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Outside Nuovo Tuesday night, people crowded the sidewalks for the annual Taste of Shrewsbury Street festival, but inside, city Republican voters got a taste of their hope for the 16th Worcester District state representative seat.

At Tuesday evening's Worcester City Council meeting, Council members proclaimed June 20th as World Refugee Day in the City of Worcester.

I can't remember the last time we saw a month with this kind of rain over and over again.

Nicholas A. Fitts, 27, of 311 Union St., Whitinsville, charged with assault and battery, sentenced to 1 year in the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction, with 150 days to be served, balance suspended for 1 year; ordered to remain alcohol-free, to submit to random drug tests, to obey restraining order, and to pay $50 victim witness fee; ... (more)

From left, Doherty Memorial High School scholarship recipient Maya Davis, Bay State Savings Bank President and CEO Peter Alden, North High School scholarship recipient Kanae Sasaki and University Park Campus School scholarship recipient Sara Hazouri.

The Worcester Chamber Music Society's upcoming season will include a first-time collaboration with Music Worcester Inc. featuring renowned pianist Randall Hodgkinson.

U.S. Sen. William "Mo" Cowan said he's done a lot of "cool things" since being appointed to fill the seat left vacant when John F. Kerry became U.S. secretary of state, including meeting top political leaders on a tour of the Middle East and flying, with the president, aboard Air Force One.

The field for this fall's mayor's race is not set after all. The Election Commission Monday night unanimously voted to give all at-large City Council candidates appearing on the November municipal ballot until Sept.

Is your little one getting bored around the house during the summer? Entertain them and yourself with these fun summer excursions! Introducing Moms Can-Do's, a GoLocal weekly feature sponsored by Southwick's Zoo , for moms of little ones--from toddlers to elementary schoolers.

A written description of Worcester singer Niki Luparelli will most likely not be sufficient to explain the pleasantly strange and exceptionally unique approach she takes to her music.

At the beginning of this century, the Pleasant Street Baptist Church faced a bleak future.

CSX has declared "substantial completion" to the $100 million expansion of its freight yard between Shrewsbury and Franklin streets.

The Zoning Board of Appeals Monday night granted a special permit to allow the construction of a $14.6 million, 61,920-square-foot state-of-the-art rest home residence for 82 elderly persons on the 4.6-acre property where the Odd Fellows Home now sits.

Police identified the victims of an apparent murder-suicide on Lamar Avenue as Donna Zollo Pisarczyk, 47, and Israel Gonzalez, 42. Mr. Gonzalez was confirmed to be a Worcester State University police officer.

The Telly Awards has named Pagano Media as a winner in the 34th Annual Telly Awards for a video produced to launch Fitchburg State University 's new Game Design major.

The Police Department's vice squad will continue to focus on getting drugs off the streets, but now the unit will focus on violent people entwined with the illegal drug trade.

You might say Merissa Haddad vaulted her way to the stage. 'I spent my entire childhood as a gymnast,' said the actress who grew up in Shrewsbury.

It's been about two months since sequestration began, and communities are feeling the impact of the federal government's across-the-board spending reductions.

The director of Framingham Public School's bilingual department is leaving, after three years.

The Music Worcester Beethoven Circle donor appreciation dinner took place June 5 at Tatnuck Country Club in Worcester.