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Pride Flags Pulled Down At Natick Churches, Anti-LGBTQ Letters Left Behind Pride Flags Pulled Down At Natick Churches, Anti-LGBTQ Letters Left Behind
Pride Flags Pulled Down At Natick Churches, Anti-lgbtq Letters Left Behind Two Natick churches said they had flags showing support of the LGBTQ community torn down and replaced with banners proclaiming "Jesus Is King" over the weekend. Anti-gay letters were also left behind at the houses of worship.  Christ Lutheran Church and First Congregational Church of Natick posted on Facebook about the incidents that happened late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, July 27-28.  First Congregational Rev. Cindy Worthington-Berry posted that the church's pride, transgender, and mental health flags were all removed and thrown under some nearby bushes.&n…
$25K A Year For Life: Natick Lottery Prize Claimed 3 Days Before Deadline $25K A Year For Life: Natick Lottery Prize Claimed 3 Days Before Deadline
$25K A Year For Life: Natick Lottery Prize Claimed 3 Days Before Deadline A Lucky For Life lottery winner was days away from losing it all as they claimed their winnings 72 hours before the expiration date.  The Retirement Trust of Natick claimed the $25,000 a year for life prize that they had won on May 17, 2023. Winning tickets are only good for a year, and after that, they turn back into pumpkins.  The winner chose to take the lump sum payment of $390,000 (before taxes) rather than the $25,000 annuity.  The winner purchased the ticket at J Convenience Store & Laundromat at 229 N. Main St. in Natick. The store will get a $5,000 bon…
Maynard Man Claims $100K Lottery Prize Days Before Ticket Expired; Clock Ticking Another Prize Maynard Man Claims $100K Lottery Prize Days Before Ticket Expired; Clock Ticking Another Prize
Michael Curtin Claims His $100K Lottery Win As Time Runs Out A retired postal worker has claimed his $100,000 prize in the state lottery with only a few days left before the ticket would have expired. Michael Curtin of Maynard claimed his ticket on Friday, April 19. He said he plans to use the money to upgrade his car.  Curtin bought his ticket at Honey Land at 220 Summer St. in Fitchburg. The store got a $1,000 bonus for the sale.  He won the cash by playing the daily "Mass Cash" drawing on May 2, 2023. Winning lottery tickets have a shelf life of a year before they expire and turn into worthless trash. That's why the Massachusetts …
Holliston Lottery Winner Dreamt Of Winning Jackpot, 6 Months Later She Did Holliston Lottery Winner Dreamt Of Winning Jackpot, 6 Months Later She Did
Holliston Lottery Winner Dreamt Of Winning Jackpot, 6 Months Later She Did Don't let anyone tell you your dreams can't come true. A Middlesex County woman is hundreds of thousands of dollars richer after she dreamt of winning the lottery and then did it. Patricia Harris, of Holliston, won $25,000 a year for life in the Massachusetts State Lottery's  "Lucky For Life" drawing.  She won the drawing in September 2023 but didn't claim her prize until Thursday, March 14. Perhaps it took some time for the dream to sink in.  Related: Worcester Man Wins $1M Jackpot Trying To Make Change For $20  Harris chose to take the lump sum payment of $390,000 (b…
Lottery Payday: Springfield Man Wins $25K A Year For Life Lottery Payday: Springfield Man Wins $25K A Year For Life
Lottery Payday: Springfield Man Wins $25K A Year For Life A Springfield man said he knew exactly how he plans to spend the money he won playing the Massachusetts State Lottery.  Michael Wesley won $25,000 a year for life in the multi-state Lucky for Life game on Friday, March 8. He claimed his prize on Monday.  Wesley chose to take the one-time payment of $390,000 rather than the annuity. When lottery officials asked him how he would spend that money he replied, "That's the easiest question:" his kids.  Wesley bought the ticket at Valero at 491 Allen St. in Springfield. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus.  Another $25…
Study Finds 10 Safest Places To Drive In Mass Study Finds 10 Safest Places To Drive In Mass
Study Finds 10 Safest Places To Drive In Mass Icy roads make driving hard during winter, but a new study revealed the safest places to drive in Mass, with Marblehead taking the top spot. The study by Boston-based Jason Stone Injury Lawyers looked at 218 locations from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and found places that had at least 500 crashes between 2019 and 2023. Marblehead landed in first place with 1,117 crashes with only one being fatal. Williamstown took the second spot with 603 crashes and 83 of them having non-fatal injuries. The town also has the lowest number of people injured in a crash at 171, according t…
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay has agreed to pay $3 million in criminal penalties after several former employees targeted a Middlesex County couple in a campaign of harassment that included sending live cockroaches and funeral wreaths to their home in Natick, federal authorities said.  Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy said the employee's actions put the couple through "pure hell" and said eBay's conduct was "absolutely horrific." eBay engaged in absolutely horrific, criminal conduct. The company’s employees and contractors involved in this campaign put the victims through pure hell, in a petrifying …
Card Skimmer Found At Needham Grocery Store, Police Issue Warning Card Skimmer Found At Needham Grocery Store, Police Issue Warning
Card Skimmer Found At Needham Grocery Store, Police Issue Warning Needham police are asking anyone who shopped at Sudbury Farms grocery store between Dec. 16 and Christmas Eve to monitor their credit and debit card balances after a skimming device was found on a self-checkout lane.  The device, which looks like a typical credit card acceptor, is placed over the store's device and steals the information of any card swiped through it.  Similar devices have been found in Roche Brothers stores in Wellesley, Natick, Weston, Sudbury, and Cambridge, Needham police said.  Police are investigating who placed the skimmer but have asked resident…
Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-A-Wish
Mass Boy's Dream Treehouse Marks 'Perfect' 10,000th Wish For Make-a-wish The Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island celebrated a historic milestone last week when they granted their 10,000th wish to a little boy in Central Massachusetts battling cancer. Kyle Osterman is a 9-year-old boy from North Grafton and Sutton who is on year two of his three-year-long treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Make-A-Wish says.  Kyle has always wanted his own treehouse and his care team at UMass Memorial Health referred Kyle to Make-A-Wish to help make his dream a reality.  "Kyle's Krib," as it was called, was designed with specific input from Kyle himself and built…
'Unable To Attract Enough Customers': Wegmans Closing Natick Store This Summer 'Unable To Attract Enough Customers': Wegmans Closing Natick Store This Summer
'Unable To Attract Enough Customers': Wegmans Closing Natick Store This Summer A lack of shoppers has become the downfall for one major location of a popular grocery store chain in Massachusetts. Wegmans announced on Thursday, June 1 that they are closing their Natick store, located at 1245 Worcester Street, this summer because the location has struggled to attract enough customers.  The 365 employees at the store were told about the closure and that they would be able to keep their positions with the company at other locations.  “Making these decisions is never easy. However, we do it for the long-term benefit of our people, our customers, and our communit…
Body Of Natick Boater Found After Canoe Capsized: Police Body Of Natick Boater Found After Canoe Capsized: Police
Body Of Natick Boater Found After Canoe Capsized: Police State police say they have located the body of a man whose boat capsized in Fiske Pond Saturday, May 13, in Natick, officials said.  Police divers used sonar to locate the body around 10:30 p.m., a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson said. Another man who was in the boat was able to swim to shore. Officials did not say if he was injured in the incident.   Authorities are not releasing either man's name at this time.  Several people online documented the search as the police search stretched late into the night.  A water rescue at Lake Cochituate Saturday night. Officials say the…
Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials
Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials A Brookline town employee is accused of taking money from his employer and spending it on personal items, authorities said.  Allan McIntosh, a 60-year-old Natick resident, was arrested and charged with larceny over $1,200 on Friday, March 3, town officials and police reported almost a week later.  McIntosh is accused of using town funds to buy numerous personal items, including auto parts from a store in Framingham, while working for the Brookline Department of Public Works.  McIntosh, who worked for about nine years at DPW, was put on leave for an unrelated policy violation…
'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds 'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds
'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds Instead of fostering recovery, the operator of a chain of addiction treatment centers used his position to launder money, steal millions of dollars, and write prescriptions under doctors' names without permission, said the US attorney's office.  Michael Brier, of Newton, used his position as operator of Recovery Connections Centers of America to rake in millions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and other such organizations by falsifying healthcare claims, back-dating documents, and writing prescriptions using the names of doctors without their permission, according to Unite…
Officials ID Man Killed By Commuter Rail Train Between Wellesley, Natick Officials ID Man Killed By Commuter Rail Train Between Wellesley, Natick
Officials ID Man Killed By Commuter Rail Train Between Wellesley, Natick A man who was struck and killed by a Commuter Rail train in Natick this week has been identified as 52-year-old Joseph Franciose of Natick, officials said.  Franciose was struck on the train tracks along East Central Street, between Wellesley Square and Natick Center, just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports. He was pronounced dead on scene.  Initial investigation suggests Franciose was hit by an outbound train from South Station to Framingham, the DA's Office added. The impacted all rail traffic in the area and several trains were ca…
Natick Police Sgt Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Resigns Natick Police Sgt Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Resigns
Natick Police Sgt Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Resigns A Natick Police Sergeant has resigned after pleading guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery in connection with inappropriately touching a 28-year-old female dispatcher this week. Natick accepted the resignation of Sgt. James Quilty on Thursday, Dec. 15, the town said in statement with links to supporting documents detailing an investigation into Quilty's behavior.   Quilty was previously placed on paid administrative leave on July 7, 2020 and eventually suspended without pay on January 5, 2022, Natick's statement said.  Quilt was faci…
Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher
Natick Police Sgt Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Female Dispatcher A Natick Police Sergeant has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery in connection with inappropriately touching a 28-year-old female dispatcher, authorities said. Sgt. James Quilty is facing charges stemming from the incident that happened when the woman and Quilty went to a post-work gathering with other members of the department on April 12, 2020. At one point in the evening, Quilty inappropriately touched the woman against her will, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports.  Quilty kept touching the woman despite being asked to stop and her mo…
Teens Charged With Stolen Dump Truck Getaway That Ended In Acton: Police Teens Charged With Stolen Dump Truck Getaway That Ended In Acton: Police
Teens Charged With Stolen Dump Truck Getaway That Ended In Acton: Police Three Framingham teens are accused of running from Acton police in a stolen dump truck earlier this week.  Christopher De Brito, 18, faces charges of resisting arrest and theft of a motor vehicle, and two 17-year-olds are charged with theft of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, negligent operation of a vehicle, and unlicensed driving, Acton police said. Police did not release the names of the younger suspects.  An Acton police officer monitoring traffic on Great Road Thursday morning, Dec. 1, noticed the F-350 dump truck had an expired sticker and pulled it over. The dri…
Family Displaced After 2,800-Square-Foot Natick Home Goes Up In Flames (PHOTOS) Family Displaced After 2,800-Square-Foot Natick Home Goes Up In Flames (PHOTOS)
Family Displaced After 2,800-Square-Foot Natick Home Goes Up In Flames (Photos) One firefighter was hospitalized and five people were displaced after a 3-alarm fire ripped through a 2,800-square-foot home in Natick, authorities said.  The fire broke out at 11A Union Street around 11:35 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Natick Fire said in a release posted to Facebook. The 2,854-square-foot home has six bedrooms, according to Zillow. Natick Fire Department along with mutual aid companies battled a 3rd alarm fire in a large single family home in the area of Westview Ave and Union Street. Crews faced heavy fire on the second floor and attic. Fire has since been knocked down.…
SEEN IT? Unfamiliar Car, Driver Who Tried Offering Natick Child Ride Home SEEN IT? Unfamiliar Car, Driver Who Tried Offering Natick Child Ride Home
Seen IT? Unfamiliar Car, Driver Who Tried Offering Natick Child Ride Home UPDATE: Natick Police said the vehicle originally sought in this incident was not involved  Natick Police are asking the public to help them identify and potentially locate a car that approached a child and tried offering them a ride home.  Police got a call from a resident on Robinhood Road saying that a person driving a tan sedan approached their child as they were walking home from their bus stop on Wednesday, Oct. 19. On October 19th we received a call from a resident on Robinhood Road who reported that their young child, while walking... Posted by Natick Police Department on Frid…