Monday, February 20, 2012
Worcester native Bryan LaHair has been given the opportunity to be the starting first baseman for the Chicago Cubs this upcoming season. Yes, Theo Epstein's Chicago Cubs.
At age 29, LaHair has been in professional baseball for nine years, but has amassed only 219 major league at-bats.
Monday, February 20, 2012
For the first time in a decade, application rates for elite colleges are falling off.
Blame it on demographics or economic fears, but after a decade of applications surging at competitive institutions, the tide has started to recede. Although not all colleges have posted numbers for the class of 2016, the trend seems to be a decrease in applications at many elite schools or very modest increases.
Monday, February 20, 2012
New steps in communication of benefits are coming: are you ready?
Most employers who offer health insurance coverage use the annual open enrollment period to communicate benefits details to employees.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Thuha Le attempted to escape communist-controlled postwar Vietnam 10 times before finally making it to Worcester in 1991. The daughter of a South Vietnamese Government official, Le saw her life altered radically by the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Monday, February 20, 2012
When your child is no longer a baby anymore and enters into their toddler years you can pretty much feed them the same foods as the rest of the family. They need the same variety, just smaller portions. They also can eat with the rest of the family during family meals.
Monday, February 20, 2012
People may think that online dating is only for the young, but individuals over the age of 60 are the fastest growing demographic in online dating. However, they may be looking for different qualities in their relationships than their younger counterparts.
Two Bowling Green State University professors of gerontology have started research about online dating in later life. A shortage of data about older adults and the online dating world spurred Dr. Wendy K. Watson and Dr. Charlie Stelle to look into the phenomenon.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Back in June of 2010, Boston Globe columnist Steven Syre noted that Fallon Community Health Plan was in weak financial condition.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Worcester’s Mass Academy for Math and Science School not only takes the number 1 spot for best high schools in Central Massachusetts, but according to our GoLocalWorcester research, it’s also considered the 10th best high school in the state.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
It’s date night! Whether it’s your first date or your fiftieth, treat your special someone to a different kind of outing. There’s no need to drive all the way to Boston for change of pace.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Bromfield School takes home the second place price for GoLocalWorcester’s best high school’s in Central Massachusetts. It is only one of two schools to have a perfect MCAS score for English. It is the only school in GoLocalWorcester’s top twenty list to have 99% of its students being proficient or better in math.
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