Monthly Archives: March 2009
City Council Liveblog 3/31/09
7:23: Late start tonight. The budget presentation is in our hands and literally hot off the press. We’ll blog as the City Manager presents later, and try to get material online as/if possible. 7:25: BUDGET PRESENTATION: O’Brien calls it “unprecedented … Continue reading
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No minor league basketball for Worcester
It looks like between Maine and Springfield getting franchises, we’ll be out of luck for an NBDL team for now. Oh well, at least we don’t have to worry about the DCU court flooding.
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Major downtown development announcement
Worcester is posed for an “exciting announcement on downtown development” tomorrow at 10am at the Mass College of Pharmacy. Could this be CitySquare/Unum? Something else entirely? This is CitySquare/Unum. Some reports are that we could be looking at initial Galleria/Common … Continue reading
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Konnie Lukes: America’s most loved Albanian?
We’ve written about Mayor Konnie Lukes’ appearances in the Albanian press before–one paper featured her after election win. Now, the Albanian Telegraphic Agency – sort of an Albanian AP/UPI – is featuring a picture of Lukes riding in a car … Continue reading
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Worcester’s public safety $$ per capita
UPDATE(10:52pm)-While rechecking the Columbus report tonight, we noticed an error in their math; that error has been confirmed by The Boston Globe. The number has been adjusted in the text below. The City of Boston is under a bit of … Continue reading
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A ‘Best places to live’ of the day
Another day, another “Best Places to live” survey. This time, a report by Mass High Tech parent American City Business Journals ranks the Worcester metro area #29th out of 124 mid-sized metro areas across the country. (Mid-sized being anything between … Continue reading
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Census kick-off Monday
The 2010 Census is a major one for Worcester and Massachusetts: The tally could effect congressional redistricting and size, and federal aid, among other things. But already, there are concerns Worcester may not be prepared enough for next year’s census, … Continue reading
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Kate Toomey’s no good, very bad night
It’s not all fun and games being a city councilor—just ask Kate Toomey, who was visibly irritated after being the target of several disagreements at Tuesday night’s meeting. First, Toomey, who is considering a run for mayor, came under fire … Continue reading
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