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Shrewsbury's First Pride Celebration Coming To Dean Park
The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee is sponsoring the celebration during LGBTQ+ Pride month.

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The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee is sponsoring the celebration during LGBTQ+ Pride month.

A construction company has pulled permits that indicate work toward a new Trader Joe's, but the company was less definite.
The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Washington Heights apartments off of Mill Street.
Worcester typically marks Pride month in September, but 2024 festivities will start as early as June.
The 16-year-old was in a car driving through the closed park late Friday with an expired registration sticker, Worcester police said.
The city's annual summer movie series starts up in June. Each showing will have its own theme, from LGBTQ+ Pride to Halloween.
Mass Parks for All, DCR and the Friends of Callahan State Park will launch the plan at an event Tuesday in Framingham.
See what's going on this week at the Wayland library for kids, adults, teens and babies.
"It's a distress signal," said property owner Kevin Meehan, a reference to political strife partially tied to Donald Trump's conviction.
A very nice start to the week will make way for more turbulent weather in Massachusetts.
A big change is coming to how Milford residents throw things away.
The Milford Planning Board will let the public weigh in on a large planned wholesale and distribution facility along East Main Street.
The Girls on the Run 5K and Firefighter 6K will both take place Sunday morning in Worcester.
Free bike helmets, music, amusements and more will mark the Saturday festival at Marlborough Hospital.
The event will offer family fun, including performances, arts and crafts, activities, and food from around the world.
The state's annual fishing promotion means anyone can cast a line in freshwater sources without a license.
Another round of big solar flares will likely bring the Northern Lights into view for parts of New England, and clear skies may prevail.
A 1.6-mile section of the Boston-Worcester Air Line Trail would snake behind shopping centers between Otis and Park streets.
The filing deadline to run for state House and Senate seats passed on Tuesday. Here's who's running in the Shrewsbury area.
The newly formed High School Building Committee may oversee either the renovation or replacement of Milford High School.