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If the coronavirus pandemic was supposed to send people fleeing high-priced dense cities in favor of more affordable options where people can work remotely, the Worcester area has not been a major beneficiary. A new analysis by the real estate firm CBRE Group shows fewer people moved out of the Worcester metropolitan area in 2020 than did in 2019, at least from those moving to or from elsewhere in Massachusetts. But fewer also moved in, leaving the area with what appears to be only a slight advantage. Nearly all those departing residents stayed close by, CBRE found in its national look at whe...

KEYNOTES: Residents recall outdoor rinks of yesterday Rosemary Rimkus The frigid temperatures have frozen sections of the Assabet River and area ponds, allowing locals to continue the time-honored tradition in Hudson of outdoor skating. Hudson resident Dave O’Neil, 94, member of the 1943-44 Hudson High School hockey team, recalls that Tripp’s Pond was always frozen in those days by the end of December, and provided practice space for the team. “We practiced daily on a rink we cleared at Tripp’s, and then played all our games at the old Boston Arena,” he recalled, “traveling by bus...

Growing @properties Developer Services: John Goldsworthy joins Sales Management / Operations Team by Timothy Inklebarger February 03, 2021 @properties Developer Services is growing its new-construction-sales operations team and has named John Goldsworthy to serve as director of development sales and marketing, according to a press release. The firm, located jointly in Chicago and Atlanta, is known in Atlanta as @Ansley Developer Services and Ansley Real Estate and is an affiliate of Chicago-based @properties. “Minimizing risk and maximizing returns for residential real estate developers req...

"Pushing through" is Alex’s mantra. He receives therapy twice a week through Aspire Health Alliance in Quincy. He takes the bus and said he never misses an appointment. He explains his approach to dealing with his past. “You have to work through your emotions. It’s like you open a closet and there’s a pile of dirty clothes. You have to wash, fold and put them away. You can’t keep that pile in there and keep throwing another dirty shirt on the pile.” Alex has battled through difficult circumstances. Working since he was 14, he became homeless at the age of 23, and then lived i...

That's a wrap! Post-filming, toys from 'Black Friday' movie set find new homes in Worcester Kim Ring, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Ashley Green WORCESTER - After production wrapped on the upcoming film Black Friday, which is set in a toy store, two truckloads of new toys used on set were donated to Westerman's Restaurant Equipment and Prop House. On Saturday, December 19, 2020, a drive-by event was held to donate those toys to families in need. WORCESTER - Not too long ago Rebecca Greene, a set designer working on a movie, transformed a former Babies R Us into a fully s...