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Where Burncoat and East Mountain streets meet, there is one of those special little spots. It's called the "Triangle" because, well, that's what it is — a rather large three-sided median that directs traffic on and off Burncoat to and from East Mountain in the Summit neighborhood.
This week highlights the last week of Recreation Worcester, a free-of-charge summertime program for youth aged 7 to 13, running from July 6 to Aug. 13 by the city of Worcester.
Local housing advocates said the two-month eviction moratorium was no panacea for the continuing lack of affordable housing, But help is available.
WORCESTER - City officials warned Thursday that with a new, highly transmissible variant of the COVID-19 virus spreading in the area, residents who have not yet been vaccinated are putting themselves and others at risk. Outside Gala Foods on Main Street, officials said that while new cases of the virus and hospitalizations remain low, vaccination rates are not where they need to be for the community to reach the herd immunity it needs to stop the spread. Dr. Matilde Castiel, the city's commissioner of health and human services, said if residents don't get vaccinated, the virus will smolde...
WORCESTER — The City Council Tuesday managed to get the $733.8 million fiscal 2022 budget moved out of the Finance Committee, but held off on final approval of the measure for another week. And unless the state Legislature adopts permanent changes to the state Open Meeting Law this week regarding remote participation, the council could be voting on that budget next week in the first open meeting held in City Hall since March 2020. City Solicitor Michael Traynor told the council Tuesday that Gov. Charlie Baker's executive orders issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are set to e...