Billerica man, 26, accused of killing his grandmother

James Forsythe is accused of killing Ellen Scaringi, 69, in her home. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Trump given remdesivir to fight his COVID-19 infection. Here’s what you need to know about it

President Donald Trump’s doctors are already employing one of the most prominent experimental drugs in the fight against the coronavirus to help shorten his illness.The president’s physician, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, said in an update on his condition that therapy had begun with the drug remdesivir, which has been authorized for COVID-19 patients by the…

Central Mass. manufacturers discuss impact of COVID-19

WORCESTER — FLEXcon North America pivoted because of COVID-19 and made transformational changes, FLEXcon President Lavon Winkler said during a virtual manufacturing roundtable on Friday, which was Manufacturing Day in the U.S.FLEXcon, located in Spencer, has been donating face shields, hazmat suits and other protective gear to local hospitals during the pandemic.The company manufactures pressure-sensitive…

Worcester Historical Commission: Don’t wait to tear down Hale Building

WORCESTER — The Historical Commission has agreed to waive the remainder of the 12-month demolition delay period for the long-vacant Hale Building on the former campus of Worcester State Hospital.The commission voted 5-1 Thursday night to waive the remaining time after concluding there is no reasonable likelihood that either the owner or some […] Top Featured Tags: -…

How Mass. politicians are reacting to Trump contracting COVID-19

“This is another stark reminder that no one is immune from COVID-19.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Suspect arrested after allegedly stolen truck crashes into woman near Public Garden

The victim is listed in critical condition as of Friday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Mass. reports 23 new COVID-19 deaths, 708 new cases

The Massachusetts coronavirus data, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Vice President Mike Pence, wife, test negative for COVID-19 after president tests positive

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, his office announced hours after the president tested positive.”As has been routine for months, Vice President Pence is tested for COVID-19 every day,” spokesman Devin O’Malley tweeted. “This morning, Vice President Pence and the Second Lady tested negative for COVID-19. Vice…

Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. A look at where he’s traveled and who he’s been with these past seven days

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and first Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19, a startling piece of news felt across the country.Reaction to that news was swift and included an outpouring of support. But there are unanswered questions about the timeline of when and how the president was infected, though his…

Shock, sympathy, mockery: World reacts to Trump infection

TOKYO — News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity that follow much of what Donald Trump does, even from 10,000 miles away.STORY: President Trump says he…

2 people arrested after stabbing at Danvers sports complex

An employee of the facility was attacked, according to the owner. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Police used a pear to corral Kermit the emu after the big bird bolted in Haverhill

Kermit escaped from the property of a local resident who cares for unwanted animals, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Salem-based Satanic Temple sues company that rejected group’s billboards

The group alleges an advertising company unfairly refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered to help people bypass abortion rules in some states. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Galaxy breaks ground on $50M building

WORCESTER — Brand new shovels tossed the first scoops of dirt at the site of a $50 million building, part of The Reactory off Hospital Drive on Belmont Hill, Wednesday morning.Worcester Business Development Corp. President and CEO Craig Blais, undeterred by the gray skies, called the groundbreaking, “a very exciting event for The Reactory, for Worcester,…

Central Mass. residents react to presidential debate performance

CNN anchor Jake Tapper called the proceeding “a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck.”CNN correspondent Dana Bash declared it a “(expletive) show.”CNN political reporter Abby Phillip summed it up as a “complete disaster.”And, those were the nice things said about President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden verbally duking it…

Home heating aid applications launched in Worcester

WORCESTER – In anticipation of a surge in applicants for assistance in paying home heating bills due to COVID-19, Worcester Community Action Council is taking applications by phone.The office in the Denholm Building is closed to the public, but applicants can call (508) 754-1176 to apply. Mary Knittle, WCAC’s energy director, said the agency plans…

Winds rake Northeast, leaving thousands without power

Powerful winds in the northeastern U.S. have left tens of thousands of residents without power Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

State trooper struck, dragged by motorcyclist in Canton

State police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Donald Trump is racist scum,’ Ed Markey says. And other debate reactions from Mass. politicians.

“Why is it so hard for @realDonaldTrump to condemn white supremacy?” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

2 in Southbridge charged with animal cruelty in choking death of dog

SOUTHBRIDGE – Investigators exhumed a 12-year-old dog after a man allegedly wrote on social media he choked it because sleeping pills hadn’t worked, police said Tuesday. Ryan Fisher, 41, and Jacqueline Baldina, 58, both of 423 Morris St., were arrested on warrants Tuesday after an investigation, sparked by an anonymous tipster, by Southbridge Police and the…

Aw-rats! Does Worcester have a rodent problem?

WORCESTER – Is Worcester going to the rats?That’s a question the City Council is looking for an answer to.The council Tuesday night asked City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. to provide a report concerning the city’s rodent control program.Councilor-at-Large Donna M. Colorio, who offered the order, said she would also like to see included in…

Shrewsbury overwhelmingly approves debt exclusion for new police station

SHREWSBURY – A special town meeting Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved a $42 million debt exclusion to replace the undersized nearly-50-year-old police station.Town Clerk Sandra Wright said only two of the 144 town meeting members who attended the meeting at the high school field house voted against the debt exclusion. It was the only article on…

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