Worcester County News

An Upton man was injured by a lightning strike this morning during a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall across the county, flooding streets and basements, and prompting the town of Sterling to consider declaring a state of emergency.

Traffic fatalities by county in Massachusetts in 2008. By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff The number of traffic deaths in Massachusetts dropped 16 percent, from 434 in 2007 to 363 in 2008, following a national trend, federal highway safety officials said this week.

Nick Ramos of TNT Fireworks shows off one of the many different sizes of prepackaged firework sets, that tempt Massachusetts residents from its location less than a mile into Connecticut, where some personal pyrotechnics are legal.

The little boy, who was declared brain dead Tuesday, was disconnected from life support just after midnight at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center and his organs were harvested for donation, said Worcester police Sgt.

Prosecutors are expected to bring murder charges against a Worcester man accused of beating his 7-year-old son into a coma on Father's Day.

Investigators say a local man killed early Saturday when he was hit by a train may have been homeless.

The former chief financial officer of Harvard's Fruitlands Museum turned herself in to authorities after a Worcester County grand jury returned indictments against her in connection with the alleged embezzlement of more than $1.3 million from the institution.

A city man charged with murder in an alleged Jan. 31 machete attack on a tenant in a Douglas Street apartment building owned by the suspect's mother pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday in Worcester Superior Court.

CNB also announced Thursday that it has terminated a previously-announced merger agreement with the parent company of Pittsfield-based Berkshire Bank.

Forgey will step down as mayor June 30, when William Martin succeeds her in the office.

The Worcester County Commissioners' disingenuous column in last week's Ocean City Independent claims the recent consolidation and downsizing of three county departments was unpleasant but necessary due to lower projected revenues and would result in 'more efficient and effective planning and land use services in Worcester County.' What really ...

BERLIN -- In early April, Laura Carpenter was handed an application to be considered for a Habitat for Humanity house by a customer of the Ocean Pines salon where she works.

A not guilty plea was entered for Joseph Mayotte in court today on charges of one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and statutory rape of a child.

The Worcester County Commissioners' disingenuous column in last week's Worcester County Times claims the recent consolidation and downsizing of three county departments was unpleasant but necessary due to lower projected revenues and would result in 'more efficient and effective planning and land use services in Worcester County.' What really ...

Jun 17, 2009 6:46 pm US/Eastern Reporting Peg Rusconi WORCESTER In certain Worcester neighborhoods, the buzz of tree grinders and zing of saws are part of the soundtrack of spring 2009.

Momentum is building on Beacon Hill to do away with Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day, two little-known holidays for state employees celebrated only in Suffolk County, including the Statehouse.

Worcester County residents can expect to see an increase in their water and sewer rates later this summer.

A Turners Falls woman with a history of depression was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail yesterday on charges of trying to murder her 2-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors at a Gardner apartment complex.

" Health officials this week confirmed four Worcester County Public School students have been diagnosed with Influenza A H1N1 , bringing the total number of confirmed cases to six in the county.

Households and businesses throughout Worcester County are learning to do more with less in response to the currently depressed local economy.