Worcester News

Murders and non-fatal shootings in the city for the first six months of 2014 roughly match the numbers for the first six months of last year, while knife attacks have taken a 20 percent decrease, recently released crime statistics show.

The Worcester district attorney's office has identified a man found dead in Meadow Pond Sunday as a 58-year-old from Worcester.

Wade and Nancy Robbins have been attending Trinity Church since 1988, becoming members in 1990.

Devereux, a nonprofit agency providing education and treatment for children and adults with severe emotional and behavioral disorders, presented its 2014 Commitment to Caring Award to Debra Remillard of Northborough during the recent Annual Meeting of the Advisory Board in Worcester.

Warren E. Tolman and Maura Healey, Democratic opponents in the state primary for attorney general, both say they endorse "smart-gun" technology, which recognizes the gun owner's fingerprints and prevents the weapon from being fired by anyone else.

A member of the city's Board of Election Commissioners recently resigned just weeks after he was appointed.

Ryan McClay , 22, of Hopkinton, was sentenced to 14 concurrent terms of 3 to 5 years in Walpole State Prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, six counts of larceny from a building, and assault with a dangerous weapon.

The city has closed Indian Lake to swimming, and warned people not to let their pets swim there, after tests revealed high levels of a potentially harmful algae in the water.

A 225-foot retaining wall is being built at the former Fire Alarm and Telegraph Building, which is being renovated for a bank.

Worcester not only oughta be in pictures, she has been in several and will be in still more.

I want to thank everyone who has had a part in helping to raise public awareness during the ongoing public comment period on our draft Water Management Act regulations.

If you enjoy playing the fiddle, dancing or listening to the New England style of fiddle playing, join accomplished fiddler and violin instructor Myra MacLeod for a dynamic fiddle workshop and Contra Dance sponsored by Apple Tree Arts in collaboration with the Willard House and Clock Museum.

With so many competitions to keep track of last weekend-the World Cup, Wimbledon, Tour de France-there's one you may have missed.

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].