Tag: Worcester

Worcester celebrates the season with St. Patrick’s Parade

WORCESTER — It’s not often that the music of Irish folk band The Dubliners, marching bands, and Uilleann pipes can all harmonize even over the rumble of 18-wheeler trucks and revving motorcycles. That is unless all those sounds come from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Sunday, thousands lined Park Avenue for the annual Worcester County […]

Two women injured in daytime Worcester shooting

Authorities are investigating after two women were injured in a Tuesday afternoon shooting. Officers responding to the area of Englewood Avenue around 3:10 p.m. for a report of shots fired found two female victims who sustained injuries, according to Worcester Police. The extent of the victims’ injuries is unknown at this time. An SUV was […]

Worcester County real estate transfers, Sunday, March 3

Ashburnham $380,000, Willard Rd, Sallie C Thoma RET, and Thoma, Sallie C, to Ray-Tek Construction LLC. Athol $380,000, 131 Everett Ave, Alicea, Maria B, to Fernandez, Roberto.$260,000, 74 Patrick Ave, Hitchcock, John K, and Hitchcock, Karen L, to Whalen, Nicholas S, and Gerde, Jillian.$150,000, 111 Brickyard Rd #C1, Bredesen Susan C Est, and Andaloro, Steven […]

Worcester gas station sells winning $1 million ticket

WORCESTER — A Milford man won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket he bought while filling his wife’s car with gas at a local gas station, according to the state lottery. Joshua Chunis, of Milford, hit big on a $20 scratch-off he purchased at Sunoco A Plus at 527 SW Cutoff, right off Route 20 […]

Two arrested in Gardner in connection to Worcester shooting that killed teen

Two people were arrested in Gardner Friday night in connection to a Worcester shooting that claimed the life of a 17-year-old earlier this month. Worcester Police officers and the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Squad arrested 21-year-old Kidam Oquendo and 18-year-old Alexis Medeiros following a “lengthy investigation”, a Worcester PD spokesperson said Saturday. A Boston 25 News […]

Federal class-action lawsuit filed in Worcester over illegal state trooper recordings

WORCESTER – Four of the more than 200 criminal defendants state police recorded illegally using a cellphone application during undercover investigations filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against Motorola and the state police colonel. Interim State Police Col. John Mawn Jr. The 19-page lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Worcester, alleges Motorola and interim […]

Five horses from disbanded Worcester PD Mount Unit hoof it to new homes

Five horses that once trotted under the logo of the Worcester Police Department were donated to four different police departments following a decision by the police chief to retire the Mounted Unit. The University of Massachusetts Amherst Police Department now has two of the horses and the Providence Police Department and the Columbus, Ohio, Police […]