Facebook is having tech issues at the moment and you can't see any of the comments. (At least on my web browser.)

So basically, the site is now 100% more usable.

Chavez-DeRemer has been outlasted by the Job Corps, the free job training program she sought to eliminate.

I broke news of Trump Administration efforts to shutter Job Corps through a "temporary pause" last May, which ultimately failed.

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A picture of two traffic bollards in Australia. Caption reads: "Australian bollards are white, with a red reflector on the front, and a grey reflector on the back. NOTE: New Zealand uses a bollard where the red reflector wraps around the back, meaning the reflector goes from end to end while the Australian one stops in the middle."

I've been playing GeoGuessr (actually OpenGuessr because I refuse to pay) for a while now, and I've gotten to the point where I'm pretty good. Unfortunately, hitting the next level would require memorizing stuff like this, so I think I've plateaued.

It MIGHT be possible to have one vote where they say "we will opt-in to regular stretch on X date and then opt-back-in to specialized on Y date," but Bergman and others are saying a "pause" doesn't require a vote and the City is free to just stop enforcing the specialized aspects of the code.

They could do a "pause" by opting back into the "regular" stretch codes we had before, then commit to opting-in back to the specialized code later. But...city leaders can promise they'll eventually go back to specialized code, but there would be nothing that would legally require them to.

Not a lawyer, just a humble journalist, but from what I can tell there's no language allowing for a "pause" in state law. Once you adopt one of three code options, municipalities are bound to follow that code. Non-enforcement of some parts of the code may open a legal can-of-worms.

Worcester weighs pause on energy code amid business pushback Questions remain about how Worcester would go about implementing a pause of enforcement.

It's clear Worcester business organizations and many developers want a pause of the City's specialized "stretch" code. What's less clear is how the City would actually go about that. My latest for WBJ:

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They used to be the Massachusetts Pirates. Their original home was landlocked Worcester.

Artemis crew experiencing the equivalent of landing right on time but then it taking forever for the plane to get to the gate.

TIL I learned Franklin appears in a Japanese arcade fighting game, complete with a spoof of a Rockland Trust branch.

UMass Chan names next chancellor McManus is professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at UMass Chan’s T.H. Chan School of Medicine, founding director of UMass Chan’s Program in Digital Medicine, and is responsible for establi...

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We should know who the next UMass Chan chancellor will be around 4:30 today.

Im going to try to make it.

100%. Everyone is going about today like it's business as usual and it's driving me a bit crazy.

Wormtown reopens larger Worcester taproom following 10-month overhaul The newly-renovated space is 8,609 square feet, nearly double the size of the former 4,500-square-foot taproom.

Wormtown Brewery reopened its Worcester taproom Friday with a new look and nearly doubled capacity, after shifting its production to Framingham.

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There's an extreme amount of irony in the fact that the guy who became famous for his catchphrase of "you're fired" refuses to actually acknowledge when he's firing someone.

Lots of stuff to be cynical about right now, but this is great.

Cannabis Confidential: A few industry big boys putting out quality marijuana flower Cannabis Confidential: A few industry big boys putting out quality marijuana flower

I've found myself feeling nostalgic about my old weed column in Worcester Mag as of late. And even though I like to think my journalism/writing skills have come a long way in the last four years, I'm still proud of this one! www.worcestermag.com/story/lifest...

I'll save you the click: Worcester not included. Portland, Maine comes in at #10 and is the only New England city on the list.

Fun fact with the Japanese PM visiting the White House: I was born a few hours after George H.W. Bush passed out and threw up on the lap of then-PM Kiichi Miyazawa. I've been told the doctors were discussing it as the C-section was going on.

Well my summer vacation plans are now ruined.

Charges dropped against Georgia teens whose teacher died during toilet paper prank The teacher's family had asked for charges, including one of homicide, to be dropped "to prevent a separate tragedy from occuring" over the prank turned fatal.

Charges dropped against Georgia teens whose teacher died during toilet paper prank

"I'm Innocent. I Can Prove It." EPISODE 341: The road.

As a journalist, I generally try to stay clear of anything that can be labeled as activism, but I called into Texas Prison Radio tonight with a simple message: Free Charles Flores.

You can find out more about his case here:
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@pablo.show

Baby needs his bottle.

Craft beer is facing a similar crisis of business closures, some of which is related to pressures felt by cannabis businesses, but I have yet to hear anyone argue the state should limit the amount of craft brewers. If a new grower can somehow enter this market successfully, isn't that a good thing?

‘We need to hit the brakes’: Plummeting pot prices are tanking the Massachusetts marijuana industry - The Boston Globe While consumers are happy, low prices have launched the industry into turmoil.

The reality is we always knew this price compression was going to happen. This article would have been a lot stronger if it featured someone talking about potential pitfalls of limiting new licenses.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/11/b...

All of Worcester smells like weed today.

(This is a compliment, not a complaint)

Healey working on small business energy costs as affordability issues pile up Massachusetts is wrangling with a raft of affordability challenges.

“I will also say, without tipping our hand to programs that maybe the governor is not ready to talk about yet, we do have a whole bunch of ideas on mitigating some of the energy costs for businesses, particularly small businesses.”

So basically, a concept of a plan.

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Candlepin Bowling - Jim Flynn vs. Joe Tavernese YouTube video by Wolfman12395

Jim Flynn has passed away after a battle with stage 4 cancer, according to a Facebook post from his sister. Flynn appeared on Channel 5's Candlepin Bowling show and New Hampshire's Candlepin Stars & Strikes. #RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=F276...

Worcester Memorial Auditorium: Off Limits Tour | PW Webpage

INBOX: Preservation Worcester is offering tours of the Worcester Memorial Auditorium later this month. Tickets are $30-35.

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