Natick

Pride flags and a banner outside of the First Congregational Church of Natick were vandalized, the church’s reverend said Sunday. The rainbow-colored flag, the pastel transgender flag and the green mental health flag were found “crumpled and thrown under bushes,” according to Rev. Cindy Worthington-Berry, who said the banner was folded on the ground. A Christian flag and banner...

A person was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after they were pulled from the water at a lake in a Massachusetts state park in Natick on Monday. Natick fire officials confirmed the department was called to Lake Cochituate in Cochituate State Park around 12:18 p.m. By the time first responders arrived, the victim had already been rescued by…

Investigators believe two people killed by an MBTA Commuter Rail train Monday in Natick, Massachusetts, were dating, authorities said, sharing some new information Tuesday on what led to their deaths. One of the people appeared to be trying to get the other off the tracks before they were struck and killed by the train, according to the Middlesex District...

Not sure what to do this weekend? If you’re near Natick, Massachusetts — and you have a bit of a competitive edge — you’re in luck. A new two-story interactive indoor mini golf course is opening in the Natick Mall on Saturday, Feb. 10. Puttshack Natick will feature three nine-hole mini golf courses with funky, glow-in-the-dark fairways like giant beer…

A truck rolled over on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham early Monday morning, according to authorities. The crash happened at about 6:35 a.m. on the westbound side of Interstate 90 at the 117 mile marker, Massachusetts State Police said. While it wasn’t immediately known what caused the tractor-trailer to rollover, there were no injuries reported.

As a surge of migrants arrives in Massachusetts, state officials are asking residents with extra room to consider opening up their homes. The plea for help comes as the governor declares a state of emergency to deal with the migrant crisis. One church in Natick is already answering the call.  At Hartford Street Presbyterian Church in Natick, they set...

While police departments struggle to recruit new officers, hundreds of potential law enforcement careers in Massachusetts are being sidelined by fitness failures. The NBC10 Boston Investigators looked at the data and found an uptick in the number of policing candidates failing the fitness test to get into the police academy. Some student officers accepted into the academy are also dropping…

We get a first-hand look at this trendy outdoor space that’ll be calling your name all summer at W Boston.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A chain of supermarkets based in Rochester, NY, that has opened six stores in eastern Massachusetts over the past decade is closing one of its locations in the region. According to a post from Kiat Cormier of the ChewOnThis Facebook group page, Wegmans in Natick is shutting down later this summer, with…