Worcester

Worcester firefighter dies when triple decker collapses

adamg — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:10:03 +0000

Channel 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

adamg — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:58:58 +0000

The Worcester Tornadoes are supposed to be playing their final homestand this weekend.

Blogger gets key to the city

adamg — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:43:16 +0000

In Worcester, where Jeff Bernard reports on a surprise from the mayor and a city councilor.

Worcester pedestrians try to reclaim crosswalks

adamg — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:14:18 +0000

Daily 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

adamg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:50:47 +0000

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?

Cynic — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:29:42 +0000

Well, 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

adamg — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:17:13 +0000

$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

adamg — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:55:56 +0000

The 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

adamg — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:04:50 +0000

Spatch is tweeting the Worcester warehouse fire, using Worcester Fire Department records.

Worcester man sues city, Fox for $10 million over alleged "Cops" filming

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:15 +0000

The 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.

Worcester police go after people who buy ink by the barrel

adamg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:32 +0000

The Worcester PD really, really didn't like a story in the Worcester Telegram about possibly bogus master's degrees held by members of the local constabulary. Daily Worcesteria reprints a police statement, which not only says the department will give first dibs on news to local TV and radio stations but adds:

... Unfortunately, the dark, dirty, and poorly lit newsroom is affecting their neutrality, professionalism, and integrity. Because of this, the media policy of the Worcester Police Department must use all relevant media to get the message out to the community and remain transparent as an organization. ...

If you have followed the decline in the standards at the T & G you recognize their new standard operating procedure. This adopted SOP is based on a dysfunctional hat-trick: hyperbole, fiction, and innuendo. ...

Moose no longer loose in Worcester

adamg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:29:57 +0000

Entire city becoming a giant wildlife park.

Magazine boldly proclaims: Worcester has more culture than Cambridge

adamg — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:21:44 +0000

It must be true. Forbes wouldn't get that wrong, would it? Who doesn't recognize that Worcester has better culture than Cambridge (or, for that matter, that Baltimore is a better place to live than Boston)?

Via Maureen Rogers, who admits: My first thought was: what were the criteria?

Clearly, availability of interesting places to shop; number of steep hills impossible to drive on during icy weather; and percentage of high school seniors who agree with the statement "I don't care where I go to college, as long as it's somewhere other than Worcester" weren't part of the statistical mix that went into this pick.

Moses dies before Passover

adamg — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:07:04 +0000

Daily Worcesteria explains why this day is different from all other days: Some alleged dolt apparently facing speeding charges at the old Worcester courthouse got so upset today he knocked over the 147-year-old statue of Moses, damaging it, quite possibly irreparably.

Worcester considers letting bar stay open hour later so drunks can sober up

adamg — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:50:09 +0000

Last call would remain 2 a.m., but the tipsy could sit around for another hour to get ready for the ride home.