Palmer News

When the Steaming Tender opened in the restored Palmer railroad station in 2004, its novelty and soundly prepared meat and seafood offerings, served trackside to the passing tremors of freight and passenger trains, were all that was needed for a rewarding family dining experience.

One lane has reopened on Route 20 , following an early Wednesday morning car crash that shut down a mile-long section of the road from Breckenridge Street to Thorndike Street for hours.

The School Committee race could bring out voters today, as two political newcomers, Gary A. Blanchette and Gary T. O'Brien, attempt to oust longtime members Mary A. Salzmann and David M. Lynch.

Worcester Driver faces charges in 7-car smashup WORCESTER - A Penn Avenue man is facing several motor vehicle charges after police said his car struck five parked cars and slammed into another car on Shrewsbury Street Sunday night.

Big gambling interests clashed with opponents on Thursday during a legislative hearing that launched a new campaign to open casinos in Palmer or other locations in the state.

Police in Ludlow are working with their counterparts in two other communities to determine if a 28-year-old Brockton man who held up a convenience store here at knifepoint Sunday night was responsible for other recent robberies.

LUDLOW / PALMER, Mass. - A 28-year-old Brockton man tried to use a fast food drive-thru more like a walk-up A-T-M. The man, identified as Jason Delaney, is still at large and the drive-thru employees at the Palmer McDonalds, and Wendy's are terrified that the fast-food banditi with a craving for cash, may strike again.

The Belchertown Land Trust plans to seek an extension to its Nov. 30 deadline for devising a plan to either repair the Upper Bondsville Dam or take it down.

BROMSBERROW History Group will host a talk by Roy Palmer MA from Malvern entitled Traditional Song in Gloucestershire, featuring singing both live and recorded.

A state commission examining the pros and cons of bringing expanded gambling to New Hampshire was told yesterday that to get the most bang for its buck, the state should act before Massachusetts does.

"Deal or No Deal" host Howie Mandel shopping the shelves at CVS in Downtown Crossing .

A real estate developer who hopes to build a resort-style casino in Massachusetts said he has an option to buy more than 200 acres of land along Interstate 495 in Milford and has lined up a partner.

Palmer police are searching for two white males who reportedly showed a small black handgun to a couple and took a woman's purse at Burleigh Park on Old Warren Road on Friday afternoon before they ran off into the woods.

A fast-food fire forced two local families out into the cold on Thursday night. At about 6:30pm a fire broke out in a two family home on 3 Spring Street in the Bondsville section of Palmer.

Police have identified the heavily disguised man who held a woman at knifepoint in the robbery of the Ye Olde Grog Shoppe on Depot Street last month.

Top legislators on Beacon Hill said they won't take up a casino bill until sometime after Jan.

It took months for this town's Senior Center members to save up $2,000 for trips, and a few minutes for some jerk to break into the office and steal it.

David E. Whitney stood outside Mohegan Sun's downtown Main Street office Saturday holding a sign supporting Mohegan's plan to build a $1 billion resort casino here for one simple reason: Jobs.

For years, Ralph E. Roth was concerned about an abandoned building near his property on 4038 High St.

Police are investigating a burglary at the Senior Center, where $1,400 for an upcoming trip to the Eastern States Exposition and other cash was stolen.