By Nick D’Andrea I will open this up with full disclosure. I am a sports official. I won’t hide it and I am not ashamed of it. Since I got that out of the way, let’s move on. There has been a growing culture in sports, mostly at the…
By Nick D’Andrea Thinking in 3D It’s been a week since the election and I must say I am very disappointed in what I have seen and to be honest I have tuned out. I am not disappointed because I don’t agree with anything that is going on, but the…
By Nick D’Andrea I am keeping up with tradition and posting a public thank you to military personnel that I have been lucky to come to know over the years. Most of the words have stayed the same but my feeling towards the military have not changed. Some people say…
The election is over and I couldn’t be more relieved, but unfortunately this is not the end. I used to be a political junkie. So much so that I even ran for local office. The atmosphere surrounding our recent election cycles has soured me on the whole process. Every type…
So you got fooled by the headlines. It happens. It has become the norm in main stream media that the headline has nothing to do with the substance (or lack thereof) of the article. But I promise this will be more entertaining than what you have been reading about…
Recently I wrote a piece titled “Always say Goodbye” about the closing of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. My wife Darcy (aka The Baseball Widow) shared her feeling on the matter as well and asked me to post on her behalf. Hope you enjoy. On Saturday afternoon, I took my…
Always say goodbye, because you never know if you will get the chance. That happened to me this past weekend. I used to travel a lot and in the spring my baseball umpiring duties force me to miss or reschedule some things, including attending mass. On average I would say…
Burncoat Middle robotics team seeks $ to compete in world meet WORCESTER – A handful of Burncoat Middle School students are readying for the challenge of their young lives, but first they must raise the money to follow their dream.Five eighth-graders will board a bus bound for the 2016 VEX…
Tonight: Worcester school board set to vote on next superintendent WORCESTER – Faced with one of the board’s biggest decisions in seven years, most School Committee members have seen enough. They’re ready to vote for a new superintendent Monday night. Board members said Friday they’re confident the next school chief…
Worcester City Council opposes higher cap on charter schools WORCESTER – The City Council has joined the School Committee in going on record in strong opposition to raising the cap on charter schools.By a 10-1 vote, the council Tuesday night adopted a resolution requesting Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr.
