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Worcester seeks trained dogs to shoo geese from local parks
WORCESTER, Mass. — Worcester's many parks offer people a place to relax and get some sunshine, but those who frequent them often have to navigate gaggles of geese and the feces they leave behind. What You Need To Know. Worcester is looking for trained dogs to help keep city...
Shrewsbury shopping center, former home of Christmas Tree Shops, sold for $13.6 million
SHREWSBURY ― Olde Shrewsbury Village, the shopping center that was the longtime home of the town’s now-defunct Christmas Tree Shops store, has a new owner. According to closing paperwork filed Monday in the Worcester Registry of Deeds, a Fall River-based entity doing business as 1000 Boston Turnpike LLC bought the parcel for $13.6 million from the Yarmouthport-based Shrewsbury Village Limited Partnership.
'I feel an unbearable amount of guilt': Driver sentenced in Worcester drag-racing death
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Man to be indicted on murder charge in death of woman shot to death at Worcester massage parlor
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Coast Guard searching for Worcester Marine in water off Puerto Rico beach
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More rain? Eastern Massachusetts to get soaked again all day Thursday
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Homeless families' stays in shelters could be limited. Some say it would create new issues
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Men charged in Route 495 road rage hammer attack say they were victims
CLINTON - Two men charged in connection with a case of alleged road rage in Bolton said they have video to prove they were actually the victims. The men are accused of attacking a tractor-trailer driver with a hammer. "I never hit him with the hammer. Never," said 28-year-old Juan Marin. Javier Gutierrez Vargas, 23, and Marin, both of Dracut, were arraigned Tuesday in Clinton District Court. Police say the two men attacked a tractor-trailer driver with a hammer in the breakdown lane of 495 south in Bolton around 2 p.m. on Monday. But Marin says that's not...
$4M Lottery Jackpot: Framingham Winner Plans To Liveout Homeowners' Dreams
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Worcester 12-year-old donates hundreds of Easter Baskets to homeless kids
WORCESTER – Worcester 12-year-old Josh Sowden has been trying to make Easter special for children experiencing homelessness after going through a similar hardship himself. After months of hard work, he accomplished that mission.WBZ-TV first introduced you to Sowden earlier this year. His goal was to get enough donations to make 175 Easter baskets for children in homeless shelters.Thanks to nationwide support and help from volunteers, Sowden constructed and donated 300 baskets and an extra 100 Easter eggs.After his story initially aired, donations began to pour in. People sent items from around Massachusetts, but also places as far away as Las...
Driver found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2022 Worcester road-rage killing
WORCESTER — Samuel Peckham, a former Westborough resident, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of John Smith, the man Peckham shot and killed in a traffic dispute on Highland Street on Dec. 7, 2022. A jury delivered the verdict Wednesday afternoon, with Peckham escorted from the...
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