WORCESTER – Drivers in Worcester will start seeing new speed limit signs, with the new statutory speed limit of 25 mph, on Oct. 21. The city will install 82 new speed limit signs across the city, which it says will take about three weeks. The statutory speed limit applies...

WORCESTER – Residents in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood will need to find an alternative route around Providence & Worcester railroad tracks to access Canterbury Street from Crystal Street for the foreseeable future. The cost of demolishing and replacing the Crystal Street pedestrian bridge, or Rose Bridge, is an...

WORCESTER – The City of Worcester has announced its fall leaf collection program will begin Monday, Nov. 4. Leaf pick-up will begin in areas of the city that typically have their trash picked up on Wednesdays. The city will then pick up leaves on a Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Friday trash pick-up schedule and hopes to complete leaf pick-up within five weeks.

WORCESTER – The demolition of a large warehouse building and the construction of a new 15,370-square-foot building with three commercial units is being proposed for a shopping plaza on Shrewsbury Street. The owners of the property at 225 Shrewsbury St., which is home to InHouse Coffee, Gentle Dental dentistry...

WORCESTER – The EcoTarium Museum of Science and Nature, at 222 Harrington Way, announced its first expansion since 2000, with the addition of a a new 8,300 square foot Traveling Exhibit Gallery. The addition will add 6,300 square feet of gallery space and 2,00 square feet of related support spaces.

WORCESTER – This is part of a series of interviews of those in the New England film industry, produced in partnership with HollyWoot Film Group. All answers are unedited and as provided by the interviewee. Bridgette Cannell is a videographer, director, writer and producer from central Massachusetts with over...

WORCESTER – The City of Worcester announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that it has hired Kevin Lovaincy at the city’s chief equity officer. He most recently served as the Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Quinsigamond Community College (QCC). The position remained open for over two...

WORCESTER – Supporters of Enrique Delgado-Garcia plan to protest at the Massachusetts State Police’s 90th Recruit Training Troop graduation at the DCU Center on Wednesday, Oct. 9. As This Week in Worcester previously reported, Delgado-Garcia, 25, became unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise inside a boxing ring at...

BOSTON – The Division of Open Government within the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office issued a finding on Sept. 30 that the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) violated the state’s Open Meeting Laws during its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The BESE oversees the Department of...

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced $3.1 million in grants to organizations supporting problem gambling prevention among youth and expanding workforce development programs for agencies that provide treatment. According to DPH, the 2021 MA Youth Health Survey found that 42.4 percent of high school and...

WORCESTER – The Nobel Committee announced on Monday, Oct. 7, that two scientists from Massachusetts will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Victor Ambros, PhD, a professor of molecular medicine at UMass Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, PhD, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, will share the 2024 award.

WORCESTER – Exchange Street in downtown Worcester is being transformed into a farmer’s market and fall festival on Sunday, Oct. 13. Market on Exchange, a planned weekly farmers market, is hosting its pilot event, Harvest Festival, to assess demand for an ongoing Sunday market in downtown Worcester. Harvest...

WORCESTER – The Worcester Police Department is encouraging residents to attend their neighborhood watch meetings to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in their neighborhoods and to share any concerns or questions they may have. Representatives from the city also regularly attend these neighborhood meetings. There are over 50...

WORCESTER – A search warrant for an apartment on Piedmont Street led to the arrest of four individuals on Oct. 3 in Worcester. Officers from the Worcester Police Vice Squad saw one target of the search warrant, Kavin Andino, 22, leave the appartment at around 8:30 PM . They detained Andino after he allegedly threw a bag of what officers at the scene believed to be cocaine.

WORCESTER – The owners of a vacant lot on Austin Street in Worcester’s Crown Hill historic district will seek a certificate of appropriateness from the city’s Historical Commission next week to construct a new multifamily home. The lot at 114 Austin St. was the former site of...

WORCESTER – A fall day filled with baseball activities and family fun is being held at Jack Barry Little League in Worcester on Sunday, Oct. 13. The league’s first annual field day will include a skills challenge and home run derby for league members, as well as wiffle ball, kickball, cornhole, raffles and more.

WORCESTER – The Worcester Pizza Fest, a new food festival, comes to the Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company, at 55 Millbrook St., on Saturday, Oct. 12. The event, produced by Pulse Magazine, features multiple pizza vendors including:. Pepe’s Italian Restaurant;. ‘Olo Pizza;. Pomodoro’s Pizza;. Blue Jeans Pizza;

WORCESTER – Brew on the Grid, a craft coffee cafe at 56 Franklin St., announced it has closed until further notice. The downtown Worcester coffee shop has been a popular meeting spot since it opened in 2016. The coffee shop provided no reason for the closure. However, the message...

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Wednesday that it downgraded all areas previously determined to be at critical or high risk for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The highest level of risk assessed in any community across the state is not moderate. Massachusetts has five...

WORCESTER – Two men are dead from gunshot wounds, one self-inflicted, after multiple incidents that caused a major traffic backup on I-190 on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Police responded to Heroult Road at around 2:20 PM for reports of a gunshot victim. Upon arriving at the scene, officers located a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers provided medical aid until EMS transported the man to a local hospital.