Worcester News

A Superior Court jury has found in favor of a city police officer in a nearly 7-year-old civil lawsuit brought against him by a Fitchburg man, who alleged that the officer severely beat him with his service baton when an altercation broke out at a downtown nightclub in April 2005.

UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses at its University Campus reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract late Wednesday night, averting a strike that had been scheduled to start Thursday.

Reports have come in from Worcester, Leicester and Paxton over the past few days between 3 and 5 p.m. In Leicester, police say there have been two incidents where the man reportedly took photos of a teenager and two children.

These details follow similar reports in neighboring Leicester and Paxton over the past two days and another report in Leicester earlier this month.

Four prospective bidders attended a question-and-answer session at City Hall Wednesday to discuss the city's animal-control officer job, but at least two said they are concerned about the insurance requirements.

Eight phones worth about $4,000 total were stolen during a break-in at a Route 9 business early Wednesday, Westborough Police Chief Alan Gordon said today.

A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.

Rep. Fresolo had reportedly been under investigation since March by the House Ethics Committee for explicit photos, and per diem expenses.

Sunday, May 12 12:21 a.m.: A general disturbance was reported on North Street. Police responded and will be seeking a summons to charge Mary Ouellette, 49, of 69 North St., Grafton, with selling/delivering/furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor and keeping a noisy and disorderly house.

The Shrewsbury-based Indian Society of Worcester is marking its 50th anniverary by partnering with Shrewsbury Media Connection to produce a documentary tentatively called "Fifty Glorious Years of ISW," according to the Boston Globe.

Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray, who decided against a gubernatorial run earlier this year, is expected to resign today to head the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, according to a source with Gov.

WORCESTER - State police are on the scene of a pedestrian accident involving a school bus near Exit 18, or the Lincoln Square exit, of Interstate 290, police said.

Severe thunderstorm watch: Scattered strong to possibly severe thunderstorms may develop this afternoon across northern Connecticut, northern Rhode Island and most of Massachusetts, especially near the Mass Pike.

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.