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Mental Health Grants Awarded to 3 Worcester County Orgs.
BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey announced $2.8 million in grant awards on Tuesday, July 16, to support mental health urgent care in high-need areas. Six organizations across Massachusetts received awards, including three in Worcester County. The grants will support mental health centers to expand the capacity to provide Behavioral...
Update: 3 Massachusetts counties under a tornado warning Tuesday evening
On Tuesday at 8:11 p.m. an updated tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 8:30 p.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Worcester counties. "At 8:10 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over New Salem, or 10 miles south of Orange, moving east at 55 mph," states the weather service. "Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely."
Authorities ID Lunenburg climber who died after fall
WESTMINSTER — State Police detectives with the Worcester County District Attorney’s office are investigating an incident in which a Lunenburg man died after a fall while climbing in Leominster State Forest. According to a release from the office of Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., authorities first...
Massachusetts reports first confirmed case of measles in four years
An adult resident from Worcester County who recently traveled internationally has been diagnosed with measles, the first confirmed case in a Massachusetts resident since 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported. “Measles is a highly contagious, airborne disease, which has increased worldwide, including here in the United States and...
Climber killed in fall at Leominster State Forest ID’d as Robert Conroy
The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office has identified the climber killed in a fall at Leominster State Forest last week as 69-year-old Lunenburg resident Robert Conroy. Conroy died on the afternoon of July 11 when he fell while climbing in a part of the forest located in Westminster, the...
Update: Be ready for damaging winds with thunderstorms in 5 Massachusetts counties Tuesday
The National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until 10:15 p.m. for Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcester counties. Residents should be prepared for wind gusts of up to 60 mph. "At 9:10 p.m., severe thunderstorms were located along a line...
Shrewsbury resident, advocate Petrucci named one of state's Commonwealth Heroines
SHREWSBURY — Even though Melanie Petrucci was technically a stay-at-home mom for her two young children when she first moved to Shrewsbury from Colorado 24 years ago for her husband’s job, she was rarely stuck at home. Instead, she became involved with her community, volunteering her time to...
Authorities seek suspect in Northborough shooting death
NORTHBOROUGH — The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday they are actively seeking Erik Coelho Dos Santos, who is wanted for murder following a shooting in Northborough on May 12. Dos Santos, a 20-year-old Brockton resident, is the prime suspect in the death of 16-year-old Ygor Correia...
Worcester County DA identifies suspect in Northborough house party shooting that left 16-year-old dead
A 20-year-old man is being sought by police in a fatal May shooting at a home in Northborough, Massachusetts, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early said Tuesday. Shortly after 1 a.m. on May 12, a partygoer flagged down a police officer and told them someone had brandished a gun at 333 Howard St., the property where the party was happening. As officers waited for assistance from additional officers and state police and prepared to enter the property, they heard multiple gunshots.
Man wanted for murder in connection with deadly shooting at Northboro house party
NORTHBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - A 20-year-old Brockton man is now wanted for murder in connection with the deadly shooting of a 16-year-old at a house party in Northboro earlier this year, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office announced. The shooting happened on May 12 at a home on Howard...
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