Worcester County News

In keeping with a 17-year holiday tradition, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Pi Zeta chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity recently donated approximately 70,000 pounds of food and $1,000 from the city community to Worcester-based Friendly House community center.

A 5-year-old autistic boy was found after two hours of searching in the Douglas woods on Saturday, police said.

Dudley District Court Judge Neil Snider agreed with both defense and prosecution requests, defining Hiram Burgos Ortiz a danger to others and sending him to Bridgewater State for 30 days of psychiatric evaluation.

BERLIN , Md.- A new building for the Worcester County Senior Center in Berlin will open Nov.

The gates are open at GlenRiddle, but not for much longer. The northern Worcester County community has installed electronic gates at all of its entrances, completing the developer's vision for the subdivision.

As Worcester County Sheriff Guy W. Glodis inches closer to a well-funded run for statewide office with tomorrow's announcement that state Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci will retire, Thomas J. Foley, the popular former top commander of the Massachusetts State Police, has signaled definite interest in the sheriff's job.

NEWARK -- The Worcester County Board of Education will go into the next fiscal year with a $994,000 fund balance, an independent audit has revealed.

A 52-year-old Charlton man was 'irate and yelling' when he allegedly attacked a 17-year-old without provocation Tuesday afternoon when the teen answered the door in a neighbor's Charlton apartment.

Some Worcester County leaders are concerned that reductions in payments and low-interest rates are jeopardizing future payouts for employee retirement benefits.

The Worcester County U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program launched this season's toy drive yesterday with a tour of its large, empty warehouse at 10 New Bond St.

Text Archive > American Libraries > History of the town of Winchendon from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time History of the town of Winchendon from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time This book has an editable web page on Open Library .

Text Archive > American Libraries > History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Survey verifies approach; foundation OKs funds James Welch left and Frank Schneider the first two tenants of the Home Again program leave the PIP Shelter Monday after the grant program was announced.

Kevin T. Starr garnered 393 votes in yesterday's election to win his second term as Ward 4 city councilor.

Friday, November 6, 2009 Outdoors: Hunt is on for 'timberdoodles' Mark Blazis Outdoors Flights of woodcock descended among our aspens, alders and red maples this week.

A Millbury woman accused of stealing about $225,000 from the Mohegan Council of the Boy Scouts of America is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Worcester Superior Court.

The Worcester County Commissioners have decided not to add any commercial zoning to Route 589 as part of its comprehensive rezoning, leaving zoning for growth on the road to be determined at a later date.

A local woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old child with a belt and then abandoning her at the state Department of Children and Families office in Leominster, according to court documents.

Emilio Cruz and Timothy Dupree were on the prowl Halloween night as part of a nationwide effort to keep trick-or-treaters safe from sexual predators.

A Charlton man faces charges of attempted murder and assault and battery after allegedly attacking his girlfriend.