Southbridge News

To combat the spread of invasive aquatic plants, the Friends of Leverett Pond applied an herbicidal treatment to the pond last week aiming to control the spread of milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed.

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On Friday, June 28, Old Sturbridge Village is offering the first of three "$5 Fridays" and will roll back its admission prices to just $5 for all visitors.

Route 20 at Route 148 is closed for the investigation of a serious head-on crash about 10:30 a.m. Authorities said there were multiple injuries in the two-vehicle collision.

Shawn Hebert , 37, of 131 Elm St., Apt. 3, Southbridge, was arrested at 4:53 p.m. on a warrant.

A cyclist died of serious head injuries after losing control of his bicycle and crashing into rocks on the Port Hills.

Dudley Store destroyed by 2-alarm fire DUDLEY - A West Main Street convenience store was destroyed by a two-alarm fire Friday night.

The officers went to 1093 Pleasant St. where a woman was about to give birth to her second child.

While some parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester are merging or closing, St. Joseph Basilica in Webster is doing exactly the opposite.

WARREN - The Warren Public Library, 934 Main St., is holding a spring book sale and plant swap on June 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library.

It was sometime around Christmas that Christopher and Cynthia Payne realized they were mostly on their own.

Ice cream vendor Eric C. Cassim said he understands why people in his business would be subject to criminal background checks, but fingerprinting them might be going too far.

Basing their action on the governor's preliminary budget, councilors this week unanimously approved a $46.8 million fiscal 2014 budget.

Yesterday's boomers released copious amounts of rain in places especially over southern Worcester County where some locations such as Southbridge received well over 3 inches resulting in some flooding.