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Worcester Magazine WHAT THE CLUCK?: Politics is not for the weak or timid. It is a bloodsport where one has to be willing to take a pummeling from any and all directions. But there is one issue so divisive, so heated, that Worcester city officials have sidestepped it for years, quickly dodging and hiding as soon as it rears its ugly head. What is this third rail of Worcester electoral politics that causes so much political carnage that it's usually shuffled out of sight almost as soon as it's raised? Is it residential vs. commercial real estate tax? Defunding the police? Sex education? Well,...

WORCESTER — Members of the Planning Board said Wednesday they liked the idea of reviving a discussion about allowing residents to have chickens.  The board didn't make a recommendation on a petition from resident Brian Grinnan asking for chickens to be allowed in areas of the city zoned for single family residences, but continued the discussion, and spoke favorably about allowing poultry to be raised in the city as a way to complement the city's urban agriculture ordinance.  Grinnan's petition recently went before the City Council, and was sent to the Planning Board for a recommendation...

Planning Board signals support for eventually allowing chickens in the city Steven H. Foskett Jr., Telegram & Gazette © Worcester Living Staff/Christine Peterson Chickens in front of Pomfret General Repair on RT. 169 in Connecticut. WORCESTER — Members of the Planning Board said Wednesday they liked the idea of reviving a discussion about allowing residents to have chickens.  The board didn't make a recommendation on a petition from resident Brian Grinnan asking for chickens to be allowed in areas of the city zoned for single family residences, but continued the discuss...