Watch: New footage shows the intense flooding that hit Norwood Hospital in June

The hospital is still closed for repairs over two months later. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

When Libby the horse got stuck in the mud in Hanson, dozens showed up to help hoist her out

Libby’s ordeal began at around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Storefront art enlivens downtown Worcester

WORCESTER – Things are a lot brighter along Main Street after local artists recently filled the storefront windows of 554 Main St. with interactive public art.The temporary art exhibition, across from the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, is part of a larger initiative coordinated by the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District to engage the…

Workforce emergency: Ambulance company to offer paid EMT training in Worcester

WORCESTER – Amid a national shortage of emergency medical technicians, the region’s leading private ambulance service announced Wednesday it will pay 25 residents to train for 12 weeks as full-time EMTs, and pay their test-taking fees.Through a program called Earn While You Learn, the selected applicants will be hired to attend a full-time EMT training…

Owner of burned Kenosha business accuses Trump of misleading public

KENOSHA, Wis. — The owner of a camera shop that was destroyed during unrest in Kenosha and highlighted during President Donald Trump’s visit says the president used his store for political gain by appearing with a former owner of the business while touring the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice.Tom Gram said he…

Nine Boston Police officers were arrested for allegedly committing over $200K in overtime fraud

“This type of behavior will not be tolerated or ignored.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Man arrested in fatal North Attleboro hit-and-run

Thomas Roy, of Pawtucket, is being held in Rhode Island on a fugitive-from-justice charge. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s what candidates are saying in the ‘too close to call’ primary race to replace Joe Kennedy

“It’s too soon for anyone to declare victory or stop counting.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Worcester’s Jose Antonio Rivera calls out boxing royalty Oscar De La Hoya in letter for ‘dream fight’

When Jose Antonio Rivera read that former 11-time, six-division world boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya planned to end his retirement, he knew immediately who he should fight.“Me,” Rivera said.The Worcester resident believes he’d be the perfect fit. De La Hoya announced he had no interest in returning to fight an exhibition such as the…

Kennedy vs. Markey: How did your town vote?

Ashburnham: Kennedy 533, Markey 570Ashby: Kennedy 260, Markey 300Athol: Kennedy 824, Markey 542Auburn: Kennedy 1,44, Markey 1,478Ayer: Kennedy 790, Markey 882Barre: Kennedy 451, Markey 376Berlin: Kennedy 320, Markey 489Blackstone: Kennedy 685, Markey 456Bolton: Kennedy 485, Markey 933Boylston: Kennedy 535, Markey 561Brimfield : Kennedy 320, Markey 287Brookfield: Kennedy 252, Markey 249Charlton: Kennedy 1,043, […] Top Featured…

Markey tops Kennedy in U.S. Senate primary

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts defeated U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Tuesday’s hard-fought Democratic primary, harnessing support from progressive leaders to overcome a challenge from a younger rival who is a member of America’s most famous political family. It was the first time a Kennedy has lost a race for Congress in Massachusetts.In Worcester,…

Memorial for victim of shark attack will be installed at Wellfleet beach

Arthur Medici, 26, of Revere was boogie boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach when he was attacked by a great white. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

National Guard was activated due to concerns over ‘large-scale demonstrations’

Gov. Charlie Baker activated the Guard Friday without giving a reason, and ended the activation Monday night. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Live updates on the 2020 Massachusetts primary elections

Follow the latest reports below as they come in from across the state. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Worcester Police Chief Sargent finds officer drove drunk, recommends firing

WORCESTER – Police Chief Steven M. Sargent has recommended that a police officer arrested in January on a drunken driving charge be fired, internal affairs records show.The records, released to the Telegram & Gazette Friday, show that internal police investigators sustained allegations that Officer Michael Escobar drunkenly drove two […] Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts…

In midst of T&G litigation, city to stop redacting conclusions to internal affairs reports

WORCESTER – The city of Worcester informed the Telegram & Gazette Friday that it will stop redacting the conclusions of internal affairs reports it releases following public record requests – a practice the T&G argued violates the Massachusetts Public Records Law in an ongoing lawsuit with the city over its withholding of police records.“Conclusions of…

Theodore Bunting elected to Hanover board of directors

WORCESTER — Theodore H. Bunting Jr. has been elected to The Hanover Insurance Group’s board of directors, the company announced Tuesday.Bunting has more than 35 years of finance, accounting and operations management experience. Most recently, he served as group president, utility operations, at Entergy Corp. from 2012 until his retirement in 2017. “We are very excited…

‘We had to tell the story’: MTV to premiere series on teenagers battling addiction in Mass.

“I started to feel like this is my responsibility, knowing what I know, to do something about it.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Man dies tubing on Maine lake

CASCO, Maine (AP) — A Brunswick man has died while being towed on a tube behind a pontoon boat on Sebago Lake, Maine authorities said. Corey Wilcox, 37, was not wearing a life jacket and water conditions were rough when he was being towed at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday on New Place Cove near Point…

More than 20 Holy Cross students test positive for COVID-19 in connection to off-campus party

“Following the party, all our students have been reminded of their responsibilities to each other and to the greater community.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Gaga’s masks, Weeknd’s advocacy and more top VMAs moments

The MTV Video Music Awards got a little creative trying to put on a somewhat live awards show from New York City in the middle of a pandemic. Sunday’s show included performances with mask-wearing artists and fans and artists dancing in front the backdrop of the city’s skyscrapers. But amid the celebration, the show also…

Governor’s Council race between DePalo and Rafferty one of few contested seats on Central Mass. ballots

The Democratic primary to represent the 7th District on the Governor’s Council is a winner-take-all tilt, one of the region’s few primary races.Two Worcester lawyers – Paul DePalo and Padraic Rafferty – are running for the district seat, which […] Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

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