Edward Augustus

Worcester’s seven-day average COVID-19 case count is about 135, less than half of what it was the previous week. When the mask mandate was announced in September, the seven-day average case count was 78.

Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus has appointed seven individuals to the Worcester Ballpark Commission, an entity which will oversee relatively minor affairs related to the $160-million Polar Park baseball stadium, such as financial updates.

The AHF of Boston has hired Jake Sanders, former chief of staff to Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus, to oversee the redevelopment of the Worcester Memorial Auditorium as project executive.

After face mask mandates were largely lifted this spring as the coronavirus pandemic seemed to be subsiding, they are returning to Central Massachusetts as both the City of Worcester and Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Tuesday announced they would once again require masks.

Worcester’s City Council deferred to its Economic Development Committee on Tuesday a proposed tax increment exemption plan which would cut taxes by $10 million for a five-story apartment complex slated to be built on the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel church site.

The City of Worcester plans to purchase three properties from the now closed Becker College for $4.6 million and will ask City Council for a loan early next week, said City Manager Edward Augustus.

Strong fundamentals, committed leadership, anchoring institutions, vibrant culture, and untapped potential: Bo Menkiti’s five reasons for why Worcester, why now.

In an event in the works since 2018 that likely would have been a sellout regardless of capacity, the Worcester Red Sox first home game Tuesday at their $160-million public stadium in the Canal District sold out.

Downtown Worcester has received a $75,674 grant for a month-long celebration this upcoming August, announced on Tuesday by the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement, in partnership with The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts and the City of Worcester. 

Worcester has changed a lot over the last decade and a half. Not only has its downtown been physically transformed through a half-billion-dollar revitalization project, but City Manager Ed Augustus said the city in the heart of the commonwealth is carrying itself with a refreshed attitude.