Good morning, Framingham.

A Framingham native now living in Bellingham won $1 million on a Bonus Bucks scratch ticket at Hotshot on June 4 and chose a one-time payment of $650,000—he plans to help his mother retire and pay off debt.

The Framingham School Committee approved an educational plan to guide the design of a new elementary school that will ease overcrowding and expand universal pre-K.

The district plans to submit its Preliminary Design Program in July as it evaluates options at sites like Bethany Road and Hemenway School.

Former Framingham native George Zakhary, now living in Bellingham, won $1 million on a Bonus Bucks scratch ticket he bought at HotShot in Wrentham on June 4 and chose a one-time payout of $650,000 to support his mother's retirement and pay off debt.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that in 2025, opioid overdose deaths fell to 978—the first time in over a decade the count dropped below 1,000.

Officials credited more than $1 billion in drug prevention spending and naloxone kits as key factors in the decline.

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