Worcester News

Charlton Fire Captain Kerry J. Mason, who had been facing a charge of assault and battery, has been placed on pre-trial probation and is currently working.

It will stand 31 feet high and twinkle with myriad lights, radiating a holiday glow over the city Common.

Danielle L. Freudenthal told a jury yesterday she did not intentionally cut Lindsey Couture's face with a wine glass when the two got into an altercation in a hot tub at a Christmas party in Webster four years ago.

The city plans to pick up leaves Thursday in the areas bounded by: West Boylston Street , Grove Street , Millbrook Street and Prescott Street.

The TD Charitable Foundation announced today that Worcester and Fitchburg are among the 56 winners of its annual "Housing for Everyone" grant competition.

The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra holiday pops concert at the DCU Center, an annual Worcester tradition since the building opened in 1982, won't be coming to town this holiday season.

A city man and his wife have pleaded guilty in a 2002 drug case in which a judge found that a veteran vice squad officer lied under oath.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Suspect returns to Mass. to face charges in murder By MICHAELANGELO CONTE A man arrested in Harrison last month on charges he killing his roommate in Massachusetts during an alcohol-fueled argument over a televised soccer match was returned to the jurisdiction last week to face murder charges.

Worcester's Advanced Cell Technology Inc . reported a third quarter net loss of $1.2 million compared to a $12.6 million loss for the same period last year.

The city plans to pick up leaves Wednesday in the following areas bounded by: Burncoat Street , Millbrook Street , Burncoat Street , North Parkway, Beverly Road, Darby Street, Country Club Boulevard, Salisbury Street , Haviland Road, Highland Street , South Kinnicut Road, Kinnicut Road, Massasoit Road , Heywood Street and Loxwood Street.

A 52-year-old Charlton man was charged today with allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old Charlton man, who was in serious condition tonight.

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation , a discovery-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and potential commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference for the treatment of human diseases, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

The gorgeous 28-year old Tianna Ta is a Worcester, MA native. Although only 5' 6" tall she is a model who weights in at 112 pouncs.

A city woman was arrested early this morning after allegedly crashing a stolen sport utility vehicle into a car and another sport utility vehicle on Main Street.

After months of discussion, the governor's education bill - including a partial lifting of the cap on charter schools in urban areas and new provisions for so-called Readiness Schools - is under consideration on Beacon Hill, and may even win passage by the end of the current session.

The 27 year-old man shot to death Friday was identified by police yesterday as Freddie Alliance of Worcester.

While college tuition prices throughout the nation continue to shock students and parents as they reach closer to - and sometimes above $50,000 per year - the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester has managed to keep its rate at just $8,352 per year for the last 10 years.

In an effort to stop the spread of the Asian Longhorn Beetle, Worcester officials have cut down more than 25 thousand trees, mostly maples.

A district fire chief was arrested by state police on suspicion of drunken driving last night after his vehicle was seen weaving on Interstate 190, according to court records.

A disbarred lawyer whose Web site once touted him as "a lawyer you can trust" has been sentenced to 30-months imprisonment for two counts of wire fraud to misappropriate $1,990,000 from a client's account.