Dead Horse Hill, a mile-long, 16% grade rise along Stafford Street connecting Worcester and Leicester, was the site of annual hill-climb races from 1905–1911 that drew more than 7,000 spectators and set a 1909 record of 54 seconds (the downtown restaurant deadhouse hill takes its name from the slope).
Amazon asked Westborough on Oct.
30 to withdraw its plan for a Prime Air drone launch site at 64 Otis St. (Site Plan Review Application No. 26-02275) after months of resident and lawmaker opposition, halting a proposal that would have served a 7.5-mile radius and up to 1,000 deliveries a day.
Amazon has withdrawn its plan to deliver packages by drone from its Westborough facility, filing a letter to the town on Oct.
31 asking the Planning Board to withdraw the site plan application (without prejudice).
Leominster beat Grafton 21-7 on Friday night in Grafton, a key win that improves the Blue Devils' chances of earning a home playoff game.
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.
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.
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.
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