Holy Heat Wave: MA Readies For Scorcha' | Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Wednesday, June 2. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• A Worcester financial advisor has been charged in a $2.8 million fraud case.
• In just the last three days, Woburn firefighters responded to five major highway crashes, all of which resulted in serious injuries
• Major League Baseball tapped Nancy Frates, the Beverly mother of late St. John's Prep and Boston College captain Pete Frates, to narrate a video honoring Lou Gehrig.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

It's about a week late for Memorial Day weekend, but a legitimate heat wave is headed our way.

Thunderstorms are expected Friday, but after that comes a stretch of six consecutive days with temperatures of at least 85 degrees. Three of those days — Sunday, Monday and Tuesday — will all be into the 90s, making for our first official heat wave of the season.

It won't be the first 90-degree day this year. Temperatures reached the 90s in eastern Massachusetts just last week.

Read the full story.

Like this article? Sign up for our newsletter and get it delivered every weekday. It's free!

Wednesday's Other Top Stories

Cannabis talks sparked in Framingham: A cannabis investment company wants a license from the city, opening up a broader discussion about how many licenses should be available.

Flag disposal: MetroWest veterans groups will host a mass U.S. flag burning ceremony before Flag Day. The ceremony will be conducted under flag code guidelines.

$2.8M Fraud: Federal prosecutors have charged a former Worcester financial advisor, saying the 42-year-old committed Ponzi scheme-like acts with his clients' money.

After five crashes, fire department asks drivers to slow down: Woburn firefighters are asking drivers to ease up on the gas pedal the next time they hit the road. In just the last three days, firefighters said they've responded to two major crashes on Interstate 95 and three rollover crashes on Route 3.

MLB taps Nancy Frates for Gehrig tribute: As Major League Baseball remembers Lou Gehrig on Wednesday, the voice of his official tribute video will be a familiar one with a tragic and undeniable link to baseball's original Iron Man. Nancy Frates, the Beverly mother of late St. John's Prep and Boston College captain Pete Frates, narrated the video that will be shown at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night in honor of Gehrig.

Eat fresh: Patch's 2021 Massachusetts Farmers Market Guide

Picture This

Ferry delays after ransomware attack: A ransomware attack hampered the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Wednesday morning. The attacks, where hackers demand large payments after taking over an organization's computer system, can be devastating: the Registry of Motor Vehicles couldn't inspect vehicles for weeks after a malware attack in March. (Photo: Dave Copeland/Patch, file)

They Said It

"Investigators used several investigative techniques in an effort to identify the three suspects and successfully applied for and were granted arrest warrants for the three suspects."

• A Milford police news release about the capture of three men wanted after an armed robbery at a smoke shop in February.

In Case You Missed It

MA Catholics defy Vatican, bless gay unions: Catholics across Massachusetts and the United States gathered for an online service Tuesday evening to kick off Pride Month by sharing blessings for LGBTQ+ people and same-sex couples. Catholic Pride Blessing, an event sponsored by the inclusive Catholic organization DignityUSA and 19 other activist organizations including NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task Force, served as a way for Catholics to speak out against the Vatican's March decree to bar gay unions with the justification that God "does not and cannot bless sin."