hopkinton's downtown water main will begin in late May and will continue through November of 2013 with final paving operations slated for the spring of 2014 said DPW Director John Westerling in a letter to area residents and business owners today.

From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA ; the Center for Population Studies and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD ; Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences , Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology , and Graduate School of ... (more)

Steven L. Levy, a former city councilor and state legislator, was arraigned in Framingham District Court this week after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend outside a bar early Saturday morning.

The Powerball jackpot will hit $350 million for Wednesday's drawing. Though not the largest Powerball cash payout, the jackpot is inching closer to the $384 million that was given out in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri.

Framingham Town Meeting will resume tonight at 7:30 or when a quorum is reached in Nevins Hall in the Memorial Building .

Updated: 7:25 p.m. with information from Framingham Police Hemenway Elementary School Principal Lucia Laguarda sent out an alert to parents this afternoon that there was a report of an "individual that was suspected of being a registered sex offender waiting at the bench located between the Heritage House and Hemenway School." The principal told ... (more)

A fund has been set up for the Wakefield family who lost their home in a fire last week.

The Framingham Board of Selectmen has reached an agreement with the developer of the Danforth Green multifamily residential development in the Saxonville area to alter the financial terms of a 2003 PUD Access Agreement.

The following was provided on behalf of the Lexington Farmers Market . The Lexington Farmers' Market will return for its ninth season, rain or shine, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday, May 21, at the corner of Mass Ave and Woburn Street.

Press release from AAA of Southern New England: Gasoline prices in Massachusetts are up six cents this week, according to AAA Southern New England, whose closest office is in Framingham off Route 9 . AAA's May 13 survey of prices in Massachusetts found self-serve, regular unleaded averaging $3.48 per gallon, six cents higher than a week ago.

For the fourth year in a row, kindergarten enrollment is on the rise. The incoming Framingham Public Schools kindergarten class - the Class of 2026 - already has 805 registered students.

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