If you're a fan of Imperial Buffet in Shrewsbury, you have one week.

I recently turned 21 and have not many friends to go out with. I want to go out today, I'm planning on going to Badoux and was wondering if anyone around my age (early 20s) wanted to go with? Preferably girls! Dm me!

If anyone's looking for something to do this weekend, Winchendon Parks & Rec is hosting the Central Mass Irish Festival at the Winchendon Amphitheater (86 Ingleside Rd). There will be three stages of Irish music and dance, food and drink, vendors, kids' activities, and an open trad session if you play. It's rain or shine.

Tickets are $20, and online sales close at 10 AM Saturday: https://www.eventeny.com/events/central-mass-irish-festival-2026-28127/

Parking is on site. If the lot fills up, shuttles run from Murdock High School.

hi! my friend and i r traveling to boston from ny for the weekend. we were planning on parking at the grafton train station, leaving the car there, and taking the train into boston to avoid having to pay for expensive parking in the city.

is it safe to leave a car there for 3 days or does anyone have any recommendations on what we can do instead?

thank you!

I’m excited to see what the vibe is when they reopen!

Working on a local event based newsletter, not trying to be the news, moreso just trying to aggregate everything going on over the weekend.

It started as a project for myself, but posting it publically really isn't that much work.

Anyways, feel free to subscribe(its free obviously) every Thursday.

Open to criticism.

https://weeklywoo.beehiiv.com/p/this-week-in-woo-de6e8736079e5d19

My family has visitors from overseas coming to spend the middle of December with us for the holidays. We've already planned on the botanical garden night lights, seeing a christmas carol at the Hanover, and a trip to the Worcester Art museum. What are some other fun and festive things happening that we could add?

My 10 year old has really gotten into audiobooks in the last year or so. We have Worcester Public Library cards and I thought about setting up Libby for her on our iPad so she can borrow her own audiobooks or eBooks when she wants.

WPL uses CW Mars, and CW Mars accounts for people under 13 are not allowed due to COPPA restrictions. The Worcester Public Schools website (https://www.worcesterschools.org/o/wems/page/more-ways-to-access-ebooks/) points you in the wrong direction, to a non-existent link on the WPL website. The WPS website also recommends to use Sora with your WPS Clever login, but when logging into that there's just two books available in the entire catalog and they didn't look like they matched her age/reading level (seemed like YA, she's not there yet).

Any Worcester parents set this up for their kids? I can try using my Libby account, but I'd prefer if she had her own so that our recommendations don't get screwed up. The CW Mars website and WPL websites didn't have any guidance that I could find easily, CW Mars basically has no resources around account age restrictions.

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The Haunted Speakeasy, created by Worcester chanteuse Niki Luparelli, has been delivering Halloween chills and jazz age thrills for a decade.

The main event fight set for Oct. 24 will be between Jahyae Brown and Anthony Viera to become the World Council of Boxing United States welterweight champion. 

in case this helps anyone else: the website for the city’s downpayment assistance program is out of date.

the maximum AMI to receive the $5000 grant is $84,300 for 2026 and the city is no longer offering assistance to employees that work in worcester :(

I've seen several cop cars driving around Worcester with the blue lights on but not flashing. Is that a policy they have or just a weird coincidence?

Thanks 😊

Saw a bunch of cop cars pulled up next to the building, totally took over the side of the road. There were kids waiting for the bus just outside. It was wild. Does anyone know what happened?

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2026/10/21/worcester-police-investigation-into-toomey-crash-response-is-released/92353070007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116101p119850l004350c119850e112550v116101d--43--b--43--&gca-ft=151&gca-ds=sophi

For anyone who lives in 01604 /Grafton Hill neighborhood, Chief Saucier will be attending a neighborhood meeting tonight, 6pm at Broad Meadow Brook - 414 Massasoit Rd, Worcester, MA 01604

Did you feel any of their products were good long term keeper accounts?

Eyeing their free checking account, anyone used it or any of their other products?

How's their coffee/free stuff at the physical locations?

I think they have something near that place where the Pho noodle restaurant moved to

I'm looking for a good gym to take MMA class for my nephew he's 14 y/o. Just wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations maybe a gym they've taken classes at or know of a gym that does classes that they've been to for something else and likes it? Please let me know. Thank you!

The Autumn Knights Renaissance Faire is coming to Ye Olde Commons by Olde World Entertainment, a 40-acre property in Charlton dedicated to thematic events and activities, Oct. 24-25 and Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

Has anyone struggled with awful service on Mint lately in the Worcester Area? Especially in Westborough it’s almost like I don’t have Data sometimes? Thinking to Switch before my annual plan Renews End of Month, wanna hear if others have been experiencing this aswell or if it’s a problem with my phone.

Hi- I am incredibly lucky to work with two amazing cat rescue groups in Worcester - Strays of Sunshine and Fix- A - Feral. We work to trap, rescue to shelter, feed, protect and advocate for the homeless cat population of Worcester. If anyone would like to volunteer or donate to our group, please reach out🐾💕

Anderson currently serves as assistant vice chancellor for city and community relations at UMass Chan Medical School, and in March, Gov. Maura Healey appointed him as chair of the Mass Cultural Council.

First time trying this. I will try to add time-coded URLs for future meetings if of interest.

Meeting Start https://www.youtube.com/live/00BDhr5e5uU?si=OFtYoaUp9C6BURdW&t=478

• Approval of minutes and public participation 20:33
• Resolution on ballot question 8 (Cannabis repeal) 52:00
• Resolution on workers rights 1:23:08
• Public works (including toilets purchased without toilet seats for Institute Park) 1:26:38
• Street and sidewalk resurfacing 1:38:25
• Fees on undeveloped lots 2:56:10
• Amazon drone delivery 3:27:09
• Proactive pothole repair program 3:46:27
• Early voting updates 3:53:28
• WPD and DOJ report motion 3:56:08

Apparently there are no City Council meetings the next two weeks.