Hubbardston’s prankster
Hubbardston – sometimes called “Hubbardstown” in the old documents – has had an interesting saga since it was incorporated in 1767. It has had some brushes with history, as in 1788 during the Shays’ Rebellion when Capt. Abner (or Adam) Wheeler of Hubbardston led a contingent of 80 armed men to Worcester, where they shut [...]
Unsteady justice
In an op-ed in yesterday’s Telegram & Gazette, Sheila Burgess, Massachusetts highway safety director, noted that driving under the influence of alcohol in Massachusetts is punishable “with a fine of up to $5,000, a jail sentence of up to two and a half years, and a license suspension – for a first offense.”
Overlooking a cloverleaf
News that the accident-plagued interchange of interstates 290 and 495 in Marlboro has been bumped from a priority list for highway projects comes as a disappointment, particularly given the time and trouble state planners have already expended designing ways to make the meeting of these major thoroughfares better for commuters and commerce.
First to celebrate
WORCESTER – Thousands of revelers are expected to converge on the city tonight for First Night Worcester. More than 500 performers, among them students from Worcester public schools, will provide entertainment at various venues. The theme this year is “Where the Stars Shine.”
Bolton native, 37, killed in Afghanistan suicide blast
BOLTON – A former Bolton man was among the eight Americans killed in a suicide bomber attack at a military base in Afghanistan.
Unitil’s move is rejected
WORCESTER – Class action suit members got an early New Year’s surprise yesterday when Worcester Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker denied Fitchburg Gas & Electric-Unitil’s motion to move their case out of Worcester County.
One killed in turnpike crash
WESTBORO – A New Hampshire man was killed about 3 this morning in a one-car crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Somalia freed suspect with chemicals, syringe
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali court acquitted and released a suspect who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals and a syringe and#8212; materials similar to those used in the attempted attack against a Detroit-bound airliner.
The Decade From Hell – part 6
My basic theme for this series of posts, and for this whole decade from hell, has been: "It can’t possibly get any worse than this." Every time I’ve said or thought that during the twenty-aughts, it’s gotten worse.At the end of March, 2003, if anyone had told me I’d be working in the taxi business [...]
Worcester Snow
I had to go out and run a couple of errands at the height of this little nuisance of a snowstorm.What would’ve taken about 20 minutes otherwise, took a little over an hour at noon today.
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