Craig S. Semon

Ice Nine Kills front man Spencer Charnas is busy, between his band opening for Metallica and Silver Scream Con III coming to the DCU Center.

Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella declined to discuss specifics, telling a reporter that the matter is a personnel issue.

Norman Crepeau Jr. is retiring in October; Deputy Chief Neil Minardi will be his successor.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette NEW BRAINTREE — A recruit suffered an injury during a training exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy on Thursday.

WORCESTER — Not only does Spencer Charnas know how to kill onstage, his body count of satisfied cadavers, I mean concert-goes, Saturday night numbered more than 5,000 in the packed parking lot behind the Worcester Palladium.

The Silver Scream III convention was held at the DCU Center this year, filling a hole that's been felt in the city since Rock and Shock ended.

Billed as the premiere Guns N’ Roses tribute band, Son of a Gun promises to turn the City of Worcester into “Paradise City” for a few hours Saturday night, Sept. 21, when it brings the serpentine, Sunset Strip-inspired swagger to unsuspecting Rascals at 70 James St.

NEW BRAINTREE, Mass. — A Massachusetts family is demanding a full investigation after a Massachusetts state police recruit died after being injured

WORCESTER — The horror con came back to Worcester and it’s return was a bloody success.

X is coming to New England, playing Sept. 22 at the Tupelo Music Hall in Derry, New Hampshire, and Sept. 23 at The Wilbur in Boston.