Worcester MA

The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process, submitting what organizers describe as a “surplus” of voter support ahead of Wednesday’s local filing deadline. Two years ago,...

Believed to be the first conviction of its kind in Massachusetts, a Dracut doctor has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after illegally prescribing opioids that prosecutors say caused the death of an at-risk patient. Richard Miron, 83, ranked as the largest provider of “high dose, short acting oxycodone...

The concept of single-income families, where one parent works and the other stays at home to care for the children, seems to be a fading memory for many. This is particularly true in Massachusetts, where the cost of living has significantly risen over the years. A social media user reminisces about growing up in the...

BOSTON — The Massachusetts House of Representatives will honor the Higuayagua Taino Luku Kairi Tribal Nation with a formal resolution on Wednesday. The Taino people are the indigenous forebears of people from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands. Members of the tribe will...

A man who was convicted of murder twice is now charged in connection with two cold case homicides in Massachusetts.

A Worcester city councilor wants the city to enact an ordinance to prohibit rodeos from using tools that hurt animals. Council Vice Chair and Councilor-at-Large Khrystian King’s order calls for the creation of an ordinance that would ban tools of “torture, torment and any painful, injurious techniques or devices to...

“Since launching on Thanksgiving Day in 2022, our Hunters Share the Harvest Program has distributed over 60,000 nutritious meals of venison to Massachusetts residents facing food insecurity. This impactful program allows licensed hunters to donate venison to those in need, while supporting forest conservation by...

DUDLEY, MASS. (WHDH) - The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) said it removed 62 animals living in unsanitary conditions from a home in Dudley Monday night. The MSPCA said it was called to the home on Mill Street a few months ago for reports of...

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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey visited the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Chicopee on Monday amid ongoing uncertainty over SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown. Governor Healey has been making stops at food banks and pantries across the state to show gratitude to the people...