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Worcester County real estate transfers, Sunday, April 28
$565,000, 41 Willard Rd, Lavoie, Brittney L, and Lavoie, Andrew, to Krysiak, Alexander R, and Lambert, Brianne L.$424,900, 61 Young Rd, Dunton-Leon Jr, William E, and Leon, Cesar E, to Bruso 3rd, Carl E, and Omara, Elizabeth A.$280,000, 120 Central St, Davieau, Kate A, and Davieau, Benjamin, to L5 Development LLC.
Then & Now: Do you know where this is?
On Jan. 23, 1953, with their neighborhood school about to close for good, students gathered their belongings in paper bags. They planned to walk to their new home, a nearby school that had recently been expanded. The teachers, referenced in a Worcester Telegram story as Miss Ruth W. Power and...
One man hopes to make it easier for vendors, street performers to work in Worcester
When Geoff Killebrew says he wants to see a renaissance come to the City of Worcester, he’s not talking about focusing on growth in the Canal District or downtown. A musician and founder of the F.A.M Jam Family, Arts and Music Festival in Worcester, Killebrew, 40, told MassLive the renaissance he envisions features vendors and street performers who are Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) — becoming entrepreneurs through performance and selling their crafts throughout the city.
See all homes sold in Worcester County, April 21 to April 27
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Worcester County reported from April 21 to April 27. There were 135 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,596-square-foot home on Eva Drive in Leominster that sold for $450,000. Ashburnham.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island police bust six-year, $4 million jewel theft ring
Jovan Lemon, 29, Paul Lemon, 30, Steven Berdugo, 28, and Paul Miller, 46, all of Rhode Island, were indicted earlier this month in connection with 43 burglaries and break-ins across 25 towns in Massachusetts between July 2018 and March 2024.
Assabet students help build cube satellite for NASA
MARLBOROUGH – Mentors from the NASA HUNCH (High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware) program recently visited Assabet Valley advanced manufacturing students. On April 2, NASA HUNCH mentors Florence Gold and Bill Gibson met with the advanced manufacturing students who participate in the program. Students in the...
Six gang members arrested after stealing $50,000 worth of lottery tickets
Six gang-affiliated Massachusetts men were taken into custody on charges related to the theft of roughly $50,000 worth of lottery tickets from convenience stores across two states. The suspects broke into at least 12 stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and they face over 120 indictments, including larceny, breaking and entering, being fugitives from justice, […]
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center launces PediBert, a new program to address behavioral health crises at the hospital
WORCESTER, Mass. - Nicole Brisbois has a stressful job as manager of UMass Memorial Medical Center's pediatric emergency room. She says since 2021, they've cared for more people living through a mental health crisis than ever before, especially young people ages 18 and under. This has left nurses in situations...
Guest column: Ending restaurants' tip credit could cost jobs, close eateries and bars
State Sen. Cindy Friedman said she was “confused” about employees and local restaurateurs’ opposition to a proposed ballot measure to eliminate Massachusetts’s tip credit. Allow me to clear up the confusion: The same policy is currently stifling income for servers and bartenders and endangering local restaurant...
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