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The Phoenix was founded in 1965 by Joe Hanlon, a former editor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's student newspaper, The Tech.Since many Boston-area college newspapers were printed at the same printing firm, Hanlon's idea was to do a four-page single-sheet insert with arts coverage and ads.
In 2008, Holden Landmark Corporation purchased Worcester Magazine. In 2018, Holden Landmark Corporation was acquired by GateHouse Media, owner of the Telegram & Gazette. [3] In December 2023, the magazine announced it will cease free distribution.
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In 1851, the oldest predecessor of The Phoenix Companies, The American Temperance Life Insurance Company, was founded.The American Temperance Life Insurance Company was a part-mutual, part-stock company that insured only those who abstained from alcohol and was founded by a group of prominent Hartford businessmen as well as religious and civic leaders.
The Telegram & Gazette (and Sunday Telegram) is the only daily newspaper of Worcester, Massachusetts.The paper, headquartered at 100 Front Street and known locally as the Telegram or the T & G, offers coverage of all of Worcester County, as well as surrounding areas of the western suburbs of Boston, Western Massachusetts, and several towns in Windham County in northeastern Connecticut.
Lake Avenue/Quinsigamond Lake spans several neighborhoods in South Worcester and East Worcester. [2] Park Ave skirts the eastern edge of West Worcester. [2] The Edgemere neighborhood is primarily in neighboring Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. [2] The Arts District spans several neighborhoods in Central City. [3]
1852 – Worcester Young Men's Christian Association founded. [17] 1853 Worcester Rhetorical Society incorporated. [18] Emmanuel Baptist church built. Agricultural Fairgrounds in operation (approximate date). [1] 1854 Hope Cemetery laid out. Mission Chapel built. 1856 – Worcester Employment Society and Highland Military School founded. [1] 1857