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Worcester, Massachusetts is located in Worcester County. Zip codes in Worcester, MA include 01655, 01603, and 01605. The median home price in Worcester is $184,900 which is roughly $111/per square foot. More Worcester information.

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3 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

National Memorial Day Concert in D.C. half a year in the planning

Ninety minutes That's the scheduled broadcast time of the "National Memorial Day Concert," which airs live on PBS television at 8 p.m. Sunday from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Six months That's the amount of time it usually takes to plan and put the broadcast together, said Jerry Colbert, the founder and executive director ... (more)

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7 hrs ago | WBOC-TV Salisbury

Fili, McIntosh Named to All-Ecac Nirc Teams

CENTERVILLE, Mass.- Washington College rower and rising junior Mickey Fili has been named to the All-ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championship Team.

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11 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Charlton, Clinton among towns scrutinizing ice cream vendors

Ice cream vendor Eric C. Cassim said he understands why people in his business would be subject to criminal background checks, but fingerprinting them might be going too far.

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14 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

From the region

Delilah Charest stands with her son, Xzavier, and holds her daughter, Serenity, who was born with the help of some first responders earlier this month.

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18 hrs ago | IBerkshires

STEM Growing in Berkshire County

Ella King of Lenox Memorial Middle School, right, and Allie Wolfe of Herberg Middle School present their third-prize-winning science fair project.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Jury rules for officer in Worcester brutality case from 2005

A Superior Court jury has found in favor of a city police officer in a nearly 7-year-old civil lawsuit brought against him by a Fitchburg man, who alleged that the officer severely beat him with his service baton when an altercation broke out at a downtown nightclub in April 2005.

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WBUR-AM Boston

UMass Memorial, Nurses Reach Tentative 3-Year Deal

UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses at its University Campus reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract late Wednesday night, averting a strike that had been scheduled to start Thursday.

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CBS Local

Worcester-Area Parents On Alert After Man Seen Snapping Photos Of Children

Reports have come in from Worcester, Leicester and Paxton over the past few days between 3 and 5 p.m. In Leicester, police say there have been two incidents where the man reportedly took photos of a teenager and two children.

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WHDH

Suspicious man in Worcester photographing kids

These details follow similar reports in neighboring Leicester and Paxton over the past two days and another report in Leicester earlier this month.

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Sentinel & Enterprise

Potential bidders explore Leominster animal-control job

Four prospective bidders attended a question-and-answer session at City Hall Wednesday to discuss the city's animal-control officer job, but at least two said they are concerned about the insurance requirements.

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Patch.com

8 Phones Stolen During Route 9 Burglary

Eight phones worth about $4,000 total were stolen during a break-in at a Route 9 business early Wednesday, Westborough Police Chief Alan Gordon said today.

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Clarksville Online

NASA Satellite Obervations helps determine how Glacier Mass reductions effect Sea Level Rise

A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Go Local

Representative Fresolo Resigns

Rep. Fresolo had reportedly been under investigation since March by the House Ethics Committee for explicit photos, and per diem expenses.

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Patch.com

Breaking & Entering, Furnishing Alcohol to Minor Among Week's Arrests

Sunday, May 12 12:21 a.m.: A general disturbance was reported on North Street. Police responded and will be seeking a summons to charge Mary Ouellette, 49, of 69 North St., Grafton, with selling/delivering/furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor and keeping a noisy and disorderly house.

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Patch.com

India Society Celebrating 50 Years

The Shrewsbury-based Indian Society of Worcester is marking its 50th anniverary by partnering with Shrewsbury Media Connection to produce a documentary tentatively called "Fifty Glorious Years of ISW," according to the Boston Globe.

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Boston Herald

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray to resign

Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray, who decided against a gubernatorial run earlier this year, is expected to resign today to head the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, according to a source with Gov.

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Tue May 21, 2013

MassLive.com

State police in Worcester investigate pedestrian accident involving a school bus

WORCESTER - State police are on the scene of a pedestrian accident involving a school bus near Exit 18, or the Lincoln Square exit, of Interstate 290, police said.

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MassLive.com

Worcester weather: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Wednesday afternoon

Severe thunderstorm watch: Scattered strong to possibly severe thunderstorms may develop this afternoon across northern Connecticut, northern Rhode Island and most of Massachusetts, especially near the Mass Pike.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Security footage from Worcester store shows man lighting trash bin on fire

Security camera footage recorded at a Worcester market shows a man lighting a trash bin on fire last week.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Worcester City Councilor O'Brien calls for boost in school spending

Councilor-at-Large Joseph C. O'Brien has released a white paper on school spending, arguing that the city needs to do more to improve school facilities, meet required state spending rules and build partnerships with business and higher education around specific initiatives.

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