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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.
Worcester is the principal city of Central Massachusetts, and is a regional hub of government, industry, and transportation hub. Since the 1970s, and especially since the construction of Route 146 and interstates 90, 495, 190, 290, and 395, both Worcester and its surrounding towns have become more integrated with Boston's suburbs.
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]
Worcester County, Massachusetts. Worcester County (/ ˈwʊstər / 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. It is also the largest county in Massachusetts by geographic area. The largest city and traditional shire town is ...
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the City of Worcester issued $1,404,770 in parking fines, according to data provided by the city’s Public Records Center. That's an increase of 18.6% from the previous ...
Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire. On December 3, 1999, six firefighters were killed at the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire. [5] The fire occurred at 6:13 p.m. in an abandoned cold storage warehouse at Box 1438, 266 Franklin Street. Six Worcester firefighters died while looking for two homeless victims thought to be trapped in the ...
The 2009 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009. It saw the election of Joseph C. O'Brien , who unseated incumbent mayor Konstantina B. Lukes . As of 2019 [update] , this is the only time an incumbent mayor has lost reelection in a Worcester mayoral election since they started popularly electing mayors in 1987. [37]
September 10, 2024 at 4:35 PM. WORCESTER — Gov. Maura Healey's administration announced Tuesday it has awarded almost $19 million in grant money to the Worcester Housing Authority to support the ...