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Photos: Thousands Attend Worcester Officer's Funeral - Worcester, MA - Police from across the state and nation attended the Thursday funeral in Worcester for Officer Enmanuel "Manny" Familia.
UpdatedWed, Jun 9, 2021 at 2:23 pm ET Reply A 19-year-old woman was killed when a suspect in a convenience store robbery crashed head-on into her car while attempting to flee police Wednesday morning. (Shutterstock) MASSACHUSETTS — It's Wednesday, June 9. Here's what you should know this afternoon: Massachusetts lawmakers were scheduled to meet at 1 pm Wednesday to vote one of the most significant changes in state tax policy in years. Officials are expecting 5,000 people to attend Thursday's funeral for Worcester police officer Enmanuel "Manny" Familia, who drowned Friday attempting to resc...
Wicked Local Most of the state's COVID-19 restrictions are set to be lifted this weekend, a large relief for many after 14 months of living with the pandemic. Local businesses are gearing up for a big shift in how they've been operating and are staffing up to meet an expected rise in customer traffic. Mae's sandwich shop on Ocean Street opened in October 2019, but because of the pandemic, the first Marshfield summer in their beach-adjacent business as anything but what they expected, so owners Eileen Price and Sam Kauff said they're excited to see what this season brings. "The fact that ...
The Worcester Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board voted overwhelmingly to continue fare-free service for the next 6 months while a new fare-collection system is implemented, a compromise reached after discussion of the effort revealed deep divisions among board members “Let’s see how we do, we’ll be post pandemic, hopefully, let’s see what ridership looks like, what the economy looks like,” Advisory Board member Gary Rosen said. “On January 1st, I will be still advocating (for fare-free service), some won’t be, that’s fine. I think it’s an excellent compromise.” Ro...
WORCESTER — Stephen Quist doesn't look at elected office as the start of another phase of his life or his career. The District 5 City Council candidate has a "get in, do the job, get out" approach and said that if elected to the seat being vacated by Matthew Wally, he won't stay any longer than he has to. What the lifelong Worcester resident hopes to get done is get through a short list of measures mainly aimed at giving taxpayers relief without adding to the rancor of the annual tax rate debate. "I'm running on four things," Quist said in a recent interview. "If people don't want to ...