The watch had been issued for Northern Worcester as well as Franklin and Middlesex counties. “The Winter Storm Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Boston/Norton MA on this developing situation,” according to the National Weather Service.

Parts of Massachusetts are gearing up for the first winter storm of the season this week.

Scenario No. 3 — GFS shows a southern track, but close to the coast. Boston and areas north, west pick up decent snow. The GFS model suggests the storm to pass south of New England, but closer to shore than the Euro.

Buckle up for an active weather pattern over the next few days! One storm will bring rain this afternoon and evening and another will

Arab Massachusetts” at the Pao Art Center in Chinatown tells the story of how immigrants from Syria and Lebanon shaped the Commonwealth.

One person is dead after a vehicle crash involving a utility pole on Friday night. Officers responded to the area of Battle Street at James P. Casey Road around 9:30 p.m. When officials arrived, they found an unresponsive male driver who had been ejected from the vehicle.

School districts in communities resistant to the controversial MBTA zoning law are losing out on state funding for a financial literacy program for students, according to a state senator urging the Healey administration to restore that money.

The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 6:58 a.m. on Monday for black ice until 9:30 a.m. for Northern Worcester and Southern Worcester as well as Franklin, Middlesex, Essex, Hampshire,