Worcester MA

Solomon Pond Mall in Marlborough has a new owner, and that handoff is forcing a hard look at what comes next for one of the region’s biggest enclosed shopping centers. After years of dwindling foot traffic and a court‑supervised receivership, most of the property changed hands late last year, with potential futures...

WRENTHAM, Mass. — Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, New England’s largest outdoor outlet shopping destination, is expanding its lineup of food and retail offerings with several new additions set to open now through the summer of 2026. The center announced that Big Chicken, Gong Cha, Fabletics, and Gymboree will...

“She had a first-class palate,” read an obituary for Massachusetts resident Madelyn Eitas, who died due to an avalanche in Utah on Feb. 19

SOUTHBOROUGH – Route 9 in Southborough has plenty of buildings. But few are as well-traveled as this one. A 2.02-acre lot at 154 Turnpike Road was sold for $2.1 million, according to the Worcester Registry of Deeds. The property – assessed at $3.7 million, according to the Southborough Assessor’s Office – was...

With thousands of residents still in the dark after a massive blizzard, the Massachusetts House voted Thursday to advance a bill to address the high utility bills that are taking deeper cuts of budgets across the state. The House bill (H 5151) seeks to cut roughly $1 billion from the...

There is a little ice cream shop in Massachusetts that has been scooping since the 1900s. Yes, you read that right. While the world changed, cars got faster, and prices went way up, this place kept churning out cones the old-fashioned way. It’s recognized as the state’s oldest ice cream...

The big thaw continues for another day on this Saturday. Temperatures reach the 40s to around 50 degrees with plenty of sunshine. Again, we refreeze tonight as temps dip to below freezing, in the teens and 20s in the suburbs. A cold front approaches from the northwest, and this brings us a mix to snow showers for...

BOSTON – A former New York based sales director for the Northeast region of a mobile medical diagnostics company was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. According to a release from the...

SPRINGFIELD, MA(WGGB/WSHM) - A former loan officer from Brookfield is headed to federal prison for defrauding the MassMutual Federal Credit Union out of nearly a million dollars. 45-year-old Brian Socha was sentenced to 18 months after admitting a 6-year bank fraud scheme. Prosecutors say Socha hacked into his...

The Worcester Redevelopment Authority (WRA) is seeking a new tenant for Union Station's Grand Hall event space and on-site restaurant. The current lease with Maxwell Lucianos expires at the end of June, marking an end to 18 years of operation in the space. According to a Patch of Worcester report,...