The MetroWest Daily News

The Sewer Commission is set to consider a request from Hopkinton to allow a payment plan for the towns' $3.9 million sewer deal. Full Story »

The Personnel Committee last night recommended reappointing Chief Procurement Officer Beverly Sleeper. Full Story »

Police say a Billerica man and his Milford cousin admitted to scheming to sink a pickup truck in the Ashland Reservoir Sunday night so they could report it stolen and collect the insurance money. Full Story »

A Framingham man is charged with a hate crime after authorities said he attacked two men Friday because they are Brazilian. Full Story »

For more than a century, the idea has been examined. Sometimes it erupts into heated public debate, other times it exists only as a Town Hall murmur. Should Framingham become a city? Full Story »

Two years and $90,000 into rehabbing a 1930s-era diner car with the hopes of attaching the retrofitted eatery to his Ken's Steak House, Tim Hanna is facing opposition from an unusual corner: his sister, Connie Shay. Full Story »

The Southborough teen charged with killing his Framingham uncle in September blames another uncle for the crime, according to court documents. Full Story »

Every now and then, Arthur Mason indulges in a good Howl, and, for about 50 of the past 64 years, has joined members of the pack at various spots around the country. Full Story »

From 21-gun salutes to Taps, to dinners and ceremonies, local towns and veterans organizations are gearing up for Veterans Day tomorrow to honor those in the communities who have served their country. Full Story »

Traditional parades and wreath-laying ceremonies will highlight Veterans Day ceremonies tomorrow in Marlborough and Hudson. Full Story »

Auditors from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will review programs in the town's schools next week to ensure the district meets special education, English learner education and civil rights requirements. Full Story »

A Framingham man once cleared of hate crime charges was arrested Saturday after a fight, police said. Full Story »

Cafe Belo is open again, but the Southside restaurant's problems are not over. Full Story »

Special Town Meeting next Monday will decide on a series of changes to the town code, as well as how an embattled piece of property on Chestnut Street should be zoned. Full Story »

Police are searching for a man they said used a power saw to try to break into an ATM on Crossing Boulevard on Sunday. Full Story »

When the fall Town Meeting warrant, with its 61 articles, came out, some members talked about the meeting lasting until Thanksgiving. Full Story »

Town Manager Julian Suso is hosting a meeting regarding the town's municipal services this Thursday night at 7. The forum will include a presentation and discussion will be held in the Memorial Building's Ablondi room. Full Story »

The man who died Saturday after being hit by a commuter rail train in Franklin was Thomas R. McDermott, MBTA Police confirmed this afternoon.   Full Story »

Evan Hadingham wants to introduce you to a 3.3 million-year-old relative named Selam who just might change what you think about being human. Full Story »

A truck belonging to a Billerica resident and reported stolen from Milford last night was pulled from the Spring Street boat landing of the Ashland Reservoir after a search involving rescue workers from six towns that left one firefighter injured. Full Story »

As a fresh-faced 18-year-old in the Army, Bob Mugford had a front row seat to history as a member of the Honor Guard Company for Gen. Douglas MacArthur in postwar occupied Japan. Full Story »

Lining main roads in Holliston this week will be hundreds of signs remembering soldiers from the United States and its allies who have died since Memorial Day in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Story »

The Police Department will be hitting the streets this Thanksgiving to make sure everyone in town can enjoy a happy holiday. Full Story »

State officials say a draft plan to tap roughly $4 million available to restore damaged natural resources along the Sudbury River may not be ready until after the first of the year. Full Story »

A reader recently e-mailed Mr. Know-It-All seeking the identity of a man wearing a Framingham DeMolay jacket on the album cover of the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Full Story »