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The heads of Worcester’s police unions said they do not believe a civilian review board is necessary, citing costs and redundancy in light of reforms

WORCESTER — Shouts of "basta!" — "enough!" — rose from Chandler Street on Friday evening, as friends, family and community members gathered to remember Carlos Cruz, who was gunned down outside the Paku Lounge Restaurant last week. Cruz, 44, had been at the restaurant and had allegedly retrieved a gun from his car as a confrontation between two groups appeared to be heating up outside, according to court testimony during the arraignment of Angel Ortiz-Santos, 28. Ortiz-Santos was arraigned this week on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily in...

District 1 Councilor Sean Rose is calling for the creation of a design review board to oversee aesthetic components of new construction in the city.

WORCESTER — The city Friday said it intends to implement a police body camera program by 2022 at the latest, and will start scheduling meetings to get community input shortly. “The city is committed to a body camera program, and will soon be engaging in community conversations on what that would look like,” spokesman Walter Bird wrote in an email to the Telegram & Gazette on Friday.  “I’m grateful for the announcement from the city today,” James P. McGovern, the city’s longtime Democratic Congressman, said in a telephone interview, adding that federal COVID-19 relief funds sho...

After Build Day 2021, all Worcester elementary schools now have playgrounds Until next week.  Working for Worcester, a nonprofit organization driven by College of the Holy Cross students, returned from a COVID-19 hiatus Saturday in style, erecting playgrounds at the last two elementary schools on its long-running list, McGrath and Columbus Park. The organization, started by two Holy Cross students nearly a decade ago, has been building or revitalizing playgrounds for years to ensure no students go to a school without one.  The endgame was reached Saturday, when more than 200 volunteers, all...