BRIMFIELD - Two weeks after absorbing the news that an international gambling corporation based in Las Vegas is eyeing a rural part of town for a $600 million casino development, some townspeople are beginning to publicly speak out against the idea.
Douglas prostitution sting leads to arrest of 63-year-old womanDOUGLAS - A Douglas woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexual conduct for a fee, after a prostitution sting conducted by police from Douglas and Sutton and the Blackstone Valley Drug Task Force.
GPS led police to serial bank robberBOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced to prison Friday for his role in five bank robberies across Central Massachusetts.
SUV lifted off woman after crashSPENCER - Even though he drives the same stretch of road every morning on his way to work, Steven Turner feels that yesterday morning he was on Route 31 for a reason — to help rescue a woman he never met before.
N Brookfield theft cited in VT officer's firingA former North Brookfield, Mass., part-time police officer was fired Friday from his job as a Waterbury, Vt., police officer after the Washington County state's attorney said he would no longer prosecute his cases.
Ron Brace has title shot with new Patriots
FOXBORO - Ron Brace was a senior at Burncoat High when the Patriots — the New England Patriots, that is — beat Carolina in Super Bowl XXXVIII. This week, he remembered having friends over to his house that day to watch the game and eat chicken wings.
Twitter’s censorship plan stirs outrage
NEW YORK - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.Nothing fossilized about ‘Rock of Ages'
WORCESTER - The musical “Rock of Ages'' had a landslide victory as it opened a five-performance run Friday night at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.Auschwitz survivor, 91, dies on anniversary of liberation
WARSAW, Poland - Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of the memorial site, died Friday on the 67th anniversary of its liberation.