Snow – finis
The snow is pretty much done here.From 10:30 am to 2 pm, we got about three inches.
Smudge Art
Our cat, Smudge, poses for pre-historic cave drawings…Since the furnace is under the kitchen, there are a couple of warm spots that he sprawls out on for hours at a time.
Knight and Day
Posted by Jeremy Shulkin The trailer for “Knight and Day” (formerly “Wichita”), the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz movie with scenes filmed at the Worcester Regional Airport is online. I’d love to be able to write “Look! There’s our airport!” but the problem is some scenes were also filmed at Logan. So, at the very beginning of [...]
Poverty rate cause of tax base woes
The Chamber of Commerce says that the dual-tax rate is stagnating Worcester’s commercial growth. Not true. What’s undermining Worcester’s commercial and residential tax base isn’t the dual tax rate, it’s the growing poverty rate.
Readers offer Senate election choices
I’ve spent 23 years on nuclear submarines fighting for our Constitution, but Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley and District Attorney Joseph Early have filed a “friend of the court” brief with the state Supreme Court, which states that the 2nd through 14th amendments to our Constitution aren’t incorporated, and apply only to federal restrictions: The state [...]
Council’s priorities are questionable
Why do we continue to vote these city councilors into office? They are focusing time and money on a proposal to build a promenade along North Lake Avenue when the highlight of our city, downtown Main Street, is practically a ghost town. Worcester center looks like a backdrop for the “Planet of the Apes.” Instead [...]
Follow rep’s lead on compensation
I think that we should all follow Rep. Paul J. Kujawski’s lead. Why should any of us be told what to do with compensation we earn? Why pay taxes when we know it will just be spent on something stupid, like Mr. Kujawski’s salary and pension? I’m going to direct my funds back to my [...]
Theater show a sheer joy
It’s too bad that the radical liberals and spineless town officials who are trying to rename Christmas as “Winter Solstice” and “Festival of Lights” were not at the Hanover Theatre Dec. 11 to enjoy “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn.” A packed house joined with the cast to sing several traditional Christmas songs and enjoyed a wonderful [...]
Cell tower would be uncalled for
My family and several of our neighbors are very opposed to the proposal to construct a 130 foot-plus cell tower at 445 Prospect Street in Woodstock. This is a rural area where cattle graze, wildlife abounds and crops such as corn and hay are grown – not huge, unsightly, radiation-producing cell towers. This is part [...]
Music programs must be saved
As the government continues to make cuts to our public school system, it has reached a point where music programs could begin disappearing from the education system altogether. As Michael Albert asserted recently, the budget crisis on the east coast is just getting worse. Without political change, and fast, our school system will continue to [...]
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