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A 19-year-old man who told police he was walking home from a friend's house was shot early Friday morning in what police believe was a drive-by shooting in the area of Plantation and Benedict streets.

The city is poised to preserve as open space two undeveloped parcels totaling 21 acres off Harrington Way, near the EcoTarium and North High School.

Several residential streets near Worcester State University will soon become off-limits to students looking for a place to park their vehicles while they go to school.

The City Council Municipal Operations Committee has proposed increasing the mayor's annual salary by $9,500, to $43,500, effective January 2016.

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Due to winter weather coming this way, the city has declared a Winter Parking Ban, effective at 11 p.m. tonight.

Conservative Robin Walker says Worcester City Council should do a U-turn on the proposed changes in a bid to help the public.

In September, Westborough Police Chief Alan Gordon was invited by Ilyse Levine-Kanji to attend a seminar on preventing gun violence at the Congregation B'Nai Shalom in Westborough.

On Tuesday, November 26th 2013 at 10:05 p.m. Shrewsbury Police responded to Main St. for a one car motor vehicle accident.

A gas tax repeal initiative appears to be heading to Bay State ballots next year, raising the question: does Massachusetts really need the money in the first place? According to Ryan Fattman, a freshman state representative from the 18th Worcester district, the state has money to spare.

The annual stART at the Station holiday gift-themed arts and crafts festival pulls into Union Station in Worcester from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8 with more artists on board than ever before.

Edward M. Augustus Jr. may be the city's chief executive officer for no more than nine months, but he's still going to face a number of difficult challenges during his short tenure.

City firefighters will hold their annual food drive Monday at three local Stop & Shop supermarkets - West Boylston Street, Grafton Street and Lincoln Plaza.

A natural gas line was ruptured and the porch foundation damaged when a car crashed into a house Thursday night at 10 Norwood St. No one was injured in the crash, which occurred in the early evening.

Legal costs, out-of-district special education costs and workers compensation spending are all running higher than projected, the School Committee learned Thursday night.

One of the JetBlue flights scheduled to leave Worcester Regional Airport Friday is among 12 that have been canceled because of dreary weather or mechanical problems since the airline began service here just a month ago.

The woman found dead Wednesday behind a Suffolk Street house was beaten to death before her body was burned in an attempt to cover up the crime, police allege in court documents.

Timothy P. Murray wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He is not, has never been and will not be a candidate for the city manager's job.

Kathleen Galat Bowers, Grasshopper Scream, digital archival print, 2013-one of the works which will be featured in the Creatures Real and Imagined exhibit.

Worcester - National Influenza Immunization Week is Dec. 8 - 14, and the following influenza clinics have been scheduled next week at the Division of Public Health, Nursing Office , 25 Meade St., Worcester, and are open to the general public: Additionally, influenza vaccine will also be available at the Gun Buy Back at the Worcester Police ... (more)