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COVID-19 restrictions to end, region celebrates
By Sara Brown, Contributing Writer
REGION - Area communities rejoiced last week as Gov. Charlie Baker announced an end to remaining COVID-19 restrictions, more than...
Free outdoor concerts slated to return throughout the region
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
REGION – Free outdoor concerts are synonymous with summer – except for in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions. Now...
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCOREBOARD: Spring teams pass midpoint of season
Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION - Sports teams across the region celebrated loosened mask mandates as they passed the midpoint of their season last week.
After...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: First full week of Spring sports
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – Regional schools competed in 100+ games in the first full week of spring action.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Games between two...
UPDATE: Newly vaccine-eligible teens/pre-teens flock to local COVID vaccine sites
UPDATE: the Baker-Polito Administration announced May 17 that the Commonwealth is on track to meet the goal of vaccinating 4.1 million residents by the...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Spring season gets underway
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – The spring season officially started this past week. Baseball, softball, volleyball, golf, and boys and girls lacrosse, track,...
Fletcher Tilton estate planner earns major recognition
REGION - Fletcher Tilton PC’s Director of Trust and Estate Services in Worcester, Toni Brogna, has been certified as an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP)...
Resinate partners with Mass Pirates football team
By Laura Hayes, Contributing Writer
REGION – Worcester-based recreational and medical marijuana dispensary Resinate has officially partnered with the Massachusetts Pirates professional indoor football team.
“We...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Westborough reigns supreme in battle of unbeaten volleyball teams
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – This past week saw the conclusion of the Fall II season.
The biggest game on the schedule took place...
Northborough leads regional vaccination site in Westborough
By Liz Nolan, Contributing Writer
NORTHBOROUGH - Northborough Health Agent Kristin Black announced the long-awaited opening of a regional COVID-19 vaccination site during a Board...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Westborough and Algonquin volleyball extend undefeated seasons
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – The Westborough and Algonquin Girls Volleyball teams continued similarly standout seasons last week with twin wins against Wachusett...
Area fire departments receive safety grants
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
REGION - Six area fire departments will soon get new equipment thanks to over $90,000 in state grant funding doled...
Stakeholders offer expanded cases for, against, MGB care clinic in Westborough
By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer
Westborough – An April 6 hearing moderated by the Department of Public Health offered the most extensive public discussion yet...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Westborough football wins thrilling contest
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION - Week four of the Fall II season saw interleague action between a handful of area schools. Unlike the...
Earth Day Calendar: Region rallies for conservation, beautification
REGION - Earth Day in 2021 will look different due to COVID-19. But local organizations are still eyeing Thursday, April 22 and the weekend...
Shrewsbury man leaves behind the keyboard for the kiln, cutter and glass
By Peg Lopata, Contributing writer
Region - After a successful forty-year career in computer programming, John Hegarty has exchanged his keyboard for a glass cutter,...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Algonquin girls volleyball celebrates senior night
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
Region – Week three of the Fall II high school sports season brought difficult reminders of the still looming COVID-19 pandemic....
Area hockey hubs host coordinated food drive
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
Region – The local youth hockey community banded together, last month, to fight a familiar but pressing problem worsened by...
Highland Wine and Spirits in Berlin offers curated selection, concierge level of service
Barbara Allen, Contributing Writer
Berlin - Highland Wine and Spirits is a BIG store. But make no mistake--what you will find here is not the...
Area schools prep for return to full-time in-person learning
By Susan Gonsalves, Liz Nolan, Melanie Petrucci
Region – Local schools finalized plans to reopen for full-time in-person learning, this month, after a year of...