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The Corporation of Worcester obtained legal powers under the Worcester Electric Lighting Order (confirmed by the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation Act 1890) to generate and supply electricity throughout the city. The Corporation opened the Worcester Electricity Works on 11 October 1894 at Powick Mills, south west of the city beside the ...
Worcester (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər, locally ⓘ) [4] is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States. [a] [5] Named after Worcester, England, the city had 206,518 people at the 2020 census, [6] also making it the second-most populous city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts.
Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. 45: Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan: 1946–1949: Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. 46: Andrew B. Holmstrom: 1950–1953: First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system. 47 ...
On Monday, Aug. 1, the City Clerk, Fire Department and Health, Human Services, Inspections (Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Gas) will begin taking new applications for permits and requests ...
WORCESTER — In response to recent reports of businesses facing restrictions due to a lack of sprinklers, City Council voted Tuesday to request City Manager Eric D. Batista to look into possible ...
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Worcester County (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / WUU-stər) is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census , the population was 862,111, making it the second-most populous county in Massachusetts.
The Notre Dame des Canadiens was a landmark church which faced Salem Square and Worcester Common from 1929 to 2018. [5] In the 1920s, the Catholic Church purchased the Baptist Church on Salem Square and razed it in 1927 to build a new church to serve the city's French Catholic population, the cathedral-like Notre Dame des Canadiens. [5]