Telegram & Gazette

Actor and comedian Denis Leary is scheduled to attend a ceremony in his hometown to mark the 20th anniversary of a warehouse fire that took the lives of six Massachusetts firefighters.

A ceremony in Worcester will mark the 20th anniversary of a warehouse fire that took the lives of six Massachusetts firefighters.

Here’s a compilation of snowstorm checklists from American Red Cross, the CDC and FEMA.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox announced its new name as the Worcester WooSox this week — but it wasn’t the only name under consideration. Here’s the full list of 218 name suggestions collected by the team.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has announced the new name it will adopt with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The Worcester Red Sox will also be known as the WooSox, the team confirmed during a live television ceremony Monday night.

Authorities in Worcester, Massachusetts, said officers searched the area around Midtown Mall after a man tried to rob a woman at gunpoint.

After months of speculation, the Red Sox’ Triple-A team has an official name to use after its upcoming move to Worcester.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox is announcing its new name in conjunction with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The new team name will be announced during a live television ceremony on Monday night.

New England’s second-largest city won’t be hosting a Columbus Day parade this year for the first time in more than a century. The Telegram & Gazette reports the committee that organized the Worcester parade was dissolved in December. Columbus Day is Monday.

The construction of a minor league ball park, hotel, parking garage, office space and other development has been given the green light by a Massachusetts city planning board. The Telegram & Gazette reports that the Worcester Planning Board voted Wednesday to give definitive site approval to the Polar Park project and associated private development.

A Massachusetts man charged with throwing his friend’s 7-year-old daughter off a bridge and into a lake is scheduled to go on trial in March. The Telegram & Gazette reports that 37-year-old Joshua Hubert’s trial on attempted murder and other charges has been scheduled for March 30.

Police say they used a stun gun on a Massachusetts preacher because he was interfering in a child custody case. Worcester police responded to the Cornerstone Baptist Church on Sunday night. The Telegram & Gazette reports that when officers arrived, 55-year-old Joseph Rizzuti blocked them from speaking to a woman and slammed the door into officers as they followed him.

A Massachusetts man facing drug charges told police the cocaine that officers say they found in his vehicle had been dropped from another vehicle and he had just picked it up. The Telegram & Gazette reports that 28-year-old Luis Vega, of Southbridge, was freed on $10,000 cash bail at his arraignment Wednesday in Superior Court, where he pleaded not guilty...

A Massachusetts public transit agency is considering a fare-free bus system. The Telegram & Gazette reports that the Worcester Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board voted unanimously last week to conduct a fare analysis that includes consideration of a fare-free system.

A Massachusetts man charged with causing the death of a state police trooper has waived his right to a jury trial and instead the case will be heard by a judge. The Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday that 33-year-old David Njuguna’s bench trial is scheduled to start Oct. 21.

A Massachusetts judge has denied a preliminary injunction request from a group seeking to halt the razing of a 91-year-old Catholic church. The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Preservation Society argued in its suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester that Massachusetts law requires a state review of alternatives to demolition to minimize environmental harm.

The family of a boy seriously injured when he fell approximately 30 feet from a moving chairlift at a Massachusetts ski area has won a nearly $3.3 million verdict against the area’s operators.

Police in Massachusetts are looking for “some jerk” who stole four doors off a department vehicle. The Warren Police Department’s Humvee doors were taken just before 5 a.m. Friday while it was parked in a municipal lot near the police station.

Officials are set to break ground for Polar Park, which will be the new home of the Red Sox’s Triple-A affiliate in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Police say a 2-year-old child has been taken to the hospital after falling from a second-floor window of a Massachusetts home.