Worcester MA

Remember when restaurants let you toss peanut shells on the floor and charged your kid by the pound? That beloved, wonderfully messy chain is back in its home state, and you can find it tucked inside a former Chinese-Japanese restaurant in central Massachusetts. The original brand was born here in...

You probably don't even realize how often you use paper towels throughout an average day. Five times? Ten times?? Maybe even 20 times a day.

The rectangular plastic E-ZPass transponder that has hung from Massachusetts windshields for years is on its way out — and now other states are beginning to follow. Massachusetts began issuing sticker tags on March 1, making it one of the latest states in the national E-ZPass network to make the switch, according to CBS News.

A trip to a convenience store may result in a zip code change after a Massachusetts man hit big money on a scratch ticket. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Aramis Arias of Worcester is the winner of a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword” instant ticket game.

The fourth Sobriety Checkpoint for 2026 has been announced for the area by Massachusetts State Police. Colonel Geoffrey Noble, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Public Way in Bristol County. According to MSP,...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — When Ann McDonald went kayaking several weeks after a 2024 rainstorm, she thought the water in the Alewife Brook just outside Boston was safe. Even though sewage discharges into the brook during heavy storms, public health officials recommended waiting just 48 hours after rain for bacteria levels to drop — so when McDonald’s kayak got stuck in debris, she wasn’t concerned about...

A North Billerica man was arrested Tuesday night on 14 charges, including cocaine trafficking and malicious destruction of property, after the allegedly stolen white BMW he was driving crashed into a fence along Loop Road. According to the police report issued Wednesday morning, the Hopkinton Police Department received an alert...

LEOMINSTER — On Sunday, January 4, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Officer Mackenson Adescar of the Leominster Police Department was dispatched to an apartment on Arlington Street following a report of a stolen wallet. (The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of...

The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures attention starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of that journey.

SHREWSBURY – After a journey that included outrage, compromise, concessions, and skirting a mixed-use moratorium, a 36-unit project along a major Shrewsbury thoroughfare finally gained approval on April 6 after a unanimous vote from the Planning Board. Situated at 308-312 Boston Turnpike – across Route 9 from the Fairlawn...