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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Worcester

THE WSJ FEATURE ON WORCESTER’S POLICE CHIEF IS PURE COPAGANDA

Written by BILL SHANER Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Police Chief Steve Sargent’s front page WSJ article paints a horribly slanted picture.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Khrystian King, police brutality, police chief, Steven Sargent, Wall Street Journal, Worcester

NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION: OUTRAGE, FRUSTRATION SHUT DOWN CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION

Written by ERVING JEAN-JACQUES Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

"There needs to be a clear-cut process. The process for a white man and a black veteran woman needs to be equal.”

Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, equity, Protest, Worcester

AN EVENING OF INTERPRETASTING: CRAFT CANNABIS AND NON-MEDICATED GOODIES AT THE SUMMIT LOUNGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 19, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo

A unique low-key middlebrow cannabis fiesta for the head, gut, and soul.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Bobby Nuggz, cannabis, craft cannabis, edibles, extracts, Interpretasting, Marijuana, Summit Lounge, Talking Joints Memo, Worcester

CENTRAL MASS ROAD TRIP: THE WONDERFUL WIDE-OPEN WORLD OF WEED IN WORCESTER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Talking Joints Memo

Sort of like the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, which this month packed its bags and set up shop in Worcester’s historic Union Station, we left the Hub in order to get closer to the center of the Commonwealth’s cannabis community.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Caroline's Cannabis, Cultivate, Curaleaf, Dabs, Diem Cannabis, edibles, Fitchburg, flower, Grafton, Hexies, Hudson, leicester, Local Roots, Millbury, Nature's Remedy, northampton, parking, public safety, Resinate, Sanctuary Medicinals, shuttles, Sira Naturals, Sour Love Potion, Summit Lounge, Temescal, terp sauce, Treehouse Brewing, Uxbridge, Worcester

FOTOBOM: ELECTRIC WIZARD, MIDNIGHT @ THE PALLADIUM

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

Do you like your doom metal with a heavy ladleful of occultism and leather-clad biker imagery? How about with a cannabis cloud that could suffocate a small village? Scores of battlevests were seen massing around the streets of Worcester last Friday in anticipation of a rare Stateside performance ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: dopethrone, Electric Wizard, Fotobom, Jus Oborn, live music, liz buckingham, metal, Midnight, stoner rock, Worcester

WATCH FOR THE HOOK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Sober and with Arcitype producing by his side, a Boston hip-hop stalwart modifies his craft and hustle

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: arcitype, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Bridge Sound and Stage, hip hop, Music, Rite Hook, Slaine, Worcester

BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: SIN AND SASS IN WESTERN MASS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 11, 2018 Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, COLUMNS, GTFO, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE

There are far too many breweries and destinations to name in a column (or a book, for that matter), but an obvious starting point is Fort Hill Brewery in Easthampton

Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, COLUMNS, GTFO, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: BBBB, Beer, Berkshires, Boston better Beer Bureau, citra, Easthampton, Fort Hill Brewery, Hops, leicester, NETA, New England IPA, northampton, Pioneer Valley, Sinshine, western Mass, Worcester

FIELD OF GREEN: CATCHING UP WITH THE DORCHESTER DISPENSARY HOPEFULS FROM HOLISTIC HEALTH GROUP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 15, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

“You start with the application of intent, you throw your hat in the ring, and you realize how big of a thing you’re getting into."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, Dorchester, Holistic Health Group, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, Middleboro, MMA, politics CCC, weed, Worcester

TOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 23, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester?

 

Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Activism, agency, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, office, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise, state, Townie, Worcester

TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

RTA bus

 

Gov. Baker’s proposed cuts throw gasoline on raging policy fire

 

A quarter-century ago, I lived in Lawrence for a few months. Because it was the closest place to Boston that I could find a cheap apartment on short notice. Unfortunately, I had a low-paying job in the city and couldn’t afford a car. So I took the commuter ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: austerity, budget, Charlie Baker, Column, cuts, economy, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, Massachusetts, MVRTA, news, Politics, privatization, Protest, public, PVTA, race to the bottom, Springfield, Townie, transportation, Worcester, WRTA

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