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Country Gazette FRANKLIN — A decision by the Town Council to invest $4.59 million in open space near the town center is being lauded as an historic land buy for Franklin — one preserving forested land that otherwise would have been developed with more than four dozen  homes. Voting unanimously, the nine-member Council has chosen to take advantage of the towns right of first refusal on two parcels of land — collectively known as Maple Hill — between Lincoln Street and Maple Street total...

Government officials join the pros in live burn exercise Wicked Local MILFORD — When Franklin Town Councilor Robert Dellorco showed up for a fire on Monday in Milford, he didnt expect to be handed a set of bunker gear, told to suit up and be sent into a burning building. "I thought I was going to be more of a spectator," he confided after emerging from the smoke. Dellorco wasnt the only nonprofessional to plunge into the blaze, which quickly transformed into a storm of hot, clinging black sm...

War on Drugs, as designated by the CCC. Deliveries would be made in unmarked delivery vans, Mathew Medeiros said.  There are more than 150 communities in the six counties targeted by the delivery service, although not all have approved recreational cannabis delivery. Besides Plainville, communities that do allow for such delivery include Framingham and Marlborough.  In Natick, there’s a warrant article for the spring Town Meeting that will allow residents to vote on accepting the two ne...

War on Drugs, as designated by the CCC. Deliveries would be made in unmarked delivery vans, Mathew Medeiros said.  There are more than 150 communities in the six counties targeted by the delivery service, although not all have approved recreational cannabis delivery. Besides Plainville, communities that do allow for such delivery include Framingham and Marlborough.  In Natick, there’s a warrant article for the spring Town Meeting that will allow residents to vote on accepting the two ne...