Holden Infrastructure Improvement Fund (IIF) is confusing
Last week we saw comments that our columns on the IFF were confusing. Sorry, but they are and sometimes we wonder if it …
Lets turn Diamond on Park Ave into an Urban Farm
While the old drive-in on Route 20 in Shrewsbury 1/2 mile from Worcester Line prepares for major development https://t.co/DEYS3AtLHv https://t.co/5voSHuzzu4 — Karen Callan (@karenleecallan) …
How Colleges remove properties from the tax base
When colleges decide to expand, they slowly buy up the properties in the targeted area where they want to expand. Sometimes it may take …
Elimination of the Holden IIF will not be an article at Town Meeting
Tim Ethier’s request to place the elimination of the IIF as an article at Town Meeting for the taxpayers to decide was defeated 3-2 last …
IIF Summary
History Town of Holden established the IIF in 1993 with special legislation Not many towns have it, this fund unique to Holden 3 years ago …
Town of Holden Must Read : My thoughts on Tim Ethier’s Agenda Item to Eliminate the IIF
Click here for the agenda and item 6) 7:25 p.m. Elimination of the Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF). This is my third year on the Holden …
UMass-Memorial President at City Council last night
At 27:30 of last night’s meeting, click here. Watch for two minutes President of UMass-Memorial explains their business decision concerning 13 beds. We are by …
Commercial tax base losses almost total $3,000,000 between 2012-2016
Tonight’s meeting, page 86-88 shows properties shifting from Commercial to Exempt: Click here is link is dead 2012 195,603 2013 59,553 2014 1,001.620 2015 1,101,520 …
New High School Stabilization Fund
Under the Five Point Plan $3,047,000 was allocated to the North High Stabilization during the last year budget season (FY17). In 2008, North High originally …
Our question responding Nick K column
The only reason I pick up the Sunday paper–Nick K. He has been hitting it out of the park every Sunday. .@TweetWorcester Human Rights …
Green Hill, Union Station and DCU losing $150,000 per month in FY17
We feel the City Council two most important jobs are to: Review the budget and control it, not just rubber stamp the budget submitted by …
Raise money for your Church, Team, Fraternal Organization through clothes bin
We are a locally owned company that recycles clothes. Unlike the nationally owned clothes bins that give an extremely small portion of their …
FY17 Green Hill losses may be record breaking
Here are the numbers to date from July 1, 2016 thru the end of February, 2017 (8 months), click here to view. The numbers …
Holden, Worcester and DCR Case
We need to do a quick summary: 2000–20 year agreement starts DCR negotiates 20 year contract between Worcester and towns of West Boylston, Holden and …
Holden/Worcester water rate battle goes into Executive Session
Couple weeks back Councilor Gaffney asked for an update Watch meeting Starting at 2:03
City Council discussion on Union Station
For video click here 1:49 minutes watch for 5 to 8 minutes City Manager will have a report on Massport and Union Station in the …
UMass decision to cut beds is a City Council issue?
Evidently it is if you watched City Council tonight. Specifically, 8A: District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera wants a report on a number of things …
Pete Levesque on living the dream and a musician’s harsh reality
Link to Post Art Simas jams with the city resident and former WPS teacher as he prepares to release his new album, “Wander.” Posted by …
Worcester Sun, March 8: Mariano takes city officials to task on PCBs + OPEB needs attention ASAP
Link to Post In the unlikely event you need more reasons to check out this edition, we have Hitch on Gary Rosen, Top 5 Stories, …
ORH and freight
The JFK announcement was huge, since it will allow us to connect direct to pretty much every destination JetBlue flies to connecting through JFK in …