Boylston News

The Disabled American Veterans Department Services Officer will not be available during June at the VA Outpatient Clinic on Lincoln Street, Worcester.

Former Providence Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci Jr. will be the keynote speaker when Dismas House celebrates its 20th anniversary June 26 at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts at 2 Southbridge St.

Rites held at Hope Cemetery By Winston W. Wiley TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wwiley@telegram.com WORCESTER- Robert Copeland held his cap over his heart in reverence as the procession of military veterans and young ...

The Boylston School Committee, with member Vincent Perrone absent, elected a new chairwoman, Rebecca Dono Healy at its meeting Monday.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com MONROE - A single vehicle crash on Readsboro Road took the life of a 69-year-old Boylston man yesterday evening.

Massachusetts authorities have named a man who might have a connection to the 2004 death of a Worcester, Mass., woman whose body was found stuffed in a trash can in a York neighborhood.

I applaud the sentiments expressed by a letter writer from West Boylston about the cruel practices employed by circuses to provide us with performing animal acts.

“The School Committee and the superintendent did a fantastic job putting the budget together. I think if we were not facing such tough times, it would certainly have passed.”

Voters in Boylston rejected a Proposition 2 1/2 override Monday, with 465 voters opposing the $624,000 request and 415 in favor. via The Item Extra

By Edward J. Canty TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF ecanty@telegram.com Witnesses have told the Telegram & Gazette that just before the crash occurred, two vehicles were driving at a high rate of speed when the first ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

State police have identified the Princeton couple killed in a highway crash in central Massachusetts. via WHDH

“We're now trying to decide whether we're going to keep it as a dam, or possibly breach it to alleviate any possibilities of having any failures”

Town meeting faces $250,000 request SHREWSBURY- Two dams in Shrewsbury, one owned by the town of Northboro, are among the hundreds of dams that the state says are a significant hazard potential and must be ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“But unless we do something about the social divisions, only those who are insured and wealthy will have access to it”

Craig C. Mello of Shrewsbury, a Nobel Prize-winner for his work at University of Massachusetts Medical School, talks about molecular medicine to Becker College grads, family and friends inside the DCU Center ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A man named by prosecutors as a "person of interest" in a series of unsolved murders in central Massachusetts once used an address on the grounds of a private school where the remains of two of the victims were ... via WBZ TV

Bristol County prosecutors have joined the list of law enforcement agencies investigating a Berlin man, who has been declared a "person of interest'' in six murders of women in Worcester and Middlesex counties ... via Boston Globe

“I can't even see him killing one. Not with his attitude. He was too mild. He was too quiet. He was not short-tempered at all.”

Scesny, 38, grew up protective of his three sisters, started work at 16, has a 12-year-old daughter he loves, and simply isn't capable of butchering six women, according to family members. via Boston Herald

“I've got an e-mail from someone who read the book while in Iraq, and another from a truck driver who has a partner and they read my book to each other”

When: 7 p.m. tomorrow Where: Leominster Public Library, 30 West St., Leominster How much: Free and open to the public, but reservations are suggested. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“I'm not beholden to anyone. My district consists of all kinds of people, and for anyone to think I'm incapable of representing every one of them is very shocking”

By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF ssutner@telegram.com Two powerful labor unions financed more than a quarter of state Rep. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The Turtle Boy has spoken again. For our third annual Worcester Magazine Music Awards, more than 4,200 voted in slightly more than 30 categories, covering everything from rock to jazz to world music to the ... via Worcester Magazine

BERLIN The Board of Selectmen is seeking candidates to serve on a committee to oversee the 1870 Town Hall's operations. via Boston.com

“We are aware of these allegations, take them seriously and we are looking into this matter”

Probation officer allegedly gave info to criminals WORCESTER- The investigation into a Worcester Superior Court associate probation officer allegedly leaking information to known criminals is continuing, ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette