Monthly Archives: April 2011

16 YEAR OLD MISSING: LAST SEEN IN WORCESTER Tyler Gaudet has been missing since Saturday April 23 and was last seen in Worcester. Tyler is approximately 5’4, weighs 135 lbs. blue eyes and is 16 years old. It is believed … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Three weeks ago some of Worcester Polytechnic Institutes’ students and faculty criticized the school for choosing Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, as this year’s commencement speaker. Dissenters charge the company hasn’t done enough to invest in … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin The Regional Environmental Council will host its 22nd annual Earth Day Clean-ups  this Saturday with volunteers hauling litter, garbage and illegally dumped items from 65 locations around the city. Last year the REC says 1,000 volunteers … Continue reading →

Posted by Brittany Durgin Best of Worcester directory – Aside from winners being listed by category, you’ll also find Google Map locations of first place winners. Photos of metal – Ralph’s Diner celebrates five years of Metal Thursdays tonight. See a … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Normally we don’t pay much attention to El Paso, Texas on this blog, except when their food vendor ordinance — similar to Worcester’s and passed around the same time — becomes the focus of a civil … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Agenda. Cover It Live. No budget proposal tonight (see post below) but Mayor O’Brien (and others) will begin their push for a residency requirement to keep municipal and school workers living in Worcester. 7:15: Proclamation for … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin Tonight’s council meeting was supposed to feature a budget presentation by City Manager Mike O’Brien detailing where the 131 city layoffs would be, assuming the municipal unions didn’t agree to moving into a new city-offered health … Continue reading →

Posted by Jeremy Shulkin This, from the Telegram: Police believe a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a car on Constitution Avenue last night. The attack comes a few days after another car on Woodford Street was damaged by the same … Continue reading →