LOCAL NEWS
Primary Election Day Is Tuesday, September 4th
Did you know there is another election coming up on Tuesday here in Webster? The last time voters headed to the polls in May was to choose a member of the Board of Selectmen. This time it is a statewide primary election, so voters across the commonwealth will be making their selections of who will…
Read MoreBlessed Backpack Brigade Set Up ‘Toll’ For Donations
If you are entering or leaving Webster at the Dudley town line on Saturday morning, please bring some cash to make a donation to the Blessed Backpack Brigade. The volunteers who do so much for the area needy and homeless population will be setting up their annual bucket brigade to accept donations from 9AM to…
Read MoreWebster’s Take 2 Consignment Store To Close
After serving the Webster area for the last dozen years, Life-Skills Inc. has announced Take 2 Consignment at 125 East Main Street will close later this year. In a message on Facebook the C.E.O, J. Thomas Amick posted, “We want to let you know that Take 2 Consignment and Bakery located at 125 East Main…
Read MoreBody Found On Mass Turnpike In Auburn
Investigators are asking for the public’s help after a body was found on the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike near exit 10, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. The body, which has not been identified, was reported at approximately 10PM on Wednesday, August 29th. Anyone with information on the incident…
Read MoreLeicester Police: ‘That Is Not a Golf Cart’
The Leicester Police have seen it all. Remember earlier this year the Play-Doh robbery suspect? On Facebook the department posted, “I have often said that as a police officer you never know what you will encounter during your patrol shift.” Take a look at the above photo, titled “That is not a golf cart!!” Leicester…
Read MoreDriver Flees After Car Rolls Over, Catches On Fire In Dudley
The Webster and Dudley Fire Departments responded to a possible car fire just after 11PM on Saturday, August 26th. Few details have been made public, but Dudley Police are investigating. The car reportedly sheared off a fire hydrant and landed in the yard near a building at 32 Chase Avenue in Dudley. There was no…
Read MoreOxford Police Make OUI Arrest On Train Tracks
In the early morning hours of Saturday, August 25th, Oxford Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a vehicle on the train tracks on Millbury Road. Police say the train was able to stop prior to crashing into the car. Few details of the crash were released, but the driver was arrested for…
Read MoreFormer Auburn Music Teacher Arraigned on Child Rape Charges
A retired Auburn elementary school music teacher was arraigned on Thursday, August 23rd in Worcester Superior Court on indictments alleging aggravated sexual abuse of a child, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. Stephen Jaszek, 62, of South Hadley, is charged with four counts of aggravated rape of a child and one…
Read MoreSerious Crash Closes Sutton Avenue In Oxford
Oxford Police are currently on the scene of a serious one vehicle crash that has closed Sutton Avenue in both directions at Joe Jenny Road. A GMC Truck went off the road and struck a utility pole around 6pm on Monday evening. National Grid has been called and will be responding. You are asked to…
Read MoreSturbridge Police Say This Woman Stole $2300 Of Wine From Yankee Spirits
Earlier this month, on August 6th at around 2:30PM, Sturbridge Police say the woman pictured above entered Yankee Spirits on Route 20 in Sturbridge and concealed several bottles of wine, totaling $2300 and left without paying for them. She left the store in a silver BMW sedan with a male operator. Anyone with any information about this…
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