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Route 9, Shrewsbury, MA

$10M Lottery Jackpot: Central Mass. Chef Cooking Up Something Special With His Massive Win $10M Lottery Jackpot: Central Mass. Chef Cooking Up Something Special With His Massive Win
$10M Lottery Jackpot: Central Mass. Chef Cooking Up Something Special With His Massive Win Leave it to a chef to know when the temperature is just right.  A Worcester County chef landed a $10 million lottery jackpot this week after noticing that many of the biggest prizes in several games hadn't been found. Michael Fitzgerald, of Boylston, chose to play the $20 scratch-off game “$10,000,000 Cash Blast” and walked away with the grand prize. Two $10 million prizes remain in that game. Fitzgerald chose to take the lump sum payment of $6.5 million (before taxes) rather than the annuity.  He bought the ticket at Star Liquor at 507 Boston Turnpike (Route 9) in Shr…
Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed 20-Year-Old Central Mass Woman Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed 20-Year-Old Central Mass Woman
Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed 20-Year-Old Central Mass Woman A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that took the life of a 20-year-old woman in Shrewsbury over the weekend, authorities said. Investigators said that Ghufran Mutar, of Shrewsbury, was crossing Route 9 at South Street when she was struck by a car just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office reports. Mutar was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died. Police then searched for the suspected vehicle, which was identified as a Dodge Journey, after it left the scene. The driver, Jerry Santiago Jr., w…