Leicester

There will be no tricks nor treats this Halloween in Leicester, Massachusetts. The town is among those that have canceled trick-or-treating due to the coronavirus pandemic. Worcester and Springfield have also called off the annual door-to-door activity. “It’s disappointing, but I mean, this is COVID, so I expected it this year,” said Gabrielle Johnson-Martin, a Leicester mom. “I think...

Will kids be able to trick-or-treat this Halloween, and is it safe to do so?

A 48-year-old Massachusetts police officer died early Friday morning after battling the coronavirus. Rutland police Detective John Songy, of Leicester, was an eight-year department veteran and had previously served with the Oakham Police Department. He had been battling COVID-19 for the past month. “John passed away in the early morning hours of May 29, 2020, after a courageous and well-fought…

A Massachusetts police officer died early Friday morning after battling the coronavirus.

Police in Leicester, Massachusetts, are trying to identify a woman who allegedly sprayed Lysol disinfectant at a Walmart cashier after being told of a purchase limit on the item. According to a Facebook post by police, the woman sprayed the disinfectant in the employee’s eyes on March 27 after she was informed of the store’s limit on the item....

A Massachusetts woman who was put in handcuffs in front of her children as her home burned in July now faces several charges, including assault and battery on a police officer and interfering with a firefighter. Kelly O’Brien, of Leicester, said she ran outside July 26, 2019, and used a garden hose to try to extinguish the flames coming from…

A Massachusetts woman who was put in handcuffs in front of her children as her home burned in July now faces several charges, including assault and battery on a police officer and interfering with a firefighter.

Police in Massachusetts are searching for a masked bank robber who took off with an unknown amount of money in Leicester. Leicester police said the robbery happened at about 5:45 p.m. Thursday at the Cornerstone Bank on South Main Street. The thief wore a black shirt, black bandana, black hat and gloves at the time of the robbery, authorities said….

For the second year in a row, the St. John’s Prep Eagles are Massachusetts Division 1 Super Bowl champions.

Worcester-area officials are reminding residents to drive safely and responsibly on Thanksgiving. They say car crashes Tuesday and Wednesday have left three people dead and two others injured. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports a 66-year-old man was killed by a car in Worcester Tuesday evening. No one has been charged in that incident.

In less than 10 hours, three people were killed in separate car crashes in Massachusetts’ Worcester County, according to the district attorney’s office. Worcester police said one of the crashes led to the death of a 66-year-old male pedestrian. That incident happened at 4:51 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 229 Park Ave. Investigators said it appeared the driver did...

A year after the first recreational marijuana shops opened in Massachusetts, cannabis product sales have generated nearly $3.5 million in combined taxes and fees and a generally warm buzz for the first two towns to allow it. The revenue represents the first full year’s worth of the collected 3% local sales tax and the negotiated community impact fees for Northampton...

A Massachusetts grand jury is investigating contracts and payments between municipalities and the marijuana companies they host. The Boston Globe reports the grand jury convened by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling is part of a larger effort by federal prosecutors to curb local corruption related to the cannabis industry.

Video of a melee outside of a Worcester beer garden is making the rounds on social media. Police say they were attacked while surrounded by a hostile crowd early Saturday morning, but a lawyer for one of the people arrested said Tuesday at a court hearing that it only appears that police were doing the attacking.

Worcester Bravehearts baseball is about to get underway for the season. But when the team took to Twitter to promote opening day, the message may have been taken the wrong way. The tweet included a photo of a billboard the team put up last year with the caption, “The Clap is Back.”

Cultivate in Leicester has been selling marijuana to the general public since it became one of Massachusetts’ first recreational dispensaries in November. The shop’s in-house chef has been cooking up new recipes to introduce its products to a wider audience. Lianne Whalen, a graduate of Johnson and Wales, has been hard at work making new cookies and chocolates, as well...

Cultivate in Leicester is looking to grow its audience with some new recipes by its in-house chef.

Behind every vintage item is a story. And if the antiques inside Anthony Brooks’ Blue Collar Vintage Salvage shop in Leicester, Massachusetts, could talk — he says there would be 100,000 stories. But what he found inside a box — likely rescued from a demolition and just sitting in a trailer in Oxford for decades — is the beginning of...