Are the Surge powering down?

The New England Surge, Worcester’s own low-rent indoor football team, has certainly had its share of problems since their initial season two years ago.
And with a poor financial picture for the team and the league there’s been a lot of speculation about the future of Worcester’s Surge.  An announcement today just raises more questions.
The release [...]

Irish Times and Nick Fiorillo, together at last

Since the Irish Times building was bought at a foreclosure auction last month, the bar and its upstairs club REHAB has lain dormant.  And over that time, there’s been a lot of speculation of who would take over the space and what would happen.  And although legal proceedings are reportedly still underway for Irish Times [...]

Clark prof. to be named Commissioner of Higher Education

Clark University professor Richard Freeland, the former President of Northeastern University, is set to be named the next Commissioner of Higher Education for Massachusetts after a search committee unanimously recommended him this morning.
Freeland holds an endowed chair at Clark, where he has worked, int part, to help the Mosakowski Institute “establish a presence within the [...]

Worcester: A kind-of safe city

CQ Press has released their annual – and annually controversial – list of the cities with the most and least crime in the United States.
And Worcester….well, we’re just about average.  Of the 385 cities over 75,000 people ranked, Worcester is the 222nd safest city, finishing just behind Seattle, WA and just ahead of Gresham, OR.
How [...]