Worcester Polytechnic Institute Scraps Application Fee To Boost Access
A Massachusetts university is getting rid of its $70 undergraduate application fee to open access to a greater range of students.
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A Massachusetts university is getting rid of its $70 undergraduate application fee to open access to a greater range of students.
Tenants rights activists said time is ticking on as many as 100,000 people they believe could face eviction or foreclosure.
About 100 people who work for the Fire Department and another 100 who work for the schools have been affected.
The decision affects six public schools and two parochial schools in Worcester.
Two Massachusetts cities land on a new list of the best places to live in 2020.
The city is asking people not to trick-or-treat door-to-door because of the coronavirus risk.
The decision was reached partially because of the city's designation as being at higher risk for transmission of the coronavirus.
She alleges that two police officers pinned her 10-year-old autistic son to the ground with their knees on his neck and legs and broke a bone in his arm.
While local Covid-19 numbers remained under control this summer, it gave the UMass Memorial team time to catch up in building a stockpile for a potential fall surge.
Worcester is one of six communities that just spiked into the high-risk red zone on the state's color-coded map of virus rates.
A Worcester man was hurt Friday afternoon when he crashed a rented Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) into a bridge abutment.
Investigators stopped the search at 85 Harding Street, and evacuated the building when they found what looked like bomb-making materials in the apartment.
A group of students and parents is worried about the air inside of school buildings and how poor circulation could help spread the coronavirus.
City officials said they believe that those who tested positive were people who attended the parties or had close contact with someone who did.
A UMass Memorial doctor who nearly died from the coronavirus is crediting convalescent plasma with saving his life.
Holy Cross is urging anyone who was at the party to get tested right away.
The start of Nili Amir's medical career is happening at the very same place she began her life: UMass Memorial in Worcester.
A large fire on the 1000 block of Main Street in Worcester shut down parts of the street midday on Tuesday.
Red Sox fans have some new gear to pick up.
The Worcester Public Schools system will start the 2020-2021 school year with full remote learning, after a school committee vote Thursday night.
Clark University is moving forward with a plan to reopen its campus, despite a student petition which has gathered hundreds of signatures.
The final beam was lifted into place at Polar Park, future home of the Worcester Red Sox.
Holy Cross students woke up Monday morning to the news that their fall 2020 semester will be shifting to remote online learning because of the coronavirus.
Worcester is favoring a remote start while Boston hasn't released a plan yet.
A 32-year-old Worcester man drowned in Lake Quinsigamond Wednesday afternoon.
