MetroWest Local Hired As Memphis Grizzlies New Coach: Patch PM

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Welcome to a crisp fall Tuesday — the cool weather is getting a break later this week as temperatures prepare to warm up.

As basketball season heats up, the MetroWest has a representative courtside with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. Sonia Raman, a former Framingham High School basketball player, was recently hired as an assistant coach for the team. She is among just a handful of women coaching a professional men's basketball team.

Here are some other stories we've been keeping an eye on:

Around MetroWest

SJC Rules Against Sudbury In Suit Over Transmission Line Project

The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against Sudbury in a complicated case involving a plan to bury power transmission lines under a former MBTA rail bed that cuts through town from Wayland to Marlborough.

Natick Cannabis Community Outreach Meetings Wrap Up This Week

Natick this week will hold the last of four community outreach meetings featuring companies that want to open cannabis businesses in town.

Latest Round Of Wellesley Coronavirus Funding Supports Kids

After taking a few weeks off from grant making to focus on fundraising and reinvigorating, the Wellesley COVID-19 Relief Fund is announcing new grant awards totaling $10,300.

Around Worcester

'Plume Of Smoke' Came From Car Before Mass Pike Drug Arrest

State police arrested a Boston man for drug possession after a traffic stop along the Mass Pike recently — but the driver may have given himself away before troopers even met him, according to a police account.

Shrewsbury Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud

A Shrewsbury man who owned auto body shops in Worcester and Everett pleaded guilty to a payroll tax scheme resulting in a tax loss to the IRS of more than $290,000.