Worcester News

Worcester State University students may soon have to pay to park in some choice on-street parking spaces on Chandler Street, right next to the college.

And in the Great Brook Valley neighborhood, those odds rise to one in 31. That part of the city with the greatest rate of crime is followed by Chandler Hill , Belmont Hill/Shrewsbury Street , and Chandler Street/Park Avenue .

In a ranking of cities using violent and property crimes data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Worcester has the ignoble distinction of being ranked one of the "100 most dangerous cities in the U.S." by the real-estate neighborhood search website Neighborhood Scout .

Although the holiday season should be one of the happiest times of the year, it is often one of the most stressful.

A $250,000 National Science Foundation grant will be used to develop "City Science ," an interactive exhibit at the EcoTarium.

A pedestrian who died after being struck by a car in Leominster Friday night has been identified as Donald Boucher, 54, of 556 Central St., Leominster, said Tim Connolly, a spokesman for the Worcester County District Attorney.

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

A Leominster man was struck and killed by a car on Central Street near Albert Drive late Friday afternoon.

Despite the chilly temperature Sunday night, about 100 people, including 60 Worcester firefighters, turned out for a brief ceremony on Vernon Hill in front of the vacant lot at 49 Arlington St., where veteran Firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr. died in a three-decker fire two years ago.

I'll be updating the blog early Monday morning, but my idea for the weather system should hold through the night.

Forget about seismic changes taking place at Worcester City Hall. Forget about the talk about whether the annual salary for the mayor's position should be increased by $9,500, to $43,500, for what is supposed to be a part-time job for a person who has two full-time staffers.

The students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other members of the community at St. Mary's Junior and Senior High School received an early Christmas present this weekend.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Worcester County, and much of southern New England.

When it comes to assessing the economic future of Worcester Regional Airport, city and area residents have long adopted a "show me" attitude.

Eric von Hofe is preparing the two-person company Antigen Express Inc. for a review of data from studies of a breast cancer vaccine.

With the airport's $32 million landing system still far from being installed, it's frustrating, but no surprise, that JetBlue had to cancel a few flights late last week.

Leading up to Thanksgiving and continuing toward the December holidays, some people on Facebook have been posting daily updates of what they are thankful for.

A judge will decide Wednesday whether a Holden teenager, who police believe is an affiliate of a Kilby Street gang, is too dangerous to be released on bail.

All those winter moths may seem harmless, if puzzling, this fall, but their offspring may be chewing up the landscape next spring They are winter moths, 1 trillion strong in Massachusetts at last estimate.

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.