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The television ad will run in the Boston, Manchester, Worcester, Providence and Springfield markets.

Worcester has changed a lot over the last decade and a half. Not only has its downtown been physically transformed through a half-billion-dollar revitalization project, but City Manager Ed Augustus said the city in the heart of the commonwealth is carrying itself with a refreshed attitude.

City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said the city in the heart of the commonwealth is carrying itself with a refreshed attitude.

But there are some challenges that are going to have to be overcome first. "I am committed to supporting the arts and enabling a full rebound," said state Sen. Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester, however, "what lies ahead is more difficult than where we've come from." "At the bigger level get vaccinations in peoples' arms. That is the quickest darned way  we're going to be able to get back to normal," said Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. The legislative breakfast has been held since 2005, but Erin Williams, executive director of the Worcester Cultural Coalition, noted that hi...

Libraries see big increase in digital check outs, but physical books hold appeal Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette © ASHLEY GREEN, T&G Staff/Ashley Green WORCESTER - Executive director Jason Homer shows off renovations to the children's floor at the Worcester Public Library on Thursday, February 4, 2021. The ceiling will replicate the sky and change to resemble day and night throughout the course of the day. It's an interesting reading item. According to CW MARS, a library consortium whose members consist of many local area libraries including the Worcester Public Librar...