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Impact of school budget cuts: 86 classroom teachers, 70 support staff, 22 administrators
WORCESTER ― School Superintendent Rachel Monárrez is proposing to cut 86 classroom teaching positions and 70 student support positions as well as five vacant psychologist positions and two positions based out of the Chandler YMCA building in order to close a $22 million deficit. In addition to reducing...
Hubbardston Fire rescues Leominster couple on Asnacomet Pond
It was the Hubbardston Fire Department to the rescue on Tuesday. The on-duty afternoon shift responded to a distress call at Asnacomet Pond. It turned out that a couple from Leominster had been cruising around the pond when their boat's engine conked out. Capt. Troy Casey, utilizing the department's boat,...
Harvey Ball Smile Award to honor Coghlin family for 'positive impact' on the community
WORCESTER — The Worcester Historical Museum will present its 2024 Harvey Ball Smile Award to the Coghlin family of the Coghlin Companies and Coghlin Electrical Contractors for four generations of "making our communities smile." Named for Harvey Ball, a Worcester native and freelance artist who invented the iconic smiley face in 1963 to help raise morale at State Mutual Life Assurance Co. (now the Hanover Insurance Group), the award is presented at the museum's annual Harvey Ball event....
Businessman pleads guilty to using Worcester check-cashing service to hide $10 million
The owner of a temporary Massachusetts employment agency pleaded guilty Monday in federal district court to hiding $10 million in company assets and filing false income tax returns over a four-year period by using a Worcester-based check cashing service. Su Nguyen, 60, of Quincy, the owner and operator of General Employment Services, pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns, according to the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy. Scheduling is...
Check out the seedings and schedule for the Central Mass. softball tournament
The road to a Central Mass. championship starts next week, and the Central Mass. Athletic Directors Association has released the seedings and schedule for the softball playoffs. Class A. Monday's semifinals. No. 3 Nashoba at No. 2 St. Paul, 4 p.m. No. 4 Leominster at No. 1 Wachusett, 4 p.m.
Rollstone Bank and Trust promotes 3
FITCHBURG – Rollstone Bank & Trust (RBT) announced three promotions within the organization. • Melanie Sauvageau to first vice president, deposit operations and eBanking. She started with RBT as a teller in 2014 and worked her way up in the retail division, most recently as branch manager of the Parkhill office.
Worcester native Bob Rousseau has field named after him
WORCESTER, Mass. - Worcester native Bob Rousseau has spent 61 years at Vernon Hill Park, at the baseball and softball fields, as a little league player, coach, administrator and, for the last 20 years, as the manager of the softball field. Rousseau spends hours every day raking the field, lining...
Mount Wachusett Community College awards 620 diplomas: see who graduated from greater Gardner
Mount Wachusett Community College awarded 620 degrees and certificates to graduates at commencement on Wednesday, May 15. "Welcome to this celebration of our students," said MWCC President James Vander Hooven. Lt Gov. Kim Driscoll was the commencement speaker. Driscoll commended the students for their achievements. ...
Thousands of people attend job fair at DCU Center
WORCESTER, Mass — More than 100 employers were at the DCU Center in Worcester for a job fair Tuesday. Organizers said it was their largest event of the year. About 2,000 people searching for a job registered in advance for the fair. MassHire said that in central Massachusetts, the...
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