MIAA Football Committee Votes to Extend the Playoff Format One More Year
By Dan Ventura, Boston Herald FRANKLIN – The MIAA Football Committee sent a loud message yesterday that it hopes to continue the current playoff system beyond the 2014 season. By a vote of 11-2, the...
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These four people are wanted by police for various offenses across the commonwealth.
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A retiree in Georgia was reportedly beheaded – and his head taken from the crime scene – while his elderly wife is missing in a mystery that has attracted the FBI.
View ArticleFind Open Houses Nearby This Weekend, May 10-11
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A fire-nado is a real, if rare, weather phenomenon. This one was photographed in Missouri.
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Rhode Island youth sports coach ran adult businesses and, prosecutors allege, sold drugs.
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A look back at the top stories of the week across Massachusetts.
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View ArticleFallen Officers Sean Collier, John Lynch Among Those Honored At National...
Tens of thousands gather to honor officers.
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End of an era? Consultant predicts half of U.S. malls will close in the next decade.
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Prices are 13 cents higher than they were in April
View ArticleFind Local Rentals on the Market, May 12
Patch and Zillow team up to bring you local real estate news.
View ArticleRare Twins Born Holding Hands in Ohio
The "mono mono twins" shared one placenta and one amniotic sac and were ready to be held in time for Mother's Day.
View ArticleMother Leaps From Burning Building With Toddler In Arms
A fire in Massachusetts forced a woman to jump from a third floor window with her 18-month-old son, Cameron, tucked in her arms.
View ArticleA Memorial Sign Honoring a Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Was Stolen. Then the...
A man claiming to have stolen a 50-pound sign at a playground dedicated to a Sandy Hook victim called the girl's mother.
View ArticleMA Patch Daily: One Killed, Five Injured by Wrong Way Driver, Drug Deal Turns...
Plus, the latest on the condition of a local mom who jumped from a burning building to save her son.
View Article9/11 Heroes Still Losing Their Lives Years Later: Toxic Dust Claims Another...
9/11-related illnesses have now taken the lives or more police officers than the terrorist attacks.
View ArticleMarathon Bombing Suspect's Gun Tied to Maine Gang
Tamerlan Tsarnaev used the gun to kill police officer Sean Collier and seriously injure another cop.
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