Worthington News

A piece of Peru has been preserved thanks to a Somerville couple and The Trustees of Reservations land conservation group.

Gov. Deval Patrick announced Monday that his administration would restore $18 million in regional school district transportation funding that had been cut from the state budget two months ago.

WORTHINGTON - Jean L. Milewski, 84, of Old North Road, died at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton on Sunday, Dec.

Tina Dawson, a physical therapy assistant, stretches Peter Rooney's legs and hips to get him ready for practicing with the training prosthetics.

The former site of Dynamite Records will be home to Cafe Gulu-Gulu on Main Street in Northampton.

An effort is under way on Beacon Hill to restore $18 million in cuts in regional school transportation made by Gov.

A Haydenville man who was critically injured in a two-car rollover accident on Stage Road Wednesday afternoon was listed in stable condition at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed a case filed by a Cape man who testified in the high-profile murder trial of Christopher McCowen.

The western Massachusetts university town of Amherst is mulling a resolution urging the Congress to release cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees into the United States and calling for the town to welcome those detainees into the community.

The LeRoy family insists it's their trademark - and one that's worth $19 million - while parks department readies argument that the name belongs to NYC.

As some severe budget cuts are in the forecast, the Gateway Regional School District is buckling down.

By MANON L. MIRABELLI BLANDFORD - The last of five public hearings on the fate of Gateway Regional School District's elementary schools was held Wednesday with parents pleading with the School Committee to not close Blandford's school.

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - State tax collections in August rose above projections for the month, aided partly by the increased sales tax on auto purchases and the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program.

WORTHINGTON, MA - A disabled local Iraq war veteran will soon have a new to place to call home...and it won't cost him a penny.

State Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr., conducts a forum in May at the Chesterfield Senior Center to hear residents' concerns about the state budget.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Berkshire County until 3:30p.m. The National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm with the potential to produce wind gusts to 40 mph and small hail.

Perhaps it is the nature of pottery that has helped the primitive craft adapt to the lifestyles of modern day.

A Worthington woman is said to be doing okay after being struck by lightning yesterday.