Worcester
Worcester firefighter dies when triple decker collapses
By adamg - 12/8/11 - 7:10 amChannel 7 reports a firefighter pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed triple decker has died. Two other firefighters were also injured. Channel 5 has video of the fire.
The fire comes just a few days after the anniversary of the 1999 Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that claimed the lives of six firefighters.
Tornadoes could be canceled by hurricane
By adamg - 8/25/11 - 7:58 amThe Worcester Tornadoes are supposed to be playing their final homestand this weekend.
Blogger gets key to the city
By adamg - 11/15/10 - 8:43 amIn Worcester, where Jeff Bernard reports on a surprise from the mayor and a city councilor.
Worcester pedestrians try to reclaim crosswalks
By adamg - 4/20/10 - 4:14 pmDaily Worcesteria reports they walked back and forth across Main Street today, holding signs with slogans like "Let us cross. It's the LAW!"
Wigged out in Worcester
By adamg - 3/7/10 - 8:50 pm
Some people spent today at Castle Island, or on the Common or just going for a walk. We drove to Worcester. It's just how we roll, plus, the kidlet had never been to the Big W. So we wondered why Lake Quinsigamond isn't a river, pondered the part of Rte. 9 where Boston TV stations always send rookie reporters to stand in the snow, marveled at Union Station, then parked near Worcester City Hall and walked around. Even in wintertime, there's a lot of green there, such as the display at Sonja's Wig Salon on Franklin Street and the statues that make up the Civil War monument:
The alley next to the abandoned Paris Cinema:
The new Hub will be....Worcester?
By Cynic - 2/18/10 - 10:29 amWell, at least when it comes to rail transportation. The T&G reports today that as CSX winds down operations in its Beacon Park yard in Allston, it's planning to shift its operations to the west. And according to Transportation Secretary Jeff Mullan, the new set-up promises to "make Worcester the freight rail hub for all six New England states with east-west and north-south rail connections with access to highways."
Feds pour millions into Massachusetts to stem dreaded tree-killing beetle invaders
By adamg - 1/11/10 - 1:17 pm$41.5 million in emergency funding to fight Asian Longhorned Beetles.
The money will go to increased tree surveys to find potentially infected trees and to tear them down and grind them up in an attempt to stop the bug from spreading beyond the Worcester area.
Court dismisses attempted-rape charge against man who agreed to pay $200 for sex with a four-year-old
By adamg - 12/4/09 - 12:55 pmThe Supreme Judicial Court today reversed an attempted-rape conviction for a man who agreed to pay an undercover Worcester cop $200 for sex with her supposed foster child, because police arrested him before he could get near the girl.
The court upheld Kerry van Bell's conviction on a charge of soliciting sex for a fee, because he agreed to hand over the money to the cop. But the court said it could not uphold his conviction on a charge of attempted rape of a child because the legal definition of "attempted" means police would have had to stop him in the moments just before he actually raped a child:
Worcester warehouse fire, minute by minute
By adamg - 12/3/09 - 8:04 pmSpatch is tweeting the Worcester warehouse fire, using Worcester Fire Department records.
Worcester man sues city, Fox for $10 million over alleged "Cops" filming
By adamg - 11/3/09 - 4:57 pmThe man, identified in his suit only as John Doe, claims that in 2006, a "Cops" camera crew accompanying some Worcester officers illegally broke into his house and filmed the cops arresting him as he lay in his bed, naked and cowering in fear.
