Sam Turken is a Worcester Reporter for Banner Publications Inc. and GBH, focusing on local news and events in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sam covers a wide range of topics, including politics, education, housing, and LGBTQ+ issues, providing in-depth reporting and analysis to keep the community informed.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute has finalized the purchase of two hotels near its campus as part of a plan that has outraged Worcester leaders
By: Sam Turken
Worcester has to decide by the end of the year how it will spend its remaining $44.3 million in federal pandemic relief money.
By: Sam Turken
A group of nonprofit leaders plans to petition the Worcester City Council to distribute remaining federal funds "for the communities that it was originally intended for."
Worcester's last permanent official in charge of diversity and equity stepped down in early 2022.
The protest concerned a petition calling for the city support a ceasefire in Gaza.
By: Sam Turken
Changes in the rental market mean some landlords are slow to fix problems and tenants are reluctant to complain about issues because they fear losing their housing in a tight market.
By: Sam Turken
The state can’t build large wildlife passageways because of suburban development, but experts say there are other ways to address the problem.
By: Sam Turken
Last Thursday, nearly three dozen students from Brockton Public Schools boarded a bus and made the hourlong trek to Bentley University in Waltham.
A long-lost library book has been reunited with its owner. “The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley,” who was a British illustrator and author, was
By: Sam Turken
A new report by the MassINC Policy Center finds the state's Gateway Cities need 83,000 new homes and apartments over the next decade.
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