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Worcesteria: Where Worcester is at, and where it's headed, in 2025
6 days ago · That’s a lot on City Manager Eric Batista’s plate, but at least he’s being compensated for it. Seeing as per his new contract, “his salary (was) set for a 4.5% increase on Dec. 31, 2024, an estimated salary of $295,995.His next two annual raises are 3%, or such a lesser percentage reflective of the highest percentage increase awarded to any city bargaining unit.
Worcesteria: Signing a door honors Carter's legacy of homebuilding
2 days ago · Inside the bustling Worcester Public Market, a simple white door stood on Jan. 9, soon to be covered with words of gratitude, written by passersby, and by participants in a ceremony to honor the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter.. While the date marked a National Day of Mourning for Carter, for Habitat for Humanity, the homebuilding organization for which Carter and his wife, Rosalynn ...
Cyrus Alexander set to debut new martial arts film, 'Year of the Rat'
3 days ago · Worcester filmmaker and music producer Cyrus Alexander has done a lot in his career, from producing songs for artists across the country to organizing the Beats & Barbecue festival on the Worcester Common for several years, but there’s one item on his to-do list that he’s checking off this year after decades of dreaming. “I’ve always wanted to do a …
Opinion/Worcesteria: A closer look at the Downtown Worcester BID
Oct 7, 2024 · The organization first caught the public eye when it partnered with the city to put on the Out to Lunch concerts and Movies on the Common (the last of which for this year will be Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” Oct. 17).
Worcesteria: Looking back at the past five years of Worcester …
Jul 16, 2024 · Early days “For the love of comics: The appeal of superheroes and other four-color favorites,” by Victor D. Infante (Aug. 1, 2019): The irony when you take over editing a periodical is that it takes a little while until the stories are yours.This was the first issue that felt like it was mine, and it didn't hurt that people, myself included, really opened up and got personal about their ...
Opinion/Worcesteria: After election, some seek new avenues for …
Nov 7, 2024 · Bowditch said she was surprised by the high turnout rate, the likes of which she had never seen before. More election updates. More:Teachers unions cheer passage of Question 2, ending MCAS graduation requirement More:Democrat Cronin, Republican Fattman claim victory in reelection battles More:Trump fans clamor for merchandise, celebrate win at Webster store
Worcesteria: A Worcester election carol ....
Oct 23, 2023 · “Well,” said the ghost. “There's the current debate about the city not using any of its 'revenue-making' days at Polar Park, or the gentrification issues that accompany the park and its surrounding construction, which affects the price of housing.”. Johnny furrowed his brow. “I like the WooSox,” he said, “but it is getting pretty expensive to live here.
First Person: Worcester has good reasons to adopt sprinkler law
Jan 3, 2025 · Editor's note: This guest column originally appeared in the Telegram & Gazette. I learned from the Worcester Fire Department that nearly 900 Worcester residents were displaced due to fires between May 2023 and May 2024. These statistics have made me think a lot about how vulnerable residents living in Worcester’s older, pre-1997 multifamily apartment buildings were because mandatory ...
Worcesteria: Has Worcester gotten the things it wanted?
Jun 17, 2024 · ART GALLERIES: There was only one post saying the city needed more art galleries, but in the time since, The Sprinkler Factory closed and its former directors have opened The White Room in the Canal District. Similarly, ArtsWorcester has moved from Main Street to Portland Street. These changes, and the comings and goings of a handful of smaller galleries, might seem a net neutral, but while ...