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Keep the Faith: Learning lessons from Herod, the Magi and Jimmy Carter Worcesteria: Habitat for Humanity offers memorial door for Carter First Person: Suzanna Paropos seeks a country home of the heart Beyond Beer: Embrace winter’s chill with seasonal cocktail menus JOMP cellist Sofia Hernandez-Williams,11, set for national competition
Worcesteria: Where Worcester is at, and where it's headed, in 2025
2025年1月6日 · 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 …
Worcesteria: Signing a door honors Carter's legacy of homebuilding
5 天之前 · 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 ...
Worcesteria: Looking back at the past five years of Worcester …
2024年7月16日 · 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 …
Opinion/Worcesteria: A closer look at the Downtown Worcester BID
2024年10月7日 · 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).
Opinion/Worcesteria: After election, some seek new avenues for …
2024年11月7日 · 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 …
Worcesteria: Honoring homeless lives lost; finding threads of hope
2022年12月22日 · The evening of Dec. 21 brought chilly air and frosty temperatures to Worcester.. If it was hard to stand outside for just a short while, the annual memorial vigil for the homeless just might give a taste of what it is like to live — and die — on the cold streets, or in a tent shrouded in weeds and brush, struggling for peace in life's final hours.
Worcesteria: Has Worcester gotten the things it wanted?
2024年6月17日 · 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 ...
Worcesteria: Time to get real when it comes to live entertainment
2024年2月12日 · When we live in a world where some people still deny the results of the 2020 election and some people believe the Super Bowl was rigged to give Taylor Swift a platform to endorse Pres. Joe Biden, perhaps it makes sense that people are feeling the need to get back in touch with reality.. Maybe, heading out to see live theater, music, poetry, comedy, drag or what have you is more than just ...
Worcesteria: The hills are alive with the sound of construction
2023年12月29日 · It might not have been a White Christmas, but it was, at least, a silent night.Honestly, it took a holiday to come to terms with just how noisy Worcester has become. On Dec. 26, after the holiday, I came into the Telegram & Gazette office to the sound of construction on the floor above ours. It sounded like some sort of mechanized robot cage fight.