Worcester MA

Usage and cost of the Massachusetts HomeBASE Program, used to re-house families in (or eligible for) the emergency shelter system, exploded during the migrant crisis—rising from $12 million in 2022 to $101 million in 2025 — as it served thousands of eligible migrant families as a key “off-ramp” from overwhelmed shelter

The Healey administration is pushing back against pressure from the Department of Justice to allow federal immigration authorities to get confidential and undercover license plates and registrations. “Massachusetts is not going to allow state resources to be used to help ICE operate in secret while they are violating p

After a fun trip to the U.S. side of Niagara Falls last year, Christine LaChance began planning a visit to the Canadian side. All she needed was her passport. It seemed simple enough, except for one issue — she had an incomplete birth certificate. LaChance, of Uxbridge, was born at her family’s home in Medway on Nov. 4

We went to Mass on a recent Sunday. The walls of the church remained intact despite our presence. We hadn’t been to Mass in a long time. It’s amazing how much harder the whole thing was to follow when it was in Latin. We went to Mass in...

Director Dawn Davis stops by the WCUW Frontroom at 910 Main St. for a Saturday matinee screening of her latest film, "Tea on the Beach," and a conversation about the movie, which follows a family whose matriarch has just died and some of whom are reuniting after a long time apart. "Tea on the Beach" has a 90-minute run

Color, movement and creativity are once again filling the big display windows of the Denholm Building. Coming on the heels of the popular “The Heart of Art & Fashion” exhibition in the same space, a new public art installation focusing on Worcester’s long history now fills the spots where the department store that once

A look back at when Massachusetts made 10-digit dialing mandatory and how it changed everyday phone calls.

GRAFTON – One of Grafton’s most visible abandoned lots could be ready for new life. A site at 92 Worcester Street – once home to Pepperoni Express, and before that, Burger King – may become a McDonald’s. Plans for the abandoned lot came before the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) in late April, with discussions exp

WORCESTER, MA — A 20-year-old man was arrested after police found a loaded firearm during a traffic stop on Lincoln Street. Leonel Rivera, of Worcester, was taken into custody at approximately 7 p.m. on May 12, 2026, near the intersection of Lincoln Street and Catharine Street. A Worcester Police...

Recently, an online animal resource published an article on the most snake-infested lakes in the Commonwealth,