FITCHBURG � Police and enviromental officials are keeping tabs on a moose that has been roaming near downtown Fitchburg in recent days. Pictured, the moose was spotted this morning near the Upper Common.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEAST BROOKFIELD � Construction is several years away, but the state is prepared to develop plans for the replacement of the South Pond bridge on South Pond road.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBOSTON � State Rep. Hannah E. Kane has been appointed to the Task Force on Financial Literacy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHOLDEN � Although his term on the school board is ending next month, Erik Scheinfeldt of Holden urged the Wachusett Regional School Committee to pursue full-day kindergarten for all students.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareNORTHBRIDGE � A Whitinsville man is being held on $10,000 cash bail after being arraigned Friday in Uxbridge District Court on charges of heroin possession with intent to distribute the drugs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER � With warm weather comes more outdoor work. In downtown Worcester Monday, workers poured pavement for a new walkway.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLEOMINSTER � An alleged drunk-driving accident on Route 2 east just before midnight Saturday resulted in the high-speed lane being closed for 45 minutes, state police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER — Friends, from left, Cristina Moliner, 25, Karla Moreno, 23, and Marian Garza, 20, take a selfie at Bancroft Tower. The friends traveled from Andover to Worcester for the afternoon, had lunch and toured Elm Park and Bancroft Tower.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER � Country star Miranda Lambert performs during her Certified Platinum Tour concert Friday night at the DCU Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAUBURN � Monday was the best of nights and the worst of nights for Town Manager Julie A. Jacobson.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLEOMINSTER � City Councilor David Cormier was vacationing in Aruba last week when he went to check local news and learned the state is withholding $3.2 million in monthly local aid because the city has not filed its year-end financial report.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER � State Rep. Mary Keefe, D-Worcester, plans to hold a meeting Wednesday to discuss pedestrian safety in the area of Belmont Community School at 170 Belmont St.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWEBSTER � Selectmen on Tuesday voted unanimously to advertise for a nine-member town administrator screening committee, accepted a modified schedule of Town Administrator John F. McAuliffe's remaining time, and added the role of assistant town administrator to Town Accountant Pamela A.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
AUBURN � The artificial grass is still eerily green where hundreds of athletes used to run and practice indoor soccer and baseball in the Auburn Sportsplex at 5 Mark St.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER � Just moments after a woman allegedly told a parking garage attendant that she was going to steal a public works truck, she did just that, and then crashed the vehicle into a pole near the garage door's exit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWORCESTER � The bell tinkles and another dress has found a girl with whom to go to the prom.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBOSTON — Marlboro Mayor Arthur Vigeant, police Chief Mark Leonard and more than a dozen police officers could be called to testify this week in a federal jury trial that pits a self-proclaimed whistleblower in the Police Department against the city.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWorcester colleges and universities are good places to work, judging by the number of employees staying for more than 25 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBOSTON � Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed 21 members to the statewide Judicial Nominating Commission, including several prominent lawyers from Central Massachusetts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLEOMINSTER � When Laura Jenny heard about the Travon Martin case, all she could think of were her friends who had scrapes with police that could have ended up much worse than they did.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareUXBRIDGE � Selectmen Monday ultimately agreed to support upgrading police and fire communication equipment from the current do-it-yourself two-way radio system, built more than a decade ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDUDLEY � For his first six months of employment, Town Administrator Greg L. Balukonis scored an average overall rating of "outstanding" during a performance evaluation by selectmen on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIt was a day for abandoning overused coats and for taking long lunch breaks. Warm weather, with temps in Worcester nearing 70, made a welcome visit to Central Massachusetts today.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
hit by a car Sunday on Chandler StreetWORCESTER � A 23-year-old Worcester man was in stable condition Monday with injuries to his head, chest, upper arm and calf after he was , police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOnce the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, this lot at the corner of what is now East Central Street and Summer Street is now the site of the city's U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WORCESTER � A state police dog and his handler helped Worcester police search for a suspect in a shooting Sunday on Vernon Hill.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFITCHBURG — Fred Ripley of Plymouth holds a future therapy dog, Lucy, as a woman with a German shepherd walks by Sunday before the spring graduation of NEADS, held at Montachusett REgional Vocational Technical School.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Veterans Notes
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBROCKTON — When police officers, armed with a search warrant, went to the Boylston home of Bridgewater State University daycare director Judith Ritacco last Friday, they found luggage on her bed and it appeared she was packing to leave the area, prosecutors said in court Thursday.
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