Worcester MA

WORCESTER — A person came to my table with a bunch of bacon-wrapped chicken on a sword and asked me if I wanted some. That was after he carved me off a piece of a tomahawk steak, but before he gave me a piece of gorgeously stewed beef that melted in my mouth.

Amid continued frustration with past police misconduct in Worcester, residents are renewing decades-old calls for stronger oversight of the Worcester Police Department. The recent push for an independent investigative body comes after a report last fall by the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau concluded a...

One of the men convicted of killing Massachusetts State Trooper George Hanna​ nearly 43 years ago had his first parole hearing Thursday.

(This story has been updated with additional information.) WORCESTER – The city's contract with Spectrum has been characterized in recent years by accusations of contract violations and poor customer service. Now Councilor-at-Large Gary Rosen is adding another complaint to the list, that Spectrum hasn't been honoring...

A Massachusetts concrete company has agreed to plead guilty to violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety standards in connection with a 2023 incident in which a worker was crushed to death. John Oliveira & Sons Stamp Concrete, Inc., a business operating out of East Freetown, ignored safety...

Canadian hydropower is scheduled to surge into Massachusetts on Friday, marking a major new energy source for the state. The long-promised and long-delayed transmission line that will carry up to 1,090 megawatts of electricity into the state is set to begin commercial operation after work wrapped up on the project in...

We're bracing for the incoming cold, and with that, there are chances of snow this weekend.

There has been no verification that the delivery is linked to a shift in tactics or that a broader crackdown is imminent.

A fleet of around 24 white SUVs were delivered to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Burlington on Jan 7. That office, which sits just one town over from Lexington, is ICE’s New England headquarters. The delivery includes a mix of Dodge Durangos and Ford Interceptors.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Tuesday, Jan. 13, she would take unspecified action by month’s end against towns that, like Holden, have not complied with the state’s MBTA Communities Act. Campbell, answering a listener question live on WGBH's "Boston Public Radio" program, said she would take “action as...