Whitinsville News

A Whitinsville chiropractor's license was suspended indefinitely by state regulators last week after he failed to respond to charges that he ran an unclean and unsafe practice, engaged in unprofessional and dishonest practices, did not provide requested information to regulators and practiced after his license expired.

Milford Regional Medical Center representatives, elected officials and local business leaders smiled for the cameras as they held shovels full of dirt for the ceremonial groundbreaking Friday of the medical center's new outpatient facility at E.O. Osterman Commerce Park on Church Street in Whitinsville.

To help support the Northbridge Food Pantry, this winter, students at Whitinsville Christian School were challenged to collect 800 food items.

A 21-year-old woman, whose child was in the back seat of her sedan, was charged with drunk driving for a crash that sent a minivan carrying three children into a quarry, Milford police said Sunday.

Blackstone Valley Club 21 members, from left, Lori Girard, Robert Paquette and Matthew Albee, with Club 21 Blackstone Valley Coordinator Kathy Lyons.

A Whitinsville man was arrested after he threatened another man with a meat cleaver, allegedly asking the second man when he was going to "man up" and shovel the snow.

Gov. Deval Patrick has rebuffed suggestions that system-wide failures are plaguing the state child welfare office, but a review of the Herald's coverage of the problems inside the Department of Children and Families shows an agency in crisis far and wide.