Recent Legal Notices

Some
Public Legal Notices for Franklin and Medway filed in local
newspapers (Town of Franklin mostly posts on its own website now) and
made available to the public via the MassPublicNotices.org web
site and other sources:

FRANKLIN (Note – Town of Franklin Now Posts Most Notices on
its Own Website)

TRAVERS ESTATE LEGAL NOTICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Norfolk Probate and Family Court 35 Shawmut Road Canton, MA 02021 (781) 830-1200 Docket No. NO25P2902EA CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Estate of: John J. Travers Date of Death: 10/16/2019 To all interested persons: A Petition for Late and Limited Formal Testacy and/or Appointment has been filed by Jeanne L. Travers of Franklin MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Jeanne L. Travers of Franklin MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 12/10/2025. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Lee M. Peterson, First Justice of this Court. Date: November 05, 2025 Colleen M. Brierley Register of Probate

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MACRAE ESTATE LEGAL NOTICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Norfolk Probate and Family Court 35 Shawmut Road Canton, MA 02021 (781) 830-1200 Docket No. NO25P2728EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: Edward Charles MacRae Also known as: Edward C. MacRae, Edward MacRae Date of Death: August 9, 2025 To all persons interested in the above-captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Beth A. MacRae of Franklin MA a will has been admitted to informal probate. Beth A. MacRae of Franklin MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

MEDWAY----------------------------------

LEGAL NOTICE Request for Qualifications for Construction Manager at Risk Services The Town of Medway, the awarding authority, through their Municipal Complex Building Committee, Colliers Project Leaders (the Owner's Project Manager), and the architectural firm of Dore + Whittier is soliciting qualifications from firms interested in providing Public Construction Manager (“CM”) at Risk Services for the Medway Municipal Complex Project. This CM at Risk services procurement is conducted pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 149A, contained in Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2004. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in MGL Chapter 149A. The Medway Municipal Complex Building Committee is prequalifying firms interested in providing public CM at Risk services for the project through this RFQ process. The submitted Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ's”) will be evaluated based upon the identified evaluation criteria and the Prequalification Committee will select those respondents it deems qualified. Only those respondents deemed qualified will be invited to submit a Proposal in response to a detailed Request for Proposals (“RFP”) which will be issued in the second phase of the procurement process. The Medway Municipal Complex Building Committee expects the review of the SOQ's to be complete and the issuance of the RFP to occur mid-January 2026. Firms interested in being prequalified must demonstrate that they have prior experience as a CM. In addition, firms must have constructed public buildings under M.G.L. ch.149A of similar cost, complexity, type and size, including close adjacency to commercial and residential abutters. The Town desires to design and construct a new Public Safety (Police and Fire) and Town Hall Complex located at 120 Main St., Medway (8+ acres), site of the former Medway Block. It is expected that the Project will be built upon and around a concept plan that will provide for appropriate space for a police department, fire department, police/fire dispatch department, and a town hall. The solution will consist of construction of an approximate 79,000 GSF building complex. The sitework consists of all new stormwater drainage, new utilities, new parking lots, new vehicular paths, new landscaping, etc. The estimated construction duration is 24-months. The estimated construction cost of the project is seventy-three million dollars ($73,000,000.00). The Construction Manager at Risk shall be responsible for complete construction management services for all phases of the project for a guaranteed maximum price. At each phase, the Medway Municipal Complex Building Committee, at its sole discretion, will determine whether it will proceed to the next phase or terminate the Construction Manager's services on the project. Certain trade construction work will be procured using procedures similar to the M.G.L. Chapter 149 Filed Sub-bid laws after a prequalification process. This procedure is specified in Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2004 in the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149A. Copies of the Request for Qualifications may be obtained from the Owners Project manager via email request. Phil Palumbo, Director, Project Management Colliers Project Leaders Email: Phil.Palumbo@Collierseng.com Submission of the hard-copies of the completed Statement of Qualifications package are due by 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 17, 2025 to: Town of Medway Municipal Complex Building Committee c/o Colliers Project Leaders Attn: Phil Palumbo 155 Village St. Medway, MA 02053 Submission of the electronic copy of the completed Statement of Qualifications (without the Audited Financial Statement) are due by 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 17, 2025 via email to: phil.palumbo@collierseng.com, or via thumb drive with the hard-copy submission. A pre-submission informational meeting will be held at 11:00 am on December 1, 2025 at the Medway Town Hall (Sanford Hall Room), 155 Village Street, Medway, MA 02053 with a site visit to follow. Firms interested in this Project must submit an RFQ Interest Form with a copy of your firm's DCAMM Certificate to the Town of Medway, c/o Colliers Project Leaders by email to Phil.Palumbo@collierseng.com no later than 11:00 AM on December 2, 2025

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MAYER ESTATE LEGAL NOTICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Norfolk Probate and Family Court 35 Shawmut Road Canton, MA 02021 (781) 830-1200 Docket No. NO25P2241EA CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Estate of: Beverly Marion Mayer Also known as: Beverly M Mayer Date of Death: 07/01/2025 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by William K Mayer of Medway MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: William K Mayer of Medway MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 12/17/2025. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Lee M. Peterson, First Justice of this Court. Date: November 10, 2025 Colleen M. Brierley Register of Probate