WORCESTER — The Massachusetts Port Authority and American Airlines say the airline will soon offers daily flights between Philadelphia and Worcester Regional Airport.
The flights to Philadelphia International Airport announced Monday are scheduled to start in October. One flight will depart Philadelphia at 8 a.m. and arrives in Worcester at 9:05 a.m. Another flight will leave Worcester at 9:30 a.m. and land at 10:39 a.m.
The announcement comes after a $30 million investment in a new instrument landing system at Worcester that allows for landings in low visibility weather conditions.
Massport CEO Thomas Glynn said the connection to Philadelphia “is a clear dividend of that investment.”
The only other commercial airline offering flights out of Worcester is JetBlue, which has daily flights to Florida.
SPRINGFIELD — Two sisters charged with beating a woman unconscious outside a Springfield bar have been sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to undergo anger management counseling.
The Republican newspaper reports that 22-year-old Danielle Martin and 27-year-old Jessica Martin were sentenced last week after pleading to sufficient facts for a guilty finding to reduced charges of assault and battery.
If they comply with probation conditions, the charges will be dismissed.
Prosecutors say the sisters left a 25-year-old woman unconscious after a fight outside Rory Fitzgerald’s bar in 2016. Their lawyers said the Martins acted in self-defense.
The victim says the Martins were looking for her because she was close to elder sister’s ex-boyfriend.
The victim was diagnosed with a concussion.
HAVERHILL — Authorities say a 60-year-old man clearing debris left by recent storms has been struck and killed by a tree.
A spokeswoman for the Essex district attorney tells The Eagle-Tribune the Haverhill man was working with his adult son at about 5 p.m. Sunday, cutting up a tree that had fallen during one of last month’s storms.
The tree he was cutting was leaning against another tree, which gave way and fell on him, pinning him to the ground.
Firefighters responding to the scene tried to lift the tree but it was too big and had to be cut into smaller pieces.
The man was unconscious at the scene. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
His son was not injured. No names were immediately released.
SPRINGFIELD — Over a dozen people in Springfield are without homes after a fire burned through an apartment building Monday morning.
MassLive.com reports a fire in a 3-story apartment building has left 18 people homeless.
Firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 9:45 a.m. to find the fire had already spread through the second and third floors. Soon after, firefighters were ordered out of the building. There were no reported injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. According to city records, the property is owned by Isla Associates LLC of Springfield.