Thursday, January 31, 2013
Dave Dudzinski is enjoying a career year for the Holy Cross men’s basketball team. After averaging 9.4 points last season, the junior forward has raised his scoring average to 15.9 points per game in 2012-2013, while once again leading the Crusaders in rebounding at 6.9 boards per contest. The 6-foot-9, 227-pound Elburn, Ill., native has shot 48.8 percent from the field and 84.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Governor Deval Patrick has proposed increasing the state's cigarette excise tax by $1 to $3.51 per pack in his Fiscal Year 2014 budget, but some policy analysts said the tax hike will only drive smokers across the border and to back channels for cheaper cigarettes.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Governor Deval Patrick will announce the appointment of his former chief of staff William "Mo" Cowan as the interim senator to take newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry's seat until a special election can be held later this year, according to reports from several Boston news agencies.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The grand opening of the new Albert "Albie" Sherman Center at UMass Medical School in Worcester on Wednesday afternoon was a veritable who's who of Bay State Democrats.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Community Cinema, a national documentary screening designed to promote community engagement, is coming to Worcester beginning January 31st with a screening of Byron Hurt's "Soul Food Junkies" at Clark University.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
District 1 City Councilor Tony Economou wants to make it easier for residents to get around Worcester without having to get in their cars.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute undergrads received the prestigious WPI President's Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) Award for their research and development of improved insulation for Namibians living in rural Southwest Africa.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Massachusetts Education Secretary Matthew Malone announced $3.4 million in grants, including $45,000 for Worcester Public Schools and the Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, to support targeted English Language instruction and early career education for students across the Bay State as part of the Administration’s Gateway Cities Education Agenda.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Solving etiquette dilemmas and squabbles when there's a Cheapskate Sibling Who Won't Send a Wedding Present, a Family Party Scheduling Conflict, a Best Friend Snubbed for Sending Her Wedding Gift Late, and Your Husband's Parents Won't Acknowledge Your Mother's Death, were all questions at Didi Lorillard's Modern Manners this week.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The stock market has rebounded, foreclosures appear to be dropping off, and the mega banks are minting money again (the most recent announced bank settlement will amount to about $1,000 in recompense to harmed homeowners so the banks are not worried about that), and their CEOs are making more money than ever – and facing a federal tax rate low enough to make all of us envious. So everything’s fine, right?
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