Grafton News

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Dozens of Grafton residents gathered on the town common on Saturday to celebrate the town's history and participate in a plant sale hosted by the Grafton Garden club.

Tim and April Smith walk their 4-year-old son, Brady, up to the GP-9 locomotive he is about the ride with engineer Kevin Gallagher, rear, in Grafton on Sunday.

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The Community Harvest Project is holding its ' Plantapalooza ' annual plant sale fundraiser this Saturday at 37 Wheeler Road in North Grafton.

The Grafton Indians varsity baseball team traveled to Upton Tuesday afternoon to battle the Nipmuc Warriors.

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Apple Tree Arts stages "Peter Pan and Wendy" at 7 p.m. May 17 at the Grafton Middle School, 22 Providence Road.

The Community Harvest Project will be hosting Plantapalooza from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 18 at the Brigham Hill Community Farm, 37 Wheeler Road.

A sandwich in Grafton will soon cost a few pennies more. The roughly 90 voters at annual town meeting Monday night approved by a slim majority adoption of a local-option meals tax of 75 cents per $100. "It's really small, but what bothers me about it is it's another tax," said Selectman Peter Adams, in opposition to the article.

Seven Upton residents have lost a round in their battle with the Grafton & Upton Railroad.

Grandmothers wear many hats, ranging from sun visors during outings to the beach with grandchildren, to fancy hats suitable for afternoon tea with granddaughters.

With summer weather starting to descend upon us, Grafton residents are looking forward to spending some time in the town's parks.

When the Grafton and Upton Railroad started operating its transloading facility in West Upton three years ago, Fire Chief Aaron "Ron" Goodale became concerned.

A several-mile traffic backup has been reported on I-90 eastbound in North Grafton, near mile-marker 100, because of a multi-vehicle crash.

A wheel that flew off a vehicle on Interstate 90 east in Grafton brought traffic to a crawl this afternoon.

Have you spotted foxes around town? Several Grafton residents have reported sightings of red foxes and their young offspring, known as "kits." And that's not unusual, says the director of the wildlife clinic at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

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