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Worcester nonprofits accuse city of ‘blatant’ racial inequity in grant funding
Worcester has to decide by the end of the year how it will spend its remaining $44.3 million in federal pandemic relief money, GBH reports. With that deadline looming, some local nonprofit leaders are criticizing the city for inequitably dispersing some of the money in prior grant rounds — and urging officials to do better.
Healey nominates first female chief justice of Appeals Court
Gov. Maura Healey continued to put her imprint on the judiciary Wednesday, tapping Justice Amy Blake to be elevated to the first female chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Blake has been a justice of the Appeals Court since 2014 and, if her elevation is confirmed by the Governor's Council, would succeed Chief Justice Mark Green, who resigned earlier this month after a nearly seven-year tenure as chief. Blake's judicial career began on the Family and Probate Court in...
Vote Now for the New Name for Chandler Magnet School
WORCESTER – The Worcester Public Schools launched its final survey for renaming the Chandler Magnet Elementary School, at 525 Chandler St. The Chandler Magnet School and La Familia Dual Language School merged in 2023 after the Diocese of Worcester ended the La Familia School’s lease. The school department plans for the merged schools on Chandler Street to become the city’s first full dual language school.
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