FITCHBURG — The Health Department held a successful Substance Use Disorder Treatment Resource Options event last week to promote a variety of choices available to everyone. Many community members were able to visit local treatment provider resource tables which included detox facilities, medication assisted treatment, peer recovery centers, family support groups and 12-step groups. Providers […]
Crime and Public Safety
Woman and daughter, 11, fatally shot in SUV in Worcester
A mother and her 11-year-old daughter were fatally shot while sitting in a parked SUV in a Massachusetts neighborhood. Police arrested one man and were searching for another.
Search warrant in Pepperell yields drug distribution, firearm charges
PEPPERELL — A search warrant executed by police with the help of a SWAT team at a residence on Nashua Road resulted in the arrest of two suspects charged with drug distribution and firearm offenses.
Two Worcester County men sentenced for trafficking contraband smokeless tobacco
BOSTON — Two Worcester County men were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to traffic in contraband smokeless tobacco. Mohammad Hanif Balaparya, 63, of Shrewsbury, and Rakesh Garg, 53, of Holden, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to three and two years’ probation, respectively. In October 2023, the defendants pleaded guilty to one […]
Pepperell Police K-9 locates 5-year-old child Tuesday
PEPPERELL — Chief Todd Blain is pleased to report that a Police K-9 was able to successfully track a missing 5-year-old child on Tuesday, locating the girl safely after just 45 minutes. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, at approximately 3 p.m., the Pepperell Police Department responded to a residence in town for a report of […]
Body discovered in water near Bemis Road Bridge
FITCHBURG — State and local investigators responded to a grim scene Saturday morning after the body of an unidentified male body was discovered in a shallow area of the Nashua River near the Bemis Road Bridge. State Police and the office of Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early did not provide many details on Saturday […]
