Last week’s most popular, Jan. 8-15
Link to Post Here are the most popular articles Jan. 8-15 Re-imagining Notre Dame makes downtown dollars and sense Baker hails correctional officers’ response, lack of major …
Worcester Sun, Jan. 18: More on Mount Carmel and Notre Dame, state lawmakers angle for raise + much more
Link to Post Hitch tackles sanctuary cities in the shadow of Trump. Another top click hits the Free to Read section. Top 5 Stories. And …
Mother hides with 5-year-old son inside bathroom as three men ransack Worcester home
Link to Post A 23-year-old woman hid inside a bathroom with her 5-year-old son while three men ransacked a Worcester home Monday night, but eventually …
Massachusetts mayors join coalition urging Congress to keep Obamacare
Link to Post SPRINGFIELD — The mayors of Springfield and Holyoke are among 101 mayors nationwide who have signed on to a letter that urges …
‘Don’t crowd our plows’ MassDOT requests this winter
Link to Post As a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to hit parts of Massachusetts, the state department of transportation requests …
Glenn Armstrong, person of interest in 83-year-old father’s death, refuses to return to Massachusetts
Link to Post The 48-year-old Blackstone man who is a person of interest in his 83-year-old father’s killing is refusing to return to Massachusetts after his …
James Morales indicted for escaping from Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island
Link to Post James Morales, who spent nearly a week on the run from authorities earlier this year after escaping federal custody, has been indicted. …
Did Kathleen Desilets jump from a 3rd-floor window or was she pushed? Manslaughter trial against former Princeton dentist Roger Desilets Jr. begins
Link to Post Prosecutors told a jury that a violent struggle over Roger Desilets Jr.’s affair with another woman ended with the death of his …
Evening commute could include snow, sleet and freezing rain
Link to Post Expect a mixed batch of wintery weather to sweep across much of Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon and into the early morning hours Wednesday. Posted …
Parking ban begins in Worcester at 5 p.m. on Jan. 17
Link to Post As snow heads into the region on Tuesday, the city of Worcester has declared a parking ban that will begin at 5 …
Storage fees can add to the headache of having your car towed during a parking ban
Link to Post Towing companies that have a contract with the city of Worcester charge $35 to store cars after being picked up during a …
City of Worcester reimbursed residents $20K for towing after January 2016 late parking ban announcement
Link to Post For a Clark University student, paying $132 to retrieve his car after it was towed in violation of a city parking ban …
Worcester announcing parking bans earlier following $20K misstep in 2016
Link to Post Following the January 2016 snowstorm that cost the city more than $20,000 for announcing a parking ban too late, Worcester officials are …
David Baldwin, missing Framingham man, found dead by police
Link to Post Framingham police on Monday morning found the body of a man who went missing Sunday night. Posted by MassLive Worcester on Monday, January …
Police say Worcester man imprisoned 14-year-old girl for weeks after paying to bring her to America
Link to Post A Worcester man is accused of paying $5,000 to have a 14-year-old girl from El Salvador smuggled across the United States border, …
Ice and snow likely for Western, Central Mass. on Tuesday evening
Link to Post Up to an inch of snow and a coating of ice could hit Central and Western Mass. Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning, …
Framingham police searching for David Baldwin, missing man with early onset dementia
Link to Post Framingham police are searching for a missing man who they say has early onset dementia and was last seen in town around …
State database IDs nearly 3,000 historic properties in Worcester; and if you own one it could be a real headache
Link to Post There’s a not-so-exclusive club that thousands of Worcester property owners, some unwittingly, have found their way into called the Massachusetts Cultural Resource …
Four Lawrence men arrested on animal cruelty charges after police say injured roosters found inside car
Link to Post A traffic stop on Interstate 84 in Sturbridge led to the discovery of three injured roosters hidden in bags and the arrest …
Kudos to Councilor Economou
At Tuesday’s meeting regarding the discussion of Mount Carmel, it got very confusing. A petition to make this one property, owned by the …