1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1064+ words) Vice Chair of the Worcester City Council Khrystian King and City Manager Eric Batista traded barbs in statements released this week related to the end of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of the Worcester Police Department. On Friday, Aug....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (611+ words) For anyone who follows football betting, that local context adds useful depth to the markets. A football bet on a Worcester City fixture can involve much more than looking at the latest league positions. You can consider recent performances, squad…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (228+ words) WORCESTER – Governor Maura Healey announced the appointment Katie Schlick as the first Massachusetts Heat Resistance Officer at Clark University in Worcester on Thursday, August 13. The position leads coordination across state government and works with local communities to prepare for rising…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (399+ words) The City of Worcester continues to pretend that police reform means only writing new policy, as city officials celebrate the U.S. Department of Justice of the Trump Administration, even as new policy approved in June doesn’t pass basic scrutiny. Worcester Police…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (658+ words) Email is still the front door to almost every business. Open it carelessly, and someone else can walk right in. Most breaches don’t start with clever hacking at all — they start with one tired employee clicking one bad link. This…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (767+ words) Buying cannabis looks simple until you reach the payment step. In Massachusetts, adults have shopped a legal market since voters approved it in 2016. Yet many local shops still ask for cash at the register. The reason has little to do…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1041+ words) by Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon Just as was the case two years ago, lawmakers sitting down now to finalize a sprawling bill intended to supercharge the region’s economy will need to debate whether the package should also embrace a major…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (824+ words) Record levels can attract attention, but the number printed at the closing bell explains only part of an index’s behavior. Price structure reveals how an advance developed, whether momentum persisted across different periods, and where buyers or sellers previously changed…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (314+ words) WORCESTER – In response to an inquiry from This Week in Worcester, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to comment on inquiries related to its Civil Rights Division’s investigation of the Worcester Police Department (WPD). The City of Worcester released…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1021+ words) Traditional surveillance systems have largely been reactive. Cameras continuously record footage, but someone normally has to watch the video or search through hours of recordings after an incident occurs. AI changes that relationship with video. Modern video analytics can identify…...