Congressman Jim McGovern will tour a stretch of Worcester from City Hall to Elm Park and Newton Hill on foot with Mayor Joseph Petty Friday.

Multiple entire city blocks immediately east of Worcester's Elm Park are now protected under a "local historic district" designation — the fourth and largest such designation in the city to date.

AN aerial view of the former Newport Street bus station in Worcester taken in 1987. It was to be no longer be needed as the upgrading of the nearby… ...

More: Laurel: Elm Park, then and now Laurel: Worcester's Elm Park, then and now It was in 1882 that Elm Park, or the Common as it was known at that time, saw its first visitors.

Newton Hill, bordered by Park Avenue, Highland Street and Pleasant Street, is formally part of Elm Park. In 1888, the city bought Newton Hill in what was considered an expansion of the park.

When Edward Winslow Lincoln died in 1896, after serving for 30 unpaid years as city superintendent of parks, he thought he had left Elm Park in good shape. His father, Gov. Levi Lincoln, had sold ...

Nevertheless, Art in the Park, Worcester's biennial public art outdoor sculpture exhibit, was beginning to take shape at Elm Park Tuesday morning, and excitement and anticipation was in the air.

The Worcester Housing Authority said a pipe burst Saturday evening at Elm Park Towers, a WHA property located at 425 Pleasant St., due to the extreme cold that settled in Massachusetts over the ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The second largest city in Massachusetts is dedicating a memorial to the more than 500 city residents lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

THE SAY THAT THE DAMAGE IS SO EXTENSIVE RESIDENTS WILL LIKELY BE OUT 4-6 WEEKS. SOME RESIDENTS OF ELM PARK TOWER RETURNED TO GATHER MEDICATIONS AND A FEW BELONGINGS.

COVID Worcester to dedicate plaque in memory of pandemic victims A dedication ceremony is planned for Tuesday morning at Elm Park. Healthcare workers treat a patient on the Covid-19 ICU floor of ...