Worcester

A second case of the more infectious coronavirus variant from the UK was confirmed Tuesday by a state laboratory. The case is a man in his 20s from Worcester County, health officials said. Meanwhile, hundreds of students from UMass Medical School in Worcester are working to help in the daunting task of vaccinating the U.S. against coronavirus.

Experts say it will take an “army of vaccinators” to protect millions of Americans from COVID-19. Proudly helping to wage that war on coronavirus are about 400 students from UMass Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. “There are so many people that need to be vaccinated in a very short period of time,” said graduate nursing student Jacqueline Mbugua. That’s why…

A vacant building caught fire in Worcester for the second time in months, according to officials. The building on Oxford Street was already boarded up from a previous fire this fall, according to Deputy Chief Martin Dyer, when it caught fire overnight. Firefighters put out heavy flames from the front of the building when they arrived on scene. Crews remained…

Two women were arrested Friday on several charges related to a large fight that broke out the night before near a Wendy’s in Worcester and left two people seriously injured, police said.  The fight began between minors, Worcester police said Saturday, and the women who were arrested, Worcester residents 29-year-old Brenda Ortiz and 47-year-old Brenda Rosario, allegedly encouraged them....

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that Massachusetts has finalized plans for its first mass vaccination site at Gillette Stadium, just days after the state was moved into the “severe outbreak” category by a national data tracker. The home stadium of the New England Patriots and Revolution will open Thursday to provide the first doses of the vaccine for staff doing…

Normally this time of year, thousands of college students are descending on Worcester to resume classes for the spring semester. But in the midst of the current coronavirus surge, health officials are urging a delay. “Coming back now when we’re in the teeth of the surge, I think the viral load in the community’s much higher,” said Worcester Medical...

As coronavirus cases surge around the nation, there are new concerns about college students returning to campuses. In Worcester, thousands are expected to return this weekend — here’s what they’re doing to prepare.

Students at Worcester Public Schools will continue learning from their homes for the foreseeable future after the school committee voted to indefinitely delay the start of in-person learning due to troubling COVID-19 trends in Massachusetts. The Worcester Schools Committee unanimously supported the decision in a meeting Thursday night, and it was also backed by the Educational Association of Worcester. The…

The Worcester Schools Committee unanimously supported a decision to indefinitely delay the start of in-person learning as Massachusetts sees a record number of new COVID-19 cases.

Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, picketed on Wednesday over staffing shortages during the coronavirus pandemic.

The city’s parking ban took effect Sunday night, meaning no parking along main roads or streets in the downtown area.

A declared winter parking ban is in effect Sunday night for Worcester due to weather forecast.

Flames ripped through a multi-family home in Worcester, Massachusetts, displacing six people on the first day of 2021. Everyone made it out safely, and there were no reported injuries, but the damage at the 2.5-story home on Abbott Place has left a half dozen people without a place to live. Worcester fire officials say flames were shooting through the roof…

Six residents were displaced by the New Year’s Day fire, Worcester fire officials said.

Worcester’s planning board has approved a site plan for the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the Greendale Mall as an Amazon “last mile” distribution center, despite concerns from neighbors about traffic, environmental impacts and noise. Board members on Wednesday said they didn’t want to invalidate neighborhood concerns, but they could only consider a narrow range of factors defined by...

Massachusetts residents who would be neighbors of Amazon’s proposed “last-mile” distribution facility continue to raise concerns surrounding traffic, noise, and the environmental impacts the facility could have on their neighborhood. Worcester residents echoed those concerns Monday at a Planning Board meeting and called for stronger commitments to worker protections, local hiring and a community benefits agreement, the Telegram &...

Now that Christmas has come and gone, and all the presents have been unwrapped, it’s time for the yearly question of when and how you can dispose of your Christmas tree. Below are plans that some cities and towns across the region have in place for residents to drop off their natural Christmas trees, or have them picked up...

Two days after a group of teenagers allegedly went on a brick-throwing spree in Worcester, leaving one man seriously injured, a neighbor described the victim’s agony. The 37-year-old was with his fiancée in one of 19 vehicles hit by bricks on Saturday, according to police. The man was hit in the face behind the wheel of his own vehicle...

Four teenagers were accused of throwing bricks at moving cars in Worcester, seriously hurting one driver. We spoke to someone who said they helped the victim.

Four people are in custody after bricks were thrown at moving vehicles from a red SUV in Worcester Saturday, causing at least one person to suffer serious injuries, police said. The incidents happened late Saturday afternoon on the city’s east side, Worcester police said in a statement. A 37-year-old man was struck in the face by a brick while...