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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 said he was carrying a rifle and a bomb.  "He was threatening to detonate the device," District Att...

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 MNA, the largest union of registered nurses in the state, said the hospital CEO’s allegations are...

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 union says the hospital has refused to address its call for staffing improvements, while the hospital ...

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 people, according to Maureen Stokes, assistant vice president for communications and marketing at W...

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 pandemic."  The two sides met for contract negotiations Thursday, but hospital management refused to...