Worcester Sucks and I Love It
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WPS in Brief: September 2026 (opens the original)
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“Some people just don’t want help” (opens the original)
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Is it good when the gales of November come early? Ha ha.No?Welp. Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.Lots to get to in today’s post. Then right after I post this I’m giving the next WPS In Brief a read, then we’re getting that up. The fun never ever stops. Please think about keeping this outlet in business. If you don’t, no one will.Subscribe nowTip Jar!</
What to do when you’re guilty and you know it (opens the original)
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Shaun’s Bad Advice is, for legal purposes, a work of both comedy and fiction. And, as a Worcester Sucks production, is paid for by the good folks who pay for this newsletter, which is, legally speaking, either you right now, or could be you by clicking the button below :-) — Bill Subscribe nowTip Jar!Dear Shaun,I feel like I keep getting away with
WPS in Brief: The Second Redistricting Scenario (opens the original)
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Worcester Public Schools released its second districtwide redistricting scenario last week and consultants from Dillinger Research and Applied Data presented it at the September 16 Operations and Governance meeting. You can review the presentation, demographic data, and </sp
“Sticky, sticky, sticky.” (opens the original)
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Well I picked a hell of a two-week stretch to take off.The events have been eventing at an exponential pace around here. Catching up it occurs to me I’ve got a unique vantage on the developments and how they all fit together, having been halfway across the country for most of them, blissfully unaware, and now, less blissfully, digesting them in all-at-once fashion.We’ll go through them in timeline fashion.Obligatory top-of-post reminder that Worcester Sucks is an entirely reader funded outlet me
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