October 16, 2008

Glodis looking bigger?

For at least a couple years, the speculation has been rampant: What will Sheriff Guy Glodis’ next move be?  He’s long been rumored to be interested in a move to a statewide position, and has amassed one of the largest campaign warchests in the state.
Let’s add more fuel to the fire.
A report from StateHouse News [...]

October 16, 2008

Tirella sets us straight

Earlier this week (and in today’s Worcester Magazine), we reported on InCity Times’ blatant word-for-word copy and paste job from one of our blog entries into their print edition this week. We called it “plagiarism.”
Today, InCity publisher/editor Rosalie Tirella stopped by to set our record straight.
Essentially, Tirella told us, they didn’t copy our words [...]

October 16, 2008

Deval at Moore fundraiser

It’s a first for us: A photographer being told he can’t go outside.
Deval Patrick was the featured guest at a Michael Moore fundraiser at Roma’s on Harding Street this afternoon (He was in town after attending the grand opening of a new Worcester baseball glove manufacturer). A photographer who showed up to the event [...]

October 16, 2008

State budget cuts and you: The Worcester effect

Governor Deval Patrick announced extensive budget cuts yesterday, to the tune of $1+ billion and 1,000 jobs at the state level. That’s a huge amount of money, and how it will all trickle down to the local level directly and indirectly is still a huge “TBD,” though it is clear many of the program/service [...]

October 16, 2008

Q Cafe gets entertainment permission, kind of

It hasn’t been an easy road for The Q Cafe on Chandler Street.  Earlier this year, the cafe was reprimanded by the License Commission for hosting entertainment without a proper license after several noise and public disturbance complaints from neighbors.
This morning, the commission approved an entertainment license for Q Café despite the numerous noise complaints [...]