Worcester News

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.

When she answers the telephone at the Worcester Police Department, dispatcher Ashley Sweeney never knows what she'll hear on the other end of the line.

Boston Casting will hold an open casting call for the upcoming movie "The Judge" starring Robert Downey Jr.

Every Friday, GoLocalWorcester takes a look at who's rising and falling in the Massachusetts political world.

The mills of Worcester and other towns along the Blackstone Valley corridor once served as major contributors to the local economy.

The weekend is fast approaching, and GoLocalWorcester brings you the best places to use your WOO Card around town for discounts and WOO Points.

The annual American Craft Beer Week is this week and we in the New England area certainly live in an ideal place to celebrate.

National Grid has found a home to house its new smart grid pilot. The Waltham, Mass.-based utility giant has secured space at 912 Main St.

Third-graders at Boylston Elementary School have an annual spring assignment about growing up in Boylston which requires students to visit historic buildings and places in town.

A firefighter pours water on a three-alarm fire at Gibson's Dairy Farm late Tuesday night.

Edwin Mazariego was sentenced today to life in prison without parole for the 2006 rape and murder of Maxine Libby.

Norman H. Ringdahl, left, owner of Prints and the Potter Gallery, and Robert M. Nash, of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, look over some of the work by Cape Cod artists that Nash delivered to the Worcester gallery.