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Framingham Elementary School Launches After-School LGBT Rainbow Club

A Framingham elementary school plans to host an after-school club aimed at children who are attracted to members of the same sex or who identify with a gender that doesn't correspond to their sex in the new year. King Elementary School, which serves kindergarten through grade 5, announced

regulations

Framingham will join towns banning plastic bags

BOSTON – Framingham will join Cambridge, Newton and more than a dozen other Bay State communities in banning plastic bags used by retailers to package goods including groceries starting in January 2018. Acting on a citizen's petition "to eliminate the usage of thin-film single-use bags by all retail

Massachusetts

Being polite to officer leads to Massachusetts man’s arrest

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Politely holding a door open for a police officer has landed a Massachusetts man in jail. Authorities say Kayvon Mavaddat was at the Natick Mall on Friday when he held the door for the leaving officer. That officer thought Mavaddat looked familiar, and went to check his

crime

Illegal immigrants charged with kidnapping, rape in Framingham

UPDATE: Charges against four illegal immigrants from Guatemala, arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping and rape, were dropped Thursday. Original story:

Massachusetts

Charges dropped in assault case against illegal immigrants

FRAMINGHAM – Charges against four illegal immigrants from Guatemala, arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping and rape, were dropped Thursday in Framingham District Court, according to multiple news reports. The men will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, the Boston Herald reported.