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7+ hour, 33+ min ago (375+ words) WORCESTER City manager Chris Cornes was pleased to maintain confidence and momentum in a 6-0 drilling of lower-league Pershore. City hosted Pershore at Sixways in the quarter-finals of the Worcestershire Senior Cup and cruised to a place in the semi-finals, with goals from Felix Miles and Josh Bailey, along with a brace a piece for Liam Lockett and returning forward Izak Reid. Cornes credited Pershore's performance after the final whistle - a side competing two divisions below Worcester City. "A good young team to be fair," said the manager. "Hats off to them they kept going and had a good go at us to be fair. "They got shots off, got corners and stuff like that. It wasn't all one-way traffic but we controlled a lot of the game in their half, they did dig deep in a low block, they did…...

13+ hour, 1+ min ago (30+ words) Dr. Tara Goodhue was named the 2026 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year out of 200 nominees across the state. Lowell High School's Tara Goodhue named Massachusetts Teacher of the Year...

13+ hour, 12+ min ago (11+ words) Eric Fisher has an updated weather forecast. Next Weather: WBZ Update...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago (351+ words) December 2, 2025 / 11:16 PM EST / CBS Boston As the sun set and the temperatures dropped with it Tuesday night, the snow that fell in Central Massachusetts felt more like frozen pellets falling from the sky." Snowblowers hummed in Leominster as the city received about half a foot of snow, some of the most during this storm. Scott Single was clearing out his driveway before it got colder. "I am trying to get it up before the ice starts coming down and starts icing everything over," said Single. "It's New England weather; nice one day and then it's crappy the next."" Route 2 turned more snow covered the farther west you drove. What started as a cold rain in Boston turned into heavy snow by the time drivers reached Fitchburg. It sent some cars off the shoulder of the road while snowplows made their…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago (27+ words) A winter storm brought more than six inches of snow to parts of Massachusetts. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports. Massachusetts communities clean up from first winter storm...

13+ hour, 30+ min ago (332+ words) December 2, 2025 / 11:03 PM EST / AP Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 42 points, sealing the game with a breakaway dunk in the final seconds Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 123-117 in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal." Derrick White scored seven of his 22 points in the last four minutes, after the Celtics turned back a New York charge that cut a 15-point deficit to 102-99. Jordan Walsh had six points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter for Boston." Mikal Bridges scored 17 of his 35 points in the fourth and went 8 for 12 from 3-point range overall. Karl-Anthony Towns added 29 for the Knicks, who had won four in a row." Boston has won four of its last five games, beating four of the top six teams in the Eastern Conference." The Knicks took off to a 17-4 lead and led…...

13+ hour, 41+ min ago (446+ words) Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday named Tara Goodhue, a science teacher at Lowell High School, as the 2026 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. Goodhue is Lowell Public School's first teacher to win the annual award since its creation in 1960. "I am incredibly humbled and overwhelmed by this," Goodhue said. "I really attribute this honor to the fact that I teach the best students in the state." The Teacher of the Year Award is given to educators who have created a positive learning environment, built strong relationships with students and the district community and provides high quality instruction, according to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Goodhue was chosen from 200 nominees across the state and automatically becomes the state's candidate for the National Teacher of the Year Award. She said she credits her win to her students' help during the application…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago (280+ words) December 2, 2025 / 10:27 PM EST / AP Moritz Seider had a goal and two assists, and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Boston Bruins for a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night. Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat each had a goal and an assist, helping the Red Wings avenge a 3-2 shootout loss at Boston on Saturday. James van Riemsdyk and Ben Chiarot also scored, and John Gibson stopped 33 shots. Jonathan Aspirot scored his first NHL goal in his 15th career game for Boston. Alex Steeves had two goals, and Hampus Lindholm contributed three assists. Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who made 18 saves, was replaced with 16:05 remaining by Joonas Korpisalo after giving up five goals. Swayman didn't give up more than three goals in any of his 10 November starts. Boston scored two goals in the final 5:03, including Steeves' second goal with…...

14+ hour, 55+ min ago (825+ words) Midweek football " what a time to be alive. It makes you feel like the sun's out when it's cloudier than ever, the birds are chirping when it's just your noisy dormmates and you finally feel like your team's capable of winning a football match only to realize you support Liverpool. Speaking of Liverpool, they enter this week as heavy favorites against Sunderland. While Liverpool hasn't hit the highs everyone expected them to, they are still only three points away from third, and while I don't expect them to win the title, they should be able to stamp their grasp onto third place with a win here. Jumping over to London, Arsenal will face Brentford. Even though Arsenal is coming off a disappointing 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea, they're currently in first place. They have " by far " the best defense in the…...

14+ hour, 56+ min ago (325+ words) LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A science teacher at Lowell High School was named Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for 2025, The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced Tuesday. Tara Goodhue, the science department head at Lowell High School, was honored with the state's top award for educators. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said the award, "annually recognizes excellence in teaching through the selection of a teacher who exemplifies the dedication, commitment and positive contributions of educators statewide." Goodhue said when she first learned she was nominated by her students she thought it was a prank, but quickly realized how the spotlight on her department could benefit her students. "I thought, "wow, I'll go for it' because this could be a great opportunity for the students, especially because we always are looking for funding to find ways to take students on trips and…...