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Kirk A. Davis President Kathleen Real Publisher x331

September 22 - 28, 2016 n Volume 42, Number 4

4O Years of Worcester Magazine

Walter Bird Jr. Editor x322 Steven King Photographer x323 Joshua Lyford x325, Tom Quinn x324 Reporters Tom Matthews Reporter and Social Media Coordinator Sarah Connell, Brendan Egan, Brian Goslow, Janice Harvey, Jim Keogh, Jim Perry, Jessica Picard, Corlyn Vooorhees, Contributing Writers T.J. Anania, Andrew Michaels, Emma Ogg, Editorial Interns

Don Cloutier Director of Creative Services x141 Kimberly Vasseur Creative Director/Assistant Director of Creative Services x142 Matthew Fatcheric, Becky Gill, Stephanie Mallard, David Rand Creative Services Department Helen Linnehan Ad Director x333 Diane Galipeau x335, Rick McGrail x334, Media Consultants Lucy Higgins Media Coordinator x332 Michelle Purdie Classified Sales Specialist x433 Worcester Magazine is an independent news weekly covering Central Massachusetts. We accept no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts. The Publisher has the right to refuse any advertisement. LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES: Please call 978.728.4302, email sales@centralmassclass.com, or mail to Central Mass Classifieds, P.O. Box 546, Holden, MA 01520

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our decades. Think about how much has happened, how much has changed, how far we have come as a people and as a nation over that time. Worcester Magazine has had the distinct privilege of bearing witness to, and relaying to readers near and far, so many of the events that have shaped our communities over the past 40 years. From our very first issue in 1976, to the one you hold in your hands, we have been honored to be relied upon, turned to and called upon to help you learn about and digest news, first as a monthly, then a biweekly, now every week and every day. From the days when your fingers turned black from thumbing through our pages, to now, when you can simply click the key on a computer or your cell phone and enter the world of Worcester Magazine. So much has changed. How we deliver the news certainly has. Our audience has. Our competition has. Some former colleagues have moved on, some former competitors have shuttered their windows and locked their doors. Our industry has weathered storms big and small, and guess what? Surprise of surprises, print journalism is still around. Look at the Telegram & Gazette, celebrating 150 years. Sure, it has undergone dramatic change over the years. Just recently, it changed its website. So, too, did Worcester Magazine. Other news outlets have joined us in vying for advertising dollars and jockeying for your attention. Some are of the socalled “new media” variety, the digital age. 1976 Together, we bring you the news: the good, like Worcester’s downtown 2016 renaissance, and the bad, like the Cold Storage Fire of 1999. We bring you the political, the social and everything in between. At 40 years old and growing strong, Worcester Magazine could be no prouder to be a voice for our readers and an avenue for our advertisers. We are as strong and as viable as ever, a reflection, really, of the people and communities we serve. Resilient, tough, determined, demanding and unrelenting. It is how we all make it through this crazy thing called life. It isn’t much different as a newspaper. You can’t give up, you can’t give in and you can’t be deterred to the critics and naysayers. You listen, most definitely. And, hopefully, you learn and move on for the better. What you hold in your hands – whether in print form or on your cell phone or PC – is the culmination of all that. From Day One, a never say die attitude and a spirit that saw what was possible, not what couldn’t be done – for the communities and people we cover. From the very first ownership group to now, a love for journalism and for the people we serve. We hope, over the next 100-plus pages, to take you down memory lane and back again – right up to the present. You’ll see photos, synopses of some of the top stories that have appeared on these pages over the years and you’ll meet the owners who took risks – and oftentimes reaped precious little reward – to make sure this little engine that could kept on puffing. This journey we are on, we have not taken it alone. You have been with us from the beginning, and we could not for a moment do it without you. So, from all of us at Worcester Magazine and The Holden Landmark Corporation: Thank you. Thank you for 40 years of ups and downs, good times and bad times, the expected and unexpected and so much more. We plan to be around for 40 more years and longer, so buckle yourselves in folks. You ain’t seen nothing yet. - Walter Bird Jr. Editor

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Worcester Magazine: Different owners, different visions, burning passions Tom Quinn

Do you like Worcester Magazine? Thank the Worcester Telegram and Gazette for turning down one of the cofounders when he applied for a job at the daily paper. Or thank the arsonists who set the original office on fire, allowing the magazine’s staff to prove they were for real when the next issue came out on time anyway. Thank the succession of owners who improved quality control and expanded printing operations, or the local businessman who subsidized the paper for years, or the current owner who kept the paper afloat through the worst period in history for American print media.

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FILE PHOTOS The readers will always be the most important part of a paper – but the people who put up money to fund the operation deserve some recognition now and again. Dan Kaplan and Ryck Bird Lent founded Worcester Magazine in 1976, when both were fresh out Worcester Magazine founders, Dan Kaplan of college. They (left) and Ryke Bird Lent would be the first owners of a Small Business’ [in college],” Kaplan, paper that has now gone through five who would drop out of school at one ownership periods over 40 years. point, said. “The thesis I wrote was “I took a class called, ‘Starting a Worcester Magazine.”

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Kaplan and Lent were not Worcester natives, both coming from the Midwest to the Bay State for different reasons. In fact, Kaplan was only in Worcester for an interview with the Telegram, and happened to reach out to the Small Business Service Bureau for a job when the Telegram gave him the bad news, getting offered a job on the spot that would prove crucial to the success of Worcester Magazine down the line. “We were carpetbaggers, with no real connection to Worcester,” Lent, who was part of a similar paper in Ohio, laughed. But the paper thrived, starting out as a paid monthly magazine, evolving into biweekly, then a free weekly. The paper was a “gateway for talent” — a phrase used by more than one owner — and established a reputation as a muckraking,

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Chris Nesbitt (inset) purchased Worcester Magazine from Kaplan, but only a year later, sold it to Loren Ghiglione (above).

investigative force, even if it didn’t have the readership of the Telegram or the Gazette, or the advertising dollars to keep up with its lofty goals. Kaplan said while part of the point was a business idea, the early days were not all about moneymaking. “We were young and naive, and we didn’t need to make a million dollars on day one,” Kaplan said. The take-no-prisoners reporting, going after the truth and not worrying about angering the powers that be, led to a famous moment in WoMag

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history. Kaplan and Lent both recalled the 1980 fire vividly. Lent was driving by the West Street office to buy a pack of cigarettes when he noticed smoke. Lent’s theory has always been it was the work of a group connected with rehabilitating Union Station, who had some among them with prior connections to arson, and who were not happy about coverage in Worcester Magazine. In the days before the internet, the damage was debilitating, but the staff pulled together across three temporary offices !and put out al

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the paper on time the next week, proving to the community the magazine was for real, and not just a fever dream of two 20-something outof-towners. “I think it showed people that we were persistent, that we weren’t going away,” Lent said. “When I smell burning today, I still think of that day.” Lent left the company in 1984 for personal reasons, but Kaplan stayed until 1986, when he passed the torch to local bank executive Chris Nesbitt. He might have been a money man, but Nesbitt lived in Worcester and was also a fan of the paper, in addition to seeing a golden “acquisition opportunity.” Nesbitt also articulated one theme many successive owners would latch onto – the necessity of making Worcester Magazine more professional, while maintaining l! that made it so tone mer Specia umalternative Sthe

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beloved among readers fed up with the “Old Gray Lady,” as Nesbitt called the Telegram and Gazette. “In its early days, Worcester Magazine was a bit snarky and threw itself around a little bit,” Nesbitt said. “And, at times, the publication sort of stepped in it, as it were, and didn’t care where it splashed and how it splashed. While I thought that was good, to be edgy, it wasn’t good in the long-term. It wasn’t good if we couldn’t be right about it. I wanted us to be as professional as we could be, because if you were taking on the Old Gray Lady, it wasn’t hard to be edgier than them. But they clearly were a much bigger staff and had much more resources and were more experienced, so we had to be more correct, more accurate and dig deeper, dig harder.” Nesbitt would own the paper for only one year, selling it to local newspaper magnate Loren Ghiglione in 1987. Ghiglione said he remembers Worcester Magazine being different in tone to his other community newspapers, centered in Southbridge, which “was perhaps an issue” in hindsight. His printing operations and distribution network would be a key factor in why Nesbitt sold the paper to him – and likewise, Ghiglione said Allen Fletcher’s business acumen and local Worcester ties were the deciding factor in his decision to sell in 1992. “It was important for me to have a strong local person, and I felt good about him and what he would do with the paper,” Ghiglione said. “And I don’t think I was disappointed.” Worcester Magazine has nearly always been linked to other publications, from early days when Kaplan and Lent started the Worcester Business Journal to the present day connection to the Holden Landmark Corporation. Worcester Magazine continued on page 8

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can also take credit for the start of another publication – the Worcester Phoenix, an alternative offshoot of the Boston Phoenix that covered Wormtown from 1993 to 2001. The story, as told by Fletcher and recalled by Ghiglione, was that the Boston Phoenix ownership group attempted to purchase Worcester Magazine when it went up for sale. When they couldn’t secure the sale, the Phoenix group decided to break into the Worcester market anyway. “They had quite a reputation as vicious and vindictive people. I was always warned about them,” Fletcher said. “And sure enough, as soon as the sale was announced, that very night the Phoenix announced they were coming into Worcester. They were heady days.” With an inherited fortune, Fletcher moved back to his hometown of Worcester from California with an appreciation for alt-weeklies and a desire and the means to make something like that work in central Massachusetts. “I was not the most experienced businessperson in the world,” Fletcher said. “I had a faith that it would make it, that you could have a successful publication. I had a strong faith in that, which was ill-founded. But my reasons for buying it were essentially emotional.” Fletcher recalls “advocacy journalism” over issues ranging from urban planning to the fight over Medical City. An expanded staff and the poaching of key employees from the Telegram and Gazette would lead to an increased role in the community, even as the publication was “bleeding money,” as Fletcher put it. “Those were the early days, when you put everything you had into every issue,” Fletcher said. “After a

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Former owner, Allen W. Fletcher, and current owner, Kirk Davis, chat at the 2016 Worcester Magazine Best of Worcester party.

while – your first one is a big deal, your second one is a big deal, your first 10 are a big deal, your first 25 are a big deal. And then it’s like pickets on a picket fence. And that’s when bad ones start getting away from

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you. There were abysmally bad cover stories that we did … it’s never the golden age you look back on.” But the paper was doing better journalism than ever over Fletcher’s 16-year tenure as owner and writer –

in an attempt to save his editor some money in the budget, Fletcher himself agreed to six feature stories per year in addition to a weekly interview column. There was “blood on the floor” when Fletcher decided to sell

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the paper to Kirk Davis in 2008. The deal came just as the economy crashed, and much of the staff was laid off. “It was arguably one of the worst-timed newspaper acquisitions,” Davis said. “I don’t know if anyone else was within two weeks of Lehman Brothers collapsing … [but] we were taking the long view. That’s my view of publishing – you have to look beyond the disruption taking place in the space today.” In addition to his role as the CEO of Gatehouse Media, one of the largest newspaper conglomerates in the country, Davis owned the Holden Landmark and a few other regional publications. Calling Worcester Magazine an “anchor” to build around, Davis said he was most Owner Kirk Davis in front of the Worcester Magazine proud of the magazine’s offices at 72 Shrewsbury St. “Chasing Ebola” cover story, in which the wake of an economic crash and the current editor and photographer were transition to digital media. sent to Liberia in West Africa to report “There are precious few on the disease. It’s an example of the publications in the United States with kind of innovative thinking Davis said the print history going back 40 years will save local media. that are growing right now,” Davis “We are deep in research and said. “And Worcester Magazine is development mode right now,” Davis growing.” said. “We’re looking at a lot of digital interests that will connect the city in a way I don’t think we see happening now.” As the current owner, Davis is in a Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached unique position to look to the future at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ of the paper. But he is also aware of worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, the past, and the many other print feedback, or questions. Follow him on publications that have fallen in the Twitter @bytomquinn.

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Well, well, well. Worcester Magazine is turning 40. She doesn’t look a day over 20 to

Twenty years ago, then-editor Walter Crockett asked me if I had a column in one of my desk drawers. He had a hole to plug up in editorial, and as a regular contributor, my phone number was handy. It just so happened I did have an opinion piece at the ready – a column about a character named “Booga” who had fought the good fight against cancer and lost. That column — my first — won an award from the New England Press Association, now known as the New England Newspaper and Press Association. So began my career as Womag’s columnist. My sassy mouth has gotten me into trouble more than once, and while I never ran a retraction, I have run for the hills. I took off for Florida after I stupidly poked fun at tattoos. I learned it’s good to double-check when you’re told that a person is dead, because no man likes to read that he passed away while sipping his morning cup of

coffee. You’d be amazed how touchy people can be. Worcester Magazine has undergone many face lifts and changes as she ages. I’ve lived through more editors than I have gray hairs on my head (that’s a lie, but you get my drift), some of whom were great to work for, while others were … not. I’ve engaged in actual wrestling matches in the office over content. Mike Warshaw and I have remained close friends despite the fact that I can take him two out of three without fighting dirty. Secretly, I still worship Walter Crockett for knocking me off my own pedestal once or twice. I came aboard shortly after Allen Fletcher acquired the paper, and I credit him with turning the weekly into a must-read. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing some amazing people. From everyday Joes to celebs and writers, I’ve chatted with some inspiring characters. Yet,

conversations with actor Denis Leary, authors William Styron and Alice Hoffman and home-grown novelists Jack O’Connell and John Dufresne were no more memorable than visiting foster homes and jails. I consider myself a lucky dame to be able to write freely whatever comes to mind, and have it published. Outlets for writers don’t grow on trees, as my mother would say, and I never take for granted the great good luck that I fell into when Walter Crockett needed me. I’m grateful to my readers. They’ve stroked my delicate writer’s ego and tarred and feathered me without hesitation. I like to think that both praise and criticism have made me a better columnist; I hope my words will always reflect the unique voice of my hometown. Happy Anniversary, Worcester Magazine. You look marvelous.

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November “D’AMICO: WHAT THE STICKERS DIDN’T TELL YOU” In 1976, Gerry D’Amico was running for state Senate in Worcester’s First District. The winner would supplant John Conte, who left the Statehouse to become District Attorney. D’Amico, of course, would go on to serve in the Senate from 1977-1987, and lose a bid for lieutenant governor.

“BATTLING FOR BOTTLE BILL VOTES” It seems a distant memory now, but in the ’70s the battle over a 5-cent deposit for soda and beer cans and bottles raged. Robert Hanna takes a look at the campaign that went into the bottle bill. In more recent times, some proponents have called for water bottles to Ronnie Perry Jr. set a Holy Cross College record with 2,524 points. be added to the mix. “THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN” Ken Moynihan writes about the Mustard Seed and the

“A CITY’S DILEMMA; A NEIGHBORHOOD’S TRAGEDY” In the inaugural edition of Worcester Magazine, the feature story centers on 15-year-old Lee Rivernider, who was shot in the head and killed Aug. 15, 1976 in a parking lot adjacent to the Ludlow Elementary School.

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“SPENCER POLITICS: WET AND DIRTY” A story by Jeff Hunter looks at how a proposal to update the town’s water system caused community-wide discord.

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“REACHING FOR THE TOP! CAN RONNIE PERRY JR. LEAD HOLY CROSS BACK TO NATIONAL STARDOM?” A young Ronnie Perry Jr. was the center of a story by Robert Hanna, looked to by fans of the Crusaders’ men’s basketball team to lead it back to the glory days – which, ironically enough, had been led by Perry’s father, who was the Holy Cross athletic director when his son came to the Hill. Perry Jr. would go on to set the school scoring record, with 2,524 points.

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“THE BIRD AT HOME: SUPERSTAR STATUS ASIDE, WHEN MARK FIDRYCH GOES HOME TO NORTHBORO, HE’S STILL ‘FID’ TO HIS FRIENDS” For a time in the mid-’70s, Northboro native Mark Fidrych lit ablaze Major League Baseball with his antics on the mound and his naturally good “stuff” as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers. Back home, however, he was just a kid from Northboro – a boy with three sisters. Writer Robert Hanna captures the craze that surrounded Fidrych in 1976.

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“IS CITY HOSPITAL SERIOUSLY ILL?” City Hospital in Worcester, and its problems at the time, is examined by writer Tom Smaldone.

April

“SHOULD WE BUILD IT?” If you are a true Worcesterite, you remember the drama surrounding the plan to build a downtown civic center. Steve Helman writes about the controversy surrounding it. All these years later, what is now called the DCU Center seems to be enjoying a resurgence after some lean years.

“STALKING THE GRIN: IN WHICH OUR REPORTER AND THE PRESIDENT RENDEZVOUS IN CLINTON” Tad Sadowski shadows then-President Jimmy Carter during his visit to Clinton in 1977.

February “GROWING UP WITH ALCOHOL” An unflinching look at teenage drinking by Tad Sadowski, with illustrations from Phil Ginkus, the story blends personal stories with statistics and information on where to get help.

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“HOW MUCH DO THEY MAKE?” A look at the salaries of many people working or living in and around Worcester. Did you know Northborough’s Mark “The Bird” Fidrych earned a starting salary with the Detroit Tigers of $16,500?

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“AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE MAGICAL SPAG” Everyone, as Charlie Pierce captures in this story, knew Anthony Borgatti Jr. They just knew him better as “Spag.” For years, his Shrewsbury store was a mustdestination for locals and non-locals, alike. People came from all over the continued on page 16

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country – and beyond – to check out the “Home of Spag-tacular Values.”

May “THE LANDLORD - GO - ROUND: TENANTS TAKEN FOR RIDE?” The old Mount Village housing project was shrouded in controversy and legal battles. Tad Sadowski and Harvy Lipman look at why tenants rose up against their landlord.

June “BEST & WORST ’77” Worcester Magazine’s Best Of is always a big get for readers every year. Back in the day, we actually did a Best & Worst Of. Here’s a sample: Best Politician: Gerry D’Amico. Worst: J. Jacob Gordon.

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religion was, well, controversial. Tom Smaldone checked out the Church of Scientology of Worcester.

August “CLINTON’S LONGEST STRIKE” The Ray-O-Vac flashlight factory had a four-month-long strike that left some employees feeling their union grew stronger. “JAMES BOND IS BACK BUT WHO CAN LOVE HIM?” A not-so-flattering review of Roger Moore’s turn as the iconic English agent in the lead role for “The Spy Who Loved Me.”

September “WELCOME TO FANTASY LAND!” Rod Steiger. Jimmy Carter. Steve Martin. King Midas. These are just some of the people prominent folks around Worcester said they’d want to be, if they could be someone else. A fun exercise in stepping outside yourself, as written by Charlie Pierce.

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“THE GAY SCENE IN WORCESTER: ‘WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN’” Long before the city earned perfect marks for its efforts to welcome the LGBTQ community, gays were advocating for better treatment. Shirley Standring talks with some of them to find out just how welcoming and tolerant the city was of their lifestyle.

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November “STUCK ON WORCESTER’S GUMSHOES” Tagging along with a private eye, Kathleen Hardiman describes life as a gumshoe. “INCIDENT ON MERRICK STREET” “At 1:15 a.m. on March 16, Mark Thomas was padding silently around the parlor of his girlfriend’s apartment on Larch St.” That begins Charles Pierce’s paragraph about “The Incident,” which led to claims of two men being beaten by police.

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July “SCIENTOLOGY: WORCESTER’S NEWEST RELIGION OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER RACKET?” Long before Tom Cruise made it great fodder for the tabloids, the controversial

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“THE STRANGE TALE OF WHY DONALD RONDEAU IS BEHIND BARS” Charlie Pierce examines the story of Don Rondeau, jailed for a robbery he claimed he did not commit. “INTERVIEW: LEVY ON POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES” A Q&A with Jordan Levy, former city councilor and mayor, now a dominant radio talk show host for WTAG.

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February “A WARD FOR VIOLENT WOMEN: A CONTROVERSY WITHOUT END” The old Worcester State Hospital generated no small amount of opposition with the idea of a special ward to, “treat severely mentally ill and physically dangerous women.”

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April “WOMEN IN WORCESTER: THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’” A look at women breaking through barriers in Worcester, with profiles on several of them. “MEAN STREETS: PROBLEMS WITH SOME SNOW JOBS AND THE DIVISION OF PLOW SHARES” Blame Paul Moosey if you want, but issues with plowing in Worcester, and the jockeying of contractors for plum jobs, date much further back. Then-City Clerk Robert O’Keefe.

“WORCESTER’S COCAINE: THE SOLID GOLD SNOWSTORM Using pseudonyms, sources talked to writers Charlie Pierce and Steven D’Agostino about the prevalence of cocaine in Worcester.

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“AIRPORT ’78: IS ANYONE IN CONTROL?” A clever headline leads readers into a story about Worcester Municipal Airport. If you’re new to the city, and wonder about the future of the airport, you ain’t seen nothing. Uncertainty and other issues have long dogged the airport.

“THE SECRET LIVES OF WORCESTER’S ILLEGAL ALIENS” Long before cries for a wall along the border of Mexico, and well before Donald Trump’s call for a moratorium on Syrian refugees, illegal aliens in Worcester were a controversial topic.

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May “25 YEARS LATER THE QUESTION IS: WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?” The day of Tuesday, June 9, 1953 started out innocently enough. By day’s end a tornado had left devastation in its wake throughout Worcester and beyond. Writer Jeff Hunter talks to some who said, at the time, if a similar tornado had touched down again, the results would be much the same.

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“BEST & WORST ’78” Worcester Magazine presents its Best and Worst. Among the nods: “Worst Unsold Property: Union Station – So huge and empty and rundown that it houses

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“THE GREAT VOTER BATTLE” Paul Pierce, as only he can, breaks down efforts to register Hispanic voters, as well as a breakdown in the relationship between Paul Giorgio and then-City Clerk Robert O’Keefe.

October “ENJOY! ENJOY!” A special dining section that features the “culinary all-star team” from A-Z, like Nappy Tandy’s for pies and Shiro in Hudson for Japanese food. “BACKGROUND” An editor’s note for the first issue in the new Worcester Magazine era with a new editor in Nick Grabbe. “BATTLING A RACIAL BLAZE” Think there is racial tension in the city now? How about in 1978, when court-mandated minority hiring sparked resentment in the city’s fire department. Chief Ed Hackett was quoted as saying: “All of a sudden, you’re into a racial thing. You can’t let that get out of hand.”

November “HOW PURE IS WORCESTER’S WATER BY THE TIME IT GETS TO YOU?” Do you know where your water comes from? Do you think it’s safe? Here’s what people thought more than 30 years ago.

September “ABBIE! CALLING A NATIVE SON HOME” Where was Abbie Hoffman? The Bring Abbie Home extravaganza in New York was held in his honor.

December “WORCESTER WOMEN HAVE FEW JOB OPTIONS” The glass ceiling in Worcester was intact many years ago. Women faced fewer opportunities in the job market, according to a survey done by Judith Budz, an assistant professor at Fitchburg State College.

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January “‘BODY SNATCHERS’: PLANTS ARE LIKE PEOPLE Donald Sutherland managed to keep ahead and out of the clutches of the “pod people.” Or did he?

February “ABORTION IN WORCESTER” Abortion is not a new subject of debate. Advocates and protesters were making their cases in 1978, with Mass. Citizens for Life and the Massachusetts Organization for the Repeal of Abortion Laws getting into a beef.

March “THE CIVIC CENTER: WHAT’S GOING WRONG?” Delays, layoffs, nonpayments, overruns … where to start? Before it got built, a lot went wrong with the Civic Center.

“The Deer Hunter,” which propelled forward the already blooming career of Robert DeNiro, and showed how what happened in the jungle was, in many ways, not as bad as what happened after the soldiers returned home.

Connolly notes was costing taxpayers $92,179 a year – and housed just 46 students.

November “FRANK CARROLL THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SMALL BUSINESS” Franck Connolly profiles one of Worcester’s biggest boosters and backers, businessman Frank Carroll.

May “SOME BEAT THE GAS PINCH BY COMMUTING ON A BIKE” If you don’t remember – or weren’t around for – the gas crisis of the ’70s, you should learn about it. Like many things, talk about boosting bike use is nothing new. Heck, during the gas crisis, many workers were opting for bikes for their daily commute.

“ABBIE!” A secret rendezvous with Abbie Hoffman had writer Dan Kaplan sitting in a car on a Friday night with Hoffman’s brother, Jack. “THE CITY’S HIDDEN TAX BILL” Worcester’s tax bills were sent out late, and according to Worcester Magazine would cost the city $300,000.

June “SEX FOR SALE” This story is interesting, not just for its subject matter – two prostitutes talking with a reporter – but for the editor’s note that preceded it, which basically violates all the tenets of a news story by offering a personal viewpoint. Is that the way it should be?

July “AT GBV, CITY TREATS SYMPTOMS, NOT DISEASE” Kenneth Moynihan opines on the issues plaguing Great Brook Valley, where one month prior there was a violent outburst.

April “BRINGING THE WAR BACK HOME” Perhaps no film better chronicled the ravages of war than

August “SHAKE - UP AT THE T&G” That’s right. Long before the rapidfire sales of Central Mass’ leading daily a couple years ago, it wasn’t like things were steady Eddie. In 1979, two new editors were brought in to helm what were then two separate publications under one umbrella: The Worcester Telegram and The Evening Gazette.

September ‘BREAKING AWAY’ FROM BOYHOOD Ah, the summer of 1979, when a film about a group of young cyclists became the sleeper hit of the season. It featured a very, very young Dennis Quaid. “HOLY CROSS PAPER SLAMS ATTEMPT TO BAN MAGAZINE” Years ago, Holy Cross Dean of Students Rev. Earle Markey banned the on-campus distribution of Worcester Magazine. The student paper took issue with that. In any case, free press has always struggled to be “free.”

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“FOLLOW THE LEADER” Worcester Magazine was there when Sen. Ted Kennedy drew thousands to Faneuil Hall in November 1979 to announce he would run for president. “TUGGING AT CITY HALL” Neighborhood groups and organizations lobbying and fighting for causes they believe in are nothing new to Worcester. As Frank Connolly saw in this story, ordinary citizens can have their say through some of these groups. “WHO WILL SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR?” Three men – Thomas Early, Jordan Levy and Joseph Casdin – vied to sit in the mayor’s chair inside City Hall. Levy won. It was the first of two stints as mayor for the current AM radio talk show host.

December “HA! HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT LOCAL COMICS?” Ouch. Worcester Magazine went on the hunt for something funny in Worcester – and found very little to laugh at. That’s not good when the subjects in question are comedians. “CAN THE BLACKSTONE BE SAVED?” The question now, at least in Worcester’s Canal District, is can the Blackstone be recreated. In this story, however, Dan Kaplan looked at how pollution impeded cleanup efforts along this once mighty river. “ON TOP WITH POLAR” Seltzer is among its biggest draws nowadays, but Polar Beverages has been ruling the roost with soda in these parts for a long, long time. Jeanne Kissane explores its roots – and how the company turned soda into a gold mine.

“LIFE IN EXILE: THE KROCK STORY PART 1” A look at one of the most wellknown property owners in Worcester, the Krock family. Richard Carreno examines the “lonely” life of Ed Krock.

“SCHOOL PRAYER” Hard to believe it now, but not so long ago there was actually prayer in school. “WORCESTER’S JET LAG” Massachusetts had a Long before JetBlue, there was voluntary prayer law. consternation over the lack of jet service at Worcester Regional Airport. “EMERGENCY!” Remember Bar Harbor Airlines? Even EMTs in Worcester with JetBlue, there remains skepticism didn’t make much over the long-term viability of the in 1980 – and they airport as a hub for commercial airlines. worked for every penny. Some things never change.

“DISTURBING THE POLICE” A Sept. 10, 1977 party for a kid who was supposed to be joining the Navy ended up seeing 12 people arrested. Charges ended up being filed against Worcester police. “THE MANAGER” If you think Mike O’Brien spent a while running Worcester, try Francis McGrath on for size. His career as city manager spanned four decades. “BRINGING THE WAR BACK HOME” Bob Cuddy wrote this story about how Agent Orange continued to haunt local Vietnam vets after they returned home.

February “MEDICINE MEETS BIG BUSINESS” It seems almost prescient now: a story that looks at how business melded with medicine. RYKE BIRD LENT

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nothing new in Worcester. The Gray Line service between Boston and Worcester came under fire many years ago.

July

“FREEDOM OF OPPRESS” Nichols College wasn’t too keen on the editorial direction Steve Maher had taken its campus biweekly, “The Bison.” So the school sacked him.

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April “UNION STATION CON JOB” Remember when there were plans to turn Union Station into a shopping complex, a la Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall? Four Nichols College grads once boasted of how they would reshape the historic building.

May “THE TRAIN THAT CAN?” Critics were skeptical of the P&W rail line’s plans in Worcester.

June “DOES THE BUS STOP HERE?” Complaints about transportation are

More than a dozen people protest the Telegram & Gazette coverage of the Ku Klux Klan rally in Connecticut.

August ISSUE 100 Simply put, this was the 100th issue of Worcester Magazine, four years after its inception. And here we are at 40 years and going strong. Wow.

September “RELIGION & POLITICS” It was big news when Barney Frank won the 4th Congressional District election in 1980, particularly because of the opposition of so many clergy members.

October “PICKETS ACCUSE T&G OF RACISM” In the fall of 1980, more than a dozen people protested what they thought was over-the-top coverage by the Worcester daily of a Ku Klux Klan rally in Connecticut, as well as an editorial they felt was racist.

November “CYCLIST BREAKS MAJOR TAYLOR’S RECORD – USING A FEW EXTRA GEARS” Local attorney J. Palmer Lockard pedaled his way up the George Street hill four times in 15 minutes, breaking a record that had reportedly been set previously by Worcester cycling wiz “Major” Taylor, who did it twice within 15 minutes.

December “WHEN THE BOMB FALLS: COULD YOU SURVIVE A NUCLEAR AT TACK ON WORCESTER?” Sadly, according to then-Civil Defense Director Robert Hennigan, Worcester was completely unprepared for a nuclear attack in 1980. Is it anymore so today?

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this? It’s interesting to look through this collection of predictions by local corporate officials on where their companies would be by the year 2000. Among them? Wyman-Gordon and Melville Corporation. You remember Melville, right? The company owned Kay-Bee Toys and Thom McAn shoes.

to a couple years ago, when some of the city’s CDCs — and the city itself — came under fire for some of the uses and oversight of government funds.

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“IS ELECTION OF FIRST WOMAN MAYOR A SIGNAL OF CHANGE?” Kenneth Moynihan wondered this in 1981, after Sara Robertson became the city’s first female mayor. How much did it change things for women? The next wouldn’t take seat until 2007, when Konnie Lukes became the first popularly-elected female mayor.

“A PANEL OF PEERS?” Juries around Worcester didn’t seem too diverse 30-plus years ago, with women, Hispanics and young people underrepresented on jury lists.

January “UNFIT FOR HABITATION” Hawley Street landlords re-rented condemned units. The property and its owners were a pain in the side to city officials.

“GOD AND RALPH” There was a time when Fr. Ralph DiOrio was almost as big as God around these parts. As noted in this story, at the time there was no bigger draw in Worcester – or around the area – than DiOrio.

April “BEHIND THE HEADLINES” The T&G once played a key role in local politics. Does it still? John Riley looks at some of the paper’s efforts, including its now-defunct “Insight Team.”

May “FIGHTING FLABBINESS” A special section features a look at sports as well as where and how to shed those unwanted extra pounds.

June “LIVING LIKE A REFUGEE” The times were different, and so were the refugees. In 1981, the city was seeing an influx of Cuban refugees.

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The evening before press day, a fire swept through the Worcester Magazine offices on West Street. The fire was apparently set at the rear entrance, and was eventually blamed on arson. The staff rallied, and put out the 40 page paper only a day late.

February “WHERE THEY’LL BE IN THE YEAR 2000” Didn’t Conan O’Brien have a skit like

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“WORCESTER’S TEN WORST LANDLORDS” Who were they, according to Worcester Magazine’s research? George Forrest and Josephine Corey, Concorde Doldo, Edward Edison, Robert Giguere, Melvin Katz, Edward Kooyomjian, Arthur and Richard Lariviere, William O’Connell, Ormonde Schade and Gaston Vadasz.

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November “A WEEK WITH THE BOSTON CELTICS” Writer Jay Darby spends several days with the boys in green, getting up close and personal with Larry Bird, Robert Parish, et al.

December “RICH GEDMAN: A GENUINE AMERICAN HERO” A Worcester boy made good on a childhood dream millions can only chase: Rich Gedman played catcher for the Boston Red Sox, and was named Rookie of the Year in 1981 by The Sporting News. You may remember Gedman in his post-Red Sox days as coach of the now-defunct Worcester Tornadoes.

“CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?” The Worcester’s Community Development Corporation was on shaky ground. It is interesting to flash forward Sara Robertson, Worcester’s first female mayor

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January “THE HOTEL MASSASOIT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE” A Spencer hotel burns to the ground in an early winter fire.

February “THE SAP IS RUNNING ON GOLDEN POND” John Dorenkamp was pretty harsh on this film, which paired Henry Fonda with his daughter, Jane, and screen legend Katharine Hepburn.

April “SCHOOL BUDGET CUT 8.5 PERCENT” Annual municipal budgets in Worcester go mostly in a northerly direction these days, but the 1981-82 fiscal budget for the school district saw an 8.5-percent cut. “REPRESENTATION VS. ABSTRACTION: FUEL FOR THE FIRE” Clark University and School of the Worcester Art Museum grad Bryan Davagian photographed “The Marbel Players” at Green Hill Park, then put it in paint.

May “A TEAM EFFORT AT THE CHAMBER” In a special publication titled, “Business Worcester,” Worcester Magazine looks at the “revitalization” of the Worcester Area Chamber of Commerce.

March “BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR” Arthur Robbins is hailed as WM’s businessman of the year, in part for his efforts to attract a first-class hotel to Worcester. “SCHOOL DAZE: THE DECLINING MORALE OF WORCESTER’S TEACHERS” This story stands out largely because of the willingness of some teachers to actually be quoted and photographed criticizing the atmosphere inside Worcester’s schools.

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June “SCAM IN SOUTHBRIDGE?” New York Life Insurance Company agent Thadeus Kwarciak allegedly ran an insurance scam victimizing friends and others he knew.

University was settled, but not everyone was happy.

August “LEVY’S RECENT POSITIONING INCONSISTENT WITH HIS IMAGE” Jordan Levy struck some stances that seemed at odds with previous positions. FILE PHOTO

“A BARBARIC WASTE OF GOOD MONEY” Ouch. It was a scathing review for “Conan the Barbarian” in Worcester Magazine.

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“THE PIEDMONT PROBLEM” Ah, Piedmont Street. It took on perceptions of near mythic proportions back in the ’80s. Those who lived there fought against poor living conditions.

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September “FRANK J. RUSO PROUDLY PRESENTS” It was an ad for three acts headed to the Centrum in Worcester: Rick Springfield, Anne Murray and Blue Oyster Cult. Ah, the Centrum.

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October “WHERE ARE YOU GOING, BILLY BOY?” Billy Idol hit up E.M. Loew’s back in October 1982. An interview with Mark Cadigan reveals a surprisingly cerebral thinker when it comes to music.

November “WHO REALLY RUNS WORCESTER?” There were some pretty influential people behind the scenes in Worcester – all men, at least in this story in Worcester Magazine. Among them, according to the authors, were Robert Bowditch, Robert Achorn, Paul Morgan and Jacob Hiatt. “THE DUKE’S NEW TEAM” Worcester County residents were in line to be tapped for Gov. Mike Dukakis’ administration

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December “VIGILANCE OR VIGILANTISM?” A “zealous” crime watch program at Great Brook Valley raised eyebrows.

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January “DINER WARS” The big news on Main Street was a business feud between two restaurants: Karole’s Kitchen and Perry’s. “FILM CLIPS” Some of the films out in January 1983 were “The Verdict,” “Tootsie,” “The Toy” and “An Officer and a Gentleman.” Did you see any of them?

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“CLASSIFIEDS” Before Craigslist, newspapers’ classifieds ads sections were big business. That included personal ads, like this one from “Gary Darling”: “We’ve got to stop meeting like this … but what other way is there? Certainly not in the T&G.”

“WOMEN ’83” A special supplement highlighting women in a variety of roles.

March “THE AIDS SCARE” In the early days of the AIDS crisis, no group of people was more singled out, feared and misunderstood than gays. In Worcester, people like Jeff D. wondered if “God is against us.” “FREEZE FRAMES” About 5,000 lobbyists went from Worcester to Washington, D.C. Their aim was a freeze on nuclear weapons.

May “THE LONGEST NIGHT” Did police looking for the killers of State Trooper George Hannah violate civil rights as they searched for the guilty party? That’s what some people claimed.

June “THE EMPIRE STRIKES THREE” It was two-and-a-half stars from Worcester Magazine for “Return of the Jedi,” which wrapped up the middle trilogy of the popular “Star Wars” saga.

July “THE INVISIBLE SHIELD” Officer John Grady remained on the job despite several civil rights suits by four different plaintiffs. Needless to say, there was controversy. “DIVIDED THEY FALL” Fr. Michael Bafaro and Jose Perez both sought to lead the Hispanic community, which back then numbered about 12,000. The feud turned bitter between Bafaro, the non-Hispanic head of Centro las Americas, and Perez, executive director of the Latin Association for Progress and Action. “Return of the Jedi” received two-and-ahalf stars from Worcester Magazine for its 1983 release.

August “ALL IN THE FAMILY” Who you knew appeared to help if you were seeking a job at UMass Medical Center. Nepotism existed continued on page 36

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even in local hospitals, according to this story by Don Lessem. “GUESS WHO’S BURNING DINNER?” Not a good review from Worcester Magazine for “Mr. Mom,” which starred Michael Keaton and Teri Garr.

September “ARE THEY BEATABLE?” The elections were approaching, and some incumbents were seen as more vulnerable than others. The incumbents faced history, since none had lost a reelection bid since 1975.

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“JEWS AND CHRISTMAS” Jews do not celebrate Christmas (for those unaware), and yet Christmas impacts Jews with its national status. Chanukah, a minor Jewish holiday about resisting assimilation and a miracle, has become a gift-giving holiday to compete (to the chagrin of many who view that making the holiday more Christian defeats the purpose). Meanwhile, the fun of Christmas parties (to which people “ON THE RADIO” of all religions are invited) also means An excellent snapshot of our radio a bit of an identity struggle. We took a airways in 1983, albeit one with a bit look at another side of the season in of nostalgia. Having to flip through the dial and pray something good is on feels 1983. “THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT” Masks, who needs ’em? One Halloween we showed our readers how to make their faces full of fright by showing how to make vampires, werewolves, and the Frankenstein monster, all in your own bathroom.

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“THEY FOUGHT THE LAW – AND WON” A healthy review for The Clash, which brought its controversial act to the Centrum.

“UNITED WAY CUTS OFF CENTRO” Centro Las Americas was cut off from funding by the United Way of Central Massachusetts, which rejected the organization’s request for $25,000 to pay the salaries of a coordinator and secretary.

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“MAIL CHAUVINISM” Postmaster Andrew Sacco gained a reputation of snooping on employees and fostering poor morale, which did not sit well with the unions representing workers in the 79 Central Mass post officers Sacco oversaw. “LIVING WITH THE HOMELESS” A Worcester Magazine reporter spent 48 hours living homeless in and around the area. In the end, he, and not

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“WHO WILL BE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER?” City Manager Francis McGrath was still doing his thing, but speculation was whirling over who would be his replacement. It ended up being his executive assistant, William “Jeff” Mulford.

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October “EBONY AND IVORY” Race relations have been a topical issue for decades, and in the ’80s, years after the turbulent racial protests that sought to put blacks on equal footing

“THE FINAL CHAPTER” City Manager Francis McGrath had announced he was retiring after 33 years running the city. He was the nation’s longest-tenured chief executive of a major city.

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“WELCOME TO AMERICA” A look at the influx of Indochinese immigrants in Worcester

with whites, mixed marriage was not simply black and white.

November “PROVIDENCE IS BETTER THAN WORCESTER” OK, so the writer added that the only reason the Rhode Island city topped the Woo was because it had a repertory “EMOTIONAL RESCUE” theatre. The story kicked off a four-part The Cars played earlier in the month, series on why Worcester didn’t have a and got panned (rightfully so, because theatre and whether it ever would. this writer was actually there). The Pretenders made up for it on Aug. “WHO WILL BE 11 at the Centrum, THE NEXT CITY playing with MANAGER?” Simple Minds. The story speculates whether “DID RANSOME BLOW City Clerk Robert IT IN WORCESTER?” O’Keefe might pull The city’s latest airline, off the upset and be Ransome, was on its named city manager. way out. Was it the city’s He didn’t. fault? Not entirely.

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“THE FIRST SEVEN STEPS JEFF MULFORD SHOULD TAKE” Mulford got the job, and Worcester Magazine suggested his first moves, one of which involved convincing his predecessor he actually had to leave.

“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IRISH” Being a man has always helped in Worcester when it comes to making it in politics and government. And there has long been talk of “The Machine.” But the real machine may have been – and may still be – green. Did it help being Irish if you wanted a seat at the government table?

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Rob Tannenbaum, was not free of missteps by Prince, who brought opening act Sheila E. with him.

May “EXPLODING 3D” The Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross displayed the “Flying Tigers” exhibit. No animals were hurt – or used.

June “A BIG -TIME CITY?” What would it take for Worcester to be a big-time city? Some ideas were a theatre, a “viable” airport and commuter rail service. Check, check and check. “GROUP FORMS TO FOSTER GAY PRIDE” A new group formed to help promote awareness and understanding of the gay community. The Central Massachusetts Lesbian/Gay Pride Committee held its first public function, Worcester Gay Pride Day, on June 22. “DOING THE TIME WARP” Doc built a time machine out of a DeLorean and Michael J. Fox kissed his on-screen mother. Yup, “Back to the Future” soared into theaters, and it got a four-star review in Worcester Magazine.

“BACK TO NATURE” The Ecotarium hasn’t always been known as such. It was the New England Science Center previously, and before that, the Worcester Science Center. It was featured in Worcester Magazine a year before it removed “Worcester” from its name and went regional.

October “WE ENDORSE” Who did Worcester Magazine get behind in the local elections? For School Committee, it was Robert Dixon, Konnie Lukes, Brian O’Connell and Gary Rosen. The latter three all still serve the city (Lukes and Rosen on City Council, O’Connell on School Committee). For City Council, the paper endorsed John Anderson, Arthur Chase, Leonard Cooper, Janice Nadeau and Sara Robertson.

November “STILL ALIVE AND DEAD” Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead did their thing at the Centrum. Garcia may be gone, but the band plays on, most recently with John Mayer.

December “JAILHOUSE TALK” Stories of inmate abuse surface at Worcester County Jail.

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January “TWIN TRAGEDIES ROCK CENTRAL MA” While the Holy Cross community was coming to terms with the death of student Theresa Churilla, who died following an accident at Wachusett Mountain, it was rocked once again as head football coach Rick Carter, a West Boylston resident, committed apparent suicide.

Reardon was the target of an anonymous bombing in February 1986, but mailman Edward Mulhearn was the one injured. A paper-wrapped wooden box exploded at 10 a.m., with Mulhearn suffering lacerations to his hands, head and face. Thankfully, Mulhearn survived the blast.

March “MASS PIKE/146 INTERCHANGE GIVEN GREEN LIGHT” Gov. Mike Dukakis OK’d the estimated $13.8-million Mass Pike/146 Interchange connector to the Blackstone Valley. It was hailed as a “shot in the arm” for the Central Mass economy.

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“STUDENT ACTIVISTS STAGE ‘DIE IN’ TO PROTEST CONTRA AID” Demonstrators, “People in Solidarity with Central America,” protested the Worcester Federal Building by staging a “die-in.” Protesters laid on the ground as if they had been assassinated by Contra soldiers. Nine students and others were arrested.

“LETTER BOMB INJURES MAILMAN” The law office of Reardon and

May “ENTER THE 508” While it was still a few years off, in May 1986 the New England Telephone Company announced cities outside of Boston would lose the 617 area code, and beginning in 1988 Central Mass would start utilizing the 508 code. Bill Welch, then with the telephone company said, “If you’ll pardon the pun, we think it has a nice ring to it.” Well done, Mr. Welch.

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searched out help from an organized crime boss during a territorial dispute with another area porn shop. The report was used to illustrate the connection between organized crime and the porn industry. Yowza.

July “THE TRUE MEANING OF LIBERTY” On the 210th anniversary of the United States, Kenneth J. Moynihan, a WoMagger famous for his depth of thought and reflection, took a look at how we define liberty in the United States,

and how we must reflect on our historical successes and failures in relation to the world, and ourselves. Though at the time the point of comparison was an ever-changing South Africa, Moynihan’s thoughts are relevant today making this not just a must-read for every Worcesterian, but for every American.

August “FALL FASHION: IS FASHION SILLY?” Worcester Magazine used to run a “Fall Fashion” section, and boy were the ’80s the perfect time for that. After pages of showing off new fashions, including a turquoise leather suit and wool/mohair blended cardigans, we wrote a think piece daring to ask, “Is fashion silly?” And though that was a funny time to ask the question, the piece itself is a deeply thoughtful look at the intersection of history, necessity, sex, and commercialism.

September “ELTON: BACK IN THE U.S.A.” Elton John came to Worcester in 1986, but unfortunately it was “something of a disappointment,” according to Karen Schlosberg. Schlosberg said the show, by containing the signature flare of Elton John, made “cumbersome” choices such as a four-piece horn section. However, she also added that John was personable and that the show felt intimate in spite of its self-indulgence. Thirty years later, it’s still hard not to love Elton John.

October “MIXING POLITICS AND MORALITY” With an abortion question on the ballot, we dared to ask a question that remains relevant still today: what does it mean when politics and morality intersect? Though it is clear that our laws attempt to justify morality, to what degree can morality be legislated, particularly when the debate on

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November “SOME FUEL FOR THE HOT STOVES” Who we are and who we cope to be is most revealed to us in coping with tragedy, with bitterness, with despair. I am writing, of course, of the 1986 World Series. Red Sox fans are used to disappointment, particularly in the midst of the now-faded curse, and as such the 1986 world series was a particularly bitter pill to swallow. In the wake of this, we asked the most important question that (used to) define the Sox: “Would they still be the Boston Red Sox if they’d won?”

December “SANTA TALKS” Mall Santas bring joy and hope to both children and toy stores in the mall. We sat down with Bill Letourneau, a mall Santa since 1959. He talked about the joy of children, the rage of parents who just want their terrified tots to calm down for the picture, and sad requests such as a child wanting his dead dog to come back to life. It is a heart-wrenching and ultimately heartwarming piece.

February “A SAVAGE AND WELCOME STIFF -ARM” Apparently, in 1987, Worcester Magazine would devote several pages to movie reviews, and in the case of Amy Zeugner’s review of “Platoon,” the space was well worth it. With four stars (though out of how many, who can say?) Zeugner applauded the Oliver Stonedirected film, “very much on its own merits, Platoon is a remarkable and superb film. Stone is a whiz at yanking audiences by the short hairs, pulling viewers smack into the action, holding their faces deep into the harrowing tension and letting them gag for air.”

March “TO YOUR HEALTH” As evidence that for as much things change, they still largely stay the same, Carl Hausman dug into the options and delivery systems of healthcare in Central Massachusetts, even going so far as to provide a sort of road map for the coverage options and plans best made for individual readers. One thing that hasn’t changed? Hausman and the health professionals he interviewed suggest shopping for options “while they’re healthy for the care they’ll need when they are sick.”

April “KEEPING THE FAITH” This feature story was largely focused on the increased number of women ministering the word of God in Worcester County. Said Rev. Barbara

May “ALCOHOLISM IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS” “Alcoholism is a deadly disease that strikes quickly and often here in Central Massachusetts,” the story began. “Yet, for all the millions of dollars of damage that results from it here and elsewhere, and for the incalculable emotional damage it creates, both the disease and those suffering from it are surprisingly misunderstood.” Unfortunately, alcoholism is still a huge issue in the area, the nation and the world, but luckily for ’80s readers, there was a fail safe, “Are you an alcoholic” test just two pages later: “Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?” Careful folks.

June “CLEANING UP THE BLACKSTONE” The 44-mile course of the Blackstone River has done a lot of things, from shaping the topography of the area, to driving industry, to constant debate and pollution issues. In 1987, the river was in very tough shape, as the writer uncovered. “Behind Ballard Street, not far from Holy Cross, where Mill Brook escapes an underground culvert after snaking 3.2 miles beneath Worcester’s streets, the water runs gray. It remains that color for a few feet before mingling with the waters of the Middle River; at the confluence, the flow is gray on one side and brown on the other. On a sunny June afternoon, there is stench of sewage.” The story dives deeper than this, naturally, but not much has changed in the meantime. The day-lighting hopes continues.

July WORCESTER’S FIRE DEPARTMENT Matthew Maranz, in this feature, asks the hard questions: “How able is the WFD to protect the public, and are they safe themselves?” Facing inadequate

manpower while dealing with underfunding since a report put out by the WFD Chief James Nalley, five years earlier.

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Merritt: “God’s love does not say you cannot do this job because of your anatomy.” The story included Rabbi Debra Hachen, who would become, according to the story, one of the first female rabbis. “It didn’t have to do with being a pioneer,” Hachen said. “It just had to do with wanting to do the work.”

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NEW HOPE, NEW DRAFT Seven months after UMass gained approval from state health officials, UMass Memorial had successfully transplanted 20 kidneys to waiting list patients. With only 30 kidneys produced in Worcester each year, and thousands waiting in the wings, UMass’s progress was welcome, yet more needed to be done.

September THE STATE OF THE UNIONS The ’80s were not a friend to the blue-collar working man. Air-traffic controllers took heat from Reagan, and right here in Worcester school bus drivers were fighting for a new contract. Matthew Maranz takes a look at the struggling labor movement in Worcester in this cover story. THE FRESHMAN’S DIARY Worcester Magazine asked newlyelected state Rep. Kevin O’Sullivan to keep a diary during his first months in office. O’Sullivan opted for the “trialby-fire” first day, rather than easing into office, as his first day was marked with a no-vote scandal. Over the course of a few months though, O’Sullivan got the hang of the new position and settled in. INSIDE GREAT BROOK VALLEY Coleen Curran takes a look at Worcester’s most notorious area in this cover. Awash in drugs, Great Brook Valley, to many, is a wasteland of needles and junkies. Residents argue though that this depiction is inaccurate and that having a low income and being around drugs doesn’t make the residents any less human.

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to the Soviet Union. After planning the trip with the Worcester Sister City delegation, nothing seemed to go right for Curran. Though after several trips and phone calls, the only thing that stood in the way of a luxurious trip to the U.S.S.R. was an off-duty Soviet diplomat.

November TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES Worcester has problems. Count cable television among them. Coleen Curran tunes in (or not) to the problem that many citizens are having watching their favorite channels. Frustration with consistent service is stirring anger and driving Worcester to take a look at their antiquated system and poor providers.

December MEET JORDAN LEVY Matthew Maranz and Jonathan Vankin sit down with soon-to-be Worcester Mayor Jordan Levy. Described as aggressive, brash and talkative, Levy seems to be a perfect match for the city. While many see Worcester as being the “black sheep” of Massachusetts, Levy describes the city as full of opportunity and ready for a bloom.

October SAGA OF AN (ALMOST ) FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Worcester Magazine staff writer Coleen Curran writes in this week’s Worcester Guide about her Sisyphean effort to travel

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January “WHEN THE WORDS HAVE NO MEANING” “By reading this sentence you immediately prove possession of an incredible advantage over 27 million other American adults.” Thus began Colleen Curran’s 1988 cover story on illiteracy in Central Mass and the battle to end it. That opening is as effective a barometer in 2016 as it was in 1988. With adult basic education courses and youth outreach, Worcester residents fought illiteracy and the largely positive story was uplifting. Hopefully, it is even easier to learn how to read at any age in the 2000s than it was in the ’80s.

February “AIDS: A STATUS REPORT In an intimate one-on-one with Dr. Peter H. Levine, the chief of medicine for Worcester Memorial Hospital, a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia and director of the National Hemophilia Foundation, Worcester Magazine explored “the good, the bad and the uncertainty over AIDS research.” Doctors and researchers were still trying to understand AIDS in ’88 and the results were, frankly, terrifying. “We’ve got very good evidence that we’ve got 1.5 million people infected with the virus,” said Levine. “Those are not crazy numbers. That’s a staggering number of people. We also know that an awful lot of people are going to get sick with a disease that at the present time is going to be fatal.”

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“SURROGATE PARENTING: A NEW MORALITY” Worcester resident Amy Zuckerman Overvold published a book called “Surrogate Parenting,” the first book covering the practice in the United States, and the thencover story was billed as “a running dialogue on one of the most controversial issues of our time.” To wildly over-simplify the concept, in surrogacy, a couple contracts a woman to become pregnant and the baby becomes the couple’s after birth. Generally, there is a financial arrangement and often the practice was used by couples who were unable to give birth themselves. The article was a point-for-point discussion between Overvold and WPI professor Thomas Shannon, who said at the time, “I can only conclude that the practice of surrogate parenting should be prohibited.”

April “DOING GOOD -TEN PEOPLE WHO MAKE WORCESTER A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE” In the April ’88 “Doing Good” cover story, 10 individuals from throughout Worcester were celebrated for doing just that, helping out their fellow man and making Central Mass a better place to live. Given the timeless nature of trying to positively impact your surroundings, the 10 stories are as uplifting to read today as they likely were on they day they went to press.

May “BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE DREAMS OF THE BIG TIME TOO OFTEN REMAIN ONLY THAT FOR WORCESTER MUSICIANS” That Worcester has a thriving rock (and metal and hardcore and punk, et all) scene is a given and has been a constant in the city for decades; however, unlike the Bostons, New York Cities and Los Angeleses of the world, Worcester isn’t particularly known for sending bands into the popularity big leagues. That isn’t to say it hasn’t happened (it certainly has), but in 1988 and now, Worcester area bands had a tough time breaking into the next

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the increasing number of women purchasing handguns for personal protection. “Move over Clint Eastwood. It’s time to make room for Dirty Harriet,” wrote Curran. In examining the phenomenon, Curran discovered and profiled women in the area, who claim to have purchased the weapons for protection against rape and robbery.

September “A DAM SHAME” Wachusett Reservoir was the focal point of a water vs. land rights battle between Boston and Central Massachusetts. The 65-billion-gallon reservoir supplied nearly half of metropolitan Boston’s water and the issue stemmed from water quality against property value issues with Worcester’s residential space creeping up against the body of water. The story covered the impact on West Boylston and surrounding towns, and explored the economic impact versus issues with the reservoir itself. level of recognition. Vankin looked into the players in the area who never gave up on that dream of making it “big.”

June “ON YOUR OWN - DECORATING TIPS FOR THOSE HIGH ON GUMPTION BUT LOW ON FUNDS” -Creative Homes, a special WM presentation In what has to be the only time “gumption” was used on the cover of an alt-weekly, Jarrett tells Worcester Magazine readers how to decorate your home like you had “poured thousands of dollars” into your home, but actually decorated on a budget. While setting a personal budget is numero uno, other tips like “greenery is finery” – potted plants dress up living space and “fabulous fakes” – and using faux high-end materials to doll up your home peppered the little design story that could.

July “THE COMPUTER LINK” A multi-million-dollar contract between Central Massachusetts Healthcare and Auburn Systems Corporation of Marlboro came under fire in this July ’88 story. The deal should be renegotiated, the authors said, claiming the DOI audit proved the contract “too vague and expensive for Central Massachusetts’ largest HMO.”

August “DIRTY HARRIET” In August 1988, Worcester Magazine reporter Coleen Curran explored

October “THE HORROR OF IT ALL” This cover story explored fear and horror – in films, books and reality. Of course, the Halloween-time run date spurred on the exploration, but the look into the origins of Halloween and why New Englanders seem so dead set on terrorizing themselves for a good time made the content an interesting and entertaining read.

November “STATE OF THE ARTS” Worcester Magazine recently featured a story with the same name, “State of the Arts,” and a surprisingly similar look into the local arts scene. There were concerns at the time that the local arts community was struggling for support and a sort of galleria coup followed, with artist Harry Callahan’s local exhibit considered a win for the area. Still, area artists felt shunned and grossly underrepresented, a feeling that, for many, lingers to this day.

December “WOMEN NEED NOT APPLY” Private, all-male clubs came under fire in the late 1980s as a Supreme Court ruling decided that challenges could be made to gender specific clubs, and at the heart of the local debate was the prestigious all-male Worcester Club. A special shout out was made to now-City Councilor Konnie Lukes as a prospective member.

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January “CHILD ABUSE IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSET TS” Worcester Magazine reporter Curran looked into what she recognized as alarming rates of child abuse in the Worcester area. In her feature story, experts identified a number of issues like drug use by parents, better reporting procedures at the time and family lifestyle changes.

February “ACADEMIC FREEDOM” Two former Worcester college instructors crossed the line and found themselves at odds with their school’s

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administration, leading to their ousting. Trowbridge Ford taught at Holy Cross for 19 years, before being “encouraged to leave” due to his political views and activities. Martin Barroll was an instructor at Assumption College and believed his contract wasn’t renewed after butting heads with administration

over his views on the Pinochet regime in Chile.

March “PREJUDICE FINDS ITS TARGETS IN WORCESTER” “Although Worcester is a far more

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surfaced in the city as well as racial prejudice against Blacks and Hispanics and the more subtle acts of intolerance toward people of Irish, Italian and Middle Eastern ethnic backgrounds.

April “GIRL IN TROUBLE” Tirella looked into the large number of “troubled girls” across the city and state maneuvering through the state’s “overburdened social services system.” The status offenders explored in the story are not guilty of breaking adult laws, the mostly teenage girls are “victims of abuse, addiction and troubled homes.” The heartbreaking story spoke to these girls and asked: are some of them falling through the cracks in the system?

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office beginnings, through the teambuilding process, all the way to their first victory. “It’s minor league basketball, to be sure,” wrote Baron. “But for those associated with the Counts it’s the best, and possibly last, chance to make it into the NBA.”

June “A SCHOOL FOR THE ACADEMICALLY GIFTED” Staff writer Zuckerman dove into the battle lines drawn around a possible Worcester “school for the gifted” and the uproar that exploded around the concept. That uproar forced a one-year delay in the project and pushed an angry and polarizing debate on the special curriculum.

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“JUMPING AT THE CHANCE” Andrew Baron followed the Worcester Counts, the Central Massachusetts World “GREETINGS FROM WORCESTER” In what seems to be an ongoing topic Basketball League team, from their front

of discussion, Worcester Magazine spoke with a number of city residents to offer their assessments on “why Worcester can’t get its act together.” Responses were a little all over the place, ranging from “bickering” to “wasted local talent” and “lack of monetary commitment.”

August “HOW SAFE IS IT?” The city’s fire fighters union charged that the Worcester Municipal Airport was unsafe, meeting only the bare minimum requirements for emergency equipment and manpower. Though the airport held a solid safety record and passed Federal Aviation Administration tests, questions persisted on whether a tragedy was waiting to happen.

September “HOT PURSUIT” Staff writer Andrew Baron took a look inside the police procedures for car chases, coined by some as “the John Wayne Syndrome,” and others called one of the most dangerous assignments a police officer could draw. After a Westminster officer was killed in a chase while assisting the Gardner department, procedures were once again called into question.

November “THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS” The Worcester School Committee candidates were tasked with assessing the “critical issues at hand” in regards to Worcester’s school system in this November, ’89 piece, and while that certainly isn’t out of the ordinary (Worcester Magazine still questions School Committee members on matters of importance), there are many easily recognizable names in Worcester politics all these years ago. Ed Augustus Jr., for instance, along with Gary Rosen and Brian O’Connell. The latter still serves on the School Committee, while Augustus is now city manager and Rosen is a city councilor.

December “THE ROAD TO RECOVERY” Worcester Magazine followed the struggles and triumphs of four drug addicts in various stages of recovery, how they started, how their lives had been devastated, and their work toward conquering their individual habits. Further, the story looked at the drug problem in Central Massachusetts and Worcester.

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February “THE GRAYING OF WORCESTER” In 1990, Worcester had one of the largest proportional elderly populations in the country. Through Zuckerman’s research and interviews, she discovered

March “WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE CHANGING” For over a year, the staff and volunteers working on the Living Here Tomorrow project put together data and conducted research, and interviewed more than 1,000 Central Mass residents in order to provide an agenda as to how the area could be made into a better place to live and how to combine resources to be more efficient.

April “WORCESTER MEETS COMALAPA” Freelance writer Tom Rogers (and staff reporter for the Ann Arbor News) joined forces with Worcester residents Tom Estabrook and Jerry Lembcke in Comalapa, Nicaragua. Rogers was covering the elections in the country and Estabrook and Lembcke were visiting as observers. The report on the war-torn country and its political conditions was concerning, to say the least.

May “LET’S GET CENTERED” Freelancer Esslinger took a peek into so-called new age medicine, which, as he wrote, came late to the area. Including massage, acupuncture and holistic healing, Esslinger looked into new age awareness in Central Mass.

June “YEARNING TO BE FREE” Staff writer Zuckerman spoke with two Jewish emigres of the Soviet Union, Len and Sima Kustenovich, about their experience with conditions that forced them to leave their home. At the time, Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies made it easier for Soviet Jews to leave the country, and many were taking advantage of it to escape rising anti-semitism.

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“ARTIFICIAL STRENGTH” Steroid use, particularly among teenagers, was on the rise in Central Massachusetts, wrote staff writer Andrew Baron. The drugs, which are taken to increase muscle mass and strength, had a harsh side effect, and Baron interviewed several former users who said the drugs made them emotionally unstable and aggressive.

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long road back, and how Chris dealt with hospital’s future was certainly uncertain. the horrible experience.

August “CITY HOSPITAL EYES THE FUTURE” City Hospital, described in this 1990 story as having “nothing particularly pretty” about it, was in a tough place at the time of this story’s writing. With troubles ranging from patronage, to an over-bedded city, to public scrutiny, the

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“WHY WORCESTER?” Then-Worcester Magazine editor Tom Mudd spoke with Worcester-born (but Chicago-raised) entrepreneur Steve Jarvis who, in 1990, returned to Worcester to set up shop in the E.M. Loew’s Plymouth Theatre building.

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October “CONFRONTING THE STRAIGHTS & NARROW” “Gay men and lesbians are finding ever greater acceptance in many other parts of the country, but in the Worcester area, you hear complaints that the straights are narrow minded,” began Esslinger’s look into the gay community and the level of acceptance in the area. The story painted was somber. Worcester was not at the same level that other communities in America had achieved, and the community itself was fractured.

November “DOWN BUT NOT OUT” Changing perceptions was right at the top of the list in ensuring a happier life for children with Down Syndrome, this feature discovered. With roughly one in 1,000 babies born with the disorder (caused by the presence of 47, rather than 46, chromosomes), the story charged that 1990 was the time to start doing just that.

December “WINDING UP ’90” Amy Zuckerman, who by the end of 1990 became Worcester Magazine’s senior writer, took a look back at the moments that made 1990, from antiwar demonstrations at City Hall, to a largely-Republican crew getting legislative seats. For everything that changed in the 2000s, there was plenty that stayed the same.

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were raised over “resource wars” as supplies looked to dwindle.

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“THEY CALL HIM SCRATCH KID BILLY” Scratch Kid Billy, who was in fact a full-grown adult, had an interesting hobby: he collected used scratch tickets, hoping to find a cast-aside winner. Scratch Kid, in his “it pays to play” mesh hat, posed with 178,400 used tickets. Out of 2,000 tickets, when Worcester Magazine editor Tom Mudd spent an evening with the Kid, Billy won $1,600. Not a bad haul.

“WINDOWS ON THE PAST” Holy Cross art professor Virginia Raguin was on the quest to save the stained glass windows of American churches. “Architectural stained glass is linked with the monument, the buildings,” said Raguin. “You have to see it the same way each time. It’s a way of really going back to the past and standing in the same place where someone stood in 1890.”

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January “CLEANING UP” In 1991, the state listed 59 areas across the commonwealth where toxic wastes were an issue. Worcester Magazine senior writer Amy Zuckerman looked into who was responsible and who foots the bill.

April “WORCESTER’S AVALON” In this look in the Worcester’s Jewish community’s gradual move from the east side of the city to the west, Zuckerman shared memories of Shaarai Torah East, “a gem of a shul” with those whose lives intersected with it.

Febraury “FUEL FOR THOUGHT” Worcester Magazine spoke with five experts to find ways to break the country’s dependence on Gulf oil. With answers ranging from nuclear power and biomass power, the feature story was in-depth, but issues

June “FEAR AND LOATHING IN INDY” In this editorial, Wilson Jeffries talked about his experience at the Indy 500, an event he called a “classic” and a “must see.” Naturally, Jeffries enjoyed himself, saying, “Want to go to a party? How about spending a month in Indianapolis, Indiana? It may well be the largest single-day sporting event, but it takes a month to complete!” Pedal to the metal my friends.

July “MUTANTS!” “In the turtle’s case, two heads aren’t better than one.” So began editor Tom Mudd’s foray into the “MUTANTS!”

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August “HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FEED” Rachel’s Table “cut across cultural and religious lines to get food to the people who need it most,” wrote Zuckerman in her look at what made the volunteer food program such a success.

September “LESSONS FOR OUR TIMES” What happened to America, in general, and to old-fashioned liberalism, in particular, was the question posed in this September 1991 feature story. Three historians and Worcester college professors broke down (and argued the particulars) on exactly that. They looked at Richard Nixon’s fall from grace and what that meant to American politics.

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October “OFF CAMPUS” Worcester Magazine had four college newspaper editors take a look at Worcester, and the result was an interesting peak into the city. WPI’s Heidi Lundy, Clark’s Valerie Garfield,

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Assumption’s Christine McGuire and Holy Cross’s Jeffrey R. Jablonsky contributed to the feature and one of the highlights has to be Lundy’s pullquote, “A kind of grudging fondness for Worcester.”

November “LOOKING FOR LAUGHS” Jim Esslinger went on the quest for laughs in the heart of the commonwealth. Esslinger’s observations were funny and poignant, and the comedians he enjoyed while working on the article, Greg Fitzsimmons, Tom Clarke and Richard Look as well as Mario DiPasquale, seemed to be funny and entertaining.

December “BRIGHT IDEAS” The Worcester Magazine staff brought in a panel of area residents to offer ideas for improving the city, the nation and the world. With ideas ranging from ridiculous to fantastic, like Mary Cavanaugh’s suggestion to save money on intergalactic space exploration by plotting the interior of Dan Quayle’s skull or Garish Tyagi’s plan to have the entire country take one day a year to clean up the streets.

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January “PREDICTIONS 1992” While the feature title certainly wasn’t breaking any ground, the local ideas about what would happen in 1992 were quite interesting. From the sarcastic, “the sun will rise and set on schedule,” to the interesting, “I predict that Gen. Schwarzkopf will visit Worcester to help the city win “Operation Downtown,” the ongoing and never-ending battle to pump life into the heart of the city.”

February “GOING FOR THE GREEN” Worcester Magazine reporter Jim Esslinger looked into some simple ways to help save the earth, with concepts like bringing your own shopping bags to the grocery store, avoiding excessive packaging and foam packaging as well as buying organic.

March “DON’T CALL THEM FOLKIES” Folk musicians, described in this

“TERMINAL ILLNESS” In what essentially turned into a 100-part, 30-year series, Worcester Magazine looked at what was happening with the Worcester Municipal Airport. Problems were apparent and Councilor Tim Cooney advised that, “Somebody’s got to take a hard look at this. It’s time the city manager makes some recommendations or the council gives some to him. We need help.” The gears move slowly it would seem.

August “AN EARLY EXIT?” Joe Early was in trouble in 1992, according to Farmelant’s article. Apparently, Early’s “bad mouthing of Boston power brokers” had “already alienated old friends while clouding his political future.” His 10th term was in question, to say the least.

September “AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT BANKRUPT” According to this 1992 feature, Fat Dickie’s BBQ was the hottest place in town years prior, but was facing bankruptcy. From “pig paradise to hog hell in just a few short months.” Sad story.

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from its original date back in 1621, as society as a whole did, and DeSorbo looked into what various cultures’ Thanksgiving Day festivities looked like, like Day Lone-Wolf’s Native American take: to offer thanks every day of the year.

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“SINGLES SEEKING SINGLES” Writer Michele Morse looked into the Worcester’s single scene and the difficulties facing the “NONE FOR THE ROAD” folks looking “The party’s over, moonbeams are for love. shining from above and you’re motoring “Being single home,” Farmelant’s story began. “Sure, and living in a few cocktails were enjoyed, but hey, this area for nobody’s falling over or anything. And most of my besides, who’ll ever find out? After all, life, I recently you’re only a couple miles from home.” decided to see As the story continues, the flashing what options blues went up and this hypothetical were available drunk driver was busted. to those of us still looking for potential significant “MAIN LINE” others,” wrote Way back in 1992, Worcester Morse. Personal ads were a tough sell, Magazine took a look at the said Morse. If she couldn’t describe relationships between police and Main herself objectively, how could she trust South residents. The path, the story read, a potential “Prince Charming” to do so? was not always clear.

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January “A BAD BET” Paul Della Valle and Scott Farmelant take on the Massachusetts state lottery in this cover story. On the one hand, the state needs the revenues from the lotto, but at the same time, Massachusetts is taking money out of the pocket of the consumer. Law professors weighed in on the issue, saying the state should be protecting consumers from this type of tax, not actively promoting it.

February “HIP- HOP ’TIL YOU DROP” Rap and Hip-Hop is catching on in the heart of Massachusetts, and it looks like it’s here to stay. This cover story by Chet Williamson features an interview with Worcester’s own DJ Twine. She has a lot to say when it comes to Hip-Hops wide-spread appeal and the sub-genre gangster rap.

as cranberry farming. The two go hand in hand each year, Ellen O’Connor reports, as thousands of bees are used each year to pollinate the crop in the cape. Contrary to popular belief, Alden Abbot, a retired teacher and active beekeeper, says bees are actually very tame, and if you’re comfortable enough can even be pet. “WHO CARES: THE FACES OF PIP” In this photo essay by Patrick J. O’Connor, we meet the men and women the Worcester Public Inebriate Program. Serving the homeless and needy for years, PIP offers a crucial public service that largely goes unappreciated. This photo essay introduces us to some of Worcester’s less fortunate and puts a face to the program.

April “THE WACKY WORLD OF JOEY MARS” Freelance writer Wendy Martins brings us down the rabbit hole this week introducing us to Joey Mars. Mars, a long-time Worcester artist has been described as a rock n’ roll surrealist. His trippy designs have begun to catch on with college students, as T-shirts featuring his work have been popping up all over the city.

May “THREE - DECKER CITY” In this ode to the triple-decker house, an “architectural monstrosity,” Albert Southwick examines the history of Worcester’s most prominent houses. At a time, more than half of

“DEATH BY STRANGULATION” In the past five months, five women have been found dead by asphyxiation. This dark feature reads as true crime as senior reporter Richard Phelps reviews each of the five cases in detail. With nothing to link these murders, the surge in killing has led some to believe that this may be the work of David “Duddie” Massad a serial killer.

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June “KELLEY SQUARE: A PROFILE IN COURAGE” Kelly Square — an intersection so treacherous — somebody cashed in and made bumper stickers memorializing the experience. Don Tritschler takes us on a wild ride through the city’s most notorious intersection in this profile.

July “AN INTERVIEW WITH BENJAMIN LAGUER” In this extensive interview, Executive Editor Allen Fletcher sits down with Benjamin LaGuer, a convicted rapist who still maintains his innocence. Only 20 years old at the time of his arrest, LaGuer, now 30, has spent a third of his life behind bars using that time to grow and think. LaGuer still believes his day is coming – a day when he can have his name cleared and take back his life.

August “IT’S A BRAVE NUDE WORLD” Paul Della Valle and Patrick J O’Connor bare all in this week’s feature on a nudist colony in Woodstock, Connecticut. For nudists, it’s not about sexuality or feeling the breeze, it’s about being comfortable in one’s own skin.

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September “THIS CITY’S A MESS” Worcester is a mess and Columnist Ken Moynihan is fed up. While neatness isn’t necessarily a top priority for a city struggling with funding, Moynihan says it counts for something. He hopes the next city manager might be able to do something about it. “THE LANDLORD FROM HELL” In this expose, Ellen O’Connor reports on the horrendous conditions tenants of slumlord Michael Miller live in. Miller, an absentee landlord until it comes to the rent check, had been informed not to talk by his lawyer for this story. Undoubtedly, Miller will end up in court again, as his properties not only hurt his tenants but other landlords around.

October “WORCESTER’S ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVES” Chet Williamson reports on the alternative radio scene in this week’s arts and entertainment section. As alternative rock moves into the mainstream something has to fill that alt vacuum right? The folks down at WCHC radio are trying to fill that vacuum with the most obscure music they can find.

November “DUDDIE” Your classic rags-to-riches story with a Worcester flavor. Ellen O’Connor brings us the story of David G Massad, better known as “Duddie” to his friends. A kid from a Worcester triple-decker, Duddie quickly became good at making money—a lot of it. This profile is not only a story of a man’s life, but a testament to the belief that hard work and persistence do pay off.

December “WELCOMING WINTER” Outdoors columnist William Tapply takes us on a sharply nostalgic trip through winters past. Winter, he admits, is not his favorite season. That doesn’t mean Tapply doesn’t respect it though.

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April “LET’S DECLARE WAR ON SHREWSBURY.” In an attempt to unite Worcester, columnist Kenneth J. Moynihan rips a page out of Freud’s book by declaring a common foe – Shrewsbury. Between the loss of tax dollars and City Council seats, and the stinking air of superiority of St. John’s, Shrewsbury looks to be a perfect boogeyman. What happens after Worcester unites against Shrewsbury – Moynihan’s got his eye on you Holden.

May father figure. Under Tip, Attorney Gail Sullivan remembers sharing her first drink with the congressman and the congressman’s support when she spoke out against Barry Goldwater. “THE COOZ” This feature story sits down with basketball royalty, Bob Cousy, to talk about his drive to be the best. no matter the contest, and his small role in the movie “Blue Chips.” The Cooz, a Holy Cross alum and Celtics point guard, spoke about the dynasty he helped build in Boston and how his competitive fires live on post-basketball.

February “WORCESTER VICE: This feature follows three Vice Squad cops as they bust down doors and make arrests during Worcester’s crack cocaine epidemic. A different beast than the opiate heroin, crack and its dealers terrorized lower-income neighborhoods and communities.

March “ON SCHINDLER’S LIST” This Feature by Allen Fletcher catches up with Rena Finder, a Jewish Krakow resident during the German occupation. Finder, one of Schindler’s 1,200 workers, recounts her experience within the Krakow ghetto, to coming to the cusp of death at Auschwitz, all while dodging indiscriminate violence at the hands of the Nazi party. “MURDER THEY WROTE” Worcester Magazine catches up

landlords, this feature story explores the grip of heroin and crack on Union Hill and the potential futures for the neighborhood.

August “WORCESTER’S PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY” Worcester – the ideal American melting pot. The Puerto Rican community, a part of Worcester’s larger Hispanic community, is, in this feature, a proud and vibrant people. From your neighbor, to the shop owner down the street, reporter Megan Woolhouse, follows a few Puerto Rican families as they mesh their older culture to Worcester’s.

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“DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE” Worcester Magazine sits down with Matt Mattus, a native artist, as he studies gender roles in art and animals – masculinity, in particular. Working and designing for corporations for most of his life, Mattus’ big breakthrough in conceptual art came in 1991 when looking at his parents stock of glass mason jars.

“HOPE ON ICE; WORCESTER ICECATS PROMISE EXCITEMENT” John Carter, former NHL wing, makes a comeback with the brand new Worcester IceCats. Worcester’s Centrum, the AHL believes, is a perfect place for the new franchise. Teaming with rabid Bruin fans, Worcester presented a perfect opportunity for Roy Boe and partners to move a struggling Indiana hockey team to Wormtown and fill the roster with some local talent.

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“BATTLE OF THE BLUTE” Worcester magazine profiles the top Democratic contenders leading up to the general election battle between then-Republican incumbent of Massachusetts’ 3rd District, Peter Blute. Among the Democratic contenders is a younger Jim McGovern, who would go on to win out against Blute two years later.

“HAUNTING FLICKS FOR HALLOWEEKEND” In this special Halloween film review, arts and entertainment reporter Vicki Stiefel lists some of her favorite scary, and not-so-scary movies. From vampires, to werewolves, to psychotic killers, Stiefel has seen them all.

“WHEN WORCESTER WAS MAJOR LEAGUE” After an attempt to lure the Patriots to Worcester with a brand new domed stadium on Shrewsbury Street, finances forced the city to settle on plans for a more modest minor league baseball stadium. This feature by Richard Phelps recalls the days Worcester hosted a National League team: The Brown Stockings. While short-lived, the Brown Stockings franchise still has a lifetime “honorary membership” in the NL.

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November “NATIVE AMERICAN AWARENESS DAY” To celebrate the Nipmucs’ and Abenakis’ respective cultures, the Worcester Art Museum will be hosting members of each tribe and community members. The event will showcase art from both the Nipmuc and Abenaki as well as give forum to traditional dances and customs.

December “ICECATS PERFECT THE PURRFECT NIGHT OUT” The popularity of the Worcester IceCats has exploded in the few short months of its existence. Merchandise is popping up on shirts and hats all around the city. Win or lose, the infant team draw large crowds whenever at the Centrum just as the IceCat mascot does when he makes the rounds of the local children’s hospitals.

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“ARCHITECT OF REVIVAL” Frank Zitomersky has a vision for Main South. Described as a “one-man community development organizer,” Ziromersky wants to use the low value of Main South property and the recent down-tick in real estate prices to his advantage and turn it into a modern day version of Louisburg Square. He’s already started the transformation with the renovation of Castle Park. “TREASURES & TRASH” In this critical review of Worcester architecture, Allen Fletcher reviews some of his favorite Worcester buildings and the city’s worst eyesores. Topping out the list of the best buildings in Worcester are Mechanics Hall and Union Station. Among the worst are the ’70’s monstrosities like the Centrum and East-Germanesque police station.

“GROWING UP GAY IN WORCESTER” This feature story by Richard Jones follows the story of Jeremy and Josh, two inseparable friends. That changed when schoolyard and social pressures tore them apart over Josh’s perceived homosexuality. From then on, Josh has had to deal with many challenges that heterosexuals just never deal with.

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September “LIFE ON THE EDGE” Reporter Megan Woolhouse explores the cruel side of the human psych in this week’s feature. The story follows Linda Lowell, a Worcester State graduate with severe depression. Constantly plagued by thoughts of suicide, Lowell fights her mental illness everyday as well as the stigma that comes with it.

“VAN HALEN COMING TO TOWN” Rock ’n’ roll royalty Van Halen is coming to play the Centrum. The embodiment of party in the ’80’s, the band is working hard in the ’90’s to stay straight and sober. The show promises to be loud, fast and platinum as the band’s 11th studio album, “Balance,” just went double platinum.

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October “bozo” in his last column referring to the members of the Office of Planning and Community Development, Crockett had a change of tone, but stuck to the same tune. The basketball court at Beaver Brooke Park, Crockett argues, is essential to bringing the community together, and especially effective at bridging the gap between Whites and Blacks.

“THE MISSING LINK” Danuta and Marian Golemo, once pillars of Worcester’s Polish community, have now become a symbol of greed and hated by the community. The couple are accused of stealing nearly $1 million from other Poles in the community who had tried to send checks back to relatives in Poland. These checks simply never arrived. When confronted, Marion “THE GOOD WAR” cleaned out the bank account and fled In this photo essay feature, Paul to Madrid. Della Valle and Patrick J. O’Connor remember the men and women of Worcester who fought in WWII. Everyone had their roles, both abroad “PUT THAT BASKETBALL COURT and domestically, each executed to near BACK, PLEASE, GENTLEMEN” perfection in order to triumph over the After Editor Walter Crockett’s mother German and Japanese war machines. read and criticized her son’s use of These veterans wonder, though, if the younger generation could take FILE PHOTO on the amount of responsibility that they did in their youth.

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“THE TRIAL BEGINS” Charged with the murder of Paxton Police Chief Robert Mortell, Michael D. Souza enters a plea of “not guilty.” Souza’s lawyers claim their client was the first caught, first charged, and ultimately the first blamed. The trial set to begin over a year after the shooting in February of 1994 promises to be eventful.

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“ALL I WANT IS A SHOT” Paul Della Valle goes in depth with his player profile of Rob Feaster, Holy Cross basketball star, as he chases his dream to play in the NBA. One of the only players in the school’s history to score over 2,000 points, Feaster’s tenacity, Coach Bill Raynor says, will be the ultimate deciding factor for teams looking to draft Feaster. Feaster, on the other hand, is just hungry for the opportunity to play.

entertainment eulogy. Some skipped freshman basketball practice to see their first Grateful Dead concert. Others, like Editor Walter Crockett, remember seeing them at Clark University in the ’60s, and growing out their hair because of the band.

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August “BIG MONEY ON CAMPUS” This education feature by Clare Karis explores the question: “Have rising costs put college out of reach?” With the cost of tuition more than doubling for some of Worcester’s colleges, many students are starting to quiver under the burden of debt. One Worcester State financial guru, Bill Durgin, has this advice to new parents: “start saving now.” “REMEMBERING JERRY GARCIA” The Worcester Magazine editorial board remembers Jerry Garcia in this arts and

“NEEDLE EXCHANGE” In this submitted opinion, reader and coordinator of HIV/AIDS services at Health Awareness Services of Central Massachusetts Jerry Cheney has one very clear message: vilifying the drug using population of Mass by banning access to clean needles is helping the AIDS epidemic spiral out of control. The moral opposition to an exchange, Cheney offers, is ignorant and deadly.

November “A MOTHER FIGHTS BACK” In this report, Megan Woolhouse tells the story of one mother, Irene St. George, whose kids are slowly being taken away from her by gang life. To fight against it, St. George, a mother of five, formed Worcester Fights Back United Neighborhoods initiative to raise money to sponsor cookouts and field trips for area children. “BEERMANIA” In this buzzing feature, Ellen O’Connor reports on the resurgence of micro-brewing in Worcester. As well as a history of beer in Wormtown, O’Connor brings us up to date with a peek inside the Wachusett brewing company—a company still in its infancy at the time, but with plans to grow rapidly.

December “PORTRAITS FROM THE INSIDE” In this photo essay feature, Patrick J. O’Connor heads inside the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections to get a sense of life behind bars. This stunning set of photos attempts to expose the human behind the stigma of “criminal.” Inside, these men try and make the most out of their lives, whether it be educating themselves or embracing fatherhood.

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January “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS ON LINCOLN STREET – PROBLEM PREGNANCY SETS UP SHOP NEXT TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD” There were problems when they were neighbors in the ’80s on the sixth floor of 340 Main St., and Planned Parenthood supporters said the group was trying to start problems again when Problem Pregnancy moved next door to the group on Lincoln Street. Writer Megan Woolhouse even catches the anti-abortion group in a pickle by getting a college student to call asking for an abortion, and told by a volunteer both PPs were affiliated.

“BEAM ME BACK UP, SCOTTY: AL SACCO RETURNS FROM SPACE WITH STARDUST IN HIS EYES” Allen Fletcher interviews WPI professor Al Sacco, who came back from a 16-day NASA space mission with new celebrity status in Worcester and a desire to go back.

February “WILL WORCESTER HIT THE WALL?” “Will the city of Worcester run out of money, crippled by plummeting property values and skyrocketing debt?” asks the first line of Katherine Robertson’s story about increasing city spending and decreasing property values teaming up to put the city in a pickle.

headline’s question in a piece that argues if the builders want a tax break deal for their project, they need to make serious design changes.

May “CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE STILL CONTROVERSIAL, BUT THERE WILL BE ONE IN WORCESTER BY FALL” Sten Gustavson touches on the downsides of charter schools – taking money from public schools is the main issue –

while mentioning the soon-to-be opened Seven Hills Charter School as “a bold new approach to education.” “COMMUTER RAIL: WILL WORCESTER CATCH THE TRAIN?” Writer Matthew McCarthy looks at why Worcester was isolated from Boston for so many years – and how a commuter rail system, as imperfect as it was, could bring the city back into the statewide transportation network.

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July “WERE RICHARD VEGA AND FERDINAND NAZARIO WRONGLY CONVICTED?” The title pair did hard time for an armed robbery based on matching the descriptions of two of three Hispanic males who held up the House of Pizza on Pleasant Street. After rumors on the street and a Worcester Police officer investigating the incident in his free time, followed by an official investigation, all on the heels of a Worcester Magazine article with a family friend’s account, the pair were able to file a court motion based on new evidence exonerating them. They would be freed in September.

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October “CAN MINORITIES GET A FAIR TRIAL IN WORCESTER?” The answer, according to Ellen O’Connor’s cover story? “Maybe, but they can’t get a jury of their peers.”

November “JIM MCGOVERN BASKS IN GLOW OF UPSET” The subhead? “Politics around here isn’t going to be the same.” McGovern has, of course, gone on to win re-election nine times and is widely viewed as the top dog in regional politics.

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“WHICH COMES FIRST: TRUANTS’ RIGHTS OR STUDENTS’ NEEDS?” Writer Ellen O’Connor looks at truants with nuance, as a brand-new city policy that aims to get students back in school prompts reactions ranging from kudos for getting kids social services, to wariness that police officers were using it as an excuse to question kids without cause.

“BIG TIME: BURNCOAT’S MIKE BRADLEY GOES NATIONAL” Mike Bradley was just heading off to Kentucky when Ellen O’Connor wrote about the Burncoat High School superstar, who would go on to Villanova, and “RECYCLING: WHAT GOES AROUND eventually get picked by the Toronto Raptors in the first-round of the NBA draft. COMES AROUND” When Worcester started its recycling program in the ’90s, 99.9 percent of Worcester residents participated in the “PAYDAY: WHAT THEY’RE MAKING curbside pickup program, according AT NON - PROFITS” to Megan Woolhouse’s article on the Worcester Magazine, with a little help environmentally conscious practice, from the Worcester Business Journal, which started picking up steam looked at the more than 850 nonprofits years earlier. in the city and decided the people should know how much the highest“ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST” paid officials were making. And yes, that Allmerica Financial – now Hanover includes the city itself. The answer, as Insurance – ruffled some feathers when the article so eloquently put it? “More it expanded its campus on Lincoln than you do, pal.” Street. Residents on Beverly Road were told they could move their house, then “THE INTERNET: YOU CAN’T GET that it would be torn down, then they THERE FROM HERE” could move it, then it would be torn An article from a simpler time down. Megan Woolhouse makes sense explains the concept of the Internet, of the conflict between corporation and then-Deputy City Solicitor Mike and community.

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Traynor explains why he thinks the city should sign a 10-year contract with a cable company that would not offer the city Internet at a time when other Massachusetts cities were just switching from dial-up to cable modems. City Councilor Gary Rosen, always looking ahead, advocated for hooking Worcester up to the World Wide Web in a faster manner.

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June “DEJA BREW LETS YOU BREW YOUR OWN” Writer Jon Kamp covers the opening of Deja Brew, a self-brewing shop in Shrewsbury in which staff, recipes and equipment are provided for budding beer makers. The location is still going strong, as customers seem to love making their own suds, from hops to fermentation.

Santo remained in a coma, religious folks reported blood and oil coming out of objects around her, and the family claimed Santo would bleed in conjunction with Catholic feast days. All this led to many Catholic faithful praying to Santo, and a 10th anniversary Mass in which religious people from across the country came to Worcester to be in the presence of the “mystic and victim soul.”

“DOGS ARE FAMILY” Walter Crockett clues Worcester Magazine readers in on the City Council’s “draconian new dog laws” “TURNING CASTLE banning pooches from parks. As of STREET AROUND” the writing of this summary, that law Brothers Matthew and Joe Bansfield, is still on the books, despite nearly Cassie Datena and Scott Hayman bought unanimous, but ineffective speeches a six-family home on Castle Street. That from subsequent City Councils on fixing in itself would not be news, but Datena the issue. Dogs are still not allowed in and Hayman already owned a singleWorcester parks. family house on the West Side, which they ended up renting out to move into and renovate a building that had been ravaged by a slumlord landlord and “PUTTING THE SQUEEZE the rise of drugs and crime in the area. ON VOKE ED” The goal of the endeavor, which cost Doug Hanchett hundreds of thousands of dollars, was to chronicles the move save the neighborhood. to relieve what is now Worcester Technical “THE PAWN GAME: THEY CAN TAKE High School of its YOU TO THE CLEANERS AND DO A autonomy and merge LITTLE LAUNDRY ON THE SIDE” it with the public Writer Megan Woolhouse takes a look school system. at pawn shops. Legal laundering? CrimeAt the time, fighting tool? Different people have Voke reported different perspectives, clearly. Intern directly to the Zarch Ordynans even went undercover city, not to to pawn some items and evaluate the School how different pawn shops reacted to suspicious items, with mixed results.

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Committee, and was struggling with a negative stereotype surrounding trade schools. “THOU SHALT NOT … BUT SOME PRIESTS DID – AND THE CHURCH DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW” Phil Saviano has been cited as one of the key sparks in the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into systemic child abuse and rape within the ranks of Catholic clergy. The 2002 series was recently made into the Oscar-winning film, “Spotlight.” Years prior, Ellen O’Connor interviewed Saviano and wrote about the larger issue, which included 13 priests charged with sex crimes in the Worcester Diocese since 1986.

October “ONE ON ONE: AVON/WITCH” In a prime example of what is now “Two Minutes With,” publisher Allen Fletcher interviewed Avon, a local ordained witch. “From a very early age I was very psychic,” claimed the

proprietor of Bell, Book and Candle on Main Street.

November “BLACK ACTIVISM IN WORCESTER: RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME” Ellen O’Connor chronicled the changing fortunes of black activists in Worcester. There had always been people speaking out for underrepresented communities, but only in the 1990s did the political winds seem to change, ever slightly, to aid non-white candidates. The Black FBI, Nation of Islam, the Worcester Minority Business Council, the Rainbow Coalition and others set the tone.

December “TAKE THIS BAR AND BUST IT” Doug Hanchett takes a sympathetic look at John Bilis and the High Street Cafe, a Webster bar that was wrapped up in a federal drug bust alleging Bilis and other bar owners tacitly allowed dealers to use the properties as bases of operation. Bilis’ case seemed to rest on the fact that he asked Webster police for help before being busted, but he would be convicted in 1998 after an undercover officer overheard him warning drug dealers about police presence. Phil Savino

August “THE FAITHFUL FLOCK TO SEE LITTLE AUDREY” Audrey Marie Santo was 3 when she was rendered comatose by an accident in her South Flagg Street home. Her Catholic parents took her on a pilgrimage to Yugoslavia in an attempted healing, and while

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“HAVANA WAITS” A trip to Cuba? Why not, if U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern and the local Catholic bishop are planning a trip to see the Catholic Pope meet with Fidel Castro.

“HOUSING SAVIOR: FATHER FRED ENMAN REHABS THE SOUL OF MAIN SOUTH” Worcester residents might be familiar with Matthew 25, which made a splash when Fr. Fred Enman started the charitable housing organization in 1988. Ten years on, Enman was profiled by Worcester Magazine, which explained how he used his legal background to navigate the complicated business of housing and his priestly background to help the less fortunate by fixing up buildings in Main South to rent to lowincome families.

“PLACES SHE’S NEVER BEEN” Just like “Good Will Hunting” put South Boston on the national map, Erica Pennella wanted to put Worcester on the map with “Places I’ve Never Been,” an indie movie about a woman’s escape from an abusive relationship. Pennella was just 22 years old when she started the ambitious project.

“CHILI CON CONTROVERSY ON THE COMMON” Food Not Bombs had a longstanding tradition of giving away free meals to the hungry and homeless on Worcester Common. But the city issued criminal complaints against four of the group’s members, saying they needed a permit to operate. At the time of Worcester Magazine’s story, the group was still risking arrest to dole out soup.

February “IN PURSUIT OF OBLIVION” With nine colleges dotting the city’s landscape, binge drinking will always be a problem for Worcester. Writer Doug Hanchett took a nuanced look at the age-old practice of college kids getting hammered, with a first-person account of a class college party from a Holy Cross student.

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April “FEAR AND LOATHING IN AUBURN” Media covering media is sometimes awkward, but Worcester Magazine’s profile of Auburn Magazine and its controversial publisher, Steven Maher, managed to be what Maher’s critics say he wasn’t during his tenure as reporter, photographer, editor, lawyer and activist: objective. “SMOKERS TO BUTT OUT? RESTAURATEURS CRY FOUL OVER SMOKING BAN” There was a time in Worcester and beyond when smoking was an accepted part of a night out at a restaurant. But when City Councilor Konnie Lukes and others pushed for a ban on smoking in restaurants, a number of city businessmen said it would kill their customer base, although Richard Cravedi’s Wexford House and Brendan O’Connor’s eponymous restaurant managed to make it through.

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May “LEFT OFF THE DIAL” Mike Malone had a good thing going for a while with WDOA, the king of Worcester’s pirate radio stations. But when the FCC started cracking down on unlicensed operators, there was nothing left to do but shut down 89.3 FM and reminisce about its 18-month rock and roll run.

July “FEELS A LOT LIKE HOME” Musician Martin Sexton “spins his Americana from a booth at the Wonder Bar,” as writer Rob Adams put it. The singer and musician, who is still putting out albums, called Worcester, “the most unpretentious town I know.”

August “GLIMMERS OF HOPE: THE OTHER SIDE OF GREAT BROOK VALLEY” A close look at Worcester’s most notorious housing projects, Great Brook Valley, by Rosalie Tirella revealed a more nuanced home than many residents realized.

September “DATELINE WORCHESTER: LOST IN THE PRESIDENTIAL GLARE” When President Bill Clinton visited Worcester, it was a chance for him to change the subject from stories about his scandals, which had started to pile up. Worcester Magazine compiled all the national media coverage mentioning Worcester, and left disappointed, with most references only alluding to a “Democratic stronghold” or “blue-collar city.” In the nation’s top 50 newspapers, Mayor Ray Mariano was not quoted about Worcester at all, while City Councilor Konnie Lukes was quoted in 18 papers for boycotting the event. “A TALE OF TWO CITIES: WHAT DOES PROVIDENCE HAVE THAT WORCESTER DOESN’T?” The headline is self-explanatory, and writers Jeff Hinkle and Jon Kamp try

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to find an answer in leadership – namely, Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci’s strong leadership. Both cities are similar in size and background, although as thenWorcester Mayor Ray Mariano noted, Providence has the advantage of being a state capital.

October “NO KISSIN’ AMONG THESE COUSINS” Both have walked a long political journey, but there was a time when current Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito was running to unseat her second cousin, Guy Glodis, from his state rep. seat. Polito, a Republican, and Glodis, a Democrat, threw some barbs at each other, proving “politics is thicker than blood.”

November “TO VOKE OR NOT TO VOKE” Some people can’t forget the beautiful Worcester Technical High School building in Green Hill Park was only constructed after a knock-down, drag-out fight between those intent on preserving parkland and the city’s backers interested in a new vocational high school building on the site.

December “PARKING LOT ROULETTE” Worcesterites, in their perpetual quest for free parking, sometimes try to steal a few minutes in private lots. That posed a problem for the owners of a lot near Coney Island Hot Dogs, who sicced Pat’s Towing on motorists, sometimes towing cars within 10 minutes.

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January “NO HEROES: THE STATE VIETNAM MEMORIAL’S SAGE OF DOLLARS AND DREAMS” Writer Martha Akstin tackles the Vietnam War Memorial now located in Green Hill Park – the fundraising fight, the three groundbreakings without any progress, and the hope of veterans for a little bit of recognition.

February “WORCESTER PERFORMING ARTS: TOO WHITE BREAD?” “A tale of bruised egos, Boston bluebloods and the Massachusetts cultural pot of gold,” is an apt descriptor for writer Jeff Hinkle’s article about the Massachusetts Cultural Council and its grant-giving proclivities, which some in the Worcester area saw as unfair. The numbers bear some, but not all, complaints out, including an effort by the MCC to add diversity to the arts scene.

March “LAWYERS TRADE CHARGES IN HOLY CROSS SEX CASE” Current Worcester County District Attorney Joe Early Jr. was a private

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attorney when he accused lawyers for the men charged with sexually assaulting a Holy Cross student of violating a confidentiality agreement and leaking details to the Telegram and Gazette, which published “half-truths and untruths,” according to Early.

April “WELCOME TO MUDVILLE: A LOOK AT WORCESTER’S BASEBALL PAST” Writer Doug Hanchett explores Worcester’s role in shaping America’s pastime, especially famous names like manager Connie Mack and Daniel Henry Casey, the inspiration for the poem “Casey at the Bat.” “MONEY TO BURN” Massachusetts was due to get the first check in a 25-year, $7.6-billion payment from a tobacco settlement after it was ruled that tobacco companies were costing communities money in the form of health care costs – an “all-you-can-eat fiscal buffet,” some might say.

May “CREW! WUSTAH TAKES ON THE PREPPIES” “Last year, a successful race was when none of the equipment broke,” one parent said of the reformed Worcester Public Schools crew team, which beat such high and mighty schools as St. Anthony’s and Choate Rosemary Hall at a prestigious regatta. “TOUCH IT AND YOU DIE” The Massachusetts National Guard Military Museum’s director wanted to change the direction of the museum, but said he didn’t know how historical documents ended up in a dumpster.

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“NICK AT NIGHT” Shrewsbury Street residents and business owners were suspicious when Nick Fiorillo announced plans to open Il Palazzo, a pool hall and nightclub – partly because of the 25-year-old’s colorful history that included managing a strip club.

“NIGHT SHIFT: BUCKING BIOLOGY TO MAKE A BUCK” The traditional work shift might be 9 to 5, but there are those who choose to or are required to work at night. From the Worcester Police Department to the Kenmore Diner, writer Ben Welch looks at those who work while the rest of us sleep.

July “BAD BLOOD: MONEY, POWER AND THE NIPMUC INDIANS’ BATTLE FOR RECOGNITION” The Nipmucs Indians, which number around 1,000 depending on who you ask, had been seeking federal recognition since 1977, when Jeff Hinkle wrote a story about tribal infighting, racism, casinos, history and the future of a tribe once written off for dead.

August “KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE: AREA ARTS TEACHERS GET CREATIVE” Writer Chris Graeff covers the importance of the arts in school, and what some teachers were doing to keep the spark of creativity alive in children.

September “A COLLEGE TOWN THAT ISN’T” Reporters call stories like this an “evergreen story” - one that can be written anytime, since the situation never changes. Writer Ben Welch explores why Worcester and the plenty of colleges here can’t capture some of the magic of Boston, Providence or even Northampton.

“THAT SUCKING SOUND” Did the Big Dig in Boston result in projects scheduled for Worcester being postponed or canceled? Martha Akstin attempts to answer that question.

November “A UNION FOR THE PEOPLE” After a long wait, Union Station was restored to its original glory, reports Marc Sanguinetti, who got an inside peek at the new building.

December “WHO ARE THESE GUYS?” Writer Jeff Hinkle covers the Fatherhood Coalition, a group of mostly divorced men who believe there is a war on fatherhood being waged by feminists and the legal system. Thousands of supporters agree, but the idea is controversial. “CITY OF TEARS” The Cold Storage warehouse fire was covered in the previous issue, but a week later Worcester Magazine devoted the entire paper, front to back, to the deaths of firefighters Paul Brotherton, Timothy Jackson, Jeremiah Lucey, James Lyons, Joseph McGuirk and Thomas Spencer. FILE PHOTOS

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January “ART ON THE EDGE” Writer Nina Fletcher covers three local artists who take risks and live on the edge, in more ways than one.

February “THE THIRD CENTURY” Five area residents who were born in the 1800s talk about life, aging and how things have changed.

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“CITY MUST BUY OUT AMTRAK” Despite telling officials there would be no more delays or problems in the opening of Union Station, Amtrak revealed to Worcester Magazine they wanted the city to buy out their Shrewsbury Street station – something they told the press before the mayor or other important people. “POLITICAL MOVES: BERNSTEIN’S RETIREMENT SETS OFF CHAIN REACTION” State Sen. Robert Bernstein was well-respected on Beacon Hill and in Worcester when he decided to retire out of the blue at age 38. That set in motion a cavalcade of decisions for other Worcester notables, as Democrats and Republicans scrambled to fill the Senate seat, possibly with a state rep, which would require filling that seat, possibly with a city councilor – you get the idea.

April “GIRL, UNCORRUPTED” Hollywood actress Alicia Witt is still making a mark in film and television. Years after writer Robert Newton chronicled her rise from Wormtown to such shows as “Cybill” and “The Sopranos,” as well as a movie career that began with “Dune” at the age of 7. “RUSHFORD’S REBELLION: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LANDS CITY CLERK IN HOT WATER” When the state tried to reverse 300-plus years of policy by requiring cities and towns to send original copies of vital records to Boston while keeping a copy, only one city’s head recordkeeper rebelled – Worcester City Clerk David Rushford, who said the law was bad for the historical record and for city revenue.

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May “NURSE VS. NURSE: INSIDE - OUT AT MED CITY” Union strikes are always contentious affairs – doubly so when the business in question happens to be a life-saving operation. Writer Martha Akstin gets to the bottom of the St. Vincent’s strike – the picketers’ demands, the 106-plus nurses who crossed the picket line, and the strike-breaking measures that backfired on the hospital.

June “IS THERE NAZI LOOT AT WAM?” The answer? Some of the art museum’s paintings and sculptures didn’t have a complete ownership record going back to 1933, so, probably.

July “WORCESTER ON ECSTASY” Writer Frank Griffiths chronicles the rise of the designer drug in mainstream culture and especially Worcester, which is more susceptible to trends like “E” with its many college campuses.

August “EVERYTHING HE WANTED” The Vertical Horizon song referenced in the headline was inescapable when it came out, and still gets radio play to this day. But many Worcesterites might not know that Matt Scannell, who Charlene Arsenault caught up with for a profile, fronted the popular band.

“OF GOD AND MEN: THE PROMISE KEEPERS COME TO WORCESTER” Worcester Magazine sent writer Frank Griffiths to Dallas to cover one of PK’s rallies in advance of the allmale Christian group, popular among some for emphasizing fatherhood and traditional gender roles, but controversial among feminists, atheists and the gay community - “abominations,” in the words of the founder.

October “FROM WORCESTER’S SHADOWS: 19TH CENTURY PAINTER COMES TO LIGHT” Writer Edmund Schofield dives into the fascinating history of Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, a pioneering woman in the art world.

December “WORCESTER LAGS IN NUMBER OF WOMEN ON POLICE FORCE” The stats showed the Worcester Police Department had a police force of mostly men and 5.7 percent women, ranking well below the national average of 13.8 percent. “CITY STILL NEGLIGENT WITH ITS OWN BUILDINGS” How do you prove the city is lying about securing abandoned buildings it owns? If you’re writer Frank Griffiths, just walk up to a building and open the door, and then tie it into the larger issue of public safety in city buildings.

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“FEDS RECOGNIZE COLD WAR VICTIMS” Some local workers at the region’s manufacturing centers may have contracted cancer or other conditions from exposure to radiation or toxic substances during the Cold War arms race.

“THE REBIRTH OF RALPH’S” Writer Charlene Arsenault dives into the sordid history of the legendary Worcester bar and live music venue, which came about when Ralph needed a place with bathrooms to park his diner and found the cheapest option on Prescott Street.

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“WPD NOT UP TO SPEED: ILLICIT USE OF CANCER DRUG OXYCONTIN ON THE RISE” Back in 2001, Oxy was so new the WPD didn’t know what it was when contacted by a reporter, but it was already showing signs of growing into a major part of the drug epidemic sweeping Massachusetts and the nation to this day.

“OUT ON THE STREETS? WORCESTER’S NURSING HOME CRISIS” Columnist Janice Harvey shined a spotlight on the Salisbury Nursing Home and its plans to close in this feature story, affecting some of the most vulnerable members of the city’s community.

“GOOD INK: PIERCING THE NOWLEGAL MYSTERIES OF BODY ART” Some people might not remember that tattooing used to be illegal in Massachusetts. Amelia Kunhardt took a look at body art’s resurgence for the magazine, after the 1962 ban was struck down on free speech grounds.

May “BUS STOP” The best way to report on Worcester’s unique bus culture is to experience it, as writer Frank Griffiths did for a story about declining ridership and the people who rely on public transit.

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“A YEAR WITHOUT MOLLY: THE BISHES’ SAD VIGIL CONTINUES” The Molly Bish case became one of the most infamous in the state when the teenager disappeared from her job as a lifeguard at a Worcester county pool. Her remains would be found two years later, but at the time, her parents and the district attorney were still holding out hope.

July “IN THE SWIM: CITY KIDS TASTE THE JOYS OF NATURE AT CAMP PUTNAM” Where do kids from the urban developments of Great Brook Valley and Plumley Village go to cool off and have fun in the summer? Camp Putnam, of course, a Worcester Fresh Air Fund project that grew from a small charitable push to a full-blown campus program.

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“SQUEEZING THE T&G” “Buyouts and belt-tightening herald an uncertain future for our local – and no longer independent – daily,” reads the subhead for this story, which was published at a bad time for Worcester media – as The New York Times

announced Telegram layoffs, WoMag fired six people and the Worcester Phoenix shut down completely.

September “BURSTING AT THE SEAMS: INSIDE WORCESTER COUNTY’S OVERCROWDED JAIL” Legendary sheriff “Mike” Flynn could do a lot of things, but he sounded depressed talking about tight living conditions for prisoners, leading to a crisis of health and safety for all involved. “THE UGLY SIDE” In the first issue of the paper that went to press after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the team explored how Worcester reacted to the tragedy – the good, raising money for victims, and the bad, with this story about Middle Eastern restaurants becoming targets for threats and vandalism.

October “IS WORCESTER READY FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK? VULNERABLE ASSETS” Writer Frank Griffiths was able to walk into many of the most prominent buildings in Worcester without a problem, although Worcester is probably

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“MEMO TO WORCESTER: TEN GIFTS WE’D LOVE TO GIVE OUR CITY IN 2002” In the holiday season, the WoMag staff came up with a number of things Worcester could benefit from – the rebirth of the Blackstone Canal, a long-term vision for the city, strong-mayor government, a Front Street connector, a “real” airport, more commuter trains and the return of the El Morocco. Not a great batting average so far.

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“WHAT WE LOST IF WE LOSE SPAG’S” The iconic bargain store has since perished, but back in the day Spag’s was a Worcester phenomenon without retail equal.

“SMALL FLY: THIS AIRPORT WILL NEVER BE BIG – WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE WAY WE WANT IT” Worcester Regional Airport is “dead,” writes Michael Cohen, in an article that explores the various causes of death for the once thriving hub.

“INERTIA IN THE ARTS DISTRICT” Worcester’s artists weren’t waiting around for the city to map out their community, instead making their own decisions on where the heart of the art community would stay.

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“GREETINGS FROM WORMTOWN” In 1978, L.B. Worm sarcastically referred to Worcester as “Wormtown,” and the moniker has outlasted other contenders for the city’s unofficial nickname – remember “Paris of the ’80s?”

“SEE DICK AND JANE NOT RUN” Six of Worcester’s seven state legislators were unopposed at the deadline to file candidacy papers, reported Michael Cohen, in a sign of the power of incumbency.

July “THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING LOCAL MUSIC SCENE” The Spag’s mentality, lack of media vitality and MTV all threatened live

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“BASEBALL AND BACALAITOS” The Jose Pagan League was a haven for the Hispanic community, as quality play on the field and fun off of it characterized the 10-year anniversary of the organization. “NEW HEROES HAVE MADE WORCESTER – GASP! BELIEVE IN ITSELF” Making the Little League World Series is a big deal, and for a city often in the shadows of the national spotlight, the Jesse Burkett All-Star team that made waves on national television was a huge deal.

September “YOU FROM WUSTAH? THOUGHT SO. YOU CAN TELL BY THE ATTITUDE” Denis Leary, arguably Worcester’s most famous export, talks to Worcester Magazine about his roots, Hollywood and the Leary continued on page 96

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October “THEY CAME FROM THE CAMPUS!” In the style of a B-movie horror film, Michael Cohen lays out the many plans of Worcester’s colleges, remaking entire neighborhoods in their own image – often to the dismay of longtime residents.

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“THOSE CRAZY WORCESTER DRIVERS” Are Worcester drivers really worse than anyone else? Yes, concludes Keith Regan’s article.

“CLAW FOR THE CUP” Remember the IceCats? Worcester’s beloved hockey team was gone too soon, but this feature story caught them in their prime, making the American Hockey League playoffs.

“TAKING MONEY FROM STUPID MEN: THE STRIPPING LIFE” A lot more goes into strip clubs than you might realize, as this feature story – told through the perspective of a few local dancers – illustrates.

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March “HIGHWAY FROM HELL” I-290 was set to enter a three to four year “redecking,” just as Route 146 was set to bring in more traffic. “Prepare for the worst” was the gist of this cover story.

June “PAYDIRT FOR QUINSIG VILLAGE” The neighborhood was looking for cash in an unusual place – reopening a dump it had fought hard to close years ago.

July “THE LONGEST RIDE” The best way to get a sense of a city is by talking to its cabbies, as writer Brian Goslow did during a series of ridealongs with Worcester’s “hack drivers.”

May “ROCK, BABY, ROCK: 19531963, THE LOST YEARS WHEN WORMTOWN WAS BORN” Writer Brian Goslow takes a look at the forefathers of Worcester rock ’n’ roll. “DEATH BY TELEVISION” Film and TV critic Robert Newton was given an assignment – watch nothing but local access TV for one week. How did it go? “Amnesty International is going to hear about this,” Newton grumbled in the diarystyle article.

August “TAKE THAT MALL, FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL” The Worcester Common Outlets had never worked, even when they were called the Galleria, Chris Kanaracus concludes in his article. But Mayor Tim Murray laid out an ambitious plan to take the mall’s destiny into the city’s hands, a vision that would be realized years later.

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September “THE GREAT WORCESTER LAND GRAB” An urban area like Worcester tends to be “built out” to the max, but developers in 2003 were still trying to find places to put up housing, offices and retail space – in the strangest places.

October “MORE DRY ON THE WESTERN FRONT” West Side residents were making it hard to get bars, restaurants and the like approved near their residential neighborhoods when Worcester Magazine looked at the distribution of watering holes in the city, and why the East Side was bar heaven.

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interests? This story tackled that question, comparing the state reps and senators against other communities and each other.

December “BANGING OUT THE YEAR” Worcester’s First Night New Year’s Eve celebration preps for the introductions of “junque,” making music using found objects – think “Stomp.”

“STATE HOUSE JUICE” How good is Worcester’s delegation on Beacon Hill at pushing the city’s

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complicated by the fact that two Worcester police officers were having a beer in a function room at the time – and whether it was during or after their paid security detail shift was the subject of a pair of multi-milliondollar lawsuits.

“I DIG IT, I OWN IT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE CHAIR IN THE PARKING SPOT” In a city with a lack of driveways, the chair in the parking space is an important social convention – as chronicled by photographers Scott Erb, Donna Dufault and Mark Doyle.

February “MONEY FOR MURDER: THE CITY GETS SUED” A murder during an attempted robbery at the Il Palazzo was

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“LIFE ON THE BACK BENCH” The week prior, eight out of the 11 City Council members had approached

“DIRTY DOZEN DUMPS” The magazine profiles the 12 worst dumping grounds in the city, proving they are not all in the “worst” neighborhoods, and some are owned by the city.

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“BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER: PROM NIGHT FOR TWO GAY COUPLES” Writer Taryn Plumb’s story chronicled the Supporters of Worcester Area Gay and Lesbian Youth prom at a crucial time for the community – earlier in the issue, Worcester Magazine shared photos from the day same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts.

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“GIGS FROM HELL” Stories of guns, drugs, the road, playful bikers, rowdy women, bad cars, bad food, bad weather and rock ’n’ roll, as recounted by local musicians.

July “THE BAT TLE OF CASTLE PARK” Both sides just want to help, but heated disputes and a physical altercation didn’t help the relationship

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between Health Awareness Services — “BACKFIRE: THE COPS WON’T and their bleach kits designed to protect CRY IF THE FIREFIGHTERS’ heroin addicts’ safety — and residents UNION BECOMES A VICTIM OF like Frank Zitomersky who want the ITS OWN SUCCESS” addicts out. In the wake of a $5-million arbitration settlement – that would “TRUE BLOG CONFESSIONS: come out of tax dollars – the SEX! ROMANCE! CAR PROBLEMS! previously bulletproof public image PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE SPILLING of the Worcester Fire Department THEIR GUTS IN ONLINE DIARIES!” seemed to be cracking, and the police Worcester residents were department and its lack of funding participating in a new craze – was taking notice. LiveJournal, a forerunner of the blogs that now litter the Internet landscape.

“HOLA TO WORC” It took until 2004, but Worcester finally got its first all-Spanish radio station.

December “THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW” Worcester Police Officer Miguel Lopez was somewhat unique on the force for being fluent in Spanish. That came in handy on the job – and for other cops in Worcester and beyond, as a book and audio tape concentrating on functional Spanish ended up selling 50 copies a week to local law enforcement.

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August “TRUE LIFE 911” A private detective calls in a shooting, follows the suspects in a medium-speed car chase, and picks up two cops on foot on the way. This feature story uses that incident, told through 911 calls, to explain the importance of dispatchers.

“HIS MAJESTY, MIKE O’BRIEN” When the former Parks and Recreation Commissioner took the reigns of the city, it came right as proponents of a strong-mayor system smelled blood in the water and took a swing at eliminating the city manager position altogether.

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January “THE GAY DIVORCEES” Months after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, some of Worcester’s first married gay couples were calling it quits. The divorces resulted in some political vitriol, with a conservative activist claiming it was proof gay couples weren’t interested in monogamy. “BACK FROM THE RINK” Worcester loves sports. This story is about the reaction of our city’s many hockey fans to the 2005 exodus of our (former) Worcester Ice Cats to Peoria, Illinois (they later moved again to Utica, New York.) We later got our redemption in the Worcester Sharks, but they abandoned us too. That kept in mind: please don’t leave us Railers!

February “CLOTHING COSTS” Exposing the lies of wolf-insheep’s clothing faux-charity “Planet Aid,” Worcester Magazine reporter Noah Schaffer brought up the truth about Planet Aid, its ties to Dutch cult Tvind and its actual practices, selling donations to wholesale retailers for a profit. For shame, Planet Aid. For shame.

“EXPAND THE EFFORT” Susan Smith, in an op-ed, proposes that a good way to help those panhandling on street corners would be with vouchers redeemable at supermarkets. To this day, the city is trying to find a way to help panhandlers, as the debate rages on between points of compassion and practicality. “CRUISER BRUISER” Hector Pineiro is a controversial figure in Worcester. Nothing if not fearless, he has been willing to take on the Worcester Police Department, and in the past has told them they have a history of abuse of power. In recent years, he has been controversial, particularly among Worcester’s right wing, for the criminal activity of his own son. He also has a reputation for lobbying the federal government, and has opposed giving immunity to gun manufacturers. In 2005 we profiled the controversial lawyer often called “the Mayor of Main South.”

May “THE LAST WEEKEND” The Kelley Square Flea Market was a Worcester institution for years, and its closing was more than just a blow to nostalgia. Patrons of the market young and old go through its social importance and the positive impact it had on working class people throughout the meeting. Business, sociology, and politics all with a classic Worcester bend are at play as a warm farewell is bode to the flea market.

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“ROADSIDE WORCESTER” To kick off the (way too belated) summer of 2005, we took a look at the cheesy and wacky statues and “ONE -THIRD OF THE signs that surround AMERICAN DREAM” Worcester’s three-deckers went condo! the roads of It’s hard to believe, for those of us whose Worcester county, and of course, apartments are in three-deckers, that the places these giant places used to be sold in they signal. their entirety. But true it is. This is an Whether interesting look at how the American, it’s the and Worcesterian, dream has changed.

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“THE PACKIE POSSE” Why is the license commission such a pain? In 2005, we explored the “Packie posse,” the alliance of package store owners fiercely fighting competition at any license commission meetings. It’s very interesting to look at, and it doesn’t just apply to Worcester package stores: think about how New York City cab drivers fight Uber, and you’ll get the idea.

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July “PEACE IN THE VALLEY” If you’ve been following Worcester Magazine this summer, or following Worcester for the past 10 years, you know all about how former Mayor Ray Mariano became The Wizard of Great Brook Valley, revitalizing and transforming the neighborhood. Here’s a little micro demonstration of how he’s done it: the fact that he banned and cracked down on fireworks in the valley on the Fourth of July, 2005.

August “IN DEFENSE OF SODA” The debate rages on about soda. Beloved by children, it also kills them. Local business Polar was fighting against the efforts of the school board to ban the sale of sodas in school. It’s an interesting look at how perspective changes: do soda machines belong in schools as little as cigarette machines, or is it overprotective nonsense? “NOBODY GOES TO PRISON FOR THE FOOD” Where does freedom of religion meet prisoners’ rights? The table. Malcom X’s conversion to Islam symbolically existed in his refusal of a meat plate in prison, saying he did not eat pork. Should a Jewish prisoner have kosher food, should a Hindu one have a vegetarian option? Special treatment to prisoners, or freedom of exercise? It was interesting to explore.

September “COLLEGE TOWN DREAMS” Should we teach

college students to love Worcester, or make Worcester a college town? To this day the debate rages on about Wormtown’s relationship to Worcester students (Wormgowns?) And perhaps it is a debate that always will rage on. “College Town,” even when it’s a compliment, does seem a bit limiting and condescending. “ONE COLLEGE TO RULE THEM ALL” Beaver Street’s Classic Auto Body, 11 years ago, became an early “Clark Casualty”: a victim of the local expansionism of Clark University. Clark’s role continues to be debated, though the staff has changed, their role in developing the community seeming partially philanthropic and partially opportunistic.

October “THE WRONG MESSAGE” As governor, Mitt Romney fell in hot water after he suggested that mosques should be wiretapped and Muslim students harbored “doctrines of terror and hate.” These statements were condemned in an op-ed by Hamza Pelletier and Caline Jarudi for being deeply inflammatory.

December “THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO PARTY” Being a restaurant city and being an entertainment city sometimes go handin-hand. But one is definitely harder than the other: after all, one person’s entertainment is another person’s “shut up, I’m trying to sleep.” This story shows the balance of interests, as business owners fought the increasing difficulty of entertainment licenses, and bed owners fought the increasing difficulty of eight hours.

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“TURNING TO FACE THE /STRANGE CHANGES” A church is more than a church, particularly for Catholics, who would define themselves not simply as a religion, but as a peoplehood. Janice Harvey’s column on the closing of St. Andrew’s represents the contradictions of the lapsed Catholic: how can a non-believer have nostalgic memories of Sunday Mass? What does it mean to lose something that is no longer yours? A fascinating look at a changing world.

“KITCHEN: CONFIDENTIAL” In 2006 we chose four Worcester restaurants (The Sole Proprietor, Zorba’s Pizzeria Tavern, Nancy Chang’s, and Block 5) and watched them at work. From kitchen counter to dining room table, this story is a great piece for lovers of Worcester’s great eats.

“HERE IT COMES” What do Denis Leary and Duddie have in common? They’re both Worcester Boys and Girls Club alumni. Boys and Girls Clubs are a staple of any city, and ours is no exception. Ten years ago, the sale of the old building for the Boys and Girls Club and the construction of the new one signaled not just a change in the club, but a change in Main South that continues to this day in part through the LLC formed to aid the project.

August “THE PATH OF THE NEEDLE” Needles are a reality of the heroin epidemic. So is the solution to make them more available (and disposable) to at least avoid the spread of AIDS, or to crack down on them? In 2006, when Massachusetts changed the law surrounding needles and drop boxes, the debate was of particular importance to Worcester.

“BAR SOME” Bouncers play an important role in the nightlife of any city. They keep 18-year-olds out of bars, start nights, and end fights. But you’d be surprised at some of the finer details of the job: this article provides a fascinating look at how bouncers deescalate situations.

February “STORMIN’ DORMAN” Think your neighbors are bad? Try being Claude Dorman, who found living next to some Becker students unbearable. Maybe it was the vomit on the street, the urination on his property, or the vandalism of his car. Either way, he made 76 calls to the police in three months.

March “NEW ORLEANS DIARY” Hurricane Katrina was devastating. Local volunteer Sarah Politz went to New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity after the storm and found what she saw shocking: buildings looted, homes leveled. What she saw most importantly was not in what she did, but in bearing witness to a city rebuilding itself.

April “BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE” Thank God the Herbert Candy Mansion still lives. In 2006, the Shrewsbury treasure was close to going bankrupt; however, a new management team stepped in and saved the day. The story provides a good look at how a chocolate bunny producer hopped back from the brink.

June “CANDY’S KILLER STILL WALKS FREE” Candace Scola’s 2002 murder is one of Worcester’s most infamous unsolved cases (though her husband, Anthony Scola, had been named as a suspect), but (unfortunately) far from the only one. We looked at that case, along with the cases of Kevin Harkins and Molly Bish. Each case is a book that tragically remains unfinished, those close to the victim desperately awaiting closure. “PUNK IS WHERE YOU FIND IT” The Downright Creepies. The Commandos. Bane. Smartbomb. The bands of Worcester’s all-ages punk scene have crafted music that has shaped both their cities and their genres, and in 2006 we took a look not at a band but a scene. Great, all-ages scene-involved punk, hardcore and emo bands live on in Worcester (most notably from the Hotelier), so bring your friends and get ready to rock.

“LIFE BEHIND BARS” The bar is a tragicomic place. For every funny-story of the drunk who brings a baked potato into the bathroom, there are less funny stories, sometimes terrors involving chainsaws, and other tragedies of the toll 30 years of daily drinking have taken on the bodies of some. In 2006 ,we chronicled the tales told by the bartenders of Worcester, and they are interesting.

September “STONES DIARY Here’s a look back at a look back: Sept. 14, 1981, when the Rolling Stones played Worcester. At the time, the city was incredibly low profile, having been called “New England’s Utility Closet” by The New York Times. A big event and a fun night, no doubt, but also a concert which, at the time, was a major victory for the city.

October “MUSIC FOR MOGULS” What are some of the challenges of running a nightclub? We sat down with some night club owners in 2006 to discuss overhead, liability and more. Turns out it’s not just fake IDs that club owners have to worry about: unlicensed renditions of “Free Bird” or neighbors that want to sleep may be more of a problem, after all.

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November “THE CURSE OF THE SOUND MAN” A lot of people don’t consider the effect the job has on members of a sound crew. They get all the limited sleep and destructive traveling of the road, but significantly less money than their guitarwielding counterparts. The stress has led many sound men to an early grave. Here’s an article that, through locals such as Steve Merrow, points out the destructive potential of the occupation. Many sound men have had problems with drinking and drugs, many have died young. It’s an important read, especially with the American tendency to romanticize “sex, drugs, and rock and roll.”

December “THE OTHER WORCESTER” Worcester used to be a mill town, is accessible by train, and rests much of its revitalization hopes on its Canal District. You also do not live there, because (no bollocks) it’s in the United Kingdom. Like our Worcester, they are building toward their future, placing many of their hopes on transportation. We examined many more similarities in this cover story on our cousins across the pond. “HOME FROM WAR” We spoke to three of our own hometown heroes, veterans of the Iraq war making great sacrifices overseas after they got home. It was important, both to give thanks to those who take these sacrifices and to understand the other costs of war, not in the great tragedies of death (the weight of which we can speak of but never intellectualize), but in smaller matters, like a native who had to miss the Red Sox winning the World Series.

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says “Wortown is the frontier of 1,000 unseen wars; the battleground. It’s the battleground of 1,000 invisible battles.” Wortown’s DIY Hip-Hop culture is another part of our music scene, and this cover provides a fascinating look at just another part of the ingenuity and innovation that makes the culture of this city unique and thriving.

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“PANDA- MONIUM” Worcester music is more than Wormtown. The Pandas represent another side of Worcester’s music scene: cinematic, psychedelic, mostly instrumental “postrock” with a core significantly lacking in hard. In 2007, we did our first piece on a band whose style not only brings new light to Worcester, but new serenity to your eardrums, creating a journey not to the center of the mind, but the very depths of the human soul.

“ESCAPE FROM HELL” In 2007, the first Iraqi refugee arrived in Worcester. Badria Jamil said she was persecuted in Iraq, leading her to leave everything behind and seek asylum through the UNHCR. She ended up becoming one of a group of 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the United States in 2007. At the time, her goals were to learn English, so she could get a job upon her arrival.

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February “GET ON THE BUS” The shrinking times and areas covered by the WRTA’s bus system is bad for business. In 2007 Phil McNamara, a cab driver and seeming enemy of the WRTA, instead advocated for increasing bus coverage. He points out that when people can’t get somewhere by bus, they won’t take a cab: instead, they just won’t go. “THREE HOTS AND A COT” One third of the homeless in this country are veterans. The combination of post-traumatic stress disorder and failures of the department of veterans affairs have made it particularly difficult for those returning from the battlefield to adjust to civilian life. Massachusetts Veterans, Inc. was started by Vietnam veterans to assist homeless veterans, understanding the unique challenges veterans face returning to civilian life.

March “THIS IS WOR-TOWN” Drop the “m” and Wormtown gets grittier. And for rappers in the Wor-town scene, like Nytmare, Tragik, and Allie Bombz, Wortown is more representative of the city than Wormtown. Allie Bombz WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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“BACK IN THE WORLD” Readjusting from prison life to society is difficult. We spoke to a few former inmates, but also with those with more power in society: like Guy Glodis and state Rep. John Fresolo. We discussed those trying to make a difference, and the policies that go into making re-entry easier or more difficult. A fascinating allaround look at the situation.

“THIS OLD MADHOUSE” Psychiatric hospitals used to bear closer resemblance to prisons than hospitals. Worcester State Hospital was the first of its kind when it was built in 1877 and called the “Worcester Lunatic Hospital.” Reflecting on both the history of psychiatry and the less enlightened practices of the era, this is an article not just about the past and the future, but how we reckon with the past.

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“SURGING FORWARD” The first iteration of the nowreturning Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) was short lived, but even shorter lived was our contribution: The New England Surge. Playing for two seasons (2007 and 2008), the team itself was pretty good with, a particularly impressive 2008 season, but just couldn’t get its feet off the ground. What the team stood for, however, remains constant in Worcester sports: a sense of pride in local sports and giving back to the community.

April “IN THE WAKE OF VIRGINIA TECH” Spree Day is a day of celebration and festivity for Clark University students. But in 2007 it was also a day of mourning. That year, spree day followed the Virginia Tech massacre, and students sought to celebrate in sadness, enjoy festivities in fear. Though students at Clark may have had geographic distance from the tragedy, it still had emotional relevance to them.

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“HOLLYWOOD ON THE BLACKSTONE” After the very successful “American Hustle” and the significantly less successful “Sea of Trees,” there’s been a lot of talk about Worcester being a movie town. But let’s not act like this talk is new: Worcester has been home to cinematic masterpieces for years. The people here know that Worcester has always been an arts town, and part of that is being a film town, with filmmakers like Allie Bombz and Tom Henrickson playing a part in a more visual component of Worcester culture.

October “WORCESTER’S WORST INTERSECTIONS” The 10 worst intersections included Richards and Cambridge streets, Belmont and Shrewsbury streets, Lincoln Square and Highland and Lancaster streets. You know what did not make the list? Kelley Square, which may be dangerous, but had a relatively low accident rate, given the volume of cars on the road. Don’t worry, though, we also provided a helpful guide to the unwritten rules of Kelley Square: improvise, go fast, be aggressive, and the fact that the oldest car should stop while the newest goes first. “IT’S NOT OLD, IT’S VINTAGE” Doo-wop isn’t dead. The New England Doo-Wop society brings together classic acts and adaptations to keep an old style of music alive. The history of DooWop is itself interesting; a synthesis of barbershop quartets, church singing, and rock and roll. And with acts such as The Flamingos, The Tokens and The ShangriLas, the genre is full of classics.

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“SUMMER OF LOVE: WORCESTER AND THE HIPPIE EXPERIENCE 40 YEARS LATER” Songs and struggle, peace and protest. Though Worcester isn’t on the west coast, the Summer of Love hit us too. From civil rights and anti-war protesters to musicians, we wrote a 40year retrospective by talking to some Worcesterites who were around at the time. The question of where we went and where we’re going continues to this day.

“THERE’S GOLD INSIDE” With everything from Shakespearian theatre to lectures on global warming and Mormonism, our colleges and university bring a lot to this city’s culture. In addition, ticket prices can be either free or very low, making some great deals ($7 for a ticket to Holy Cross’s musical?) and some films are seen that never would be, such as the documentaries shown at Clark’s Cinema 320.

August “SAFETY IS NOT CHEAP AT FESTIVALS” Everybody loves festivals, especially Worcester. But for organizers and the city, it can also be a bit costly. For example, The Latin American Festival had to pay $21,000 for police coverage in 2007. Even “cheaper” police details were costly: stART on the Street paid $6,000 for police details. Don’t let that ruin the fun, though.

December “MAIN SOUTH SPEAKS” Street Art is an oft forgotten art form. A photography expedition involving the efforts of two Clark Professors of the street art of Main South didn’t just celebrate Worcester Street Art: it gave a voice to an art that may not always be encouraged by the City Council, may not be packaged with terms like “business development” and “creative placemaking,” but is a vital part of our creative self expression.

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January “NO PHONES ALLOWED” 2008 was the beginning of the era of all teenagers having cell phones, and even when they were primarily for calling and texting (back in that long-gone era, a particularly high-tech phone might have a calculator or even a camera. If you were really in possession of technological wizardry you could play a game of Pac-Man), they were still a distraction concern. Rob Pezzella, assistant superintendent to Worcester Schools, gave them one simple request: turn it off. And luckily, phones never got more distracting. “IN SOPHIE’S SHADOW” Freud is more than just a stoic-

February “SMALL-TOWN POLICE WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY” Worcester isn’t just about the city, but the many small towns in the county. Being a police officer in a city is very different than being an officer in a small town. Using the lens of Leicester Police Chief James Hurley, we looked at the effect that the internet had on getting people more involved.

March “SERIAL KILLERS AND RESURRECTIONS” They say write what you know, and Worcester writers write Worcester. In 2008, two new books came out, one based in Worcester and the other by a Worcester writer in a fictional town based on the city. They were N.E. Castle’s “Serial” and Jack O’Connell’s “The Resurrectionist.” They each had different

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genres as well, one a crime thriller, and the other a mind-warping fantasy. “BLOODLINES” For the Nipmuc tribe, achieving recognition has been a difficult battle. They were technically granted it in the waning days of the Clinton administration, but that recognition was one of many signings voided by the Bush administration after the oval office transitioned. The struggle for recognition has, in part, been about casino money, but that created a wider divide among the Nipmuc people, leading to struggles over action and identity in Worcester’s oldest residents.

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“A LEGEND Historical Nipmuc Tribe NAMED RALPH IS GONE.” Eight years ago Worcester lost the legendary Ralph Moberly. The former owner of Ralph’s was a largerthan-life personality, a man beloved by the people of

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May “CENTER OF THE STORM” Who is Duddie? It’s a question that’s been asked by people ranging from regular Worcester Magazine readers to the FBI, who tried to connect the businessman to organized crime. Known for both a fiery temper and generous philanthropy, we explored the upsand-downs of Duddie as the business giant fought a barrage of lawsuits from former business associates. The picture we came away with is more detailed, but no more clear than before.

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June “DYNAMO CUBANO” After being late to an interview with legendary jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera, he spoke to us about showing up a month early to a show in Philadelphia, his passion for jazz and growing up and playing the saxophone in Cuba. Worcester and as much a fixture of the city as anyone mentioned in Worcester Magazine. To this day, the former bar/ diner owner is missed, his mention inspiring hearty laughs and memories among locals.

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response we expect from the political animal. New regulations, strictly limiting where and when a food cart can operate, further endangered this animal. An interesting read at a time when its competitor, the restaurant industry, thrives in Worcester

August “NOW THAT’S ART!” Sex sells. In response to the belated Salty Dog’s sexy advertising (featuring a nearly nude woman covering her private parts with a guitar), we received a letter in the mail which was more

or less scribblings about looking for the end times, Jesus loving us in spite of our running the Salty Dog’s Sexy Design and a warning that “Profet (sic) for money is a sin.” Sex sells, so maybe if they included a scantily-clad woman or Channing Tatum in a speedo on the envelope we’d have stopped running the ad.

September “THAT @ #*!%& AIRPORT” The Worcester Regional Airport could be a good site to take the whole family on Halloween: pristine, clean and nearly empty, it’s perfect if you’re looking for the

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aesthetic of an abandoned sanitarium without the threat of ghosts. Funding for such an entity has proven a controversial proposition, for though the airport was once a beacon of promise for Worcester as an aspiring regional hub, the reality has been less than spectacular to some. Though the airport was used over 100 times a day (as of 2007), and was a major part of the plans of Massport, it also had been on rocky ground and underpinned what may be the most contentious battle in Worcester: how we define the success of the city.

October “WICCA’D WITCHES” If witches make you tremble with terror, if warlocks make you hide in horror, you will be shocked to learn the witches of Worcester are … normal, boring people. Wicca is actually a grouping for various religious groups, and most practicing pagans work 9-to5 jobs and conduct rituals in the same way your grandma doesn’t eat meat on Fridays during Lent. So, while the witches of the “Blair Witch Project” may be horrifying, the witches of Worcester will be preparing you for a spooktacular Halloween by, potentially, putting up cheesy skeleton statues outside of their houses and giving out candy.

November “ARMOR COMES OF AGE AT THE HIGGINS” The Higgins Armory will be sorely missed. As a museum dedicated to historical armor, it was truly a geek’s dream. In 2008, the belated museum solidified its reputation as a powerhouse with its “Age of Armor” exhibit, essentially a smorgasbord of the best of the museum’s permanent collection, spanning from Ancient Greece to the 17th century. It was truly any pre-modern history geek’s dream. Higgins Armory, you will be missed.

December “A MAT TER OF FAITH” The idea of the church as a sanctuary from the bonds of modern life, separate from the community, seems to be dying out. For men like Pastor Juan Valdez, it means building your community and leading your flock in the fight against addiction across the street from a liquor store. Our cover story from Christmas 2008 gave an interesting look at the storefront church, and how men and women are called to spiritual service in different settings at different times.

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“LONG LIVE THE KING” Elvis came to Worcester in 2009. No, conspiracy nuts, not the Elvis that died in 72 (and let’s be real: if that Elvis had faked his death, he’d be dead now anyway), but the Elvis masterfully portrayed by Jack Foltyin in “Idols of the King,” a comedic jukebox musical about … the King. In Jim Keogh’s review, he captured not only the joy of live theater, but the schlocky fascination of watching an Elvis impersonator.

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“ROAD WARRIORS” Cyclists have it a bit rough. Sure, they may sometimes obstruct our commute, but at the end of the day, all they really want is their slice of the road as they take the (noble) effort of reducing their carbon footprint and increasing their fitness. But biking is hard in Worcester, a city with few bike lanes; narrow, bumpy roads; and some of the most terrifying intersections in the country (what, you think Kelley Square is scary with four walls?) We talked to cyclists as they fought and continue to fight for their

Febraury “GETTING THERE FROM HERE” If you ever want an excuse for being late to work, just tell your boss you took the WRTA and show up at 4:30 p.m. Our public transport system is notoriously unreliable, inconsistent and limited in terms of access. And that’s not even counting the MBTA, which slice of the road, and learned a bit about struggles still to collect fares and our friends with gasless pedals. modernize. This is made worse by the fact that Worcester’s roads aren’t built for today’s drivers. The debate, then and now, continued and continues about “PROM PARTY WILL SPIN YOU how to fix our public transportation. RIGHT ROUND” Part art experiment and part actual party, Worcester native and Broadway mad-scientist Ken Davenport’s “SAME OL’ SAME OL’” “Awesome 80’s Prom Party” was billed Though 2009 was the first year of the as the prom party you’ve always wanted first black president’s first term, it was also to go to. The event, which combined a year to note the failures of Worcester performance art and jubilation, was politics in diversity: predominantly white, vaguely addressed, leaving audiences in spite of the changing demographics with no clue what to expect while of the city and the country. We looked at expectations remained high. the causes of this, ranging from one very disturbing potential reality, which is the lack of power some communities, even if they represent 15 percent of the city, as in “THAT FRIGGIN’ BEETLE” the case of the Latino community, have in The best super-villains can’t be the city’s politics. humanized, can’t be explained with simple morality and can’t be forgiven. “A HARD DAY’S NIGHT” I am talking, of course, about the Asian Worcester has a truly incredible live Longhorn Beetle, an invasive species music scene, and for that we owe a great the city continues struggling to fight. deal of gratitude to our promoters. And Discovered in 2008, the species has though the job of promoter may seem resulted in the fall of many of the easy, it’s not. We talked to some of this trees of our city, all in the name of our city’s promoters, and focused on how war on the remorseless insect. War is, they continue to get incredible acts to indeed, hell. our city, giving us the nightlife we love. continued on page 116

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“MY WEEK OF LIVING LOCALLY” As I type this summary, the only thing near me made in Worcester is the sunburn I got at Coes Pond this weekend. WoMagger Mike Benedetti tried to consume only local products for a week and found what living locally is really about: not economy or sustainability, but the sense of community gained by having your community as your life source. The bag of Sun Chips I’m eating has not given me the same realization, unfortunately.

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“TWO MINUTES WITH ... DJ SHAME” DJ Shame is a local legend who started deejaying in 1984 and has worked with hip hop legends such as Big Daddy Kane. A man who has reached those heights in his career would clearly have sage advice, and Shame delivered, giving us the Siddhartha-esque wisdom of the statement “Massachusetts weather is really WACK … time to go!” I agree, DJ.

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October “A DAY’S WORK FOR COMIC CREATORS” Twenty-four hours, God-knowshow-many cans of Rockstar, and some friends. At 24-hour comic day, writers and artists come together to create comics faster than a speeding bullet at the WAM (as in the art museum, not the predecessor to Bam! Pow!). We talked to WAM assistant curator of education Karina Stacy to get a better look at this heroic artistic undertaking. “LESSONS FROM BALLOON BOY” If you don’t remember the Balloon Boy fiasco, here’s a refresher: dad calls 911 and says kid is in untethered weather balloon. Turns out he’s safe in a garage and the dad was simply an attention-seeking narcissist hoping for a reality show. Jim Keogh took a look at the broader narcissism that lies within many (and maybe all) of us that, if unchecked, would leave the self-styled protectors of children to become their exploiters. After all, before Balloon Boy there was Joe Jackson.

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“BE MY FRIEND … THEN VOTE FOR ME” Social media was a big part of our political process in 2010, but in 2016 it’s all consuming. When the word “Tweet” is spoken in Hillary Clinton’s convention speech, Donald Trump has become notorious for his unique style of tweeting (“Sad!), and people are downloading google chrome extensions to silence this screaming from their Facebook timelines. It is interesting to see social media and politics having gone from “attracting tech-savvy voters” to just another function of campaigning. “SOLDIERS’ STORIES” We spoke to four veterans who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Some were drafted, others joined voluntarily and one was forced by his mother. They spoke with us and discussed racial tension during war, the trials of readjusting to civilian life, and how they came to view war after their experience.

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April “IS THIS TOWN BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TEA PARTY AND THE GRAND OLD PARTY?” The fractures in the GOP have shocked pundits this election cycle. But many of these fractures began with the growth and energizing of the Tea Party movement at the beginning of the Obama presidency. At the state Republican Convention in 2010, we saw the two factions of the Republican party at war six years before Donald Trump.

May “CHANGING OF THE SCHOOL YARD” Children drawing their communities with chunks missing and friends gone. A school that lost and gained 126 students in one year. Grades slipping because of a lack of acclimation with a style of teaching, a lack of embedding with teaching styles, and more. We looked into the problem Worcester schools have had with transient students and what impact that’s had on the academic life of Worcester students.

June “TIME IS MONEY” Pay-to-stay-fees. From 2002-2004, Thomas Hodgson, the Bristol County sheriff, charged inmates $5 for every day of their stay in prison. Proponents of such action say it shifts a burden off of tax payers. Opponents wonder who would pay to stay in prison. We took a look.

July “ALL BARK, NO BITE” Pit Bulls are a controversial but unfairly maligned breed in the dog world. They are infamous for bad behavior, but good owners can train pit bulls to behave. The Worcester ARL was deeply disappointed in Worcester, and even threatened not to take Sasha, a staffer’s Pit Bull, posed for this photo for a July news story about the unfair laws around Pit Bull ownership.

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crime is making sure it is rejected not simply by the state, but by the people. And the youth are the people of the future. We chronicled, at the height of the great recession, the fight between community organizations and gangs for the minds and souls of our youth.

August “LOVE HOPE SEX DREAMS” The paintings of Don Hartman provide complex and sometimes troubled portraits of the mind of an artist. In part influenced by neoexpressionist schools, in part influenced by The Rolling Stones, his paintings provide the viewer with much to bite into { but little to hold onto as they’re taken on a journey to the center of his mind.

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“THE OUTSIDER’S INSIDER” The current lieutenant governor used to represent our state in the House of Representatives, before losing her seat after a failed campaign for treasurer. She is most famous during her tenure from pressuring Democrats to support Jessica’s Law, but Polito’s effectiveness as a legislator came in part from a bipartisan, cautious populism which has since become inherent to the Baker governorship.

October “THE FAMILY TABLE” The only thing worse than a bull in a china shop is a child in a dining room. We took a look at some of the most family friendly places in Worcester and the dishes they offer kids - from hazelnut chicken salads and Armenian Rice Pilaf to Baby Back Ribs, Bacon Cheeseburgers, and of course, pizza. When you live in Worcester, no need to leave the kids at home.

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“THE URBAN CO - OP MAKES A COMEBACK” From Carrots to Credit Unions, the Co-Op Business model is an interesting construct, bringing a Marxist edge to a capitalist enterprise. We took a look at the comeback of Co-Ops in Worcester in 2011. And to this day, they’re everywhere.

“ELECTORAL SCHOOLING” Both parties claim the other to be guilty of voter fraud, and both claim the other to be pushing legislation not due to fraud, but for political gain. Voter ID laws are a controversial issue, and debate is heated on both sides: Republicans claim they will reduce voter fraud, and Democrats claim they will only stop poor and minority voters from going to the polls. It is a contentious issue, and it should come as no surprise that we’ve seen it here.

“A SILENT PARTNERSHIP” Because deaf people speak the same language, frequently are isolated by their hearing counterparts, and thus tend to form their own social groups, deaf culture is a unique construct. We took a look at examining the thriving but oftignored deaf culture of Worcester, and what we found was a treasure.

February “TWO MINUTES WITH … SUE LYONS” Have you or anybody you know ever been catfished? You should talk to Sue Lyons who, as a sign of the modern era, offered an investigating service to the victims of online dating scams. Online dating scams may seem like a joke, but victims of these scams have lost months of their life, countless money, and the ability to be emotionally intimate that lead them to dating in the first place.

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June “PRIDE AND THE CITY” LGBT Culture is an important part of our city, with bars such as the MB Lounge providing valuable community space for a community that, time and time again, we are reminded, is treated as unwelcome and forced to the fringes of society. We took an optimistic look at our city’s LGBT life, which is open, accepting, and thriving.

July “TWO MINUTES WITH CRYSTAL KISTNER” It may, to many, be a summer staple and a great place to go-kart, but for Crystal Kistner Tri-State Speedway is a story of triumph from tragedy. Kistner founded the speedway in memory of her late fiancé, who died racing. Each car was painted in memory of the design he used throughout his 15-year racing career. She told us about building triumph from tragedy, being a female business owner, and the exhilaration of league racing.

“HEROIN: WORCESTER’S DIRTY SECRET” The heroin epidemic in our city doesn’t feel so secret any longer. But even five years ago, certain links were starting to be drawn, such as the connection between prescription pills and heroin. These things now maintain a terrifying clarity, particularly in the story “EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY” of Gino, a daily user whose daughters A columnist reflects on the recordstarted using a decade before he did. setting disapproval and outrage that her regretted “Picture This” column on body art received for her opinion on the “BARBERSHOP BUZZ” subject. She rethinks her stance after A shave and a haircut is more than speaking with her son’s girlfriend about just a shave and a haircut. Barbers are the column, asking about her tattoos our therapists, our pundits, our stand-up and discussing the stereotypes that comedians and our own interviewers. It’s many tattooed women wish to dispel. what makes a barbershop a community’s gathering point and an introvert’s hell, Commerce Bank chairman David “Duddie” and what made the return Massad (right) and CEO Brian Thompson of barbershops to Worcester stand in front of their Main Street property. particularly exciting.

“SEARCHING FOR KICKS: WORCESTER WORLD CUP UNITES DIVERSE NATIONALITIES” This feature story delves into the history and evolution of the Worcester World Cup just before the commencement of its seventh annual event. The feature highlights a number of those involved who speak on how over the years the cup has helped bring together players in and around the area to celebrate their immigrant communities and ethnicities.

September “INTERROGATION LEADS TO SUPPRESSION” In a murder case where a mother was accused of suffocating her 3-month-oldson, City Desk discusses how prosecutors from the Worcester District Attorney’s Office dropped murder charges against the mother, Nga Truong, after Judge Janet Kenton-Walker suppressed nearly two hours of recorded police interrogation. “HOLDEN AUTHOR GOES HOLLYWOOD” Our book to screen column writer talks with Matthew Quick, author of “Silver Linings Playbook,” about his novel’s move to the big screen. Quick discusses his inspiration behind the novel how he hopes his story will spark an important dialogue about mental illness.

October “THE THREE - MINUTE BOOB JOB” The former Miss Gay Worcester, Joslyn Fox, gives her advice on the 3-minute

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November “THE UPS AND DOWNS OF MAIN STREET” This feature discusses the struggle with occupancy rates on Main Street and the low demand for commercial building in past years, during a time of hopeful property turnaround for the area.

December “FAST FOOD GETS IN SHAPE” Krave reviews WAH-BO Grill, a fast food-esque burger and burrito restaurant in Shrewsbury, which has since closed. It had all the convenience of fast food, but produced a menu tailored for those who want to eat healthy, filling options without losing flavor or consuming processed items. The food received four stars. STEVEN KING

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February “VACANT AFFAIR” Jeremy Shulkin investigates Worcester’s high number of vacancies and foreclosed deeds in 2011, and talks with those inspectors who find themselves on the front line of the foreclosure crisis about how Worcester is dealing with the crisis.

March “A TRADITION WORTH CONTINUING” Just in time for Worcester County’s 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Worcester Mag talks with the parade committee and organizers about the history and preparation of the event, the significance of the cultural celebration, WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

“THE POWER LIST” Worcester Mag releases the 2012 power list, determining who are the most influential people in Worcester. Jim McGovern, Tim Murray and Michael O’Brien top the list. “TUFTS @ TECH” Worcester Technical High School partners with Tufts University’s Cumming School of Veterinary Medicine to open the Tufts at Tech Community Veterinary Clinic in a two-tiered education system that aims to provide Worcester Tech veterinary students with a practical education and to learn how an animal clinic operates. The clinic serves as a source of community outreach as well as an educational environment.

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“THE WOOFOOD REVOLUTION” UMass Medical students launch the nonprofit WooFood, a concept that helps restaurant goers in the area eat healthier versions of their favorite dishes. Restaurants that have partnered with WooFood work to integrate healthy ingredients into their most popular dishes. “Some cultures don’t have to think about ‘health’ food at all, their diet just happens to be healthy and delicious. WooFood wants to bring that here,” said Mitch Li, co-founder, of WooFood’s mission.

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“OPIATE ADDICTION 101” Mass doctors team up for a conference focused on opiate prescription and pain management in response to the mounting toll of opioid abuse that has coincided with the rising number of opioid based pain killers. The conference aims for doctors to understand pain management as well as other medical symptoms they deal with.

“CLEAN NEIGHBORHOODS” Neighborhood residents and realty managers discuss the future of 52 Ward St., an empty commercial building that has been rumored to become an opiate addiction treatment clinic. The neighborhood has just started to get over recent heavy drug activity. They weigh the possibilities and problems of creating a center like this in the residential neighborhood.

June “VISA FOR SALE” Worcester Mag delves into the recent immigration schemes that have been surfacing in the Central Mass area, specifically a case involving Hester Landscape, in which ex-employee Marcio Freitas aided pay-for-visa agreements with up to 24 non-U.S. citizens to receive an H-2B workers visa. This rise in fraudulent marriage and workers visas reveal a possible flaw in the system.

July “THE NEVER- ENDING STORY” In her op-ed, Janice Harvey discusses the Second Amendment and weighs options regarding gun control in the wake of the Colorado movie theater

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shooting. One recommendation — make bullets unattainable by pricing it out of reach. She writes that the Second Amendment protects a right to bear arms, not a right to buy ammo. “PRESCRIPTION DRUGS” This feature covers the details behind what it will mean if Massachusetts votes to legalize medical marijuana in November’s election. Worcester Mag talks with Maine’s Medical Marijuana manager, John Thiele, about the way the legalization has panned out in Maine and what it entails to remain functional. We also mention the struggle Rhode Island has gone through since its legalization. Like Maine, if the Mass vote passed, it would allow nonprofit centers to cultivate and sell marijuana to patients with a prescription from their doctor.

August “KONNIE LUKES IS MORE OF A DEMOCRAT THAN ELIZABETH WARREN IS AN INDIAN” The Rosen Report discusses registered Democrat Konnie Lukes’ much talkedabout endorsement of incumbent and moderate Republican U.S. Sen. Scott, and her opposition of blind party loyalty in wake of her television ad supporting Brown over Elizabeth Warren in a race with national implications.

September “BOTTOMS UP” WoMag looks into the “booze economy” of Worcester and why its bars, restaurants and packaging stores is the only consumer industry booming in the city.

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October “BEGGIN’ FOR BACON” This Krave issue covers the recent bacon craze that food lovers have been fiending over - and how Worcester restaurants like Armsby Abbey, Ritual, and Wing It Up are following suit with the fad with bacon-infused dishes like Cheddar Bacon Wings, Apple and Bacon Grilled Cheese, and even the Mak Griddle BaconBourbon cocktail.

November “A NOVEL CHALLENGE” November marks National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Starting in 1999 with just 21 participating writers, the challenge has grown to more than 256,618 participants as of 2012, more than 1,000 of which reside in Worcester County. The challenge is to start and complete a 50,000-word novel in the span of 30 days, and urges participants, instead of receiving prizes, to receive a greater gift of holding ones finished rough draft in there hands.

December “DRUGGED?” After his own scary experience, WPI graduate Mike Abramson, who decided he was in a good position as a patent attorney, works towards patenting and creating cups and straws that will indicate whether or not the drink it is holding contains a date-rape drug.

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June “LACK OF TEACHERS, SPACE HAS UPCS STUDENTS WALKING TO OTHER SCHOOLS” In their final year of high school, UPCS seniors are having to walk to Claremont Academy for certain math and science classes, which has raised concern about lacking resources. District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera and parents are urging for equality when it comes to prioritizing the schools needs.

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March “FOOD TRUCKS HIT NERVE WITH CITY” City Desk talks with two restaurant owners with opposing views on the 2008 ordinance, which clamped down on where food trucks and carts can set up. While Alec Lopez, owner of Armsby Abbey and the Dive Bar, thinks food trucks are necessary to the modern culture, Jim Donoghue, who runs Tweed’s Pub Restaurant, argues that to allow food trucks who don’t pay the same freight as restaurants do to come in direct competition is wrong.

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“THE ORGASM: THE GREATEST LOVE STORY OF ALL TIME” For the Valentine’s Day issue, Worcester Mag investigates the orgasm and how it factors and functions for different couples, changes over time in a “BREAK- INS ON THE RISE IN WORCESTER” relationship, and whether it is the most City Desk looks into the rising important part of having sex. percentage of break-ins in Worcester this year compared to the last, the “NOT THE BEST OF TIMES largest increase being at commercial FOR THE T&G” properties. Looking at the prior four Worcester’s only daily paper has years as having had relatively stable soldiered on for years but when it goes break-in rates, Police Chief Gary Gemme up for sale by the Times Co., industry acknowledges that the issue comes STEVEN KING down to staffing.

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“A BUILDING CONCERN” With the growing number of people moving to Worcester comes the rise of multi-unit residential complexes, which can be home to all sorts of people. Worcester Mag looks at cases where Level 3 sex offenders either live in large apartment complexes or have listed one as their primary address and asks people if they would want to know if a sex offender lives close to them. “WORCESTER’S 911 SYSTEM COULD GET SMART” City officials consider a Smart911 system. While the price tag is a deterrent, the system would allow people to provide detailed personal information that would be available to emergency dispatchers to better prepare them for the situation.

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take the lives of so many, but also how the medical community has advanced, what new concerns have arose, and how several Worcester organizations are speaking out. CRAFT BEER IS HERE TO STAY A decade ago access to craft beer in Worcester was nonexistent. Now people like Alec Lopez, owner of Dive Bar and Armsby Abbey, and Ben Roesch, founder and master brewer of Wormtown Brewery, are working to put Central Mass on the map for beer tourism.

“SCHOOL SAFETY: KEEPING THE LIT MATCH FROM THE WICK” Regional teachers talk about their fears for safety in light of recent attacks in schools, specifically the slaying of a math teacher in Danvers by a 14-year-old student. Teachers express the need to push for tighter safety procedures and the reality that when one has hundreds of students per semester, building a rapport with everyone can be impossible; anyone can be a ticking time bomb.

November “WORCESTER’S SEAFOOD PROPRIETOR” Krave gives upscale restaurant The Sole Proprietor a rave review from the classic chowder, to the chef’s specials and the double-server service. The food received a whopping five stars.

December “AIDS: THE UNTOLD TRUTH OF ITS AGING VICTIMS” While AIDS and AIDS treatment has been far from the forefront of media in recent years, in recognition of World AIDS Day, Worcester Mag revisits this disease and how it continues to infect, alter, and

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In January 2015, Worcester Magazine sent editor Walter Bird Jr. and photographer Steven King to Liberia in West Africa, where Ebola was tearing through the country.

The story chronicled the return to Liberia of Holden Dr. Rick Sacra, who had contracted and survived Ebola several months earlier. Also featured was a look at how Worcester was helping in the fight against Ebola.

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“EGYPT’S SOUND AND FURY” Night & Day reviews “The Square,” a movie depicting the uprising that rid Egypt of President Hosni Mubarek. The documentary follows a group of rebels passionately dedicated to creating a new constitution and their success in ousting the president.

April

“PAY RAISES QUESTIONED AS SCHOOLS PROPOSE DYLAN DAVIS MAJOR CUTS” School Committee “A HIDDEN SECRET IN members are dealing with WORCESTER’S HISTORY REVEALED” the worst budget crisis The Worcester consortium proposed in the past 20 years. As a several city events focusing on result, major budget cuts the Worcester Revolution of 1774, such as cutting entire when the British were driven out of sports programs are being Massachusetts. The consortium plans proposed. However, many take to celebrate and bring awareness to issue with that, considering this victory. the committee voted for 2-percent raises for teachers, administrative and nonadministrative employees. “LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: BOBBY HARRIS III PICKS UP WHERE DAD “SEEKING ASYLUM” LEFT OFF” Worcester Mag talks with Bobby Harris III is a promising young immigrants in the LGBT boxer, very much like his father once community who came to the was. Although Bobby Harris Jr.’s career is U.S. to seek asylum from the long over, his son’s is brutality, danger and death just beginning, and they face in their home due to the help countries, communities, of his trainer and even within their own and father families for their sexual himself, preferences. For people like Bobby Harris Christina and Jean staying III seems in their homeland and being destined for whom they are was a matter success in of life and death, unlike many the ring. before them, they were able to escape. Bobby Harris III at the Boys and Girls Club. “STUDENT INVENTIONS BECOME REALITY” Colleges are holding STEVEN KING programs and contests allowing students to start small businesses and bring their ideas to life.

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mourn the death of six firefighters. This time, it was for a much more positive reason—the seniors were graduating.

July “FAMILY WHO PUT MEMORIAL FOR SON IN CRYSTAL PARK HOPES COMPLAINTS FINALLY BENCHED” A bench located in Crystal Park marking the grave of Juan Shippee has been subject to complaints of people claiming that the grave spurred gang violence in Crystal Park, because Juan Shippee allegedly

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June “THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT” Barack Obama visits Worcester Tech High School. The last time a president visited Worcester, it was in 1999 to

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“consorted with known gang members.” Shippee’s family and friends express their sadness behind this backlash.

August “IN IT TOGETHER” Pam Spielberg was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2009. Later that year, she became cancer free. She decided to give back to all those who had supported her by participating in walks. Now she has created her own fundraiser in the form of a jam session called, “Without a Net.”

September “BLACK EYES TO BEST FRIENDS” Josh Lyford shares the challenges and excitement of the Worcester Roller Derby (WoRD) League members. WoRD is more than a team of ladies racing around on roller skates, they’re a group of women who are unafraid to compete together and against each other.

October “AN UNFORGETTABLE CRY Worcester Mag investigates Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) babies, whose mothers used prescription or illegal opiates during pregnancy. This

article discusses the facts and harsh realities about this difficult topic and how the NICU staff at UMASS Memorial Medical Center has worked hard to improve the physical outcome of those babies in Worcester and to work with their families.

November “‘DEFAMATION’: A PLAY OF REFLECTION” Night & Day introduces the interactive performance that is “Defamation,” a play being staged at Clark University, written by alumnus and playwright Todd Logan. The play addresses some of the most important concerns of society today, and is meant to “foster a spirited conversation not only in the theatre, but also in the lobby and after the play,” says Logan. “THE SILENT EPIDEMIC” In Worcester, home to several higher education institutions, the numbers of sexual assaults vary from school to school. However, this issue not only touches on Worcester, but the not-so-new phenomenon of sexual assault on college campuses around the world and its sudden push for awareness. Worcester Mag works to raise the volume of discussion of silent epidemic by speaking with a number of experts on the subject.

December “LATINOS MOVING AHEAD, BECOMING CONNECTED WITH ADELANTE WORCESTER” Walter Bird Jr. writes about the nonprofit group “Adelante Worcester,” an organization that empowers members of the Latino community to network and build themselves up both personally and professionally. The organization has changed since its inception in 2009, but Eric Batista, current president, says the new mission is to focus primarily on the developing Latino community. Rather than focusing on supporting candidates and things in the political realm, the goal is to provide opportunities for employment and develop important skill sets, as well as hold events that highlight and empower the Latino community.

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January “ANONYMOUS IN WORCESTER” Tom Quinn highlights a one-man publishing house, Turtleboy Sports, and a parody political Twitter account named BIZARROWORC in his feature story about local authors and bloggers going nameless to get their (sometimes controversial) material out. Anonymity doesn’t fly in the journalistic world, but these anonymous writers seem to be on the upswing while still maintain their anonymity.

February

Councilor Sarai Rivera, Boston Police Sgt. Donna Gavin, professionals who know the inner workings of the business, and a john who has used the Internet for sex. “BOT TOM’S UP! WHISKEY ENJOYING A BOON AMONG DRINKERS” Julio’s Liquors celebrates its 10th annual “Go! Whisk(e)y Weekend.” The event includes a series of tastings, blendings, seminars and dinners, which have been expanded to be a week-long unlike in past years where the event was confined to a single weekend. This not only marks how the event has grown but also represents how the drink itself is reaching a wider market than ever before.

March “WORCESTER HOSTS BOSTON 2024, BUT ROWING COULD BE OUT” City Desk summarizes the meeting held between the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and the CEO of Boston 2024, Richard Davey, this week, which discussed how or if Worcester would be involved should Boston win the bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

April

Chasing Ebola

“TAKIN’ A RIDE” As Uber arrives in Worcester, this feature explores how progressive ridesharing businesses like itself outstrip the government’s ability to develop new regulations. While fans say Uber is creating an innovative and easier way to get place-to-place, competitors like taxi and livery companies say the company is exploiting a legal loophole.

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“CHASING EBOLA” In this 24 page, pull-out section, Worcester Magazine’s Steven King and Walter Bird Jr. travel to Monrovia to cover the Ebola crisis in Liberia, speak with the Liberian people about how the disease has changed and affected their lives in the past year since its initial outbreak, and how Worcester is playing a big role Uber users Michelle May and Marc Blackmer get out at Baba Sushi. in the fight against Ebola.

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“ONLINE SEX: THE WORLD’S OLDEST PROFESSION GOES DIGITAL” This week’s feature looks into the online aspects of prostitution, how people are using online sites to line up sexual rendezvous, the effects on the women involved and how they differ from street workers, and the difficult aspects in prosecuting these online arrangements. Worcester Mag talks with District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., City

May “FIVE YEARS LATER: WAL- MART’S FOOTPRINT VISIBLE IN WORCESTER” With a less-than ideal public image of corporate greed and capitalism, Worcester Magazine speaks with business leaders, protesters, community activists, and Wal-Mart employees to find out how Wal-Mart has impacted

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“ONE ELEVEN CHOPHOUSE EARNS ITS STARS” Krave gives the “unrivaled” 111 Chophouse five stars, noting its excellent service and expertly prepared dishes as reasons why it is one of Worcester’s best restaurants.

October

Kenny Johnson worked in a warehouse. When Worcester Magazine spoke with him in 2015, he was homeless and panhandling at the corner of Highland and Park Ave.

“WORCESTER SOCCER HOUSE A HOME FOR BUDDING SOCCER ENTHUSIASTS” Josh Lyford covers Worcester Soccer House, a grassroots organization started by area college students that works toward not only shaping the city through soccer, but be the catalyst for potential in a lot of Worcester youth.

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November

“HOMETOWN HEROES” This year’s crop of Hometown Heroes are named and guess what? One of “HAPPILY BROKEN” them is a dog! Among the list of four Clementine Bihiga, of Oxford, are Chantel Bethea, founder recounts her escape and of Women survival of the 1994 FR EE in Action 2015 Rwandan Genocide. which seeks Bihiga published a to empower book chronicling her women; Nikita, experience and rising the shelter dog above the tragedies that sniffs out she witnessed and drugs going endured entitled through the “Happily Broken.” She mail into the S E also discusses, her O R Worcester E H N immersion into the U.S. HOMETOW County Jail; and what it was like Bill Guenette, to adjust to a culture who gives entirely different form kids an her own. opportunity ppi ng • Mo re! Sho • sic Art • Mu to play MU SEU M ART R STE WO RCE baseball for free in South “BEGGING QUESTION: Worcester; and Audrey Kurlan-Marcy— WHO ARE WORCESTER’S who starts and participates in multiple PANHANDLERS?” cancer organizations. Worcester Mag decides to go in depth with the city’s panhandlers for this week’s feature. Colin Burdett questions the controversial inhabitants “‘GRAYSCALE’: ARTSWORCESTER’S about what it is like to solicit in the SHADES OF GRAY” street, why they do it, and works to ArtsWorcester opens for “Grayscale,” break down the stereotypes associated an exhibit focused on area artists with these individuals. who broke the record for participation numbers earlier this month. This widely“THE BRAVEST HEART” inclusive exhibit, which offers a theme Ten-year-old Brady Racca is chosen as broad as whatever is represented as Worcester Magazine’s 2015 “Bravest in Grayscale, promises that 10 artwork Heart.” Brady suffers from MMA, selections will be shown at the methylmalonic academia, a disorder Fitchburg Art Museum in summer 2016. that makes his body unable to break down many proteins and fats. In lieu of a typical birthday, when Brady turned

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