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Phet Gouvonvong, 31, of Worcester, was identified as the victim. The officer who shot Gouvonvong has not been identified. “Our policy when there is an officer-involved shooting is to put the officer on administrative leave, which is where the officer is now,” said police Lt. Sean Murtha. “It’s always a stressful thing for the officers involved. We have spoken to him. He appears to be doing OK right now.” The confrontation began about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after a man called police and s...

St. Vincent Hospital management alleges bullying by nurses union reps, members as strike looms Craig S. Semon, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester WORCESTER — The CEO of St. Vincent Hospital is alleging a series of “intolerable incidents of bullying and intimidation” by Massachusetts Nurses Association union representatives and its members related to the impending strike and negotiations with the hospital. A spokesman for the M...

St. Vincent nurses union announces details of Monday strike, rally outside hospital Sunday night Dave Nordman, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair St. Vincent Hospital WORCESTER – The Massachusetts Nurses Association announced Friday morning that the 800 nurses of St. Vincent Hospital will go on strike at 6 a.m. Monday, and hold a community rally at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The nurses and Tenet Healthcare, which owns St. Vincent, have been negotiating for weeks. The uni...

Coronavirus pandemic: Worcester State University supersite open for vaccinations Isabel Sami, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair The COVID-19 vaccination site inside the Worcester State University Wellness Center. WORCESTER  —  The "supersite" at Worcester State University has started administering vaccinations and will go into full operations on Tuesday. The mass vaccination site in the Wellness Center at WSU held a soft opening Thursday and began vaccinating p...

St. Vincent Hospital stands by final offer after nurses OK authorization to strike Isabel Sami, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair WORCESTER - Nurses picket in front of Saint Vincent Hospital on the day that their union voted to authorize a strike Wednesday, February 10, 2021. WORCESTER — A day after nurses at St. Vincent Hospital voted to authorize a strike, the hospital said such an action would "accelerate divisiveness during a critical stage of the COVID-19 p...

St. Vincent Hospital nurses vote to authorize strike Isabel Sami, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair WORCESTER - Nurses picket in front of Saint Vincent Hospital on the day that their union is voting on whether to authorize a strike Wednesday, February 10, 2021. WORCESTER — The 800 registered nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in contract negotiations with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare voted Wednesday to authorize their negotiating committee to call for a strike ...

Winter storm brought wild weather to New England – see what it looked like around the area Hadley Barndollar, USA TODAY NETWORK Coastal erosion, significant flooding and NorEaster snow totals –  the winter storm spanning Monday and Tuesday brought extreme weather conditions to communities around New England. Heres a roundup of areas hit the hardest.  © Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger Deborah Hartman of Scituate leaves her flooded vehicle on Oceanside Drive. She got stuck...

Worcester vaccine signup for elders starting soon Brad Petrishen, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair WORCESTER - Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, the city’s medical director, speaks during the weekly Covid-19 press conference at City Hall Thursday, January 21, 2021. WORCESTER — The city hopes to vaccinate 1,500 or more people over age 75 against COVID-19 by Saturday, officials said, with signups possibly starting as soon as Monday night.  In a call Monday afternoon,...

The right thing to do: Worcester County Jail and House of Correction staff, inmates grateful to receive COVID-19 vaccine Craig S. Semon, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair WORCESTER - Derrick Pitt is the first inmate to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the Worcester County House of Correction Friday, January 22, 2021. Officer Dylan Forss watches through the window as Alyssa Dobbs, LPN; and Bianca Henault, LPN; administers the shot. WEST BOYLSTON — The Worcester C...

Baker resists calls from lawmakers, undertakers to lift funeral workers to top of vaccination list Brad Petrishen, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair MILLBURY - Matthew Mulhane, left, and his father Stuart Mulhane own Mulhane Home For Funerals in Millbury Thursday, January 21, 2021. Gov. Charlie Baker is resisting calls from undertakers and dozens of lawmakers, including many in Central Massachusetts, to follow the lead of 33 other states and bump funeral directors ...