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[30 Sep 2008 | One Comment | ]
How a better designed city could make us thinner

Monday I spent a few hours at a statewide summit on a subject that seemed a little, well, for lack of a better word, frivolous, given some of the clear and present problems our country — and by extension — our cities and towns are facing. The subject: Healthy Communities Summit. I have to admit, though, by summit’s end, I was much more of a believer. Mayors and civic leaders from towns and cities across Massachusetts where there. I was a little disappointed not to find any representatives from Worcester there (interestingly …

Homeowners discover they have no legal access

How is it you can build a house in Worcester with no legal access to the street? That’s the question a couple on Whipple Street is asking after discovering their home of 30 years is landlocked.

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