508 #250: So Much Stuff
Episode description
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s guest is Chris Robarge. We talk about our new permanent City Manager, eight stolen gargoyles, and Jodorowsky.
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Headline stories:
- New City Manager
- ICP visits Worcester (see 508’s own “Interview with the Juggalo”)
- There have been gang shootings, with drug arrests in response
- 20 trucks have crashed into the low Canterbury Street railroad bridge this year
- Our cable access station may be forced to a new channel
- Eight 3000-pound gargoyles have gone missing
- You better register to vote soon if you want to vote in November
Discussion: so we have a new permanent City Manager. Chris’s letter of resignation [PDF] in response.
Letters: Jim May suggests we discuss “the ongoing expansion of the urban core from Kilby/Gardner to Osgood Bradley to WAM/Gateway; and how the “internationalism” of that area will force Worcester to contend with its parochialism.”
Recommendations: Mike plugs the Hip Hip Her Race 3K supporting Abby’s House; will be going to see the Pirates of Penzance; liked Brian Goslow’s article on riding the bus; and is overjoyed that there’s going to be a local series of activities and screenings relating to the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky.