Tag: fitchburg
Worcester Celebrates Oktoberfest in 2010
Shrewsbury Street is celebrating the annual October tradition of Oktoberfest this weekend. It makes brilliant sense to celebrate a beer and food festival on the hottest street for restaurants and taverns in Worcester. They have actually made a catchy theme of it with the date which is 10-10-10. There will be 10 venues participating with […]
Free Museum Day for Central Mass
This Saturday September 25th the Smithsonian is continuing it’s annual tradition of sponsoring a Free Museum Day across the US. In it’s 6th year this event is a great opportunity to explore area museums for free. Here in Central, Massachusetts there is a wide range of museums. Last year we focused on the Worcester based […]
Worcester’s Hanover Insurance Big Mover in Globe 100
Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester jumped from 69 to Number 5 on the Globe 100 list this year. It also topped the list of Financial Industry companies on the list. Attributing it’s success to a conservative investment strategy Hanover Insurance seemed to be ahead of the rest of us in its views of the equity […]
Worcester 2009 Halloween Planning Guide
Halloween is only 12 days away so it’s time to get cracking on planning your activities. Halloween is not an official type of holiday and contrary to some beliefs is largely not religious. Based on an old Celtic festival celebrating the beginning of the darker seasons of fall and winter it has been adapted as […]
Worcester’s Seven Hills Impacting Central Mass
Last week Children’s Aid and Family Service opened a new $2.5 million facility in Fitchburg. Children’s Aid & Family Service is a non-profit organization owned by Seven Hills Foundation headquartered in Worcester. CAFS has offices in Worcester and Fitchburg and has been serving Central Mass since 1876. The Sentinel reported that the facility will serve […]
Worcester Councilor Haller Advocate for Victims
Worcester City Councilor Barbara Haller has been front and center in the effort to slow down the increase in level 3 sex offendors. She has compiled a list/book with pictures of sex offendors that she recently showed at National Night out. The information was gathered from the sex offender registry which can be accessed online. […]
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