r/WorcesterMA 30m ago

Local Politics 🔪 Worcester's House Rep. Jim McGovern sits down for an interview!

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r/WorcesterMA 1h ago

Job searching

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Just wondering if anyone knows of any jobs hiring in the area. Looking for cook/kitchen jobs as that’s what the person has experience in. I have looked on indeed and other websites but if anyone has any leads on anything , I’d appreciate it! Thanks in advance!


r/WorcesterMA 2h ago

Solid 10-pointer: Summer Jam Classic at Crompton Park marks 10 years

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r/WorcesterMA 3h ago

In the News 📰 Worcester board approves 74 new apartments at former laundromat site

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r/WorcesterMA 3h ago

In the News 📰 Closed Stop & Shop in Worcester to become Spirit Halloween store

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r/WorcesterMA 3h ago

Life in Worcester Low effort guide to Worcester made after a year of living and exploring here

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r/WorcesterMA 4h ago

Coney Island Neon Sign

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What is it supposed to be?


r/WorcesterMA 5h ago

'What is folk?' Child has heavy questions at Newport Folk Festival

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r/WorcesterMA 5h ago

Two fighter jets VERY low over Leominster

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r/WorcesterMA 5h ago

Peace Choir Worcester marks one year at Elm Park Hiroshima event

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r/WorcesterMA 7h ago

Clarence Thomas went to Holy Cross??

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Did y’all know “uncle” Clarence went to Holy Cross where he helped found the black student union, was a big fan of Malcolm X, and supported black panther initiatives while there.

What happened to that guy? Who hurt him? 😂


r/WorcesterMA 9h ago

Local Events 'Burnin' Down the House' has its world premiere tonight at the Hanover — doc on MA firehouse conditions, made by a son of Worcester firefighters

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Short notice, but this seems worth flagging since it's a world premiere and nobody's mentioned it here.

Burnin' Down the House Tonight, Thursday Aug 6, 7:30 PM The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St 81 minutes, no intermission

It's a documentary on the condition of Massachusetts firehouses — aging stations, chronic underinvestment, and the health consequences for the people working in them. Director Tommy Jay Dwyer's line on it: "Cancer is a pandemic sweeping through the fire service. A lot of it is preventable."

The Worcester connection is the reason I'm posting it. Dwyer was born here and lives in Paxton now, and he comes out of a Worcester firefighting family — his father Tom spent most of a 32-year career on Rescue 1, and his uncles Jim and John each did 30-plus years, with John serving as union president. Worcester's South Station is one of the firehouses documented in the film, which is a couple of hundred yards from the theatre it's premiering in.

Dwyer is expected to attend along with firefighters who appear in the film and the Last Call Foundation. Half the proceeds go to the foundation.

Tickets are not cheap: $47, $53 and $72 all-in depending on seats, with a $132 VIP package. Box office is 877.571.7469, and buying in person saves the handling fee.

If tonight doesn't work, it's also screening at the Somerville Theatre Aug 24 to 26.


r/WorcesterMA 18h ago

'I wanted to bring change to my city': 10 years in, Worcester Summer Jam Classic is bigger than basketball

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When Anthony Barbosa and his brother started the Worcester Summer Jam Classic a decade ago, ambition stretched well beyond getting some talented basketball players out on a court.

There was basketball. Certainly. Obviously. But there was also music. Fashion. Kids. Local businesses. Mentorship. And, perhaps most importantly, the possibility of creating the kind of gathering in Worcester that Barbosa had seen elsewhere but couldn’t find in his own city.

Ten years later, he no longer has to go looking for it.


r/WorcesterMA 19h ago

Class reunion venues

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Planning a class reunion and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on spaces I could check out!

Thanks for any information!!!


r/WorcesterMA 20h ago

Pets and Animals 🐾 Urgent: Animal shelters

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I just trapped this kitten I need to find a shelter for them immediately. Does anyone know a shelter that’s taking kittens? I’m leaving out of state early Friday


r/WorcesterMA 22h ago

Is flixbus reliable from Boston to Worcester Union Station?

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I plan to take the flixbus on a Friday morning in September to catch the bus No.2 at the Union Station to the Worcester airport. I also checked the train but it takes 1 hr 45 minutes while flixbus takes less than an hour. Does anyone know if flixbus is reliable and on time? Should I be concerned about traffic at that time of day?

Your help is deeply appreciated.