By Raymond V. Mariano | February 17, 2018 When it comes to our government, celebrities are no more knowledgeable than anyone else. They have no special training, no special experience and no special insights. So why listen to them lecture the rest of us about what is best for our government?
By Joey Biasi | February 17, 2018 Check-cashing stores allow a customer to cash a check without a bank account, but often charge fees to do so. Check-cashing stores can charge these fees because many of their customers don’t have a real choice.
By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 Welcome to the initial installment of an occasional series that introduces readers to the faces -- and talents -- of those who make the Worcester Sun your first choice in local media.
By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 Police arrested a 24-year-old Worcester woman on Friday afternoon, Feb. 9, for allegedly crashing into a parked police car at Main and Chatham streets.
Police were responding to a disturbance call at 531 Main St. when they were told a car had crashed into one of the cruisers. The officers saw that a blue Ford Escape had smashed head-on into the driver’s door of one of the cruisers.
The officers rushed toward the Ford and observed the woman slumped over in the driver’s seat and all the doors locked. One of the officers smashed a rear window to gain entry.
By David Hitch | February 17, 2018 Let’s get one thing straight: Smoking marijuana -- inside, outside, wherever -- is not a new phenomenon for this or any other neighborhood in the city.
By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 A Trump administration proposal to replace part of the nation’s food assistance program with deliveries of government-selected, shelf-stable items is an idea devoid of value — nutritionally and otherwise.
By Michael P. Angelini | February 17, 2018 "Chris Sinacola’s [commentary] regarding the recent Massachusetts legislation prohibiting the sale and possession of bump-stocks substitutes uninformed passion for rational analysis."
By Ann Blaschke | College of the Holy Cross | February 17, 2018 “I was fortunate in several ways. My mother believed me. It was an inappropriate comment perhaps perversely meant as flirtation, however predatory, rather than an assault. And I never had to see him again. America’s elite female gymnasts had far more devastating experiences under recently convicted sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar.”
By Chris Sinacola | February 17, 2018 “Those who draw strength from the Catholic Church do so in part because of the unchanging if difficult theological challenges they encounter. Asking God not to lead us into temptation is an example.”
By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 Have campus news you or your college or university organization would like to share? Let us know by emailing it to info@worcester.ma. Be sure to send a link to the full release on your site or Facebook page so we can include it and point Sun members your way.
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By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 The most fun you’ll have with a calendar of events all week. And you just might learn something, too. Here are some of the best things to do, places to go — and reasons why — over the next few days.
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By Sun Staff | February 17, 2018 Today's obituary listings from Central Mass. funeral homes.
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By Colin A. Young | State House News Service | February 14, 2018 House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he agrees with many of the concerns Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration have raised with the Cannabis Control Commission's draft industry regulations, including the worry that regulators have bitten off more than they can chew by trying to simultaneously launch several different categories of marijuana businesses.
By David Hitch | February 14, 2018 While nobody doubts the high-priced accountants of the well-heeled will leap this latest regulatory hurdle with aplomb, a healthy dose of consternation lingers.
By Sun Staff | February 14, 2018 “Our No. 1 priority is finding listeners so that there are as many people listening to us who can benefit from the radio shows,” director Vince Lombardi said. He said there are about 5,000 legally blind people in Central Massachusetts, and that the nonprofit Audio Journal reaches about 3,500 of them.
By Katie Lannan | State House News Service | February 14, 2018 It's pothole season in Massachusetts, and Gov. Charlie Baker said he'll soon be filing legislation to fix the winter-battered pavement. Also, Setti Warren's gubernatorial campaign accepted the backing of the firefighters’ association in Newton.
By Sun Staff | February 14, 2018 Here are the most popular Worcester Sun articles Feb. 4-10.
By Augustine Kanjia | February 14, 2018 “I was ready to help the gentleman who was the driver’s assistant. It was a game, and I had to play it wisely. I volunteered to help carry a load for a certain woman. She was old and her luggage was heavy, but that was the way I would escape to victory.”
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By Sun Staff | February 14, 2018 Today's obituary listings from Central Mass. funeral homes.
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When it comes to our government, celebrities are no more knowledgeable than anyone else. They have no special training, no special experience and no special insights. So why listen to them lecture the rest of us about what is best for our government?
I have had a few occasions to perform wedding ceremonies for family and close friends . . . I try to make each ceremony a little different. But, they all include the wording “in sickness and in health ... until death do us part.”
"So why would anyone run against Charlie Baker? What is he doing so wrong that a candidate thinks he or she could bring Baker’s stratospheric numbers back down to earth?"
I do not think that every Trump policy is wrong. Sometimes it is hard to see past his deplorable personal behavior to see the value in a Trump policy. But, even though there are only a few, there are some instances where I think President Trump is right.
“Unfortunately, while the overall idea has considerable merit, in my opinion, the Trump proposal is only half-baked. Rather than a thoughtful program that will accomplish the laudable goal of helping more people get back to work and off of government assistance, this program is thin on program details and lacks the financial wherewithal to make it work.”
“Those who draw strength from the Catholic Church do so in part because of the unchanging if difficult theological challenges they encounter. Asking God not to lead us into temptation is an example.”
“The Massachusetts bump stock ban is a case of government overreach that is unlikely to do anything to reduce gun violence. Most mass shootings come with warning signs that should have been recognized beforehand. But prevention is difficult and rarely makes the headlines. Tragedies do, and lawmakers are willing to do anything to show they are responding.”
“King’s words that night serve both as a capsule history of the civil rights movement in the United States, and a fair assessment of the progress made and the distance yet to go.”
“Would you like an increase in pay? Sure you would. Even minimum-wage workers in Massachusetts earning the state’s $11 per hour rate would likely answer the same way. More money, after all, can’t be bad. Except when it is.”
“To critics who say that Bitcoin is speculation in something whose ‘real value’ is less than tangible, I ask, ‘Isn’t cash much the same thing?’ ”
Let’s get one thing straight: Smoking marijuana -- inside, outside, wherever -- is not a new phenomenon for this or any other neighborhood in the city.
While nobody doubts the high-priced accountants of the well-heeled will leap this latest regulatory hurdle with aplomb, a healthy dose of consternation lingers.
On the bright side, being the former president of the Massachusetts Senate is probably better than never being Senate president at all.
Are you telling us we got Tommy Heinsohn all worked up for nothing?
President Trump gave his State of the Union address last week. It was as tremendous as we all expected.
A Trump administration proposal to replace part of the nation’s food assistance program with deliveries of government-selected, shelf-stable items is an idea devoid of value — nutritionally and otherwise.
Through his work ethic, kindliness and shelves of staples and surprises, Ed Hyder built — day by day, customer by customer — such a successful life. His unexpected death Tuesday is a big loss for the family he so obviously cherished, and that includes all of us.
On the bright side, being the former president of the Massachusetts Senate is probably better than never being Senate president at all.
Are you telling us we got Tommy Heinsohn all worked up for nothing?
The Worcester Public Schools’ New Citizens Center program is still getting its bearings after just one year. And — as not-quite-adult newcomers to the U.S. — its students are struggling to get theirs. Criticism is important, but so is patience. The key is excellence, whatever the setting.
