Monthly Archives: December 2010

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Today isn’t the day for it, but there’s going to be at least one functioning ice skating rink in the city this winter. The Crompton Park ice skating rink opened this weekend to anyone who wants … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Outgoing state Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs  Ian Bowles has read through CSX’s Environmental Notification Form and declared yesterday that there was no need for the large freight company to file a more extensive and … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin It’s going to be a good one tonight. Keep up with all the tax talk with Cover It Live. Here’s the agenda. 6:59: Internet’s already a little spotty so far. Still waiting for people to roll … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Rumors are running around that those in favor of splitting this year’s tax increase between both the homeowners and commercial property owners have scraped and clawed together six votes for tonight, enough to push it through … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Tomorrow night the city council will vote to set next fiscal year’s tax rate(s), so of course advocates for both business and homeowners have spent the last week or so doing whatever they can to get … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Just in time for the city council’s annual establishment of the city’s tax rate(s), Worcester Citizens for Business has released a survey of 107 local businesses in the hopes that it will help push the council … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Agenda. Cover It Live. Get ready for a lot of economic development talk. See you at 7:00. 7:10: Just waiting for the councilors to come out of executive session. Stay tuned. 7:38: Here we go. Long … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Back in September we wrote a feature story about Worcester’s gun buyback program, and the public art piece that will result from it. As the buybacks started last Saturday and resume this Saturday (9:00 to 3:00 … Continue reading →