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FRAMINGHAM – Vaios Theodorakos grew up downtown Framingham. So as an adult he started from scratch his business VTT Management Inc. in downtown Framingham. Launched more than 30 years ago, VTT Managaement now owns a huge chunk of property in downtown Framingham. “I own three-quarters of downtown,” said Theodorakos. And...

City leaders in Worcester are pushing for a Massachusetts law to be changed after the drowning of a police officer who tried to save a teenager. Manny Familia died on June 4 after responding to the pond at Green Hill Park, where a teen had gone into the water. Fourteen-year-old Troy Love died, as well.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. — A high school senior in Leominster who missed her graduation after testing positive for COVID-19 was honored during a special ceremony on Tuesday. Candida Pereira Dufrechu, 18, was heartbroken that she couldn't attend Leominster High School's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony on June 5, especially since she is the first person in her family to graduate high school.

BARRE, MASS. (WHDH) - It was a celebration fit for a queen. Students and staff at Ruggles Lane Elementary School in Barre, lining the grass to congratulate co-principal Sue Musnicki on her retirement. The cheers brought Sue to tears as she called the celebration “overwhelming.”. After 50 years in the...

WORCESTER, Mass. - A new feeling Tuesday in Massachusetts, as the State of Emergency caused by the coronavirus, is over. "I think it's a huge sign of momentum that we're coming out of the pandemic and that there are brighter days ahead," said Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus on Tuesday.

WORCESTER — Cars reached across the YMCA of Central Massachusetts parking lot as volunteers loaded food and hygiene essentials for 400 families Tuesday. Price Rite Marketplace and Feed the Children, in partnership with Kraft Foods and YMCA of Central Massachusetts, organized the distribution event as part of the supermarket’s Feeding Minds & Bodies campaign to support Feed the Children’s mission.

A Nashua woman is celebrating a big birthday on Tuesday. She is turning 108 years old. Ruth Magnuson Brown was born in 1913 in Pennsylvania. Now, at 108 years old, she lives at Langdon Place of Nashua, which she's called home for the last six years. Not only has Ruth...

LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A massive clean up is underway after Lowell High School students say a burst pipe left their school under water. Pictures from inside school show knee deep water filling up the basement after students say a pipe burst sending water rushing into the music wing Monday morning. Music sheets, tables and chairs could all be seen floating in the water.

LOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts state university is investigating what it is calling a possible cybersecurity incident which forced the closure of one of its campuses Tuesday. UMass Lowell said the outage was affecting technology services at the university. "UMass Lowell continues to retain control over its IT infrastructure and...

SHREWSBURY — A skillful communicator, a leader and an excellent public servant — those were some of the words the Shrewsbury Board of Selectmen used to describe Town Manager Kevin Mizikar during his review, which was presented during their June 8 meeting. “This is a team effort,” Mizikar told the...

FRAMINGHAM — The search for a new public health director continues. City councilors on Tuesday shot down Mayor Yvonne Spicer’s recommendation of veteran public health administrator Monifa Charles to become Framingham’s next public health director. Councilors George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Michael Cannon, Robert Case, Phil Ottaviani and John...

A Massachusetts town is doing a double take this year. There are eight sets of twins in the graduating class at Lunenburg High School. In a class of 100 students, 16 of them are twins. "We've all grown up super close. I don't know, I think it's cool," said Emma...

TYNGSBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - A group of thieves smashed through a window at a Motorcycle dealership, grabbing bikes, and then taking off. Surveillance video shows the five thieves using a crowbar to break the window of Indian Motorcycles of North Boston around 4 a.m. Sunday before running in, grabbing two bikes and hoisting them out.

BARRE — When a firetruck pulled up in front of Ruggles Lane Elementary School on Tuesday co-principal Susanne Musnicki thought there could only be two reasons why. “Either the school’s on fire, or they’re making a way bigger deal about this than they should,” she said. Turns out, it was...

FRAMINGHAM — A coalition of city leaders, veterans and the community are aiming to revamp a park near Framingham District Court that recognizes the sacrifices of Framingham’s veterans. Veterans Memorial Park — located at the Musterfield at Concord Place housing complex — has seen better days, said police Lt. Robert...

WESTFORD -- Voters backed a measure directing lawmakers to seek a Constitutional amendment distinguishing campaign spending from free speech -- and clarifying Constitutional protections for individuals, not entities such as corporations. Residents voted 138-99 at Town Meeting, held June 12, on a resolution outlined in Article 15 on the Town...