Worcester will install 22 new electric vehicle charging ports at five city sites by December, boosting public charging 75 percent. Also in today's brief (15 items): Worcester to add 22 EV charging ports at 5 sites; Recycling bins unavailable at city sites starting Sept. 21; Worcester ge…
This week's column carries notices for 14 Worcester obituaries: Dao, Lap Duy; Daly, Caron F.; DeFeudis, Thomas; Duval, Jean Marie; Giolekas, Alexandros; Kent, Maria; Leon-Rodriguez, Hilda N.; Marston, William; McDonald, Robert J.; Nummelin, Seija L.; O'Brien, Barbara A.; Peterson, Donal…
Worcester Public Schools has hired former city councilor Sean Rose to fill its newly created chief of access, opportunity and equity post. The move, reported by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and relayed by Worcester Patch, comes as the district also finalized an expanded Clark Univer…
Worcester's Board of Health approved a state grant deal to add a dedicated tobacco compliance inspector and welcomed Nikki Nixon as permanent Director of Public Health.
Worcester's Citizen Advisory Council voted 6-0 to recommend an applicant forward for a seat on the Commission on Homelessness, after she criticized the city's plan to clear homeless encampments.
The Worcester Redevelopment Authority voted 5-0 to approve a two-year lease with Maxwell Silverman's Banquet and Conference Center for the Union Station restaurant and Grand Hall, rejecting a rival tenant's bid to rebid it.
Worcester council panel presses Spectrum on seniors, backs a funding lifeline for WCCA-TV.
The Worcester Economic Development Subcommittee unanimously recommended two tax increment financing deals and approved three zoning map amendments.
The Worcester City Council postponed a vote on a proposed homeless encampment ban after more than two hours of public opposition. Councilor Donald King held item 819A, which would fine people $25 per day for camping on public property, under privilege, pushing the vote to next week.
Worcester's Municipal and Legislative Operations Committee reviewed a $1.15 billion unfunded retiree health benefit liability and disclosed sewer reserves have fallen below policy.
Get Worcester County's town government news by email, free. One briefing each morning.
Check your email to confirm. One tap and you are in.
Something went wrong. Please try again.