SUDBURY — A Sudbury family's gift to Concord's Emerson Hospital is helping frontline healthcare workers forge better connections with patients.Bryan Gammons, wife Rebecca Gammons, and sons Oliver, 5, and Teddy, 1, recently donated about 75 personalized photo pins to the medical staff who make up the hospital's Emergency Department. Affixed to their coats or scrubs, the buttons feature a 3-by-5 photo of the wearer grinning or ..read more

Send news about your local business to MWBusiness@wickedlocal.com. We're interested in news about business people, expansions, openings and community involvement by MetroWest businesses and business people. Follow Daily News Business Editor Bob Tremblay on Twitter @Bob Tremblay_MW.Morphic Therapeutic announces highlights, 3rd quarter resultsWaltham-based Morphic Therapeutic, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of oral integrin ..read more

“It should be easy to investigate,” said City Councilor Margareth Shepard, who worked to publicize the importance of the Census among Framingham's Brazilian community. “We do need to see if this is connected to a larger problem, but by the report, it does not look like there is a larger problem. It looks to me like it occurred after pressure made by the Supreme Court decision to shut down the Census early ..read more

When President-elect Joe Biden's transition team announced his COVID-19 advisory board on Monday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo quickly did the math, pointing out on Twitter that more than half of the members "were educated and/or employed in Massachusetts."And while Boston Mayor Martin Walsh noted Sunday that Biden "can't take everyone from Massachusetts to Washington with him," speculation has started to swirl about which Bay State pols might find a new home in a Biden administration ..read more

SUDBURY — Last month, Helaine Block was driving through the center of town when she saw some commotion at the Sudbury Community Food Bank.With Block were her two rescue dogs, Henry, a Labrador-husky mix, and Rosita, a sato, otherwise known as a Puerto Rican street dog.“I peered over one of the dogs and I saw an unusually long line snaking around the parking lot,” she said.As Block thought about the ..read more

Town Meeting will vote to allow the Hudson Cultural Alliance to continue its efforts to purchase the more than century-old armory for $230,000 ..read more

SOUTHBOROUGH — Police recovered a body believed to be of a missing Framingham woman from the Sudbury Reservoir Monday afternoon.Southborough Police Chief Ken Paulhus said earlier Monday it does not appear any foul play is involved and there is no danger to the community. Police are continuing to investigate.The body was transported by the Medical Examiners Office under the director of the Worcester County District Attorney's Office, according to a post on the ..read more

HOLLISTON — Social distancing is nothing new to Raymond Costello. At 31, he’s become an expert. Not because of COVID-19. It's more a result of a condition he’s up against every day: high functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome.People with autism like Costello are often bright and creative with intense work ethic, but tend to struggle with relationships. Speaking can be daunting and perceptions of others' intentions, facial expressions and body language can ..read more

DARTMOUTH — The Red Cross is reporting that multiple families have been displaced after their homes were damaged by an earthquake that struck off the Massachusetts coast Sunday morning.“You know, when you hear earthquake, your mind starts to race,” Mattapoisett resident Kyle Jones said. “I was expecting to open the door and see a crack in the ground or something.”The United States Geological Survey reports the 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck ..read more

LOS ANGELES — Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, '70s and '80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. He was 93.Crosby's daughter-in-law, Maggie Crosby, told The New York Times that the comic died Saturday of heart failure in Los Angeles.Early in his career, Crosby had realized he needed a gimmick to differentiate himself from the burgeoning generation of comedians who were achieving fame on the many ..read more