The new Inside Worcester blog on worcesterweb.com presents Rod Lee’s insightful perspective on life in the city, Central Massachusetts and beyond. Look to worcesterweb.com on your laptop or cell phone for this exclusive feature, in which Mr. Lee, a career journalist and author, expounds in short-story form (occasionally fictionalized) on a variety of subject matter—from his … More
One of the perks of the sunset years for both Ben and Eleanor Olson is reading the daily newspaper. He plunks down two dollars for a copy every morning ($3 on Sundays) at one of the neighborhood stores and leaves it on the dining-room table for Eleanor. She devours it front to back after polishing … More Window dressing
Bill’s in insurance. Arlette, banking. Eddie, accounting, or he was until opting out for the good life. Me, well let’s just say I am a writer of minor renown who likes to tag along with the three of them from time to time, mostly to see what kind of hijinks Eddie is up to when … More Life’s a Hoot
Some days are better than others. The last Wednesday in August of 2016 was one of them. A friend, John DiPietro, had promised that a stint volunteering at the St. John’s Food for the Poor Program on Temple St. in Worcester would be a transformative experience. Rewarding enough to make a grown man cry, as it … More Thy Will Be Done
The city lays in solitude at the seven o’clock hour of a Tuesday morning as I nudge the car into the parking garage on Commercial St., find a spot on Level 2 and turn off the radio. Hank Stolz, ever perky, has been talking with his listeners on WCRN about“Extreme Vetting” of immigrants as proposed by the you-know-who presidential … More Juror No. 12
T he encounter could have happened anywhere. Maybe in Greenwich Village where it all began in the Sixties for the Jewish kid from the Midwest who’d come to New York City with a guitar, a folksy voice, a compulsion to write songs and a burning desire to establish himself as the next Woody Guthrie. Perhaps … More My Bob Dylan Dream
A record crowd, topping 4100, for last night’s Futures All-Star Game at the home of the Worcester Bravehearts. A spectacular sunset too, and fireworks! (The view from Section I, Row 12, Seat 1, in the company of my friend Joe Cutroni Jr.).
Sonny Smith’s aversion to cats began long before he opened the door to the deck on a mild morning in late June and saw splattered across the floorboards (“do they ever need a new coat of stain,” he thought) the remains of a gray squirrel. Its body ferociously and methodically dismembered, left in tatters, the … More Smokey
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