Good morning, Worcester.

The Police Department and partners will host the 12th annual Hill-O-Ween for kids today from 5 to 8 p.m. at 121 Providence St. (Worcester Academy), featuring candy giveaways, a touch-a-truck, and dozens of trick-or-treat tables.

The Ruth V.K. Pakaluk Foundation has suspended its petition to seek beatification and canonization for Ruth Pakaluk, whose nihil obstat from the Vatican allowed a Worcester diocesan investigation (Sept.

2025).

Massachusetts State Police will inspect and install child car seats for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

7 at Worcester State University (486 Chandler St.), and will bring a rollover simulator while Scouts help run family activities and assist with safety checks.

Contractors sued Watertown-based developer SMC Management for about $5.5 million, alleging unpaid work on three Worcester apartment projects, including a 185-unit complex at the former Table Talk Pies site at 100 Washington St., and say the projects remain unfinished.

State data show 2025-26 chronic absenteeism heavily overlaps with districts with large Hispanic or Latino populations, Commissioner Pedro Martinez said Friday, Oct.

30 during a visit to a Worcester school; Worcester cut Hispanic chronic absenteeism from 38% in 2022 to 32% in 2026 and the state will offer grants and bilingual support.

About 13,000 Worcester County residents will lose Blue Cross Medicare Advantage plans on Jan.

1, and Mass Advantage is ending coverage for roughly 7,500 members in 2027. The terminations could disrupt prescriptions and home care (nearly 800 Catholic Charities clients affected) while other insurers plan to offer alternate coverage.

Construction has begun on a 105-room Hampton Inn in Washington Square across from Union Station after Washington Circle Realty submitted a foundation permit Sept.

2 that the city issued Oct. 13 for parcels 0, 20 and 36 Washington Square.

Worcester Mill LLC submitted plans to the Zoning Board of Appeals to build Reservoir Point, a 255-unit development at 195 Mill St., consisting of seven multifamily buildings, three five-story and four four-story, with 389 parking spaces.