SHIRLEY — Select Board Chairman Andree Lourdes Jean Jacques is one of many Haitian-Americans watching with growing concern as the dire situation in Haiti goes from bad to worse. In recent weeks, a renewed wave of violence and lawlessness rocked the capital city of Port-Au-Prince as heavily-armed gangs broke into a prison complex and attacked […]
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Police say road rage to blame for altercation on I-495
BOLTON — On Monday afternoon, State Troopers responded to a report of an altercation with a weapon involved in the breakdown lane of Route 495 south. A preliminary investigation by State Police from the Leominster Barracks indicated the incident, which resulted in a tractor-trailer driver suffering serious injuries, stemmed from alleged road rage. Evidence suggested […]
Healey has shelter funding backup plan if Legislature is slow to find deal on spending bill
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is eyeing a backup plan to cover direct emergency shelter payments in the event lawmakers hammering out a spending plan for the rest of the fiscal year find themselves mired in negotiations, according to an administration official.
House fire rips through garage on Saturday
ASHBY — The Fire Department and State Fire Marshal are looking into the cause of a two-alarm fire that consumed a garage attached to a Mason Road home on Saturday. Luckily, fire officials say the all the occupants made it out safely. At about 12:30 p.m. on March 23, the Fire Department responded to a […]
Two men indicted for 1993 murder of Fitchburg teen
FITCHBURG — A Worcester County Grand Jury handed up murder indictments against two men on Friday in the 1993 shooting death of a teenager in Fitchburg, according to a statement released Monday morning by District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr. One of the men was previously charged in the case and has been serving time in […]
‘Old-fashioned power grab’: Hearing over DiZoglio ballot to audit legislature gets heated
A battle over an initiative to expand the powers of the state auditor to audit the Legislature boiled over Tuesday when State Auditor Diana DiZoglio defended her proposal from an array of critics who questioned whether the measure violated separation of power principles in the state constitution.
