WORCESTER COUNTY NEWS
Brian Meifert drops pounds and inspires others to...
CLINTON -- Two years ago, Brian Meifert would have laughed in the face of anyone who told him he would run five miles during his lunch break at work.
Leominster Emergency Management puts out the call...
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster Emergency Management is calling a summit meeting with 17 churches and synagogues asking for help raising reserve volunteers who can work at shelters during disasters and emergencies.
Only sheer talent will prevail at Barber Battle
FITCHBURG -- Whoever told you haircuts are a time for gossip and conversations about the weather was wrong.
Team Colors
Brian Whitney, owner of Bay State Apparel, a subcontractor for VF Corporation which holds apparel licenses for the NFL, reviews a color separation filter at their factory in Leominster Saturday afternoon.
Lancaster OKs permit for affordable housing
LANCASTER -- The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a comprehensive permit for the construction of an affordable-housing development to be located off of Mill Street Extension, according to Planning Director Noreen Piazza.
T-shirt printer: Pats victory would be win-win for...
LEOMINSTER -- If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, Brian Whitney won't be able to celebrate like other fans.
Leominster garage will increase spaces for rail...
LEOMINSTER -- The North Leominster commuter rail station opened in 2005, and every one of the parking lot's 140 spaces were full almost immediately.
Lunenburg farmer taps into new market
LUNENBURG -- Lunenburg resident Jim Lattanzi has operated a successful beef and pork farm on Hill Road for several years, but now he's undertaking a new and sweeter challenge -- maple sugaring.
Get Your Head in the Game! Go Pats!
Rob Crespo, a barber at Thumbs Up Barbers on John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg gives a New England Patriots logo haircut to Julio Moralez, Jr.
Students get lesson in animal care
FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg High School students got a lesson in proper animal care Friday, as part of Animal Care Education Awareness Month.
Marine mom steps up for the wounded
FITCHBURG -- For Bonny Hillman, it would have been harder not to get involved. Hillman, 46, formed Helping Hands for our Heroes several months after her son, Justin Hillman, 23, left for Afghanistan with his Marine unit last April.
Fitchburg Ward 4 Democrats to caucus
FITCHBURG -- Registered Democrats in Fitchburg's Ward 4 will hold a caucus at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb.
Ashburnham woman charged with OUI
FITCHBURG -- An Ashburnham woman arrested for drunken driving early Friday later exhibited severe mood swings during booking, according to court documents.
Health officials get peek into future
FITCHBURG -- Administrators from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester were in Fitchburg Friday to tour the future site of Community Health Connections on the Burbank Campus of HealthAlliance Hospital.
Planned Ashburnham solar farms on hold for tax...
ASHBURNHAM -- The town's latest solar deal is on hold for now while officials figure out to properly tax Investar LLC of Worcester for the panels the company is planning to place on three separate properties in town, according to Town Administrator
Brown announces re-election bid, calls Warren a...
WORCESTER -- U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is casting himself as a political outsider and portraying his likely Democratic opponent as an angry and divisive ideologue as he launches his re-election campaign.
A new stage for Fitchburg's Longsjo Classic --...
FITCHBURG -- After the fire that gutted the Johnsonia Building in downtown Fitchburg last June caused the cancellation of the annual Longsjo Classic bicycle race, Ed Collier remembers various communities reaching out to help.
Man accused of punching, choking ex-wife
LEOMINSTER -- A 50-year-old Worcester man is facing an attempted murder charge after being accused of punching and choking his ex-wife in an alcohol-fueled rage while he was visiting his children Sunday.
29 new correctional officers on job
WORCESTER -- The Worcester County Sheriff's Office graduated 29 new correctional officers in a ceremony at Worcester Technical High School Thursday morning, including four men and one woman from Fitchburg and its surrounding towns.
Murder suspect released on bail
WORCESTER -- Andrew Morales, who is accused of killing his brother during a fight Oct. 2, was apparently released on bail Monday.
Home invaders receive 20-year sentences
WORCESTER -- Two men convicted of stabbing three people during a September 2009 home invasion were sentenced Thursday to serve 20 to 25 years in state prison.
Man arraigned after making alleged bomb threat
LEOMINSTER -- A Worcester man accused of making a bomb threat against the Herbert Lipton Community Mental Health Center on May 31 was arraigned in Leominster District Court Dec.
Credit union merger approved
WORCESTER -- Webster First Federal Credit Union, which recently merged with Fitchburg Federal Credit Union, on Thursday announced its merger with Winthrop Federal Credit Union.
DA: Fitchburg deaths not suspicious
FITCHBURG -- The deaths of a man and his mother discovered at their home in Fitchburg Monday night are not suspicious, according to Tim Connolly, spokesman for Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
Sheriff: This is your face on drugs
LEOMINSTER -- Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis is hoping to make a difference in the lives of young adults throughout North Central Massachusetts through his Face2Face drug-prevention program that sheds a light on the faces of people facing
Shirley man welcomed into Legion of Honor
WORCESTER -- If anyone were to ask Shirley resident Joe Landry about the years he spent in the Army in the 1940s, he would have nothing but positive things to say.
Bank collecting for Toys for Tots
LEOMINSTER -- Commerce Bank has launched its annual Toys for Tots drive for the holidays, during which its 13 offices in Central Massachusetts will collect donations for the Worcester County U.
Friends, family stand up for murder suspect
WORCESTER -- The father of a Leominster teen charged in the stabbing death of his brother said the two had never gotten into more than a typical sibling-rivalry argument.
Billerica man injured in Leominster crash
LEOMINSTER -- A 36-year-old Billerica man was life-flighted to UMass Medical Center in Worcester with serious injuries after he appeared to lose control of his 2010 Chevrolet Impala on Route 2 eastbound Tuesday afternoon.
Lunenburg man faces trial for allegedly removing...
WORCESTER -- A Lunenburg man is scheduled to go to trial in Worcester Superior Court in February on charges that he lied to environmental-crime investigators about his knowledge of contaminated soil on what eventually became Southgate Business Park.
The Victorious Spartans
The Oakmont Regional High School girls' field hockey team pose with their championship trophy after defeating Auburn High School 2-1 in Friday's Central Massachusetts Division 2 final game at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium in Worcester.
Worcester man arraigned on child-endangerment...
LEOMINSTER -- A 30-year-old Worcester man was released on his own recognizance Friday after being arraigned on child-endangerment charges for allegedly leaving his 3-year-old son in the car on a hot August day for nearly a half an hour.
Evangelidis begins annual winter coat drive
FITCHBURG -- Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis was in Fitchburg Monday afternoon to kick off the 2011 Sheriff's Annual Winter Coat Drive.
Leominster man OK'd for judgeship
BOSTON -- The Governor's Council approved the nomination of Anthony Marotta of Leominster to a seat on the Worcester County Juvenile Court Wednesday in a 7-1 vote.
One injured in car crash
FITCHBURG -- A woman was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with unspecified injuries at 1:34 p.
Fitchburg crash victim identified
FITCHBURG -- The Worcester County District Attorney's office has identified the driver killed in a fiery car crash early Thursday as 33-year-old Charlotte Smith, of Fitchburg.
Fitchburg teen scholarship semifinalist
WORCESTER -- Grace DiFrancesco, of Fitchburg, a senior at the Mass Academy of Math and Science at WPI in Worcester, has been named a semifinalist in the 2012 National Achievement Scholarship Program.
Probation check finds pot farm in Fitchburg house
FITCHBURG -- Probation officers for Worcester Superior Court discovered an offender was growing a large amount of marijuana out of his home earlier this month.

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