Spencer, Massachusetts

A hot air balloon flown by Jim Sielis and daughter Kelly Sielis, 18, both of Spencer, drifts over Lake Avenue yesterday.

A burglar ended a crime spree in the wee hours Sunday by prying the lock off the door of a Dunkin' Donuts store that was open 24 hours.

Two local nonprofit organizations have landed state grants to study the feasibility of constructing wind turbines.

Three of the region's Knights of Columbus councils welcomed 13 new members at a recent ceremony in Putnam.

Judge Leila R. Kern Pedro Pablo Miliano, 35, of a last known address of 27 Upland Gardens Drive, Worcester, sentenced to two concurrent terms of 3 to 4 years in Walpole State Prison after pleading guilty to ...

This week, the various motel chains on and off Southbridge Street have become the home away from home for many people who had been freezing in the dark.

You don't have all the comforts of life, but with a generator you're much better off than without one.

He said the town's prime concern in these snowstorms is to keep the roads clear and such debris will hamper that task.

Residents are being asked to pile brush and debris from the recent ice storm near the edge of the roadway for the town to retrieve and chip at a later date.

With no end in sight for residents without power, a group of about 100 people from Auburn, Holden, Paxton and other nearby communities hit by the storm began gathering at The Home Depot store here around noon ...

Firefighters from five towns battled a blaze last n ight that caused extensive damage to an apartment at 1072 Main St.

Spencer teen injured in crash SPENCER -- A 16-year-old Spencer boy was injured last night when his 1993 Ford pickup truck struck a utility pole at 7:15 p.m. on Pleasant Street.

A group calling itself Stop The Pike Hike, which opposes proposed toll increases on the Massachusetts Turnpike, is calling for a boycott of the toll road on Tuesday, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

Casey Spencer has watched quietly as those who did not know her father the way she did decided what would be the best way to memorialize his death.

Lambert-Lavoie school secretary Patricia A. Zimowski and fifth grade teacher Sarah D. Davis, seated from left, along with Ginger M. Coleman, acting principal and third grade teacher Margaret A. Coulopoulos, ...

A trio of UPS drivers stood before the modest firefighter sculpture on a cold, gray morning last week, then walked behind its granite wall and examined the six black markers that memorialize the men who died in ...

The military unexpectedly changed the life of one Spencer resident, who returns the favor by regularly donating to the Telegram & Gazette Santa Fund and Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

Gregory Milionis was only 3 when six city firefighters perished after becoming trapped in the raging inferno that engulfed the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co.

Pictured above, from left, to right are Spencer Historical Commission members Helen Barnes, Anna Marie Hughes, Wilbur Breault and Ann Snow.