Worcester News

Security camera footage recorded at a Worcester market shows a man lighting a trash bin on fire last week.

Councilor-at-Large Joseph C. O'Brien has released a white paper on school spending, arguing that the city needs to do more to improve school facilities, meet required state spending rules and build partnerships with business and higher education around specific initiatives.

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is scheduled to decide today whether to put the Spirit of Knowledge Charter School in Worcester on probation.

Thursday, May 9 Wilson Garcia, 20, of 181 Felton St., arrested and charged with driving with a suspended registration and driving with a suspended license.

The boarded-up windows and sagging porch make this Worcester house appear to be abandoned and unloved, but the reality was quite the opposite.

What is to be done to boost the Worcester Startup Common? In the last week, I have heard plenty of opinions ranging from a government official who does not have any idea, to people in the private sector whose ideas include getting startup capital, "leveraging competitive advantage" and setting up groups of people to talk about how to plow through ... (more)

It's last call for candidates seeking seats on the City Council and School Committee this fall.

Tim and April Smith walk their 4-year-old son, Brady, up to the GP-9 locomotive he is about the ride with engineer Kevin Gallagher, rear, in Grafton on Sunday.

A former professor at the College of the Holy Cross, Suzanne Branciforte is a bright, successful author who teaches in Italy and overcame breast cancer five years ago.

Perhaps the biggest surprise in Worcester City Manager Michael V. O'Brien's $564 million budget recommendation is that it does not include funding to address the city's $656 million liability for post-employment health benefits for municipal and public school retirees.

Edward I. Stein of Eddy's Carpet and Warehouse Outlet, 3 James St., in Worcester.

Flowers might spring up on their own this time of year, but flags have to be planted.

Worcester East Middle School science teacher Howard E. Fain is remarkable for several things, including engaging lesson plans and taking students on active, outdoor field trips.

Police arrested one man and are looking for another in connection with a string of dumpster fires set earlier this week.

A section of Hartford Avenue East in the area of Serenity Drive remained closed at 8:30 today while police investigated a serious two-vehicle accident that occurred shortly after 6 this morning.

Justin Flood, 26, of 28 Mechanic St., Webster, was found not guilty on a charge of rape after a jury trial.

Thelma Brodsky did not much enjoy the company of Howard Lockwood in kindergarten.

With the Powerball jackpot nearing $600 million, would-be winners are buying extra tickets and contemplating how they'll spend the dough on the off chance they come up big.

The portion of the city's student transfer policy that includes race will stay in place for another academic year after School Committee members said Thursday night that they were not ready to remove it from the district's policy handbook.

Professor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, co-author of "When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up? Loving and Understanding Your Emerging Adult," will talk about the book Saturday in Westboro.