Worcester is one of many cities claimed, like Rome, to be found on seven hills: Airport Hill, Bancroft Hill, Belmont Hill (Bell Hill), Grafton Hill, Green Hill, Pakachoag Hill and Vernon Hill. The city's public school system also administers an adult education component called "Night Life", and operates a Public-access television cable TV station on channel 11. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Worcester had a population of 181,045, of which 88,150 (48.7%) were male and 92,895 (51.3%) were female. Worcester is also served by OurBus, Peter Pan Bus Lines and Greyhound Bus Lines, which operate out of Union Station. I had to make a quick … According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[71] the top ten employers in the city are: Worcester's public schools educate more than 25,000 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. An adorable corgi has been caught mimicking the sound of a tornado warning siren as it was being tested. Despite non-partisan elections, two groups alternated in control of council: the local Democratic Party and a slate known as the Citizens' Plan E Association (CEA). On July 14, 1776, Thomas performed the first public reading in Massachusetts of the Declaration of Independence from the porch of the Old South Church,[15] where the 19th century Worcester City Hall stands today. Lake Quinsigamond (also known as Long Pond) stretches four miles across the Worcester and Shrewsbury border and is a very popular competitive rowing and boating destination. [36][37], Building off its history of immigration, Worcester has also become a home for many refugees in recent years. [64] The Memorial Auditorium, built as a tribute to World War I veterans of Worcester, is undergoing a renovation and may cater to these Digital Students as a future multimedia and digital center, in conjunction with the twelve Worcester colleges and universities. stART on the Street is an annual festival promoting local art. The tornado left massive destruction and killed 94 people. Worcester developed as an industrial city in the 19th century due to the Blackstone Canal and rail transport, producing machinery, textiles and wire. The tornado tore through 48 miles (77 km) of Worcester County including a large area of the city of Worcester. [72] The system consists of 34 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 8 high schools,[73] and several other learning centers such as magnet schools, alternative schools, and special education schools. Worcester is served by several interstate highways. A huge area of downtown Worcester was demolished for new office towers and the 1,000,000 sq. Interstate 290 (I-290) connects central Worcester to I-495, I-90 in nearby Auburn, and I-395. Summers are typically hot and humid, while winters are cold, windy, and snowy. [81], Much of the world renowned Worcester culture is synonymous with New England culture. The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in nearby Shrewsbury developed the oral contraceptive pill in 1951. [17] Worcester was officially chartered as a city on February 29, 1848. It struck Assumption Preparatory School, now the site of Quinsigamond Community College. Worcester is also the state's largest center for the arts outside of Boston. Union Station serves as the hub for commuter railway traffic. Built as a World War I war memorial in 1933, the multipurpose auditorium has hosted many of the Worcester's most famous concerts and sporting events, and is undergoing a renovation to become a multi media Center and digital arts auditorium, and event Center. New York news, weather, traffic and sports from FOX 5 NY serving New York City, Long Island, New York, New Jersey and Westchester County. I-190 links Worcester to Route 2 and the cities of Fitchburg and Leominster in northern Worcester County. [79] It was founded in Leicester in 1784 as Leicester Academy. Worcester is the beginning of the Blackstone Valley that frames the river. The name of the new team will be the Worcester Red Sox.[96][97]. [99] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester was canonically erected on January 14, 1950, by Pope Pius XII. Taylor was nicknamed the Worcester Whirlwind by the local papers. Competitive rowing teams first came to Lake Quinsigamond in 1857. Although manufacturing has declined, the city still maintains large manufactures, like Norton Abrasives, which was bought by Saint-Gobain in 1990, Morgan Construction Company, since bought by Siemens and then bought by Japanese company PriMetals Technologies, and the David Clark Company. Find the latest U.S. news stories, photos, and videos on NBCNews.com. 5 Miler registration includes a t-shirt, finisher medal and beer voucher. [94] From 1931 to 2013, Worcester was home to the Higgins Armory Museum, which was the sole museum dedicated to arms and armor in the country. In 1908 the Royal Worcester Corset Company was the largest employer of women in the United States. Esther Howland began the first line of Valentine's Day cards from her Worcester home in 1847. The leading smart TV makers are taking a page from the Roku playbook and are also now close to making more money selling ads than gadgets EVENT REPORTS FOR 05/12/2021 - 05/13/2021 The school is closely affiliated with UMass Memorial Health Care, the clinical partner of the medical school, which has expanded its locations all over Central Massachusetts. Calculated on the basis of the 2018 GDP figure, with the 2010 census-recorded population. Route 12 was the primary route north to Leominster and Fitchburg until the completion of I-190. Named after Worcester, Worcestershire, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population was 181,045,[6] making it the second-most populous city in New England after Boston. In response to this appeal, the bishop appointed the Reverend James Fitton to visit the Catholics of Worcester in 1834. [22] On June 12, 1880, Lee Richmond pitched the first perfect game in Major league baseball history for the Worcester Ruby Legs at the Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds. Initially, Plan E government in Worcester was organized as a 9-member council (all at-large), a ceremonial mayor elected from the council by the councilors, and a council-appointed city manager. Park News - (5/16/21) While nothing official has come from the park just yet, we’ve hearing that Six Flags Great Adventure could possibly try to open their new Jersey Devil coaster as early as Memorial Day Weekend. Hanover Insurance helped fund a multimillion-dollar renovation to the old Franklin Square Theater into the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts. The river courses underground through the center of the city, and emerges at the foot of College Hill. Route 146, the Worcester-Providence Turnpike, connects the city with the similar city of Providence, Rhode Island. Worcester has a total area of 38.6 square miles (100 km2), 37.6 square miles (97 km2) of land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) (roughly 2.59%) of water. A tornado ripped through North Carolina's Brunswick County, killing at least three people and injuring 10 others in its trail of destruction, authorities said. The foundation of Christ's Church, the first Catholic church in Worcester (now St. John's), was laid on July 6, 1834. The city hosted the Worcester Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for one season, playing their 2018–19 home games in the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center for that league's final season. Worcester was home to Marshall Walter ("Major") Taylor, an African American cyclist who won the world one-mile (1.6 km) track cycling championship in 1899. The Blackstone Canal was once an important waterway connecting Worcester to Providence and the Eastern Seaboard, but the canal fell into disuse at the end of the 19th century and was mostly covered up. The Tornadoes won the 2005 Can-Am League title. Polar Beverages is the largest independent soft-drink bottler in the country and is in Worcester. The Worcester Bravehearts began play in 2014 as the local affiliate of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, and won the league championship in their inaugural season. In the mid-20th century large urban renewal projects were undertaken to try to reverse the city's decline. Becker College was a private college with campuses in Worcester and neighboring Leicester that closed at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. [13] On April 2, 1731, Worcester was chosen as the county seat of the newly founded Worcester County government. The Horticultural Society's former headquarters is now the Worcester Historical Museum, dedicated to the cultural, economic, and scientific contributions of the city to American society. The first Armenian Church in the Western Hemisphere was built in Worcester in 1890 and consecrated on January 18, 1891, as "Soorp Purgich" (Holy Savior). In the 1770s, Worcester became a center of American revolutionary activity. Unum Insurance and the Saint Vincent Hospital leased into the project and both facilities opened in 2013. [12] Named after the city of Worcester, England, the town was incorporated on June 14, 1722. The manager oversees the daily administration of the city, makes all appointments to city offices, and can be removed at any time by a majority vote of the council. It then flows south through Quinsigamond Village and into Millbury. [69] In November 2017, Baker's administration and the Worcester Business Development Corporation signed a land disposition agreement for the park.[70]. [34] After struggling to secure finances for a number of years, Hanover Insurance took over the project and demolition began on September 13, 2010. The first Catholics came to Worcester in 1826. One notable charter school in the city is Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School, which teaches kindergarten through 12th grade. [32] In 2007 WPI opened the first facility in their new Gateway Park center in Lincoln Square. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for virtually the entire tri-state area by mid-afternoon as wild winds downed trees in parts of Ulster County and elsewhere. A Convention Center was built along the DCU Center arena in downtown Worcester in 1997. Combined with a traditionally non-rhotic Eastern New England English accent, the name can be transcribed as "WOOS-tuh" or "WISS-tuh" (the first syllable possibly having a near-close central unrounded vowel).[83]. Klansmen's cars were stoned and burned, and their windows smashed. Worcester is home to a dedicated Jewish population who attend five synagogues, including Reform congregation Temple Emanuel Sinai, Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue founded in 1924,[102] and Orthodox Congregation Tifereth Israel – Sons of Jacob (Chabad), home of Yeshiva Achei Tmimim Academy. Multiple people killed in Friday’s deadly stampede in Israel hailed from New York and New Jersey, according to news reports. Between 1755 and 1758, future U.S. president John Adams worked as a schoolteacher and studied law in Worcester. City councilors can run as either a representative of a city district or as an at-large candidate. In 1830, state legislation funded the creation of the Worcester State Insane Asylum Hospital (1833) and became one of the first new public asylums in the United States. Track the approaching storms using our interactive radar below. Fabos, A., Pilgrim, M., Said-Ali, M., Krahe, J., Ostiller, Z. There is an average of only 3.5 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs and 4.1 nights of lows at or below 0 °F (−18 °C) per year, and periods of both extremes are rarely sustained. 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Tuckerman Hall, designed by one of the country's earliest woman architects, Josephine Wright Chapman, is home to the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. [29] President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and other local and national dignitaries attended the funeral service and memorial program in Worcester. 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In recent years, local organizations, including the Canal District Business Association, have proposed restoring the canal and creating a Blackstone Valley National Park. After that, on the same day, there were two reported on the ground at the same time near there. A city council acts as the legislative body, and the council-appointed manager handles the traditional day-to-day chief executive functions. Worcester has 1,200 acres of publicly owned property. Over time most retailers moved away from downtown and into the suburban Auburn Mall and Greendale Mall in North Worcester. Most Mandaeans in Worcester arrived as refugees from instability in Iraq during the early 21st century. National Geographic stories take you on a journey that’s always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating. New hires get $100 if they're vaccinated AP; Advertisement By Theresa Waldrop, CNN. [29], In recent decades, a renewed interest in the city's downtown has brought new investment and construction to Worcester. [93] The largest park in the city is the 549 acre Green Hill Park. However, the city's manufacturing base waned following World War II. New York's source for breaking news, weather and live video. The area was already home to Lucy Stone, Eli Thayer, and Samuel May Jr. [22], On June 9, 1953, an F4 tornado touched down in Petersham, Massachusetts, northwest of Worcester. Long-term economic and population decline was not reversed until the 1990s, when higher education, medicine, biotechnology, and new immigrants started to make their mark. Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise. #NYwx #NYC https://t.co/n9aDQkg3rJ. The city's main museum is the Worcester Art Museum established in 1898. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center. In terms of race and ethnicity, Worcester's population was 69.4% White, 11.6% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 6.1% Asian (3.0% Vietnamese, 0.9% Chinese, and 0.8% Asian Indian), <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 8.4% from Some Other Race, and 4.0% from Two or More Races (1.2% White and Black or African American; 1.0% White and Some Other Race). Lake Quinsigamond is home to the Eastern Sprints, a premier rowing event in the United States. Browse "Popular" to find your favorite show in the NBCUniversal family of networks on NBC.com! Phone service is also available from various national wireless companies. New England Candlepin bowling was invented in Worcester by Justin White in 1879. 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