The state found multiple asbestos removal violations at the Union Hill job site. Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma and other cancers.
A large fight at a Greendale-area park Monday culminated in a 17-year-old getting stunned as he tried to start a fight, police said.
Hundreds of Worcester students are taking part in REC Worcester's gardening program this week, an extension of school-based gardens.
The Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control project will begin summer-long spraying in June. See when they'll be in Worcester.
Worcester will end the fiscal year paying $1.4 million more in overtime. Police bodycam training and school employee costs drove the rise.
Two people have been arrested in an incident where bullets left cars and homes damaged in the Main South area.
The Connecticut-based EbLens sportswear chain has locations in Worcester along Park Avenue and Majory Taylor Boulevard.
Tips from Recovery Centers of America-Westminster to those in recovery to successfully rebuild their lives and find purpose after addiction
Local residents should plan to avoid Indian Lake for most of the weekend due to the herbicide application.
Nearly 100 people died in the June 9, 1953, tornado. In its wake, the National Weather Service changed how it warns people about storms.
A town Republican group led the effort at Town Meeting over a scheduled event with performer Giganta Smalls.
Ed Augustus has a long record in government. But the Healey administration has little to reveal about his hiring as housing chief.
Worcester's 2023 election is shaping up to be an expensive one with many candidates flush with cash — more than usual at this point.
State Rep. Peter Durant, R-Charlton, follows Democrat Jonathan Zlotnik into the race as Gobi heads to the Healey administration.
The six-room shelter at Zion Lutheran in Greendale for small families could open in 2024, organizers say.
A historic church in Spencer was destroyed in a fire last week. Days later, its sister church in Leicester welcomed the congregation.
She came home to a broken door and a man hiding in her closet. He was arrested based on a photo she took.
The four-movie series sponsored by the city and the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District begins June 15.
The bridge from I-290 to the Mass Pike will be closed as part of an ongoing rehabilitation project.
Worcester will open seven city beaches and splash pads at the end of June, and is facing another lifeguard crunch this summer.
Longtime Worcester resident — and school employee — Antoinette “Ginger” Rinaldi got her high school diploma Thursday.
The 22-year-old victim was found near 3 a.m. at the school off Belmont Street.
The crash happened earlier Thursday morning along I-95 near Stamford, according to police.
The Shaking Crab has been trying to open in downtown Worcester for months. The restaurant's liquor license is now at stake.
Is Worcester headed in the right direction? A new chamber poll sketches how residents are feeling about schools, crime, housing and more.
The Marlborough nonprofit Thrive Support & Advocacy will take over the ballpark Thursday for a special prom event.
Worcester's 2023 election will feature four uncontested races, all for newly created school committee seats.
Property values, trash and national origin were top concerns as Greendale residents questioned a shelter planned at Zion Lutheran Church.
An internal investigation initially cleared the officers. The mother of the 10-year-old boy with autism said they used excessive force.
You simply get to JFK too late to make connections departing Worcester.
A 2022 roof collapse exposed gaps in assistance for Worcester residents who experience disasters ranging from fires to violent crime.
The Worcester Educational Development Foundation gave out dozens of scholarships and other awards to 2023 high school graduates.
The deadline to run in Worcester's 2023 election is coming up on May 30. Here are the candidates who have been certified to run.
The $11.3 million project will complete a 1/2-mile section of the trail, a key link on a path between Worcester, Woonsocket and Providence.
The only local daily newspaper covering the Worcester area has occupied the Mercantile Center tower for more than a decade.
The Worcester Regional Environmental Council's seasonal markets will begin after Memorial Day. Here's the full season schedule.
The Main Street residential loft complex opened with more than 50 units in 2009, but a new project would more than double that.
Digital Federal Credit Union handed out scores of scholarships to students across the U.S. Here are the local students who got them.
The risk of afternoon storms will be highest in central and northern parts of the state, according to the National Weather Service.
Gardner Democrat Jonathan Zlotnik filed to run for the Worcester and Hampshire district with Ann Gobi headed to work for Gov. Maura Healey.