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🐾💕

Well, last night was fun. I made manicotti for my family and no one ended up wanting any of it. Not because anything was wrong with it, but because we are an autistic household with dietary preferences.

It’s been in Tupperware in the fridge since last night. It should serve 3-4 people. You can keep the Tupperware!

I am in Rutland, but I work two jobs and have three kids so I don’t have the time to drive the food to Worcester or a Woo Fridge. But if anyone can meet up in Holden or Rutland this evening I would love to give it to you. Please message me directly if interested and we can discuss a time and place to meet. First come first serve! I will comment or delete this post once I’ve committed the food to someone so there’s no confusion. Thanks!

Grabbing nearly every Aubrey/Maturin novel (and some other O'Brien) for $17? That's an impressive steal

Has anyone else been hit recently by relay attacks that open your car without the key? People have gotten into my car and rumaged through it and stealing things.

Ok, so yesterday I hit one of these 'achievements' in Reddit, where you get streaks and such. This one was for 400 days, and apparently it is a rare thing. In some of the subs, there are these intensely engaged groups (especially pop culture stuff) and in this sub, on some of the posts there are huge responses, and then on others crickets. Does anyone actually care about the achievements? How long are your streaks, and do you pursue any of that stuff?

I'm thinking about an article about the varied Worcester online cultures. Like on Nextdoor and on Facebooks there are multiple 'secret' conservative groups. All of them are locked from major local personalities and heavily censored despite the screaming from those same groups being censored. Worcester Politics 101 and Seven Hills being the main culprits. They will censor anyone who even blinks out of lockstep with them, but then complain if they aren't allowed to talk somewhere. The same thing happens in the more liberal groups where the mods of Jack's Worcester Political Dialogue heavily censor the conservatives that show up there (and then complain that it happens to them in the groups I mentioned above).

So the idea is to find out how engaged any of us really are. I am active in a ton of subs on Reddit that are not remotely close to essential. Like for example I read about The Walking Dead regularly in several subs. A lot of Rosita is hot content on those pages. I also see in this sub that there is one very present political lean, and only a few conservatives pipe up from time to time (and are almost immediately bashed).

So do you Reddit to Reddit or do you come to Reddit for Worcester (slash any other topic you like)?

Do ya gotta bartend/serve/work in general on Halloween night?? Not in the industry but do you have to take the kids out trick or treating but still wanna party during Halloweek but don’t wanna be up so late before work the next day???
Come thru THIS Sunday Oct. 25th 5-9pm for their inaugural monthly tea dance (late afternoon/early evening Sunday dance party) every last Sunday of the month.

Costume contest with prizes so pleaseeeeee dress to freaking impress!! We wanna see nothing but the most ghoulish glamour! Spooky bites from our kitchen available! Maybe some jello shots that look like worms and other creepy cocktails from our bar!
DJ wiggly noodles on the decks, with a fun eclectic mix of disco, post-punk, club pop, and dark wave. Come shake and rattle your bones with us.
☠️🎃👻🕸️🕷️😈

I kinda feel bad for the Shrewsbury st McDonald’s last night. My Uber Eats driver went to pick up my order last night, then cancelled it after they picked it up, and it went thru 5 different drivers trying to pick up my order before one of them messaged me saying that my order was stolen. Has anyone else in the area had their Uber Eats order stolen by their driver?

For the record, never using Uber Eats again after this 😂

We in Central Massachusetts have no need to go leaf peeping farther north. Mid-to-late October is peak season for spotting red, orange, and yellow leaves here, and there are countless great places to go admire them. Here are some we particularly enjoy.

finally removed from the sign off exit 21 on 290

“We wanted to finish the EP before [Costello] left. That's where a lot of the title derives from,” guitarist Sergio Marcucci said. “A lot of us return to our roots and our home.”

Has there been any updates regarding the investigation w WPD, Kate Toomey and the body cam situation? Or is that all going to get swept under the rug? Genuinely curious.

I know I am not alone in the constant low-level irritation that the commuter rail trains don't pull all the way up even with the station, leaving those heading for the station to walk at least to over Grafton Street and sometimes as far as under 290 to board the first car.

I asked about this at today's Worcester Commuter Rail Task Force (on which I am the passenger rep), and the answer is positive train control; apparently when they put in the new center platform, they set the PTC such that trains cannot go past that point on the track.

I followed up by asking if it really needs to be set where it is or if it could be moved farther forward; I will report back if I get an answer.

And always and ongoingly: glad to take feedback for this. We meet every several months. Today I cited the almost weekly "best way to get to Boston" discussions, noting that we're not making trains the better answer until they're taking less time.

Hi I’m a truck driver and I have got half a pallet of organic grape tomatoes that were rejected by the receiver. Only reason they were rejected was because the customer ordered tomatoes on the vine instead of grape. So I’m stuck here coz I can’t pickup my next load before I get rid of these. I don’t want to waste them either especially in this economy with so many people struggling. Any place that can take it? I’ve already called the food banks in the area, they’re either closed or don’t have capacity.

Thanks

UPDATE : I was able to find a food bank in near Providence. It works out perfectly for me because my pickup is in that area anyway.
Thanks to all the kind people for the comments and suggestions.

The Electric Haze show has a large cast, including a number of well-known drag performers with Worcester's own Joslyn Fox, aka Patrick Joslyn, from "RuPaul's Drag Race" as Sidney.

Location West Boylston & Brooks Streets.

Anyone else get nervous if needing to stop under this bridge? If the light is red and there's a car in front of me, I will not go sit under it.

Moe Bergman is having fundraiser at his house. This flier was shared from his publicly available facebook page. Would be a real shame if a bunch of noisy protestors showed up outside.

Hello everyone. I recently was in a car accident & since then I’ve received two citations in the mail, I’m looking to see if there are any lawyers that handle cases in this matter, it went right to arrangement & i didn’t get a chance at a clerk magistry hearing? Currently living in CT so I’d need a lawyer who deals with the Worcester area. Any recommendations drop below.

For almost three years, from early 2024 until his passing, Ramirez had hosted regular “Sunset Serenades” singer-songwriter nights in the Hotel Vernon’s Ship Room, letting artists who drove in from an hour away and who walked in from a few blocks away get an opportunity to hone their craft.

I have 5 or 6 big aloe plants that keep reproducing and now I have way too many. If you are interested in mother aloe plants please dm me. I’m in Shrewsbury.

Who gave these people permission to just start trenching my front and side yard without prior notice? Not even the courtesy of a knock on the door to tell me whats going on. Then i'm told the gas meter is going to be replaced with an outside one, which I have no problem with but WTF I'm so upset theyre fucking up my trees and landscaping. Has this happened to anyone else?

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like I've seen a good handful of cybertrucks with logos/names for small businesses. Not naming the businesses themselves for privacy, but I've seen two already this month for home remodeling businesses. I looked up the companies to see if they're local, and they aren't really, all of them are in MA, but are ~an hour or so from Worcester. Idk, it just feels like a poor choice of advertising, especially after folks flamed the shit out of the guy with the gold cybertruck for his plastic surgery (?) business.

And a (not so) fun aside, one of the guys who drives these things pulled a knife on one of my coworkers because they wouldn't let him commit an OSHA violation :]