WORCESTER – Police said reports of threats made regarding Worcester Technical High School on Wednesday night appeared to be unsubstantiated rumors. Police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said detectives worked with school officials and the parents of a local child. He said police determined there was no … Read More

Sharon Hunt can still remember the first time she met Bobby Conroy, in a corridor at Auburn Junior High. He was a year older and said hi. Flustered, she didn't know what to say. But the pair would become fast friends in high school. Bobby was a hockey player, Sharon …

As it seeks to build a payment platform using the blockchain, Telegram Group Inc. is tripling the price of coins in its initial coin offering (ICO). Overall, the offering could raise more than $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reported. According to two anonymous potential investors, the coins – dubbed “Grams” – are … …

Chain restaurants are losing popularity and local restaurants are gaining regard, according to a ratings analysis by San Francisco-based Yelp Inc. Fast-food chains in particular are rated about 16 percent worse than five years ago, while local fast-food or counter-service restaurants were up 7 percent, … Read More

The Weetabix cereal manufacturing plant in Clinton will close by August 2019. [T&G Staff/Rick Cinclair]. By Lisa Eckelbecker Telegram & Gazette Staff. Wednesday. Posted at 7:18 PM Updated at 7:20 PM. Share. CLINTON – Post Holdings Inc. will close its Clinton cereal manufacturing plant and eliminate … Read More

OXFORD – The town of Oxford has something that the neighboring town of Charlton wants very badly, and that's water. And Oxford is mulling whether it is willing to share, and if so, how much. At Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager Brian M. Palaia recommended that …

City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr., left, and Worcester Police Chief Steve Sargent discuss the opioid crisis and efforts to combat the problem in 2016. [T&G File Photo/Christine Peterson]. By Nick Kotsopoulos Telegram & Gazette Staff … Read More

Dubai-based Telegram Group, an encrypted-messaging service that just raised $850 million from selling rights to virtual coins, is tripling the price in its next funding round, according to people familiar with the matter. The Telegram tokens it's developing for users, called Grams, are being offered at $1.33 … Read More

Veterans of Bosnia's 1992-95 war are blocking main highways in various parts of the country to draw attention to their frustration with the authorities. The protest that began Wednesday in the Muslim-Croat federation — one of the two highly autonomous parts into which Bosnia is divided — has left … Read …

Hey, Bud! I thought a Hopdoddy Burger Bar was supposed to open in Glade Parks. What do you know? — Tired of the traffic. Yep. A Hopdoddy is booked to open in late April in that Euless center, followed by yet another location in Southlake Town Square. Glade Parks also …