Worcester News

If you're on the lookout for a new pet for you or your family, look no further. Whether you want a dog, a cat, or even a furry little friend to complete your home, think adoption first! There are hundreds of lovable pets just waiting for you to take them home in rescue leagues and shelters everywhere.

However, when they conducted a study comparing residential landscapes in these six cities, they discovered that lawn care practices had fewer similarities than they expected.

Commerce Bank will sponsor a seminar,"Converting Your Hidden Treasures to Cash Online," at 2 p.m. March 19 at the Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence St. The seminar will show how eBay works and how to sell items on the site for added income.

There is a common factor in the 12 fire-related deaths in Massachusetts this year: the lack of working smoke detectors in the homes where victims were killed, the state fire marshal said Friday.

Dani Davis , who grew up in West Boylston, is the producer of the national tour of "Flashdance - The Musical."

There's the broken windows theory, and then there's 142 Eastern Ave. There are plenty of broken windows at the property.

Worcester's elected leadership hasn't reflected the city's growing diversity, but it is a topic people are aware of.

Knights! , Opening March 28th at the Worcester Art Museum, introduces the place of arms and armor in the broader context of history, storytelling, and art.

Joe McGinniss, author of the books "The Selling of the President" and "Fatal Vision," has died at age 71, his friend and attorney said on Monday.

Mount Carmel Apartments at 50 Shrewsbury St. in Worcester is a seven-story apartment building built in 1991 for low-income senior citizens and disabled residents.

MBTA officials are looking into what caused a Green Line D train to derail between the Fenway and Kenmore stops Monday afternoon.

A dog tag a Massachusetts man lost as he stormed ashore at Anzio during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1944 has finally been returned, 70 years later.

Commuters who use the Boston-Worcester rail line will get more choices starting Monday, with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority introducing expanded service on the route.

Jeff Hotchkiss, executive director and CEO of the Worcester based Mohegan Council, left and Mark R. Johnson, Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 7 at Liberty Church in Shrewsbury.

Fitchburg Police confirmed that the driver of a vehicle which rolled onto a South St. lawn was transported via LifeFlight to UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester with what Sgt.

Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. must either be one heck of a poker player or he absolutely, positively has no interest in serving as the city's chief executive beyond his nine-month contract.

Artist Jo Ellen Reinhardt, left, poses with the portrait she painted of retired Chief Justice Martha Grace, who stands at right.

Jen Melifonwu, a certified nursing assistant, tends to resident Fredric Mall in his room at West Side House, a nursing home in Worcester that primarily serves veterans.

This car dealership in Worcester in 1946 was doing what everyone else was in those post-war years: Taking advantage of the economic boom, especially the boom in automobile purchases.

"As music tames the savage beast, coffee civilizes man unkind." Dave Fullerton came up with the line compiled from an E. E. Cummings poem and a Bugs Bunny misquote from a William Congreve play.