Millbury News

The buzzing workers that pollinate the state's harvest of cranberries, apples and other fruits and flowers may not receive any accolades for a robust season, but beekeepers are hoping they receive regulatory scrutiny.

Thomas O. Starefos, 49, right, is arraigned Monday in Uxbridge District Court on charges of manslaughter and domestic assault.

Worcester public works worker Joe Quinn grabs yellow bags of trash on a city street Wednesday.

Andrew Rovan , 60, of 3 Woodman Road, Worcester, charged with assault and battery, released on $500 cash bail, continued to Jan. 17. Debra Rovan , 53, of 3 Woodman Road, Worcester, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, continued to Jan. 8. Michael Martin , 58, of 60 Riverlin St., Millbury, charged with driving under the ... (more)

Mohegan Sun, the Connecticut gambling giant that lost a casino referendum in Palmer earlier this month, has emerged as a contender to join a Suffolk Downs casino bid in Revere, according to Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo.

Walter A. Cook, 68, of Berlin, died Sunday, Nov. 17, at Marlborough Hills Health Care Center, after a short illness.

The federal Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 was modeled on the state's 2006 health care reform law, so the idea of a health insurance mandate and insurance marketplace isn't new to Bay Staters.

Christopher A. Thomas , 26, of 256 North Main St., Webster, was found not guilty on charges of assault and battery on a person over 60 years old or disabled with an injury and unarmed robbery on a person over 60 years old; after a jury trial.

After a three-month "honeymoon period" following her return home from a tour of duty in Iraq, Lisa Prochnow had to reintegrate herself into civilian life.

United Way's Holiday Wish List offers a variety of opportunities for individuals to support non-profit organizations that help local children and families.

WHAV officials believe their application is probably one of thousands submitted during the filing window, the first for LPFM in 13 years.

Bow hunters arrowing exceptional deer are looking for taxidermists. Worcester County has some of the best.

A labor dispute between one of the country's largest school bus operators and its employees in New York City could disrupt transportation for thousands of Central Massachusetts schoolchildren.

The debate over Massachusetts's gambling law is heating up as anti-casino groups, bolstered by successes in defeating casino deals in East Boston and Palmer, work to collect 70,000 signatures by Nov. 20 to repeal the Commonwealth's gambling law.

Selectmen Tuesday night signed an agreement with the state to lease parts of the Irving A. Glavin Regional Center property for soccer fields and farmland for the next 25 years.

Warren Gets Headlines With Solar Project S hovels went into the ground Nov. 5 for what will be the second-largest solar project in Massachusetts, a 14-megawatt plant in Warren, to be joined by a 3-megawatt installation in Millbury.

Robert C. Mulcahy , 22, of 21 Bancroft St., Auburn, charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or .08 percent, found not guilty; and marked lanes violation, found responsible, fined $100.

Citing the need for a focus on economic development, the Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Tuesday night to continue with a single property tax rate.

Early Monday morning, the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Millbury received numerous 911 calls for a wrong-way operator on Route 495 southbound in Hopkinton.

A judge has issued a ruling precluding prosecutors from using a police officer's observations of blood as evidence against two of the three men charged with murder in the 1994 disappearance of Kevin Harkins.