Webster News

The 2011 Webster town reports book, distributed on Election Day, May 7, and again at the May town meeting, says Peter Tremblay is town Measurer of Wood & Bark.

Bunker Hill Community College will celebrate its 38th Commencement on Saturday, June 2, 2012.

An 'American Idol' winner, an 'American Idol' finalist, a 'Celebrity Apprentice' winner, a Redneck Woman, a San Francisco treat, a Geico pitchman and everybody's favorite Kevin are just some of the piping hot acts being served up this summer at Indian Ranch.

Looking up at the towering Webster Civil War monument with its five larger-than-life-sized bronze statues, large marble cannon balls and many bits of artistry cut into its stone, historian Robert R. Ducharme could not hide his enthusiasm.

Richard V. Aghababian , a Southboro resident and the founding chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School , has been elected p resident of the Massachusetts Medical Society .

2, Worcester, for operating MV with suspended/revoked license. 2:41 a.m. Arrested, Juan Gonzalez, 23, of 6 Talbot St., Newton, for carrying dangerous weapon, operating MV with suspended/revoked license.

The age at which people can get tattoos remained at 14 after the Board of Health revisited the controversial topic at its meeting tonight.

The School Committee is scheduled to make the appointment at a meeting Monday night.

A local man is being held on $30,000 bail after he allegedly robbed the Webster Gulf station and held two clerks at gunpoint May 14.

Police said Jeffrey Doughty, 35; his wife, Luldelin Cruz-Doughty, 37; and daughter Ariana Difederico, 18, were last seen in Auburn, Mass.

Police have made contact with a family from Webster that had been reported missing.

Town voters passed over the $73.8 million Bay Path school renovation project article, as well as the $32.9 million fiscal 2013 budget at tonight's annual and special town meetings.

Hometown Bank's plans for a new full-service branch office in Webster's East Village have been on hold for a couple of years, but things are finally starting to come around, acknowledges Matthew S. Sosik, president and CEO of the bank.

More charges have been filed against two brothers accused of running a criminal enterprise involving more than 50 fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone, many of which were paid for by MassHealth/Medicare. Anthony A. Allen, 35, of 8 Crown St., Apt.

In a town where a 14-year-olds can get a tattoo when accompanied by a parent, a 21-year-old and another man are in trouble for allegedly stealing a tattoo gun.

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. - In an email to staff and the community this morning, Schools Superintendent Susan M. Gorky announced her retirement, effective Friday, May 18.

Southbridge Savings Bank has announced that it has approved a donation of $25,000 over a two year-period to support Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard's Strengthening Our Future capital campaign.

Commerce Insurance has leased 14,700 square feet of space at Goya Drive in Webster, bringing the property to 100 percent occupancy.

With town meeting approvals from half of the 10 towns needed, the $73.8 million project to renovate and expand Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High remains on track despite three failed debt exclusions Monday.

Order and ritual often provide a reliable template for young people hoping to make a good start on life, so when that template breaks the consequences on the young can be disastrous.