Local favorite, East Coast Rock band, CROSSFIRE hits the main stage at Point Breeze in Webster this Saturday, January 28th at 8PM. The Lake radio will be there. $10 Cover, for dinner and/or table Accommodations, Please Call (508) 943-0404 or click here for more information.
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THE LAKE 940 AUDIO: Doc Siddall talks to Webster School Committee member Kelly Seddiki about Bartlett High School: Tuesday, June 21 will prove to be a landmark day for the future of Webster’s Bartlett High School. There is a special town meeting in the Bartlett Auditorium at 6:30 pm regarding a proposed renovation to the school building with a total cost of more than 100 million dollars. Webster taxpayers will be responsible for roughly half of the bill if the measure passes by a 2/3 majority vote among registered voters in attendance, with an additional vote on Tuesday, June 28 about excluding the debt from proposition 2 and a half. Kelly Seddiki from the…
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The Webster Police Department and Worcester District Attorney Joe Early have identified the man found dead in a shopping plaza on Friday morning. Police were called to Big Lots in the Webster Commons Plaza on East Main Street at 2:45 am when they found 39-year-old Joseph Bottis deceased. A planned autopsy will determine the cause of death. The entire shopping plaza was closed off for most of the day on Friday while officials conducted an investigation. Webster Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives are still looking into Bottis’ death. If you have any information you are asked to call (508) 943-1212.
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THE LAKE 940 AUDIO: Reanna Kuzdzal tells Doc Siddall what visitors can look forward to at the new Samuel Slater Experience in Webster. The town of Webster, Incorporated in 1832 by Industrial Revolution figure Samuel Slater, has a modern educational experience about the founding of the town now open on Ray Street. The Lake 940’s Doc Siddall knows not to call The Samuel Slater Experience “a museum” because it is a completely immersive collection of exhibits that uses modern technology. Reanna Kuzdzal took the time recently to explain the journey that local figure Chris Robert went on to create The Experience, and what attendees can expect now that they are open for business. The…
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It was no joking matter on April Fools Day for Webster Police. Officers on the overnight shift were called to an apartment at 103 North Main Street after receiving a tip of a drug transaction taking place. Webster Police Detectives conducted surveillance and observed a possible sale of narcotics. As a result, 55-year-old Orlando Ortiz was arrested with a substance believed to be crack cocaine. While searching Ortiz’s apartment, 29-year-old Natalie Sullivan of Dudley was found to be in possession of Suboxone without a prescription. She was placed under arrest for Possession of Class B Substance. Police say they found 8 grams of Fentanyl along with other pills and evidence associated with narcotics sales. Ortiz…
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The Webster Police Department has announced the arrest of a 42-year-old Webster man after a fire that destroyed the Wind Tiki Restaurant on March 18th. In addition to the Webster Police Detective Bureau, the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated and found Joel Batista-Viera of Lincoln Street in Webster had attempted to break-in and start a fire at Mexicali Restaurant on Worcester Road, and gain access to Lake Pizza on Thompson Road. Batista-Viera was placed in custody on Monday and charged with several counts of breaking and entering, larceny, and vandalizing property. Police say that some incidents remain under investigation and additional charges are likely. More information was given out at 3 PM during a…
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An Oxford man accused of stabbing his brother-in-law to death on Sunday morning is being held on $25,000 bail. Abdullah Abdur-Rahim has been charged with assault and battery, but prosecutors say more charges are expected. Oxford police say the victim, 24-year-old Oussamma Chahat, was fatally stabbed during an argument at a 435 Main Street apartment he lived in with Abdur-Rahim. Abdur-Rahim is expected to be back in Dudley District Court to seek a reduction in his bail. Police have not released a motive for the stabbing.
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Local fire crews battled a massive fire that broke out overnight at Webster’s Wind Tiki Restaurant on Thompson Road. The blaze quickly reached 4-alarm status. No word of any injuries, but it appears the building is a total loss. Traffic in the area is being detoured, police would like you to use Route 395 to travel between Webster and Thompson until further notice. The restaurant opened in April of 1974. https://www.facebook.com/groups/422674887776243/permalink/5211397278903956/
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At around 5:30 am on Tuesday, January 25th, Webster Police were called to Applebee Avenue after a resident spotted footprints in the snow leading up to their car. They thought someone may have tried to enter it, but it was locked. After a short investigation by officers, it appeared that there were cars that were either possibly broken into in the upper School Street area. After viewing surveillance video, an officer was able to identify the suspect as 30-year-old Joshua Wonoski of 37 Batten Street in Webster. When officers responded to the suspect’s home, they saw the same set of footprints and he was placed under arrest. Wonoski was charged with seven counts of breaking…
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In a post on Facebook, the Webster Police Department says they were involved in combating some illegal activity in town this week. On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, officers came upon a car with license plates that didn’t match the vehicle they were on. The car was pulled over, the driver had no identification. The passenger was 43-year-old Bradley Wampfler of Worcester. Police say that Wampfler was in possession of both crack and powdered cocaine, heroin, and a over $24,000 in cash, which was seized upon his arrest. The operator was also placed under arrest, and both were transported back to the Webster Police Department for processing. Once at the police station, 40-year-old Christopher Noel…
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