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Mayor O’Brien updates progress on storm recovery
October 31, 2011 – 5:04 pm | View Comments

Mayor Joseph O’Brien releases a statement updating residents on the cleanup and restoration efforts under way since Saturday’s storm that left much of the region without power.

Bishop McManus optimistic about diocese’s future
October 13, 2011 – 9:52 pm | View Comments

By Matt LaBarre
Contributor
Bishop Robert McManus has been responsible for overseeing the Worcester Roman Catholic Diocese for more than seven years now and has seen the diocese through a number of changes. His passion for reaching …

Books for free — if you don’t mind the smoke
October 2, 2011 – 10:58 am | View Comments
Books for free — if you don’t mind the smoke

Staff Report
Piece by piece, the smokey remains of the Ben Franklin Bookstore on Salem Street are finding their way out the door. But there’s still a lot to go. The used bookstore closed in May …

Troupe delivers Shakespeare under the stars throughout summer
July 28, 2011 – 1:22 pm | View Comments

At Worcester’s Memorial Grove Green Hill Park, the play’s the thing. Running now through Aug. 21, the Worcester Shakespeare Company aims to whisk audiences out of the mid-summer heat wave and into two of Shakespeare’s masterpieces.

Female veterans struggle to reintegrate into civilian life
July 15, 2011 – 4:55 pm | View Comments
Female veterans struggle to reintegrate into civilian life

An all-female veterans shelter in Worcester helps vets reintegrate back to civilian life.

Group fights for justice in the criminal justice system
July 11, 2011 – 3:52 pm | View Comments

A group of prisoners and ex-prisoners seek systemic changes to help them to rebuild their lives on the outside.

City opens new Crompton Park pool
July 1, 2011 – 3:01 pm | View Comments
City opens new Crompton Park pool

The $2.7 million Crompton Park Pool facility officially opened today along with the city’s four beaches and the newly constructed Greenwood Spray Facility.

Fireworks this Friday at Christoforo Colombo Park
June 29, 2011 – 10:43 am | View Comments

The City of Worcester will hold its annual Independence Day Celebration Friday, July 2, at Christoforo Colombo Park on Shrewsbury Street.