DEVENS — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan joined officials at Veranova’s Devens campus Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a planned expansion of the facility to add a new process development laboratory and two “Good Manufacturing Practice” suites.
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Massachusetts State Police union fighting accusations after Karen Read verdict
Days after the jury cleared Karen Read of murder and manslaughter, a state police union is fighting back against “baseless accusations” that the investigation into John O’Keefe’s death was “compromised.”
Second man indicted for murder in 2021 killing of 19-year-old Worcester man
WORCESTER — A grand jury handed up a murder indictment against 23-year-old Jose Pacheco in the 2021 killing of a 19-year-old Worcester man who was found dead in Leominster, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Pacheco, of Worcester, was indicted on June 16, 2025, on one count of murder in the […]
Townsend Water superintendent accused of ethics violation over $4.7M contract
TOWNSEND — The state’s top ethics watchdog has accused Townsend Water Department Superintendent David Vigeant of violating the conflict of interest law by giving a local business operator — who also serves as the town’s fire chief — early access to project plans for a multimillion-dollar water main extension before the project was put out to bid.
CPCS petitions SJC to release jailed defendants amid attorney shortage
Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented.
Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
