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Reported sexual assaults down at Central Mass. campuses in 2019 Scott O'Connell, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff File Photo/Rick Cinclair Holy Cross students line the hallways of Fenwick Hall during a 2019 sit-in protesting the college's handling of sex offense reports on campus. Rapes and fondling reported on college campuses in 2019 were down in Central Massachusetts from the previous year, new reports filed by local colleges last month show. Even leaving out the case of Holy Cross, which saw an extremely anomalous 104 fondling incidents reported in 2018 drop to zero repor...

Shrewsbury welcomes Boch auto dealerships land purchase on Route 9 Marco Cartolano, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair SHREWSBURY - Properties at 701 and 713 Boston Turnpike were purchased by Boch Shrewsbury — Worcester. The property, which is mostly woods, is on the westbound side of Route 9 after Price Chopper and South Street. SHREWSBURY — Town and economic officials welcomed the news that Boch Shrewsbury — Worcester had purchased land along Route 9 and are looking forward to any potential developments on the property. Boch bought more than 25 acre...

Whether snow or hurricanes, DPW commissioner believes in basics of emergency response Marco Cartolano, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair WORCESTER - Jay J. Fink is the new commissioner of the Department of Public Works & Parks Friday, December 18, 2020. From managing snowfall in the cold Massachusetts winter to cleanup after a hurricane in Miami Beach, Worcester Commissioner of Public Works and Parks Jay J. Fink said using the fundamentals of emergency response is key to bringing conditions back to normal.  After growing up on Cape Cod, Fink went to school in ...

For Mass. lawmakers, east-west rail dangles within reach By Lauryn Allen, Boston University Statehouse Program © MA_Worcester_TG Timothy Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. As an 18-month feasibility study for an east-west rail line to connect Boston and Pittsfield comes to a close, state and federal lawmakers remain optimistic about securing funding for a project they say would bring transportation and economic development to Western Massachusetts, despite continued concerns over too-high costs and too-low ridership estimates calculated by the s...

Worcester school bus hub and conservation land are part of plans for former Allegro property Steven H. Foskett Jr., Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair The one-time Allegro plant, 115 Northeast Cutoff WORCESTER — Plans to redevelop the former Allegro plant on Northeast Cutoff include a city school bus depot and a conservation restriction that will connect open space parcels in the area.  The Planning Board Wednesday approved a special permit and site plan to Worcester-based Chacharone Properties as part of the developer's plans to convert the 40-acre site in Gre...