Holliston

At 12 a.m., a deputy reports multiple houses on fire on North Holliston Avenue near East Altadena Drive.

Spencer, a golden retriever who became the Boston Marathon’s official race dog, died at home in Holliston, Massachusetts, on Feb. 17.

The owner of the drawing was friends with Brainerd Phillipson, who runs a rare-book shop in Holliston, Massachusetts.

The fire in Holliston was reported at about midnight.

Harvard Bioscience, based in Holliston, Mass., has been trying since last year to pacify an activist investor that is pressuring management to boost the company’s stock price.