Millbury News Archives

Not too many miles from western Massachusetts Hundreds of students are sick, and school officials don't want the problem to get worse.

Workers picked up meat and debris from yesterday's early-morning toll plaza crash.

A fire destroyed a Boston Road home, and a firefighter was injured while battling the blaze yesterday afternoon.

The cause of an Oct. 16 fire that destroyed a local police officer's home is under investigation by the state fire marshal's office, although the blaze is not thought to be of suspicious origin.

For months, those entering Worcester via its southern gateway along Route 146 have watched the steadily growing mound of fill that covers the old Greenwood Street landfill.

This may sound self-serving, but I have a suggestion for the correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction.

'I feel like I'm 16 again,' said Gina Iadarola of Sutton, wiping down one of the large round tables at the Mustard Seed soup kitchen and pantry where as many as 150 would gather later in the day for a free meal.

Ann Marie Legge of Grafton huddles up in the chilly bleachers with her daughter, Rosemarie Legge, 14, a Grafton High School student, as they watch Grafton High play the Millbury High School girls soccer team at the homecoming game yesterday afternoon in Grafton.

Ann Lister was packing for a move about two years ago when she stumbled across a manuscript she wrote more than a decade earlier and set aside.

Heavy winds caused limbs and trees to down power lines across the county this afternoon.

George Calimeris has held senior-level positions at Strata Bank of Franklin, Millbury National Bank and Bank of America's small business division.

The dotted line stretches from Worcester to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border in Blackstone, except for a short section at the Worcester-Millbury border.

Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes has formally launched her bid for re-election, saying her political independence is an advantage over her opponents because it gives her the freedom to put the taxpayers' interests first.

Fire last night destroyed the Ice Cream Barn at 56 Canal St., a local landmark the business owner said he has run for 31 years.