Following failed votes on a new elementary school, selectmen and the School Committee worked last night on writing a letter to a state funding agency conveying the town's commitment to solving problems at Center Elementary School.
With residents already split over vacating Center School and spending money on a new building, the outcome of funding votes next month has been further jeopardized by an emerging debate: whether to divide the town into three zones, each with its own elementary school.
A former committee member is accusing her colleagues of colluding to ensure the town would build a new police station rather than fully explore renovation options, actions she said deceived town residents.
The town has filed a lawsuit against Natick Collection seeking nearly $700,000 for past sewer service, and the mall is fighting back.
A bitter civil rights case between the town and South Middlesex Opportunity Council ended yesterday, with the town agreeing to pay a $1 million settlement to the social services agency.
The Danforth Museum of Art has taken a risk to remain part of Framingham's cultural fabric.
Former Human Resources Director Sandra Charton's wrongful firing case against the town and its manager may be decided by a judge ahead of trial.
An analysis of state budget cuts released Friday says MetroWest towns are feeling the effects of reductions that have curtailed most of the services the government provides, including education, health care, public safety, environmental protection and safety net programs.
Strippers might be part of the town's future, but there will not be any scantily clad women dancing on a stage at the former Tin Alley Grill.
After four years on the job, Town Manager Julian Suso may be leaving to take the helm in Brookline.
The state Land Court has shot down an appeal filed by the Zoning Board of Appeals to block the development of a 200-condominium affordable housing project.
Months of executive session minutes released by selectmen yesterday show a board that was, at many times, exasperated with Northeastern University's negotiating tactics over Warren Woods.
The state yesterday hit General Chemical Corp. with a $23,287 fine for pumping polluted stormwater into the environment.
The state Department of Environmental Protection today announced it has fined General Chemical $6,000 for violating hazardous waste regulations.
A Concord Street restaurant is open again after being shut down last week by the Board of Health.
For home gardeners and farmers, last year was a nightmare growing tomatoes when a pervasive blight, carried by infested plants shipped from southern growers and sold in big box stores, struck the Northeast, fueled by wet, cool weather that helped incubate the disease. So the question on growers' minds as they head to area nurseries or to their fields this week to plant seedlings is: Will it happen again?
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Northeastern University has rejected the town's two bids on the 140-acre Warren Woods, but selectmen said the town is still interested in buying the land.
PDF: Read Northeastern's letter rejecting Ashland's first offer
Criticizing spending by a nonprofit that provides special education and other services to several MetroWest school districts, State Auditor Joe DeNucci yesterday vowed to take a closer look at the books for similar organizations in Massachusetts.
Voters will get their say in tomorrow's town election with a four-way race for two seats on the Board of Selectmen on the ballot and a sticker campaign forcing a contest for School Committee.
A Middlesex Superior Court judge today ruled that jailhouse phone recordings of a Princeton teen accused of murdering a classmate at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School three years ago can be used during the trial.
The Conservation Commission is throwing its support behind the town's plan to buy and preserve Warren Woods off Chestnut Street.
Selectmen last night endorsed Town Meeting proposals to hire a design firm for downtown upgrades, replace a water pipe under Main Street and disband the Public Works Board.
Landing a bank loan backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration meant Jack Patel could finally buy the rented Church Street storefront in Whitinsville where he had run his convenience store for eight years.
After holding off on a vote for more than two months, the Conservation Commission has approved a set of wetlands protection regulations.
According to a survey conducted by the office of state Rep. Jennifer Callahan, D-Sutton, the majority of area residents are unsatisfied with the state's recent ethics reform.
A Framingham man's Ponzi scheme bilked its victims - numbering around 130 and largely from this area - out of more than $29 million over 20 years, federal prosecutors said yesterday.
The state Appeals Court quickly rejected an appeal from Town Center developer Twenty Wayland, backed by the town administrator's office and the Massachusetts Municipal Association, to disallow the town's Historic District Commission from retaining its own attorney in a dispute with the developer.
The Massachusetts Municipal Association and the town of Wayland are backing Town Center developer Twenty Wayland in its efforts to disallow the town's Historic District Commission from retaining its own attorney in a dispute with the developer.
PDF: Court brief in support of developer Twenty Wayland's appeal
Town Attorney Ray Miyares has determined South Street businesses can be charged for a proposed sewage plant, removing a potential barrier to construction and this month's special Town Meeting funding vote.
PDF: Projected costs for Milford sewage connection and Fruit Street treatment plant