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Armed home invasion reported FITCHBURG -- Police were investigating a reported armed home invasion last night on Wildwood Drive.

Industrial site cleanups gaining in Massachusetts As the crowded schedule of community and neighborhood cleanups throughout the week attests, Earth Day retains much of the anti-litter focus of the first ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“These things belong in museums where they can be appreciated by the public rather than locked in somebody desk or vault or what have you”

The last American survivor of the Titanic was a Massachusetts native. Although Lillian Asplund died several years ago, only her memory will remain in the state since the artifacts of her trip were sold ... via CBS 3

“Personally, I'm a great environmentalist. That, with the wind we have up here, put those together and it seemed like the perfect place to put a wind turbine”

Holy Name Catholic School in Worcester is taking a proactive step to save on electricity and help the environment by building the first big wind turbine in central Massachusetts. via WBZ TV

“Everybody thinks it's tricks of the eye, but it's really tricks of the brain”

A boy at the Worcester County secure treatment facility in Westboro talks about his science project on the effects of vinegar on bones. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“The celebration will include a 'Taste of Israel' with Israeli cooking for Passover and a kosher for Passover wine tasting event”

Jews around the world tonight will mark the start of Passover, a major Judaic holiday commemorating the freedom of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

By Richard Duckett TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF rduckett@telegram.com The Central Massachusetts Coalition for Middle East Peace will present its second Middle East Film Festival beginning tomorrow. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“He's got a right to push for his ideas but we're going to put the statistical data out there that we have”

By Mark Melady TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF mmelady@telegram.com WORCESTER- William T. Breault, head of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety, called efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“This is really going to help us to market to the companies in the east”

Gov. Deval L. Patrick came to the city yesterday to announce that Chicopee River Business Park is the state's first "growth district" in Western Massachusetts. via MassLive.com

“Massachusetts is an innovation economy”

By Anna L. Griffin TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF agriffin@telegram.com FITCHBURG- Technology provided the fuel yesterday for a lunch presentation by Martin T. Meehan, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at ... via Telegram & Gazette

Some individuals will live in apartments scattered throughout the region and others will live in a clustered site. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nearly $3.6 million for four projects in Central Massachusetts, David Tuttle, the agency's rural development director for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The number of homeless individuals living in Worcester has decreased for the first time since a homeless advocacy group began counting five years ago. via WWLP

“I will not make a show of it. That is my ethics.”

Russia's Czar Nicholas II, seated second from left, Czarina Alexandra, center rear, and their family are shown in this undated file photo. via The Boston Globe

“Whether we live in Boston or Worcester, or in some of the suburban communities, these issues impact all of us.”

Teen jobs, gang prevention matter By John J. Monahan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF jmonahan@telegram.com BOSTON- Young advocates from Worcester joined peers from around the state yesterday in urging support for ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A Worcester-based bank has filed a federal lawsuit against TD Bank Financial Group over its plans to begin doing business in Massachusetts under the name "TD Commerce Bank." Commerce Bank & Trust Company filed ... via Boston Globe

When it comes to doing public work, we in construction have responsibilities both to provide taxpayers with value and protect the integrity of our industry. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“Neddy is such a resource for the Latino community. She really cares and there's so much she does that no one ever sees.”

Several area women who have worked for the elderly and victims' rights were among those honored Tuesday as members of the Unsung Heroines of Massachusetts, which recognizes women for their community efforts. via Sentinel & Enterprise

March 24, 2008 11:10 p.m. PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS A Worcester judge, sitting in Palmer, denied a motion to dismiss assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charges against two Holyoke police officers. via WWLP

A Massachusetts man is expected to be extradited to Connecticut today where he faces murder charges in the stabbing death of wealthy Greenwich developer Andrew Kissel. via WHDH