508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Jeff Barnard and Brendan Melican.[display_podcast]
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[0:10] Jeff has now battled cancer for six months.
[3:41] The animal circus is in town; some are protesting it.
[4:07] As expected, CitySquare has bought Notre Dame church.
[4:50] Aiden Duffy’s art show at FYC opens Saturday, Oct 9, 6pm, 420 Pleasant Street.
[5:02] There’s an energy barnraising Sunday as part of the international day of climate action.
[6:12] The Globe profiled Worcester’s Mandaeans.
[7:09] The PIP Shelter is still open; Paulie doesn’t like how Councilor Haller is handling the end game.
[8:32] The next Worcester Magazine on Tap is October 14 at Worcester Fitness.
[9:54] The next Blogger Coffee is October 17.
[11:20] It’s a good month to adopt a dog.
[11:24] We must, of course, complain about newspaper paywalls.
[13:13] There’s now a Worcester edition of the street newspaper Spare Change.
[15:05] We talk about the whole 4rilla/Kate Toomey/CSX trash thing because we can’t get Neil on the phone himself.
[23:50] Numerous small controversies whirling around the InCity Times this week. Tony Hmura demands PILOT credit, Tirella creeped out by Evangelidis, more police stops, Janice Harvey column dissing ICT “spiked.”
Interesting perspectives on the back and forth re csx.
I merely thanked them for their recent donation, I didn’t say that was all they should do. Just that I acknowledged what I hope to be a trend.
Neil, rightfully, is upset, as I would be and am, about the trash on the tracks near his place of residence. When I pressed him for details, I was thrilled that he posted the photos, because a picture, as we all know, is worth a thousand words. I immediately sent them to CSX, and within 6 hours received a response which I posted. The short of it is that there IS a plan to purchase cameras and a cleanup this fall….it is moving forward as the district councilor had a meeting with the administration this past week regarding the impending cleanup. I think people are looking at this the wrong way. I am thrilled that Neil was able to communicate, and that I was able to respond. I can assure you I will be following up. I have had many conversations with CSX about cleaning their property and asked for a planned cleanup schedule at one of the last meetings we had with the joint sub-committee.
I think this all happened the way it should. I also gave information about who to call if people see people dumping. We all have to work together to get things accomplished…and if it took me being “nice” in acknowledging a small donation, then I would say it is working out.
I will be very happy when this gets cleaned up.
I just noticed that my art show was mentioned in this post. I want to thank everyone who came and let everyone know that the art is still up if anyone wants to see it.
I just noticed that my little brother Aiden is AWESOME.
take note.
is spare change still distributed in Worcester