A Level 2 sex offender who was convicted of raping 7 and 8-year-old girls has been sentenced to prison after the feds busted him for child pornography.
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Woman facing charges in connection to shooting death
A woman is facing charges in connection with the death of a man in a Leominster home on Wednesday night, the Worcester County DA’s office announced Thursday.
UMass Amherst faces antisemitism complaint after assault: ‘UMass has done nothing to make Jewish students feel safe’
UMass Amherst faces antisemitism complaint after assault: ‘UMass has done nothing to make Jewish students feel safe’
City launches inaugural pet festival
FITCHBURG — The community will be celebrating National Pet Month with a unique event geared towards family companions dubbed the Love Our Pets Festival on Saturday. The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on May 4 at the historic Crocker Park in West Fitchburg. Participants include Fitchburg Public Schools, Fitchburg Public […]
House applies Steward lessons in new, expansive health bill
BOSTON — A sweeping new hospital oversight and industry reform bill is on the move atop Beacon Hill, representing what aides to House Speaker Ron Mariano view as the most significant health care cost control legislation in more than a decade. The Legislature’s Health Care Financing Committee on Tuesday moved to advance a redrafted, 97-page […]
Massachusetts Education Secretary: Students should complete FAFSA ‘as soon as possible’ amid federal chaos
Students still have time to fill out their FAFSA forms in Massachusetts, state education officials said at Tuesday’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting, but should plan on doing so “as soon as possible” to navigate around the chaotic rollout of federal changes to the form.