Visitors to Worcester’s Canal District will be hard-pressed to leave without encountering the rich industrial heritage of the “Heart of the Commonwealth.” Named after the Blackstone Canal ...

The burger bar is returning for one night only to help raise money for the Central Mass. Pet Pantry in Shrewsbury, which ...

WORCESTER — Picture this: It's 1828 and the Blackstone Canal has just opened, connecting Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island. John Quincy Adams is in the Oval Office, the Democratic Party has just ...

HUGE amounts of debris including large piles of driftwood are piled against Worcester's main bridge, left there by floodwater when the river burst its banks. A photo shows the scale of the debris ...

Karen Lewing, a Green councillor who co-chairs the Worcester Canal Group, said floating pennywort was starting to grow across the Birmingham Worcester Canal in the Arboretum area of the city.

Organiser, the Canal and River Trust, said it was especially worried about people jumping into canals. It said young people in Worcester often jumped off the bridge at lock eight of the Worcester ...

Worcester Festival of Lights is on tap during a full weekend of festivities including stART at the Station and more.

Worcester will offer free parking at all on-street meters and some parking lots throughout the city these days through the ...

THE Canal and River Trust needs to replace a lock gate at Diglis Basin. The gate at Lock No2, on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, is Grade II listed and so the trust needs permission from the city ...

WILLIAM WHISKERSON:Through we go. NARRATOR:'The boat slowly makes its way down the canal towards Worcester. On the way, William notices the landscape around him change. He sees lots of people ...

The Chicopee Fire Department was one of several departments across Massachusetts recognized for outstanding acts of bravery, ...