Higgins armory but I think it’s closed down.

The hell house of Eden.

The purgatory chasm.

Blair witch woods.

BATHSHEBA spooner well.

Spider gates / the 8 gates of hell.

A dedicated team to pick up litter

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Yes, we want to avoid ABA! Everything around worcester seems super ABA focused. 😓 What did you like in Boston?

I’m looking for a public school district that is more progressive (not sure if that is the right word). I mean more affirming of neurodiversity, less focused on behaving “normal.” This is for a high-function 4 year old with ASD. Anything you would recommend? I’m looking especially at Worcester, shrewsbury, and westborough. Thanks!

You can visit medfield state hospital grounds where they filmed shutter island.

There is a private school in Worcester which is for students with autism. I forget the name but you can Google.

Also check into Massachusetts Rehabilitation Coalition. They can help with placement suggestions.

Commenting because I may be in the same boat in a year or two…

If anyone would like to reach out to me I work for an ABA organization in Worcester and we are one of the few that works very closely with the WPS so if anyone is interested in more information feel free to reply here or send me a PM!!!

I am also interested for my grandchild. I think the Worcester schools are overburdened but I specifically don't know about autism or any of their programs. I noticed there are a lot of ABA-based treatment programs around, but they seem kind of old school and not based on the current thinking about neurodiversity. They seem more into treating autism as a disease to be cured which is not what our family is interested in. I would love to hear what others think and also wonder what support groups are available for families. We recently relocated here from the Boston area and I can say that Central Mass is definitely behind on most everything that you would find in Boston.

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I’m 36, thanks. And I know it kept looking wrong but I didn’t care to look up what I was doing wrong!

It's too bad the abandoned Danvers Asylum has long since been torn down. I don't think I've ever been somewhere creepier in my life!

I saw 4 being sold at Market Basket for 7.99. The strawberries looked unripened too

Stone’s Public House in Ashland, also you can now tour the Conjuring House in Burriville RI

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with the checkpoints, but this seems like an oversimplification of the issue. If we say it is constitutional then theoretically we’re also approving other warrantless searches such as the random stop and frisks enacted in NYC under Rudy Guliani. Both are examples of search without probable cause. It’s one thing to argue that the value of increased safety is worth the price, and any court can arbitrarily approve one and not the other, but you have to admit that it’s an end justifies the means policy. In that light I at least understand why people are apprehensive about it.

Leominster State Forest is allegedly home to some Bigfoot and orb(uap) sightings over the years

i’d say westborough state hospital or insane asylum. i haven’t been in years i’m not sure if it’s still standing. they did have security driving around but easy enough to sneak through hole in fence

Her stuff is soooo good. I was happy when I learned she opened a physical location.

Also look up “The Rev” in Fitchburg, also known as Dean Hill Cemetery although I’m pretty sure you could get in trouble for being there after dark.

I don’t know about “haunted”, but some really cool old ruins that are open to the public are Rutland Prison Camp, the stone remnants of an old summer house at the south end of Long Pond in Rutland and the grave for the victims of the Naramore murders at Riverside cemetery in Barre (I know this last one does have some ghost stories surrounding it).

I’ve read this book on it (should be in local bookstores too) but no you’d need to know someone to gain access

https://www.amazon.com/Worcesters-Forgotten-Catacombs-History-Underground/dp/1505415934

The old Rutland hospital site is probably inaccessible at this time of year but it super creepy

Shishkaberrys is one of the best that I’ve found local. They have a mobile truck they drive around, not sure when but they have a website you could check out. Look up Shishkaberrys New England.

Very easy and you end up getting more for your dollar.

My MIL first made them she was obsessed she started making them for everyone for every occasion. She even started decorating them with multiple colored chocolate drizzle and sprinkles etc. 😂