WORCESTER — The head of public works in Natick will be Worcester's next commissioner of Public Works & Parks. John Westerling will succeed Jay Fink, who left the post last fall. “Westerling is ...

The Worcester Public Schools will open with a two-hour delay on Wednesday due to the forecast of extremely cold temperatures. All Head Start programs will be closed, and there will be no morning ...

The Worcester Art Museum announced Thursday that it has voluntarily agreed to return a pair of antiquities that were likely removed illegally from Italy. The returns are part of a long-term loan ...

An underground explosion launched at least one manhole cover high into the air in Worcester over the weekend, video shows. The explosion occurred at approximately 6:12 p.m. Saturday at the ...

NO INJURIES TO THE RESIDENTS OR TO FIREFIGHTERS AS A RESULT OF THIS FIRE. THE WORCESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS FIREFIGHTERS WERE DISPATCHED AROUND 8 A.M. TO AN ADDRESS NEARBY, AND FIREFIGHTERS ...

Worcester officials have launched a civil rights investigation after its first openly trans city councilor publicly alleged that they were the target of transphobic comments by three council ...

A 71-year-old Worcester man died Friday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the street after exiting a bus, police said. A preliminary investigation by the Worcester Police’s ...

A nonbinary Worcester City Councilor is taking a “hiatus,” citing discrimination and transphobia including being publicly misgendered and privately referred to as “it” by fellow members of ...

South Koreans are repurposing flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid the nation’s deepest political crisis in decades, sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short ...

Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. This week, Worcester City Councilor Thu Nguyen announced that they are taking a one-month hiatus from their position, alleging transphobia and a toxic culture ...

A unique new family-run Iraqi restaurant is to open in the heart of Worcester very soon as a couple's long cherished dream comes true at last. H&H 10 is a new restaurant and cafe set to open soon ...