Worcester MA

WORCESTER — The Worcester Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome a new class of inductees this spring as the community gathers to recognize athletes, coaches, and contributors who have made lasting impacts on school athletics. The 2026 Worcester Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is...

SHREWSBURY – There’s a new way for Shrewsbury residents to dispose of Sharps safely. In November, the town unveiled a high-tech Sharps disposal machine at the Shrewsbury Fire Department’s main station, located at 11 Church Street. Since that point, the department has safely dealt with hundreds of needles.

STRATHAM, New Hamp. (WGGB/WSHM) -- According to New Hampshire State Police, an 18‑year‑old Massachusetts driver was going nearly 120 miles an hour before a high‑speed chase ended in a crash on Route 101 in New Hampshire. Just after 12:30 a.m. Monday morning, a New Hampshire trooper spotted...

Scroll down to find a searchable Worcester County school districts database of MCAS results for grades three through eight for the 2024-25 school year. Across Worcester County, 39% of students in grades three through eight are meeting grade-level standards in English language arts, according to the 2025 results from...

Authorities said Jill Kloppenburg was friends with the suspect, and had been in his home

The driver of the Nissan was taken to Milford Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Milford police.

Early 2026 marks not one but two important anniversaries for Worcester. Of course, there’s the March 16 centennial of Robert Goddard’s rocket launch in 1926, but there’s also a second, much more recent birthday to celebrate. Just over five years ago, in January 2021, Worcester’s first community...

Likely with the help of taste-testing, our readers have narrowed the field in half in our search for the Best Fish and Chips in Central Massachusetts. Weeklong voting in our March Madness poll leaves eight places in the running for the timely honor. More than 10,000 votes were cast in the first round, which featured...

In a first of its kind for Massachusetts, several disability organizations sued the city of Worcester today, alleging discrimination in how it handles 911 calls. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, three organizations that work with children and adults with mental disabilities said that when...

Four state police academy trainers will be arraigned in April on manslaughter counts in the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia , the state police recruit from Worcester who died after a boxing exercise at the department’s New Braintree academy in September 2024. Three troopers – Lt. Jennifer Penton and troopers Edwin...