Worcester MA

Massachusetts ended fiscal year 2025 with a state budget bottom line that quietly crept higher and higher and ultimately eclipsed the budget Gov. Maura Healey signed five months ago for fiscal 2026. When all fiscal 2025 spending is tallied, including a stream of supplemental spending laws, the state finished the...

Searching for simple restaurants in Massachusetts where the seafood tastes like it jumped straight from the ocean?. These 7 no-frills spots serve up the freshest catches and most mouthwatering seafood traditions without any fancy fuss!. 1. Clam Box of Ipswich (Ipswich) Have you ever seen a building shaped exactly...

The death of 4-year-old A’zella Ortiz in Worcester is the latest in a string of tragedies that the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) says is part of repeated failures between child welfare agencies across state lines. Despite reforms after the deaths of Harmony Montgomery and David Almond, gaps...

A suspect was taken into custody by the Massachusetts State Police after a police chase on I-84 west in Sturbridge.

CHICOPEE — The Family Destinations Guide recently named Chicopee one of the most affordable cities in which to live in Massachusetts. The guide, which tracks affordable hidden gems across the nation, says Chicopee — along with a few other Western Massachusetts municipalities — are very reasonably priced.

Companies found a fire in the basement that burned through the floor joists into the first floor.

Alex Cornwell's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables is attracting visitors from around Massachusetts.

A man pleaded guilty to a 1981 kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl in the Berkshires, and the 1986 murder of a 32-year-old woman from Vermont.

You can experience the lights through Jan. 4, 2026. The holiday just got brighter for a botanical garden in Massachusetts named the best in the nation for its seasonal lights. USA Today recently released a list of the 10 best botanical garden holiday lights in America, part of its 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards,...

One-third of the voters in a Globe/Suffolk University poll say they’ve considered leaving in the past year. Have you?. A recent Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found something striking: one-third of the 500 voters surveyed say they’ve seriously considered leaving the state in the past year, largely because of...