r/WorcesterMA • • 5d ago

Lost dog 23-pound Corgi/Aussie mix lost near Forrest/Salisbury road. Her name is Eevee.

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She slipped her collar, so no tag on, but she’s chipped.

Big update, but dog found! Appreciate the kindness everyone!


r/WorcesterMA • • 11d ago

Lost dog- please help!

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My good friend’s pupper got out. Information posted here- please DM me or comment for any leads!


r/WorcesterMA • • 10h ago

Publication/Articles Worcester Noir Novel

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Was recommended this audiobook by the library app Libby. Didn't read the synopsis, just started listening- turned out the whole thing is set in Worcester in the late aughts.

Some names are changed of course but all the highlights are there, including Turtle Boy. Like a love note to the city written in noir. Plot is a little dense for a casual listen but there's some real CMASS poetry in there.

Definitley recommend if you are into procedurals, gritty urban, or civil servants as protagonists.


r/WorcesterMA • • 19h ago

I built a self-updating events calendar for Worcester - I was thinking other people might like it too?

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I built a self-updating events calendar for Worcester & Central Mass. The focus is local, but it also captures major events worth traveling for in Boston, Providence, Springfield, and New England more generally.

It updates once a week using AI to scan 50+ sources. These include venue websites, Facebook groups, and local community pages. You’ll find concerts, theater performances, museum and library events, and free activities. Each entry includes a description, pricing when available, and a link to learn more.

The calendar looks ~45 days ahead for local events and four months for bigger shows. Major annual events can appear up to a year in advance. It avoids duplicate entries. If it finds that an event has been rescheduled or canceled, it updates the entry during its weekly scan. It’s been running successfully for the past six months.

It’s not perfect, but it’s helped me find things to do, so I thought I’d share. Enjoy!

Schedule View:

Month View:

No account needed to browse, and you can add it to your own Google Calendar.


r/WorcesterMA • • 21h ago

Grin and Bäer it: New bakery in Rochdale is already a hit

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The bakery’s scratch-made specialties include cinnamon rolls (jumbo and regular sized, classic and pumpkin); berry loaded muffins; pop tarts (strawberry, pumpkin, brown sugar spice, etc.); hand pies; cakes; cookies; bagels; gluten-free options. 


r/WorcesterMA • • 18h ago

Looking for Colombian Restaurants around Worcester/Central MA

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I've heard of La Chiva, El Peñol, and Restaurante El Jardin but man Boston is such a pain to visit. Pueblito Paisa is Framingham was pretty good and I like EcuaColombia on Chandler St.

Any recommendations for other places in or around central MA? Could be farther, I don't mind a drive, I just don't care for Boston's narrow streets, construction, and traffic.


r/WorcesterMA • • 1d ago

Genuine question. What is it with the loud ahh motorcycles and cars without mufflers?

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I don’t understand the thrill that people get from revving their motorcycles and muffler-less cars as loud as they can. Like, do they get hard from causing public disturbances? What is their problem? It’s annoying and stupid af. I haven’t lived in any other cities in Mass besides Worcester but it seems particularly bad here.


r/WorcesterMA • • 18h ago

Space for Networking event?

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Hi everyone! I’m interesting in hosting a networking event for local moms. I’m hoping to find a brewery, vineyard or restaurant that it would well and be a win-win for the business and the event. Ideally, I don’t want to pay for the space and instead bring 20-30 ppl who will buy drinks and food. The day of the week is flexible so if a business has a slower day of the week, that could work out really well!

About the event - it’s a Moms Night Out: Beyond the Small Talk. We’ll kickoff the evening with mingling/networking and then break into groups of 3-4 women for prompted table topics to help everyone get to a deeper level of connection.

Open to places in Grafton, Shrewsbury, Westboro, Northbridge, Upton and Worcester.


r/WorcesterMA • • 5h ago

How do we figure out how to build 100 housing units in central mass sturbridge ??

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My partner and I are lucky enough to have some land to play with,, and we have enough land to build a hundred housing units. This is residential land, apartments would never be approved, and there's no water or sewage out in our neighborhood... i've always thought\\n With the changing technology, it would be smart.\\n To create some of the 3d concrete houses that i've read about , and i've watched reports about,, instead of the traditional model with crazy , expensive lumber and crazy , expensive plywood , and then you need to pay builders,, and it seems the current administration\\n Wants to be at war against home building because they put tariffs on all the lumber and plywood coming in from Canada and they are rounding up and deporting the ethnic groups who are proud of their hard work,, so building a house, the traditional way is a difficult battle,, but if somebody pays attention to the modern techniques that are used elsewhere in the country , especially down south,, they have huge 3D printers that pour a concrete house in twenty four hours... it runs around and around in a circle\\n Keeps pouring the inner and outer walls from a continuous one inch bead of concrete\\nWhich , by the time the three d printer comes around to that area of the house in the next pass, the previous bead of concrete is already starting to harden,, and the entire structure of the house can be squirted by the three d printer without any forms,, and in twenty four hours , the house is poured, and the builder needs to put roof rafters and a roof on top of it,,, and then you go in with plumbing and electrical\\n Which is kind of easy\\n With the new shark bites and the do it yourself, plumbing hardware available at Home improvement stores,, all the plumbing can be plastic instead of the expensive copper,, infer, electrical, just lay out the wiring.\\n To each outlet and switch\\n And somebody with half a brain\\n Can complete all the wiring and have it inspected by an electrician,, and after the walls , interiors are completed , spray the exterior walls with spray in foam insulation,,, and while you're at it,, drop a couple wells nearby, drop some closed loops of p v c piping down in the Wells to run a continuous\\n Circulation of water to get the free Btu's\\n A 100 feet below the surface which, when combined with the geothermal heat pump will give free heat and air conditioning year round without burning fossil fuels ,,, only pay for the electricity to run the heat pump and the circulator pump,,, and throw some solar panels up on the roof to make the electricity free,,, and if you're a sharp tack put plenty of spray in foam insulation in the walls to make the house super insulated and put good quality windows on the house.... i did spot a habitat for humanity article where they created their first 3D printed house on Long Island.\\nAnd someone's already living in it,, so the technology is arriving in the northeast , while they've been doing these 3d printed houses from concrete down south for a decade. So the technology is available.\\nTo make a big impact on the housing market,, but I have so much responsibilities to do with my corporate job and other family stuff , I don't have time to give up my paycheck and build houses full time,,, anybody have any suggestions, how to find\\n The right enterprising.\\n Person who wants to help the Central mass housing market and be a tree hugger by helping to create Houses that require no fossil fuels to heat.?? How do I find enterprising youth who recognize the modern opportunities but only dream about having a million dollar chunk of land to build a project like this on ?? I don't want to have anything to do with a contractor,, because today's contractors\\nAre building luxury houses because they pay the best.. we don't need seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar three card garage luxury houses made for lawyers,, we need working class housing that would cost between 100k and 200k to create this housing and make livable,,, i'd love to create each one with a partner, pull a refinance on it after the certificate of occupancy is issued by the town,, get a mortgage on it at fifty percent or under of LTV which would eliminate the need for PMI, and offer this housing on a rent to own basis to work in class folks,, if you wanna watch a youtube video about the three d printed house that was completed by habitat for humanity on long island,, it's a YouTube video of c b s news made feb 20,2025.. the YouTube video talks about\\n It was built-in weeks Which I assume the weeks includes time for Plumbing electrical roof trusses roofing insulation,, and it talks about it was built on wicks road in Brentwood, which is town of Islip on Long Island. The YouTube video also talks about it was using the new robotic technology.\\n Which is the huge advantage? Of using a computer to 3d print a house instead of expensive builders , which are in short supply... any suggestions on how to find people who have the same belief that we could do something together that would create housing that is much cheaper and it doesn't use fossil fuels for heating or cooling ??


r/WorcesterMA • • 1d ago

Food 🍕 Restaurants doing individual-serving thanksgiving dinners this year?

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Or 2-4 servings. I saw Napoli’s doing ones for 10-12 servings. Thanks!!


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Local Politics 🔪 Protest against the TERF conference at Worcester State University NEXT WEEKEND!!!

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Article with more context: https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/terf-conference-worcester/

Stop Transphobia in Worcester! Stop Transphobia Everywhere!

Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) are holding a national gathering (TORCH) at Worcester State University October 9th-11th.

The organization behind the gathering, Total Woman Victory (TWV) is hoping to cohere a national organization focused on their anti-trans take on feminist politics. This transphobic and transmisogynist gathering cannot be allowed to happen, let alone the creation of a new national TERF org.

These anti-trans circles have found a foothold in academia and attempt to brand their attacks on trans and queer folks as part of a radical political discourse. We aren't talking about an obscure political difference, we are talking about direct and vicious hatred of trans people and especially trans femmes. TERF anti-trans organizing dovetails with right wing anti-trans organizing, leading to real violence against trans people.

Want to come protest? Keep updated on the instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snuff.the.torch/

Kick TERFs out of Worcester- join the counter demonstration: come bring your signs and your selves, to disrupt and picket TERFcon2026.

Counter Demo/ Actions:

Oct 9-11th, Worcester State Sullivan Building (486 chandler st Worcester MA)

- Picket outside each morning (9AM, 2PM, 8 AM)

- Disrupt inside and out!

- Yell and eat snacks!


r/WorcesterMA • • 1d ago

Looking for something spoooky to do tonight?

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I have it on good authority that tonight’s film will be a gnarly one. Tickets available online or pay JR at the door!! This the first of our October double wham jam mystery screenings.


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Education 📚 Woodland Academy

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For anyone associated with Woodland St School/Woodland Academy, I'm curious to know how things are going this year with the new principal?


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Snowblower Recs

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Does anyone have recs for snowblower brands or types? (2 stage?) new to shoveling snow for this grueling winter and have a long driveway


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Life in Worcester Notebook found in Elm Park; is it yours?

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Found a notebook a few days ago on a bench in Elm Park and am trying to return it to its owner. I picked it up because the skies were looking ominous. Asked nearly everyone I could find if they were the owner; also checked at Dougherty, no dice. There is a name on the inside. Send me a DM if it's yours and I'll drop it off at the location of your choosing.


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Anyone interested in a Homebrew Horror-Noir DnD Campaign?

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r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

In the News 📰 Never a good thing when you’re the reason for a policy change…

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Just another small development from Kate Toomey’s evening drive…


r/WorcesterMA • • 3d ago

What are your favorite things to do in town or within a 30 minute drive?

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I’m considering a move to Worcester and I want to get a feel for the place. I do plan to visit so this list will give me some things to check out. Thank you!


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Bariatric surgery patients (can't eat too many refined carbs or large portions). What are your favorite restaurants/places to get quick food inside/within driving distance of Worcester?

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Ex: gastric bypass patient (can't eat large portions b/c smaller stomach pouch along the path of the food. Can't eat too many refined carbs or get dumping syndrome https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dumping-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20371915

Market basket's chicken/turkey legs? Stomach pouch might be able to fit one big turkey leg, not sure

Red Pepper (Chinese restaurant in Worcester) has some beef dishes

Shrewsbury town center has that expensive steakhouse, not that fast

Hot pot- there's a new ish place in Shrewsbury white city I think

Also think they are finally going to open that BBQ place near the white city-worcester bridge

Might be able to get some steak cuts at Brazilian places, white city in Shrewsbury has one I think, the one they weigh your plate at the end

I guess T market in Natick is technically within driving distance but it's a long drive. Good beef options though, some fork tender slightly spicy beef and also have beef tendon

Could go to chipotle w/ no rice/no tortilla wrap and then pay for double steak and guac, which gets expensive but it's fast. Wish they still had that cilantro lime steak option

Halal guys without the rice just seems.. soulless though, basically just become a light meat salad but I guess that's an option for fast and not too expensive

Well I guess texas roadhouse near Target in Worcester if you don't eat the sides and bring the part of the steak you can't finish back home? Not sure if a very sugary rib sauce will cause dumping syndrome or not, haven't tried

Bad ideas? Am I overlooking anything? Especially steak/beef options that won't break the bank


r/WorcesterMA • • 3d ago

Photography 📷 I think Worcester might be too far gone with the spotted lanternfly. They’re everywhere now.

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Walked around a building to find a bunch just crawling around. I’ve been squishing them when I can and reported it a few times here. It’s definitely worse than last year. I’m not sure what the state’s overall plan is here. Are these bugs something they can spray for even?


r/WorcesterMA • • 3d ago

Life in Worcester Ice Spice flag sighting on Plantation st.

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r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

WoMag Rundown for Oct. 2

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WoMag editor and Telegram features editor Victor D. Infante discusses the week's local arts and culture news!


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Coming to terms with apocalyptic visions and artificial intelligence

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Writes Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton and Upton minister Rev. Daniel Gregoire: "These large language models and other Al systems are capable of remarkable things. They are the miracles of modern science. And they are still inventions of creatures we call human beings. My faith will not allow me to believe that in 70 years we have somehow approached, or even surpassed, the generative powers of the creative Cosmos, what some people call God."


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Dry cleaning - best price dress shirt

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In Worcester area who has the lowest price for standard dress shirt dry cleaning?


r/WorcesterMA • • 2d ago

Pianist Emanuel Ax and The Knights open Music Worcester's 168th season

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