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Prices up, sales down in early spring house market in Massachusetts
The signs of spring are all around: the days are getting warmer, baseball is back and Massachusetts home prices are setting records as demand continues to significantly outpace the inventory of houses for sale. The real estate analysts at The Warren Group reported Wednesday morning that $580,000 was the median price of the...
Police investigate bomb threat at Sutton High School
Sutton police launched an investigation after Sutton High School was the target of a bomb threat Monday morning, the department said in a statement posted to Facebook. The police department was alerted to a bomb threat directed at the Worcester County school just before 5 a.m. Monday morning. The threat was made via email and was only one sentence long, the department said.
Fading Sunshine
NO, IT ISN’T ANOTHER ECLIPSE One more day of mostly sunny skies is on the way Wednesday. This time, winds will shift to coming in off the ocean. That’ll keep areas in eastern New England in the 50s. Away from the ocean, highs will reach the 60s. Clouds will increase late in the day and evening, though it will stay dry for most. A few showers may make it into southern Worcester County, Rhode Island, and southeast Massachusetts. They will not be heavy. That front stays stalled to our west, so the showers will have a hard time making it farther east.
Then & Now: Do you know where this is?
The Worcester County Druggists Association gathered at a country hotel on Sept. 8, 1922. Mortars and pestles were set aside. For the group's annual reunion, a day of fun was prescribed. The hotel — pictured in this week's Then photo, from about 1900 — was a popular destination for business and pleasure at...
See all homes sold in Worcester County, April 7 to April 13
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Worcester County reported from April 7 to April 13. There were 189 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,553-square-foot home on Sweetbriar Lane in Worcester that sold for $440,000. Ashburnham.
Driver ID'd: Devens Health Center Deliberate Crash
The incident occurred in Worcester County around 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 10, at 85 Patton Road in Devens. On Thursday, April 12, Lindsay Corcoran of the Worcester County District Attorney's Office identified John M. Ahern Jr., age 62, of West Boylston, as the person who crashed into the front of the building at 85 Patton Road in Devens.
Worcester County needs 1K ‘supportive housing’ units in 10 years to tackle homelessness
If Worcester County wants to seriously tackle homelessness, it needs to build 1,000 more permanent “supportive housing” units faster in the next decade, the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance told MassLive this week. The alliance’s call for more supportive housing came after a meeting held by the Massachusetts Alliance...
Driver Killed After Deliberate Crash Into Health Center In Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Police are investigating after a person was killed after allegedly deliberately crashing a truck into the front of a mental healthcare center. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For Driver Killed After Deliberate Crash Into Health Center In MassThe incident o…
Worcester County home listings asked for less money in March – see the current median price here
The median home in Worcester County listed for $525,000 in March, down 1.4% from the previous month's $532,445, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to March 2023, the median home list price increased 1.5% from $517,400. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale...
Webster police officers, county dispatchers honored for rescuing 4-year-old boy
WEBSTER ― A group of South Worcester County dispatchers and Webster police officers were honored Wednesday for rescuing a 4-year-old autistic boy from a riverbank near his home. South Worcester County Communication Center dispatchers Jessica Mahota, Victoria Longo and Bonnie Pearl; and Webster Police Officers Jonathan Brooks, Robert Rockwood and Patrick Trainor were...
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