Worcester News

Greater Worcester Opera's popular Summer Concert Series gets underway at 7:30 p.m. July 16 with "Broadway Melodies" at Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester.

Enjoy a free outdoor concert of classical favorites and Broadway show tunes when the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra presents "Classics to Broadway" with soprano Jane Shivick and clarinetist John Fullam at 7 p.m. July 13 at Institute Park, Salisbury Street.

A city man charged with robbing eight local banks over a span of several weeks pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in Worcester Superior Court.

Christopher Deedy testifies during his first trial last year. The trial ended with a deadlocked jury.ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO HONOLULU - The retrial of a federal agent charged with murder in a shooting at a Waikiki fast-food restaurant is about to start.

Prince Dennis was held after pleading not guilty Wednesday to four counts of armed robbery and four counts of unarmed robbery in connection with the robberies from March 12 through May 29 in an around the city.

Rose was born April 10, 1926 in Royalston, a daughter of Leonard and Rachael DeSantis.

Blair Drummey and Abrahim Rouabhim, two recent Shrewsbury High School graduates, organized Rock-it to the Moon, a benefit rock concert, July 1 at the Scandinavian Athletic Club [SAC].

1, Worcester, for operating MV with license suspended/revoked, miscellaneous MV equipment violation.

Greater Worcester needs another hospitality house, a home away from home where families and friends can go for rest and respite when a loved one is in a nearby hospital.

A Worcester man facing charges in a series of robberies last year pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.

After a seven-year legal battle against the city, former police officer David F. Rawlston has won the right to wear a Worcester Police Department badge again.

New Hampshire residents with swimming pools are being asked to check their filters for an invasive insect that poses a serious threat to the state's forests and trees.

William M. Stout , 44, of Brookhaven Road in Worcester, was arrested at 10:22 p.m. on July 2, and charged with assault and battery, home invasion, trespassing, breaking and entering in a building, ship, vessel, or vehicle, threatening to commit a crime, and a warrant.

There are many special places in Worcester, and when thoughts turn to music, none is more special than Institute Park on a shady summer evening, with sweet strains of harmony floating on the breeze.

The City of Worcester has signed off on a federal plan to cut down 500 more trees - in a renewed effort to head off the spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle.

We're featuring a seven-legged octopus, a blowfish with allergies, a tune-a that can't carry a tune and other unique "sea" characters who discover that being different is special.

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State Sen. Harriette Chandler offers remarks Monday on the success of the city's Wayfinding initiative.

WinnDevelopment, the real estate development arm of WinnCompanies, last week held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completed Voke Lofts in Worcester.

WORCESTER, Mass. / ACCESSWIRE / July 8, 2014 / Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. today announces the availability of favorable terms for tax equity investors.