From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"Several area communities have been targeted by two apparent separate groups of car thieves, and now a task force is seeking to catch the suspects.
Hopkinton Police said a task force made up of themselves, Holliston, Sherborn, Franklin, Medway, Millis and Wrentham police departments, as well as the Massachusetts State Police, are searching for the suspects.
“Our detectives have been monitoring this for quite some time,” Hopkinton Chief Joseph Bennett said Monday.
The task force was set up about three weeks ago. The car thefts, as well as car break-ins, have been occurring for about three months, Detective Sgt. Scott van Raalten said."
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“I think we all know this has been an extraordinary year for virtually everything about our lives, and elections are no different,” Galvin, the state’s elections overseer, said at a State House press conference.
“We’re having an election tomorrow, I think under the most unusual circumstances.”
On the eve of a primary election in which ways to participate have been reshaped around the COVID-19 pandemic, Galvin provided a turnout forecast -- he expects 1.2 million to 1.3 million votes, once all are tallied -- and laid out the ground rules for voters."
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