Another member of the Holy Cross women’s rowing team has been released from the hospital after a crash in Florida that killed a teammate, the college announced Sunday. Paige Cohen, a junior from Atlanta, was released from Lanwood Regional Medical Center on Saturday afternoon, the Massachusetts school wrote in a statement.  Grace Rett, a sophomore from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, died...

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A winter storm bringing several inches of snow and eventually sleet and rain will leave messy conditions on roads overnight Saturday, especially in northwestern Massachusetts and northern New England. Drivers on Interstate 90 are being warned to take it slow, observing a speed limit of 40 mph from Exit 8 to the New York border, the Massachusetts State Police announced….

The search is on for a woman police say is behind the violent robbery of a nursing home.

Police are searching for the hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian with serious injuries Tuesday night in Worcester, Massachusetts. Officers responded to the area of 167 Chandler St. at about 9:15 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian accident. When they arrived, a woman was located unconscious in the roadway. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was taken…

The College of the Holy Cross community continued to mourn a student athlete killed in Florida this week when the rowing team’s van crashed.

A wild scene unfolded inside a nursing home and rehab facility in Worcester, Massachusetts. Several employees at Christopher House Nursing Home were seriously injured during the incident. The woman stole at least one purse, police said. A suspected robber was inside the building, and she was confronted by nursing home employees. One staffer tried to barricade the woman in an…

Crews completed the final stages of demolition Friday morning for the new Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. Once construction is finished, the site will be the home of the Worcester Red Sox.

The final stage of demolition is set to begin in order to make room for construction for the upcoming stadium of the Worcester Red Sox.

A program to get more parents to open college savings accounts is now available in Massachusetts. The initiative, BabySteps, began Jan. 1 and offers parents a $50 deposit to a new 529 account for their newborn or newly adopted child. “This is about economic stability,” said State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg. In 2016, Goldberg launched a similar pilot program to see…

A first-of-its-kind program called BabySteps intends to help every child born or adopted in Massachusetts go to college.

City leaders in Worcester, Massachusetts, plan to examine whether a free bus system could work in the community. The city council supported the idea during a meeting Tuesday night after hearing from advocates who believe transportation needs to be more accessible. “I think there is a real opportunity to lead the way,” said Paul Matthews, executive director of the Worcester…

Free bus fares may be in Worcester’s near future.

A New York City charity has paid off the mortgage for the family of a Massachusetts firefighter killed in the line of duty this year.

A New Hampshire man was indicted on a murder charge Friday in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend in a Massachusetts restaurant back in July. Carlos Asencio, 28, of Derry, was indicted Friday by a Worcester County grand jury on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. At a previous hearing back in August, Asencio was…

Three Massachusetts men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in connection with the death of a man whose body was found burned and covered in bubble wrap in a wooded area of Worcester in September.

Three Massachusetts men have pleaded not guilty in connection with the death of a man whose body was found burned and covered in bubble wrap in a wooded area of Worcester earlier this year. Rafael Guzman, 35, of Worcester, entered a plea of not guilty Wednesday in Worcester Superior Court in the death of his step-uncle 30-year-old Benjamin Pacheco. Guzman…

Even though winter has not officially started yet, parents and students in some Massachusetts communities are already worried about how the snow days will impact their summer break. Tuesday marked the fourth snow day in Worcester where school officials have already had to move the last day of school to the middle of June. Parents said they understand the reason…

This season’s snow has already impacted schools in central Massachusetts and it’s not even winter yet. In Worcester, the district has been forced to push the final day of school to the middle of June.

Three men have been indicted in connection with the death of a man whose body was found burned and covered in bubble wrap in Massachusetts. A Worcester County grand jury indicted Rafael Guzman, Daniel L. Rivera and Primitivo Matos on Friday on charges of accessory after the fact in the death of Benjamin Pacheco, 30. Pacheco’s body was found after…