Worcester's Conservation Commission considered a fresh enforcement order for an illegally built Holden Street deck inside the Delaney Brook buffer, as a separate Lake Avenue property owner faces the city's maximum $100-per-day fine if repeat wetland violations are not corrected within 21 days.
Advisory council unanimously recommended four candidates for city boards and began planning for chair succession.
Council voted against cannabis repeal, affirmed workers' rights, and deferred street resurfacing reforms to committee.
City lands record $5.5 million HUD grant to remove lead paint hazards. From our own coverage: DPW begins education push on winter parking rules.
Zoning Board approved 11-unit housing 4-1 with street-paving requirements and postponed gas station expansion pending MassDOT written confirmation.
Worcester's Public Health and Human Services Committee filed a $1.5 million winter shelter funding bid while declining to recommend new ordinances on roaming cats or nip bottles.
Board upheld tobacco permit suspensions against two retailers caught selling nicotine products to minors.
Worcester launches education campaign on year-round parking rules ahead of winter enforcement. From our own coverage: Worcester rolls out parking rules education push.
Four Worcester obituaries were published this week: Annucci, Stephen J.; Bigonahy, Dadbeh; Cardin, Susan; and Wyne, Donald W. Dadbeh Bigonahy, of Worcester, died Monday, October 12, with memorial gifts suggested for cancer research at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Worcester City Council set to weigh major policy changes at Tuesday meeting. Also in today's brief (16 items): Forum could reshape addiction recovery support; Park Avenue restaurant marks first year; Banana ball to debut in Worcester; Doherty JV soccer hosts Shepherd Hill Regional.
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