The Foxboro Reporter

11/10/2023

New fencing along Foxboro commuter rail station tracks cutting off foot traffic from adjoining neighborhood vandalized within days of its installation

Initial efforts at blocking foot traffic to Gillette Stadium via the town water department access road next to Ashcroft Lane proved little more than a minor — and short-lived —

11/06/2023

Foxboro High gets a special visit from military helicopters

Students at Foxboro High School got some special visitors from the sky Friday morning.

11/04/2023

Report: Former septic dumping ground in Foxboro poses little threat to surrounding neighborhood

The 95-acre Evelyn Porter estate off Cocasset Street and East Belcher Road, used for decades as a dumping ground for septic wastes, poses little threat to nearby residential areas, according

11/02/2023

Family who fled from war in Ukraine now adjusting to life in Foxboro

Having a peaceful spot to sleep, eat and go about daily activities is something many people take for granted.

10/29/2023

Foxboro among area communities getting state economic development grants

Several area communities are getting state grants to support local economic development projects.

10/27/2023

'Community cousins' sought to help provide METCO students more opportunities to engage with Foxboro community

A program designed to help forge deeper connections between students who live out of town and local residents is getting underway at Foxboro schools.

10/26/2023

Foxboro residents take in the view from GIllette Stadium's signature lighthouse

Foxboro residents flocked to Gillette Stadium this week to take in the unique view from the stadium’s new 218-foot lighthouse.

10/26/2023

Five Open Meeting Law complaints filed against Foxboro school committee over Warriors logo vote

By JEFF PETERSON

10/22/2023

Foxboro residents invited to complimentary visit to Gillette Stadium lighthouse

Foxboro residents are invited to a complimentary visit to the Gillette Stadium Lighthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 24 through Thursday, Oct. 26.

10/20/2023

Student-led program helps newcomers adjust to Foxboro's Ahern Middle School

A student-led middle school mentoring program has taken on added significance this year with eighth-grade peer leaders helping integrate an influx of children from migrant families, as well as other

10/19/2023

More than 250 people contribute to Foxboro's donation drive for migrant and homeless families

A donation drive for new migrant families was a huge success.

10/13/2023

Donation drive organized in Foxboro to help migrant families

A community donation drive to help supplement aid to migrant and other homeless families being housed in Foxboro will be held this Saturday, Oct. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2

10/11/2023

It was a record-setting concert season at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro

The curtain has come down on this year's concert slate at Gillette Stadium with a few records set.

10/09/2023

Cancelation of veterans' rooms in Foxboro area latest flashpoint in nation's immigration crisis

A controversy over local hotel rooms for veterans and service academy graduates who wanted to attend the Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium in December has become the latest flashpoint in

10/08/2023

Calling all musicians: Foxboro man starts Open Blues Jam sessions

A local man is bringing musicians together for a monthly Open Blues Jam session.

10/07/2023

Foxboro's select board chair acknowledges improper discussion behind closed doors

Even while moving forward with new plans to recruit and hire a permanent town manager, local officials have continued efforts to stem lingering damage from their controversial handling of a

10/06/2023

Foxboro residents have chance for Army-Navy game tickets in lottery

Residents are being given the chance to enter a lottery to obtain coveted tickets to the Army-Navy football game at Gillette Stadium.

10/05/2023

Foxboro schools to phase out use of Warriors logo imagery

Foxboro’s traditional Native American head logo, a symbol of Warrior Pride for generations of local high schoolers, will be gradually phased out under a framework adopted by school committee members

09/27/2023

Foxboro forum shows strong support for keeping Native American sports logo

One thing was clear at the end of 2 1/2 hours of testimony from the approximately 200 residents of Foxboro who showed up to debate whether to keep the Native

09/26/2023

Foxboro hosts 25-hour POW/MIA vigil

Area residents spent 25 hours demonstrating that service members who were taken as prisoners of war or who are missing in action will never be forgotten.

09/25/2023

FOIA request filed regarding departure of Foxboro town manager

FOXBORO -- The Sun Chronicle has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the town regarding the tenure and departure of former Town Manager John Coderre.

09/24/2023

Nearly 50 residents plan to speak at Foxboro forum on Warriors logo

Next Tuesday’s forum to promote community dialog over the suitability of a Native American as the face of Foxboro’s athletic teams may provide the final word on what has, for

09/23/2023

Town officials float idea of temporary tax hike for road, sidewalk work

Currently hamstrung by fixed cost items which comprise a big slice of budgetary pie, town officials are contemplating a bridge loan to help fund roadway and sidewalk improvements until those

09/20/2023

Foxboro's Jack Authelet dies at age 90

Foxboro’s Jack Authelet, whose passion for local history and civic boosterism was exceeded only by his commitment to community journalism, died Monday afternoon at Life Care Center in Attleboro, eight

09/20/2022

Public art installation planned in Foxboro

Long accustomed to a hand-to-mouth existence, members of the town cultural council may have outfoxed a system that delivers too few dollars in support of local artistic endeavors.

09/19/2022

Police arrest suspect in armed robbery of Foxboro bank

A convicted bank robber was ordered held in jail without bail following his arrest Monday in connection with the armed robbery at the Bank of America branch in downtown last

09/14/2022

Pyro-tech theater spectacle launched at Gillette

Proclaimed as the most extreme pyro-theatrical spectacle in live music, Rammstein made its stadium debut at Gillette on Friday, Sept. 9.

09/13/2022

Bank of America branch in downtown Foxboro robbed by gun-wielding man

FOXBORO -- A gun-wielding man wearing a surgical mask and gloves robbed the Bank of America off the town common Tuesday afternoon.

09/13/2022

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09/10/2022

Work continues -- quietly, behind the scenes -- at regional communications center

While the sirens of police cruisers, fire trucks and ambulances are a easily heard reminder of the hard work done by the area’s public safety officials, there is plenty of