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Andrew Sluckis to remain Auburn police chief, won't take selectman seat
AUBURN — Andrew J. Sluckis Jr. has decided to continue as police chief and not take a seat on the Board of Selectmen.Sluckis, 56, told Town Clerk Debra A. Gremo late Friday morning of his decision. Gremo confirmed she had received Sluckis’ letter on the issue.“After much thought and deliberation with my family and close friends I have decided not to retire from my position of Chief of Police… → Read More
Auburn police chief yet to decide on selectman's post
AUBURN — Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis Jr. has not made up his mind on whether to retire as police chief and become a member of the Board of Selectmen. Sluckis said in a text Thursday afternoon he was still thinking about it. Daniel S. Carpenter was elected to a third, three-year term on the Board of Selectmen at Tuesday’s annual town election with 797 votes. Sluckis finished second with 662… → Read More
Daniel Carpenter and Chief Sluckis capture selectman seats in Auburn
AUBURN - Daniel S. Carpenter was elected to a third three-year term on the Board of Selectmen at Tuesday's annual town election. Unofficial results as of → Read More
Low-snow winter brings early blooms to Central Mass.
You don’t have to be a meteorologist to know this has been a very unusual winter. With more people forced to say inside their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the antidotes to cabin fever has been a walk in the neighborhood. Among the things close observers see are daffodils getting ready in many cases to bloom this week, roughly two weeks before they usually do in mid-April.… → Read More
Hurricane Dorian a reminder that damaging weather has a history in Central Massachusetts
Hurricane Dorian is expected to pass through the area early this weekend the way most tropical tempests around here do.Northeast winds will start to pick → Read More
Quinsigamond Community College grads 'deserve to be proud'
WORCESTER - The 1,543 graduates at the 54th commencement exercises of Quinsigamond Community College, held Thursday at the DCU Center, were told they each → Read More
Pouring out, pouring in at Brew Woo craft beer festival in Worcester
WORCESTER - Beer fans started lining up outside the DCU’s convention center about an hour before the 1 p.m. start of the ninth annual Brew Woo beer → Read More
Woodstock Fair serves up Labor Day weekend entertainment, treats
WOODSTOCK - The yard sales, as well as the traffic backup, started on Route 171 about two miles from the 158th Woodstock Fair early yesterday afternoon. → Read More
Sixty-five years ago, a nightmare tornado raged in Central Mass., killing 94
It happened 65 years ago, but many people in the area still look warily at the sky when it gets dark and the wind that marks the beginning of a → Read More
65 years ago, nightmare tornado killed 94 Central Mass.
It happened 65 years ago, but many people in the area still look warily at the sky when it gets dark and the wind that marks the beginning of a → Read More
In Millbury, National Grid linemen test skills, eye Kansas rodeo
MILLBURY - While the atmosphere at the National Grid Learning Center, sticky as it was Saturday morning, was low-key and friendly, the events at the National Grid Lineman Rodeo tryouts this morning were taken very seriously. Six three-man journeyman teams and seven apprentices spent the morning at the learning center near the southwest cutoff, qualifying for spots in the 35th International… → Read More
National Grid linemen rodeo for Kansas competition
MILLBURY - While the atmosphere at the National Grid Learning Center, sticky as it was Saturday morning, was low-key and friendly, the events at the National Grid Lineman Rodeo tryouts this morning were taken very seriously.Six three-man journeyman teams and seven apprentices spent the morning at the learning center near the southwest cutoff, qualifying for spots in the 35th International… → Read More
Gov. Charlie Baker advocates work-life balance to Worcester State University graduates
WORCESTER — Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr. said balance between work and personal life is a key to a good life during his remarks at the 142nd Worcester State University Commencement ceremony today at the DCU Center.Mr. Baker also told the more than 1,200 graduates they have a great opportunity to become successful as they move into the world away from the university.“The opportunities are… → Read More
Sen. Warren tells QCC graduates democracy under siege
WORCESTER - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren told 1,686 graduates at Quinsigamond Community College’s 53rd commencement that democracy in the United States is under siege and in crisis and graduating students have to help save it before things get worse.Speaking on a day when at least 10 students and faculty members were shot and killed at a high school near Houston, Ms. Warren said democracy is led,… → Read More
40 years later, Blizzard of '78 holds crown as blockbuster
(First of two parts) January 1978 was one of the stormiest months in recorded history on the East Coast. A storm on Jan. 20-21, originally forecast to be → Read More
Holiday time off? Not for some workers in Central Mass.
AUBURN — About 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, traffic on Route 12 was almost nonexistent, and the parking lot of the Auburn Mall and other commercial establishments were empty. From a business perspective, it truly was a silent night, as families and friends gathered to celebrate the holiday. Uxbridge Police Chief Jeffrey A. Lourie, who has also worked in the Auburn and Shrewsbury police… → Read More
October 2017 was second warmest on record in Worcester
Last month was the warmest October in 117 years, and the proof of that is easy to see.Still-growing lawns need to be mowed, some gardens still have pepper- → Read More
Spring rains, dry September put damper on fall foliage in New England
Foliage experts say a number of factors are teaming up to make this fall one of the more lackluster seasons in several years. Warmer than average temperatures for the past two months and dry weather — at least until this week when about five inches of rain fell — after a wet spring that caused the formation of leaf color sapping fungi are among the big factors. The mean temperature this month as… → Read More
Spring rains, dry September put damper on foliage
Foliage experts say a number of factors are teaming up to make this fall one of the more lackluster seasons in several years.Warmer than average temperatures for the past two months and dry weather — at least until this week when about five inches of rain fell — after a wet spring that caused the formation of leaf color sapping fungi are among the big factors.The mean temperature this month as… → Read More
Emily Nash defeats boys, but MIAA prohibits her from winning CMass Division 3 golf title
UXBRIDGE — Nine years ago, Shrewsbury High's Brittany Altomare shot a 4-over-par 75 to tie for fourth place in the Central Mass. Division 1 boys' golf tournament at Gardner Municipal Golf Course. Playing from the men's tees, she qualified for the state tournament in Canton, where she carded a 3-over 75 to tie for 12th. Altomare is now playing on the LPGA Tour. On Tuesday, Lunenburg High junior… → Read More