Henry Ford Relic Closed Due To Unsafe Conditions: Patch PM

Sudbury MA

28 January, 2021

3:14 PM

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SUDBURY, MA — Welcome to Thursday afternoon, and you should enjoy it because there's an Arctic air mass headed toward the region tonight that's going to make being outside even more uncomfortable than a typical January day (more on that later). In other news today, Sudbury has closed off access to a local oddity due to dangerous conditions. Ford's Folly is a 30-foot-high dam in the forest near the Framingham border built in the 1920s by Henry Ford. The dam was never used, however, because it was built on unstable rock. Here's more news from around the region today: 33-Year Framingham Police Officer Dies Officer Dennis Hayes retired from the Framingham Police Department in 2001. Arctic Freeze Bringing Bitter Cold, Wind Chills To 20 Below ZeroForecasters say it could be the coldest day in Boston in two years as temperatures hit single digits and wind chills plummet to below 0. Remembering Christa McAuliffe, The Challenger Crew 35 Years Later The Framingham native and several other astronauts died on Jan. 28, 1986, 73 seconds after takeoff. Oh Deer! Westborough Fire Crews Rescue Deer From Icy Water Rescuers had to chop the ice to give the deer a path to swim back to shore.