Joe’s Albums is right next to the Palladium. Great record store. Super good dude.

The everyday maintenece of the T was put off in order to expand the system. Enough.

tf lmao

My bill was nearly 170 dollars a month and I told them I wanted to cancel cable. Walked away with cable and internet for almost $70/month. Unreal

No handing out candy is socialism

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I think people from Worcester should be given as few ways to easily leave the city as possible, I certainly don't want them walking the streets of my town

F-15 is not a Navy plane and 99% these are based out of Springfield with MA Air national guard

I live near there. I like that it's woman owned as well. I'll give them a call!

That guy just mad at the world 🤣

What a tremendous waste of money that would be.

Five year olds don't understand the concept of taxes, but they might have some concept of the value of nicer parks to play in and a better place to call home. (They might not quite be ready to discuss historic preservation).

FY22 Annual Budget has a breakdown of revenues and expenses: https://opendata.worcesterma.gov/documents/be84fb023e6c45c89000c7f6d281c263/explore

This is a state program that is partially funded by fees recorded at county registries of deeds. There is a pot of money used for matching funds that Worcester currently receives none of because we haven't adopted CPA. Other cities have seen a lot of benefits from the additional revenue (worth noting that CPA funds can't be used to pay for other standard city operating expenses, only new projects that fall under one of the specified categories).

Totally disagree. I’ve only ever had pleasant music conversations with the owner and I’ve found some titles there I haven’t been able to find elsewhere. I’m sorry you didn’t have a great experience though.

A committee would be formed, made up primarily of members of other boards (conservation commission, historic preservation, affordable housing trust, etc.) - they would be the ones to evaluate funding proposals and send the best on to city council for approval. This is all written into the Act, so Worcester can't circumvent the committee and only very specific uses of the funds are allowed.

Nothing that literally compels them to spend the money, but they are required to set up a committee (populated in part from other relevant city boards/commissions) which collects proposals and recommends which to fund. City council would ultimately approve the use of those funds. No reason the city shouldn't want the extra cash to spend, though. Also the new affordable housing trust can be allocated CPA funding to help with projects they choose to support. (Source: used to work as a planner developing CPA plans).

I'm not 100% opposed to the idea, but I think I-190 is pretty serviceable as a means of getting between Worcester and Leominster.

If I had to pick between using a commuter rail to go there, or driving, I probably would drive, more often than not.

[Now - Worcester and Providence? That would be something I'd be a little more on-board with.]

I bought a 2008 Civic for $2,000 the other day from a private seller off of Facebook Marketplace. (High millage and cosmetic damage, but it runs and drives). Definitely checkout Marketplace, Craigslist, etc. There are definitely some cheap options. When I'm looking at buying something off of there I make a habit of checking for five minutes every day in case something really good comes up.

I don't trust the current office holders to use the money as they should. I fear the cause will be revitalize or improving Polar Park. We also know affordable housing isn't their goal.

I don’t necessarily think that is warranted but a service to Lowell, or even Lawrence, that stops in leominster from worcester makes way too much sense.

I wonder if he gives out full size candy bars at Halloween…

Rats Nest on Grove St. Rachael is great!

Grafton Hill in Worcester, or maybe Main South. Cleghorn or John Fitch in Fitchburg.

I grew up near a part of the old Boston-Albany grade that was lost in a flood back in 1955. I spent many years running horses up a couple miles of leftover track bed, and that's what spawned my interest in railroad history, and also local history.

The section of the railroad that I lived near was destroyed by a flood in 1955. Unfortunately, the railroad never could have been rebuilt after that flood. The flood devastated several towns, and many lives were lost. The river literally moved itself, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came and built the dams and the watershed that we have now. It was proven quite necessary. At least twice in my lifetime, I've seen the high water mark changed. If that dam wasn't built, I don't even want to think of the losses the local area would have sustained.

You can come visit and find old remnants of what was the Boston-Albany line if you know where to look. There is still some active freight railroad in the area, but it's a shadow of what it used to be.

Most of the rail near my house is now a rail trail. There are many fragments of rusted rails, rotten ties, old cinder trackbeds, steel trestles, and even some stone bridge abutments.

If you walk along the trail in the early morning fog, let your mind fade into black and white, breathe deeply, and let your imagination go, you can see the old steam locomotive coming through the old stone bridge by the river....

I live close to Chandler, this might be my best bet.