Worcester News

Rhode Island's Bryant University is asking students to resist the urge to take selfies with its president while receiving their diplomas.

It's more than the fresh paint and flat-screen TVs that gladdened the hearts of Great Brook Valley kids this week.

Russo Bros. Jazz Quintet will have a CD release party at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Jillian's, 315 Grove St., Worcester.

One might suppose, when we have an African-American in the White House, that the dark days of racism are behind us.

The Worcester Rotary Club and New England Patriots Alumni Association will host a "Celebrate Community" benefit dinner and dance to raise money for Worcester Technical High School students to restore the Elm Park bridge.

Former state Rep. John P. Fresolo, who had considered running for the 16th Worcester District seat he resigned from last May amid a House Ethics Committee investigation, has bowed out of the race.

Brian Tivnan works with youngsters involved in the production of "Seussical the Musical" in 2012.

Heather Juhascik's daughter, Amy, is a kindergarten student in the dual-language program at Norrback Avenue School.

A Worcester man who had been granted parole after serving time for his role in the January 1988 killing of a cab driver, and then was imprisoned again for a parole violation last year, was released again.

A statewide anti-hunger charity has given more than $100,000 in grants to 20 groups in Massachusetts, including five in Western Massachusetts.

Taylor Swift is the queen of the party crashers!!! Here's a sweet video of her showing up at an Ohio bridal shower.

The veterans in Grafton won't be forgotten. That's the message Boy Scout Troop 107 gave selectmen Tuesday, when three Eagle Scouts presented their project to identify and build an online database of veterans' graves in three of the town's cemeteries.

I received many insightful comments through social media after I wrote this column last week.

Cantor Kim Singer of Berlin leads a Passover Seder on Tuesday at Temple Emannuel-Sinai in Worcester.

UMass Memorial Medical Center will shed more than 100 full-time jobs, including over 50 nursing jobs on two Worcester campuses, in the latest restructuring move at a health care system that is the largest employer in central Massachusetts, the hospital said Wednesday.

Somasse's research is built on his insights about the problems faced by African countries during the development process - especially the role played by education.

Talk radio host and political commentator Michael Graham has announced that he is leaving his show on WCRN in Worcester to host a daily FM show in Atlanta for Cumulus Broadcasting.

Here's lookin' at the best of craft beers at the annual Brew Woo Craft Beer Festival, presented by The Ranch, from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. April 19 at the DCU Center, 50 Foster St. Attendees must be 21 and older.

The enormous falling tree came down in slow motion as retired Leicester Fire Chief Jacob Menzigian watched through the windshield of his truck.

The 11th annual Assumption College Business Ethics Lecture will be held at 5 PM on April 22nd, in La Maison Franaise Salon in Worcester.