Firetraps across city rated and #8216;X’ for danger
WORCESTER – A decade after the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. blaze killed six firefighters and set in motion a push to renovate or tear down dilapidated buildings, more than 24 vacant structures deemed potential hazards to firefighters remain across the city.
Property values drop $1.2 billion
WORCESTER – Continuing on a downward spiral fueled by a foreclosure-riddled housing market, local property values have suffered their biggest single-year slide in more than 15 years.
Telegram and Gazette Santa: Marine and #8217;s sacrifice honored
United States Marine Corps Cpl. Alan R. Auger was 22 years old when he gave his life for his country during Operation Desert Storm on March 8, 1991.
Alleged cop killer shot, maybe dead
SEATTLE – A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was surrounded by police at a Seattle house early today, wounded and possibly dead, authorities said.
Two Memes in One
Here’s a shot from this afternoon, showing the new sidewalk they’re building on Foster Street.This is the sidewalk that goes from the bridge at the beginning of Green Street to the train station.All those folks that have bought and rented places to live in the Canal Zone will have this brand new sidewalk to walk [...]
When flattery turns to annoyance
Attention middle-aged men: Are you concerned about your advancing years? Do you look in the mirror and lament those gray hairs encroaching on your once dark mane and/or beard? Are the lines around your eyes getting longer? Fear not, for a quick ego boost, a return to your younger days, just make a trip to [...]
Conn. budget needs Republicans’ help
The Connecticut state budget crisis continues to worsen, and rather than work on fixing the problems, the majority party spends their time pointing fingers and denouncing Gov. M. Jodi Rell for not making cuts to a budget they themselves passed. Not one Republican in the House voted in favor of the budget, as we felt [...]
The shopping game’s the thing
On a recent trip to one of our local shopping malls, I saw a large number of men sitting on island benches, soft chairs inside stores, or walking aimlessly around people-watching, while their wives traveled from store to store shopping their brains out. It is a given that men do not shop, while women love [...]
Two thumbs down to music critic
It probably happened with the advent of 12-tone music, when it became mandatory for haute culture to bash any music that could be hummed. And so appeared the vitriol about Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose Second Piano Concerto had rapidly become the world’s most beloved classical work, and therefore prey for the kind of vindictiveness regurgitated in [...]
Older drivers taking too much blame
My husband and I agree 100 percent with a letter writer from East Brookfield concerning all the bad news about older drivers being blamed by the news media (Telegram & Gazette, Nov. 6). Every day we see drivers, and they are not elderly, not following the rules of the road, and being the reason for [...]
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