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 […]
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Vehicle hit by train on Mill Street
A car was hit by a train on Mill Street in Lancaster at around noon on Wednesday and police say that the sole occupant of the vehicle sustained only minor injuries. No other damage was reported. (GARY FOURNIER)
Stages: Music, music, music this month at Worcester’s Mechanics Hall
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]
