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It was Worcester's fourth radio station (after WTAG, WORC, and WAAB), and its first independent station. [3] New England Broadcasting, owned by John Hurley, sold the station to George Steffy and Harold Glidden in 1960; [5] around this time, WNEB had a middle of the road (MOR) format. [6]
Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. 45: Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan: 1946–1949: Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter. 46: Andrew B. Holmstrom: 1950–1953: First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system. 47 ...
It encompasses the only surviving row of Victorian-era commercial buildings in downtown Worcester. [ citation needed ] These buildings were built between 1872 and 1890, and are located along the north side of Pleasant Street, from its corner with Main Street nearly to Chestnut Street. 39 Pleasant Street is the location of Str8Up Entertainment.
Worcester (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər, locally ⓘ) [4] is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States. [a] [5] Named after Worcester, England, the city had 206,518 people at the 2020 census, [6] also making it the second-most populous city in New England, after Boston, Massachusetts.
Finally, southwestern Worcester covers the area south of Route 122 and west of the highways. Two historic districts have boundaries that cover portions of more than one section of the city: milestones that make up the 1767 Milestones are found in the northwestern and eastern sections, and the Blackstone Canal Historic District extends through ...
Lake Avenue/Quinsigamond Lake spans several neighborhoods in South Worcester and East Worcester. [2] Park Ave skirts the eastern edge of West Worcester. [2] The Edgemere neighborhood is primarily in neighboring Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. [2] The Arts District spans several neighborhoods in Central City. [3]
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts is a complex in Worcester, Massachusetts, that includes an auditorium, where touring acts perform regularly, and several classrooms that host classes relating to the arts.
There are 291 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts.Of these, 82 are west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and south of Massachusetts Route 122, and are listed below.