Worcester MA

SANDWICH – From Sandwich Police: Last week the Sandwich Police Department responded to a Forestdale residence for a breaking and entering. Sandwich Police Detectives were able to establish probable cause to arrest Richard Findley of Marlborough, MA. An arrest warrant was issued and Findley was taken into custody with...

A Hopkinton man is heading to prison for about a year after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy and fraud charges. Ronaldo Solano, who ran a roofing and construction company in Framingham, was sentenced Monday. The Hopkinton Independent reports Solano pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud with...

SPRINGFIELD – The Massachusetts Attorney General has joined a group of states challenging the federal government’s efforts to obtain a vast trove of information on people who have received food assistance dating back to January 2020. Saying the federal government is seeking to disregard federal privacy laws,...

Three juveniles were arrested early Saturday morning after Worcester Police officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Hudson Street and discovered a firearm inside a vehicle. At approximately 4:00 a.m. on July 26, officers were dispatched to the area following a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, they located a...

An extremely popular national burger chain is opening another Massachusetts location this week. The burger chain is the first of its kind in this particular region on the Bay State, which also happens to be a popular destination to travel during the Summer months. With the addition of the new...

Patti Benvenuti and Gina Furmanick are a mother/daughter team of educators who are launching a new school housed in Oxford’s Zion Lutheran Church. Called the Freedom Academy, it will be an updated version of the one-room schoolhouse with students from ages 4 – 7 years attending for the first year. As students grow...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After yesterday's record-setting temperatures, we have another day of high heat. And those "wet bulb" temps will make you wish you could jump in the Gulf of Maine.

New details were released on Monday about the plans to replace all 18 Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) highway service plazas.

MILLBURY — 3 Worcester men were arrested in 2 unrelated incidents involving theft in Millbury, police said. On July 22nd, officers responded to a call from a resident who reported seeing 2 men inside his shed on Greenwood Street, allegedly taking tools. Police located the suspects nearby and identified them as...

Massachusetts has had a commercial food waste disposal ban in place since 2014. In 2016, the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) hired the consulting firm ICF to conduct an economic impact analysis of the ban. Results of that analysis showed growth in jobs generated, tonnage diverted, labor income,...