The Times & Courier newspaper in Clinton reported last Friday that one of the men on the state’s “most wanted” list of sex offenders turned himself into Clinton District Court last Friday. The man, Shayne M. Sampson, is a former Worcester resident.

For 365 days in 2006, Mike Nyman strode out into the city’s far-flung corners, camera in hand, and found a city of life, a city of not only possibility, but of real present day vitality.

If there was a travel map for wildlife in New England, written over Worcester should be big red letters: WARNING! WILDLIFE MAY BE SHOT ON SITE.
Ah yes, the state’s Environmental Police were at it again this week keeping our children safe from the likes of Smoky the Bear and Bullwinkle. A moose had the misfortune to wander into the city this week and — BLAM! — yep, that’s right, they took him out.
I have to admit, it’s probably my rural upbringing and 10 years working at a summer camp in …

After two full days of deliberating, the jury in the Scesny case will be entering day three tomorrow. At just before 4 p.m., the court came back into session to address two questions asked by the jury. The first was a request for a flip chart to use in their deliberations and the second question was what would happen if they couldn’t come to an agreement today since one of the juror’s was scheduled to take a 10 a.m. flight the next morning. The answer: yes to the flip chart …

You never can tell what a jury will do. Following closing arguments at the Alex Scesny rape trial today the word outside the courtroom was we were in for a quick verdict.