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The unanimous vote paves the way for WinnDevelopment Co. to start work on restoring the historic downtown landmark.

Worcester Living: 21-year-old Misia O'Brien finding success in curvy-model fashion world

WORCESTER — Asked from the witness stand in federal court Thursday whether he regretted meeting developer James E. Levin, Chris Killam didn’t hesitate.  “Yes,” the Holden electrician responded, delivering his answer before a lawyer who didn’t like the question had delivered her objection.  Killam, a licensed electrician since 1987, was the first man Levin hired to manage a 2010 affordable housing project at 5 May St. that would lead to the indictments of the developer and the top city official who oversaw the project.  Levin is serving a 37-month federal prison sentence after adm...

Colleges Are Using COVID as an Excuse for Austerity. Unions Are Pushing Back. Union workers protest layoffs at Harvard University on January 14, 2021, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Stuart Cahill / MediaNews Group / Boston Herald By As COVID-19 swept across the U.S. last winter and spring, colleges and universities adapted swiftly to the situation. Though it was swift, it was not without pain: Just as quickly as professors learned to teach through a screen on Zoom, administrations slashed budgets. In the early days of the pandemic, little was certain about the future — if students would defe...