Monthly Archives: March 2011

NORWAY MAPLE: the Beetle’s friend

Submitted by Ginny Kingsbury The Asian Longhorned Beetle has been in the USA for about 25 years. Norway Maples have been in Worcester more than twice as long.  After natural events had destroyed many of the trees in Worcester, the city … Continue reading

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Online exclusives

Posted by Brittany Durgin The back story – Writer Nicole Luparelli shares her experience writing the feature story “College theater takes the city stage.” Watch the video with her sharing documents found in libraries of past newspaper articles about local … Continue reading

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Clark President Angel on former Clark President Richard Traina

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin As the Telegram has reported, former Clark University President Richard Traina passed away yesterday. Today, the school’s current president, David Angel, sent out the following email: To all members of the Clark community, It is with deep … Continue reading

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City council live blog 3/8/11–The Committee on Veterans’ and Military Affairs edition

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin The newly re-instated Committee on Veterans’ and Military Affairs has come out swinging, filing six agenda items after only forming in November. Other items on the agenda include moving the WRTA hub (not the $39 million … Continue reading

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New pit bull/dangerous dog registrations mailed

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Using a bit of detective work the city has tracked down pit bull/pit bull mix owners and sent them the new pit bull and dangerous dog registration. According to the city clerk’s office, 288 pit bull … Continue reading

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DPW warming up to See Click Fix

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Back in March we reported on a website called SeeClickFix that some residents were using to report illegal dumping, pot holes and various other public property inconveniences. Our old article was lost when we changed websites … Continue reading

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Vineyards are farms too

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin A local farmers market organizer is optimistic that the city’s License Commission will approve his request to provide space to a nearby winery three days per week. Andy O’Keefe, who runs markets in front of the … Continue reading

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Piling on the MBTA

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin If the MBTA and MBCR didn’t know that Monday’s 3+ hour delay coupled with a two hour delay in that same morning would bring bad press, then they’re certainly playing catch up now. The story is … Continue reading

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