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Police Searching For Man Accused Of Using Counterfeit Bills In Sturbridge
The Sturbridge Police Department is asking for the public’s help in trying to identify the male suspect in the photos above. On Saturday, February 16th at around 9:30PM, a black man, wearing a black puffy jacket, blue jeans, and sneakers walked into the Stop & Shop Supermarket located on Route 20. Police say he paid…
Read MoreWrong Way Driver Arrested On Route 395 In Thompson
On Monday, February 11th, at around 9PM, Connecticut State Police Troopers responded to a 911 call regarding a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 395 in Thompson. As police began to search for the vehicle, they received information that the driver had turned around and was properly driving south, although at…
Read MoreBartlett Empty Bowls Hopes To Raise $4,000 For Webster/Dudley Food Share
The Bartlett High School Art Department is hosting their third annual “Empty Bowls” charity night to raise money for the Webster/Dudley Food Share. The event will take place on Friday, March 1st from 6 to 8PM in the cafeteria of the high school. Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement to help end hunger, with the…
Read MoreSouthbridge Man Arrested With Pound Of Marijuana In Webster
Just after 9AM on Wednesday February 6th, Webster Police were dispatched to the parking lot behind Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street for what was described as a possible drug transaction. Upon arrival, Officer Timothy Moran noticed two vehicles, one of which was occupied by 30 year old Andrew Conant of Southbridge. Police say Conant was…
Read More$42,000 Worth Of Cocaine Seized From Webster Home
On February 4th, members of the Drug Enforcement Agency High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, of which the Webster Police has a detective assigned, developed information pertaining to a suspicious package being delivered to 36 Lake Street apartment 5 in Webster. Webster Police, along with the both the members of HIDTA and the South…
Read MoreSomeone Changed Goff Street To Brady Street In Millbury
After the Patriots won Super Bowl LII on Sunday night, someone decided to rename Goff Street in Millbury. That action prompted a message from Millbury Police. Someone covered up the street sign with a handmade Brady Street sign on the small road just off of Route 122A. “While there’s no denying that Tom Brady is…
Read More6 Arrested In Dudley Drug Bust
On Friday, February 1st, at around 2:30 PM, Dudley Police and members of the Southern Worcester County Counter Drug and Crime Task Force executed a search warrant at 144 West Main Street in Dudley. Chief Steve Wojnar tells us the primary focus of the case was the illegal distribution of narcotics. As a result of…
Read MoreClothes Dryer To Blame For Sutton Fire
Sutton Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to a home on Blackstone Street on Saturday, February 2nd after a fire ignited in a clothes dryer. The fire department credits quick work by the police department for knocking down the blaze before it spread to the rest of the home. Crews were able to ventilate smoke…
Read More60th Anniversary Of ‘The Day The Music Died’
February 3, 1959 – The Day The Music Died. Today is the 60th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. The trio had just played at the Surf Ballroom in Cedar Lake, Iowa the night before. It is reported that Holly did not want to…
Read MoreSnow Squalls & Extreme Cold On The Way
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency along with the National Weather Service are reminding area residents about the high risk of fast moving snow squalls this afternoon across Southern New England. High Impact Snow Squalls are likely between 3 and 7 PM on Wednesday evening across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Expect them in western MA/northern…
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