Leicester News

The head-on collision that killed a North Brookfield couple in Leicester last year was a 'terrible accident,' but there was not enough evidence to continue a trial of the driver whose vehicle crossed the road and slammed into the couple's car, a judge ruled yesterday.

Whittemore Street was closed for several hours today after a car crashed into a utility pole.

Firefighter McGuirk, 38, of Leicester, who served with Engine Company 3, was the youngest of 10 children.

Millbury police are asking for the public's help in identifying two people who allegedly stole a woman's wallet and charged more than $1,500 on her credit cards at stores in Millbury, Worcester and Westboro.

A Leicester man pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge he exposed himself to a woman in Oxford Richard C. Hawes, 45, of 18 Carleton Road, Leicester, was arraigned in Dudley District Court on a criminal complaint of indecent exposure.

Paxton Paxton house fire traced to fan over shower PAXTON - A two-alarm electrical fire that started in the bathroom of a Crowningshield Drive ranch house Thursday night caused about $105,000 in damage, according to fire officials.

As her backseat passenger chatted her up, Jennifer Nhan seemed distracted as she pulled away in her Honda Accord.

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Tomorrow, the Department of Public Works and Parks will begin collecting leaves in the following areas bounded by: *Webster Street , Main Street , Stafford Street and South Ludlow Street and James Streets; *Stafford , Wildwood Avenue, Main and Eureka; *Main , Gates Lane, Mill Street , First and Westcott streets; *Paxton line, Pleasant Street , Tory ...

Up until a few weeks ago, the town of Leicester had big plans for its three public school buildings.

Look who's back! Cambridge-based poet Tim Mason is no stranger to the Central Mass.

Mendon Police Officer Jim Walckner and dispatcher Trish Benoit at work in the police station dispatch area recently.

A 1793 reverse serpentine chest with its smooth finish, delicate hardware and gentle curves was passed down in the Smith family from one woman to another until it was acquired by Old Sturbridge Village, where it has been stored, maintained and used for research.

An alert police dispatcher and several officers are being credited with thwarting a suicide attempt last night in the parking lot of the Leicester Police Department at 90 South Main St.

'No water, no sewerage, no heat, no electricity' TRUCK DAMAGES RESIDENCE Roger E. Castell walks yesterday by his house at 607 Stafford St., Leicester, where a tractor-trailer crashed into his front room Monday evening.

I have better things to pay for. I'm struggling to pay gas to get to school. -- Chelsea LaViolette, STUDENT LEICESTER - A small contingent of Leicester High School seniors is rallying behind the battle cry "Park Free or Die," while the school superintendent is saying you can't have some paying to park and others not.

A full-sized United Van Lines tractor trailer crashed into a house located yesterday after being cut off by a BMW that drove through a stop sign, Leicester Police Chief James Hurley said in a statement.

Linda L. Granville reads to children enrolled in a YWCA child care program in Worcester.

There's a special kind of pleasure that comes from being 3,000 feet in the air, riding on nothing but the wind.

Worcester Clark finds housing for students roused by fire WORCESTER - The 18 Clark University students displaced by a fire Thursday night at a Clark-owned building at 70 Florence St.