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Worcester, Massachusetts. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Worcester. Associated ZIP codes: 01601, 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610, 01613, 01614, 01615, 01653, 01655.
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Police blotter: A federal grand jury has indicted a Dominican national living illegally in Worcester for allegedly using a stolen identity to obtain over $16...
As wearable technology becomes more common in public spaces, school leaders in Massachusetts are taking steps to address concerns about smart glasses in the...
There is outrage from advocates and survivors in Worcester after the Massachusetts attorney general released a report detailing a lengthy investigation into...
The year's seventh human case of West Nile Virus in Massachusetts was reported in Worcester County on Friday.
Spotted lanternflies, an invasive pest first detected in Massachusetts in 2021, are spreading across the state, with sightings reported from Worcester to Nat...
A wake will be held Tuesday afternoon for Kurt Solomon, the Worcester, Massachusetts police officer killed in his home last week.
Karen Solomon, wanted for questioning in the death of her Worcester, Massachusetts, police officer husband, has been found dead after a massive search.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a mental health advocate who remained missing Saturday, more than four days after police in Worcester, Massachusetts fo...
Crews continued a search for a Worcester, Massachusetts, woman considered armed and dangerous after her off-duty police officer husband was found dead.
Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, are searching for a missing 17-year-old. Sophia Peluyera was last seen Friday, police said Monday. Peluyera is described...
WORCESTER — A case involving charges against four prison guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley was heard in Worcester Superior Court on...
Deborah Hazel Chaffee, 69, died Sunday, June 7, 2026, at the Evergreen Hospice Facility in Kirkland. Deborah was born Sept. 28, 1956, in Worcester, Massachus...
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At just 19 years old, Democratic representative-elect Daniel Darris-O’Connor will be one of the youngest representatives in Massachusetts state history.
A New Bedford soldier who went missing during World War II has been identified and will be buried in Massachusetts on the 82nd anniversary of his disappearance.
Masis Staffing Solutions said it is partnering with Elgen Staffing, a Cresskill-based staffing firm specializing in direct-hire recruiting.
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Worcester is in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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At just 19 years old, Democratic representative-elect Daniel Darris-O’Connor will be one of the youngest representatives in Massachusetts state history.
A New Bedford soldier who went missing during World War II has been identified and will be buried in Massachusetts on the 82nd anniversary of his disappearance.
Masis Staffing Solutions said it is partnering with Elgen Staffing, a Cresskill-based staffing firm specializing in direct-hire recruiting.
The Nipmuc lived in the area, which they called Quinsigamond, and had a settlement on Pakachoag Hill in present Auburn. In 1673 John Eliot and Daniel Gookin led an expedition there to found a Christian Indian "praying town" and to find a site for an English settlement, and on July 13, 1674, Gookin obtained a deed to eight square miles. When King Philip's War broke out in 1675, the Nipmuc joined Metacom's side, the English abandoned Quinsigamond, and its empty buildings were burned. The settlement was abandoned again during Queen Anne's War in 1702.
Jonas Rice resettled the town for good in 1713. Named for Worcester, England, it was incorporated on June 14, 1722, and became the seat of the new Worcester County on April 2, 1731. John Adams taught school and studied law in Worcester from 1755 to 1758. On September 6, 1774, 4,622 militiamen from 37 towns in Worcester County marched on Main Street and seized the courthouse to keep the royal court from sitting. The Crown's 25 appointees were turned away and made to renounce their commissions, without a shot fired. This Worcester Revolt is described as the first time British authority was openly overthrown in the colonies. In 1775 the printer Isaiah Thomas moved his radical newspaper, the Massachusetts Spy, from occupied Boston to Worcester and kept it running through the war. On July 14, 1776, Thomas gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Massachusetts. Sources Wikipedia: Worcester, Massachusetts
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