Worcester MA

Police say the woman was found passed out in her car just days before the fatal wreck.

A development firm in Worcester wants to build 28 apartments at the site of a former auto repair shop. MR Capitalx LLC is proposing the construction of 10 studio and 18 one-bedroom apartments at 625 Franklin St., according to a letter submitted to the city’s zoning board of appeals.

With warmer weather in Massachusetts, outdoor adventures are calling. Just be mindful of purple fence posts that signal private land—an unconventional yet legal way to mark boundaries.

The median home in Worcester County listed for $549,950 in March, up 1.4% from the previous month's $542,500, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows . Compared to March 2025, the median home list price stayed the same as $549,950. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Worcester County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing...

STURBRIDGE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Two people were rushed to the hospital after they were thrown out of their car in a crash in Sturbridge on Sunday. Crews responded to the scene on I-81 Westbound near Exit 5 just before two a.m. early Sunday morning. Both involved sustained serious injuries and were brought to the UMass hospital to be seen in the critical care...

The MBTA has announced service changes in May on the Red, Green, Blue, Mattapan, New Bedford/Fall River, Greenbush, Kingston, and Framingham/Worcester lines. As previously announced, in May, the MBTA will perform final testing and commissioning work on the Red Line’s new digital signal system, which will strengthen Red Line service reliability for riders. Pre-testing for the new signal system was completed...

The Commonwealth has four cities tied at #1 with 17 other cities for worst in the country. That, to me at least, is simply astonishing.

Two years after Steward Health Care’s collapse upended hospital care across Massachusetts, the bankruptcy battle is far from over — and a recent court ruling may signal what’s next for the state’s largest health insurer. Last week, a Texas bankruptcy judge denied a Blue Cross affiliate’s...

WORCESTER – A local woman faces charges for stealing over $100,000 of Social Security benefits in Federal Court in Worcester. Federal prosecutors filed charges against Jennifer Valley, 51, of Barre, for one count of theft of government money. According to federal prosecutors, Valley stole $100,218 in Social Security retirement...

The Town of Medway, Massachusetts, is alerting residents that the Norfolk County Mosquito Control District has announced a pending aerial application to target mosquito larvae in local wetlands between April 20th and April 30th, weather permitting. According to the announcement shared by the town, the treatment “typically takes 2 days within this window” and is intended to target mosquito larvae before they emerge as...