Each electricity bill was overcharged $22 on average in New England. In Massachusetts, it was $18 monthly on average.

SHREWSBURY – The man who was pulled from Lake Quinsigamond after a 20-hour search has been identified as Yunio Ciromine Antonio Chaparro, 31, of Worcester.

WORCESTER — The latest water-quality tests at Smith Pond Beach have revealed bacteria levels safe for swimming, according to the city.

LEOMINSTER — A 55-year-old Fitchburg man was killed in a crash on Interstate 190 early Tuesday, Aug. 11, state police said. The wreck, in southbound lanes near Route 2, occurred about 5:15 a.m.

Gov. Maura Healey on Aug. 10 signed a bill into law that standardizes how schools and public libraries decide to add or remove books to and from their shelves. Lawmakers said the law will protect the ...

WEBSTER – A crash involving a motorcycle and a car closed a busy stretch of Main Street for three hours on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 11. Police Chief Michael D. Shaw said the call on the crash ...

WORCESTER – City Council Vice Chair Khyristian King on Aug. 11 accused City Manager Eric D. Batista of mischaracterizing the reason the U.S. Department of Justice closed its civil inquiry into the ...

WORCESTER — The city has released bus routes for the 2026-27 school year, the fourth since the school system took on the task of running its own bus operation. About half of the estimated 25,000 ...

The end of the clock change may be coming soon. The U.S. House voted 308-117 on July 14 to make daylight saving time permanent, sending H.R. 139 to the Senate for consideration. The Senate version of ...

Mikey Romero joins Cassell’s Corner podcast to talk about his time in the Red Sox organization. A former first-round draft pick by Boston, Romero is now a 22-year-old infielder with Triple-A Worcester ...

State police and Marlborough fire and medical crews are on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 290 eastbound, prior to Interstate 495. The eastbound side of the roadway has been shut down ...

Under the law, abortions will now be allowed in Massachusetts after 24 weeks “based upon the professional judgement of the physician.” It joins the nine other states and Washington, D.C., that don’t ...