It’s a musical May at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.On Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. join the Worcester Symphony Orchestra as it presents “The Magic of Hollywood.” It promises to be a night of unforgettable melodies and cinematic grandeur as you embark on an epic cinematic journey under the baton of music director Roderick Macdonald.Music […]
Crime and Public Safety
Police, DEP relocate bear wandering around city
WORCESTER — State and local officials responded to a report of a bear that had been walking in a roadway Sunday morning and were thankfully able to relocate it safely. At about 8:15 a.m. Sunday morning, State Police Troopers from the Millbury Barracks received a call that a bear was standing in the middle of […]
Police use stop sticks on I-290 to end Central MA police chase
MARLBOROUGH — State and local police cast a net over Central Massachusetts last week after being led on a police chase through several cities and towns, eventually ending in an accident where minor injuries were reported. According to a press release from State Police Media Relations, a 2002 Lexus IS, which was stolen from Peabody, […]
Editorial: Benefits of police body cameras well worth the expense
In the nationwide atmosphere of heightened scrutiny on the performance of police officers, the Lowell Police Department launched a body-camera pilot program last April that equipped 30 officers – 10 on each shift – with those devices. As part of this initial introduction, then-interim Police Superintendent Barry Golner said the plan was to rotate the […]
Billerica police officer killed while working road construction site
BILLERICA — Tragedy rocked the Billerica Police Department on Friday when Sgt. Ian Taylor, a member of the department since 2011, suffered fatal injuries while working on a road construction site on Boston Road.
Healey weighs in on campus safety, protests
BOSTON — As tensions simmer around college campus protests and university responses, Gov. Maura Healey gave a mostly muted response Tuesday to the proliferation of pro-Palestinian encampments, saying “there has to be” space for both protest and Jewish student safety alike. Colleges around the country are grappling with how to respond to student demonstrations against […]
