Worthington News

An effort is under way on Beacon Hill to restore $18 million in cuts in regional school transportation made by Gov.

A Haydenville man who was critically injured in a two-car rollover accident on Stage Road Wednesday afternoon was listed in stable condition at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed a case filed by a Cape man who testified in the high-profile murder trial of Christopher McCowen.

The western Massachusetts university town of Amherst is mulling a resolution urging the Congress to release cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees into the United States and calling for the town to welcome those detainees into the community.

The LeRoy family insists it's their trademark - and one that's worth $19 million - while parks department readies argument that the name belongs to NYC.

As some severe budget cuts are in the forecast, the Gateway Regional School District is buckling down.

By MANON L. MIRABELLI BLANDFORD - The last of five public hearings on the fate of Gateway Regional School District's elementary schools was held Wednesday with parents pleading with the School Committee to not close Blandford's school.

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - State tax collections in August rose above projections for the month, aided partly by the increased sales tax on auto purchases and the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program.

WORTHINGTON, MA - A disabled local Iraq war veteran will soon have a new to place to call home...and it won't cost him a penny.

State Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr., conducts a forum in May at the Chesterfield Senior Center to hear residents' concerns about the state budget.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Berkshire County until 3:30p.m. The National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm with the potential to produce wind gusts to 40 mph and small hail.

Perhaps it is the nature of pottery that has helped the primitive craft adapt to the lifestyles of modern day.

A Worthington woman is said to be doing okay after being struck by lightning yesterday.

The man convicted of murdering Truro fashion writer Christa Worthington in 2002 was once again yesterday denied a new trial by a Superior Court judge.

Dr. Ray E. Hubbe, of Northampton, right, examines the eyes of a resident of the Caribbean island of Nevis.

It's time that Springfield strapped a permanent fig leaf on strip clubs in the city's downtown that have been the scene of two murders, each possibly gang-related. Last weekend's slaying at Club 418 on Worthington and the previous one at the Mardi Gras have done immeasurable harm to the city's other downtown businesses by fueling fears.

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com HUNTINGTON - Hilltown parents fighting to keep three elementary schools from closing urged Gateway Regional School Committee Wednesday night to "think outside the box" and to "go green" to cut costs.

Photo by Manon Mirabelli -- From left, Dawn S. Hoppe, 18, of Huntington; Ashley B. Parady, 17, of Russell; Natasha A. Downie, 17, of Russell; Karina E. Piispanen, 17, of Chester; Elyse A. Pommenville, 17, of Worthington, and Hilary P. Anderson, 17, of Russell.

When Cheshire's Mike Balawender and Adams' Gary Alibozek decided to join the Hilltown Biodiesel Cooperative, they knew they would be growing sunflower seeds to make biodiesel fuel for their farm equipment, and would be able to use the byproducts as grain for their animals -- they had no idea they would be commended for it by the United State Postal ...

Town Meeting agreed Saturday to keep a high level of cash on hand while reducing budgets for the coming fiscal year.