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Green Island Grrrl
- ⛪Spencer’s Church Fire …the Tee Shirt👕🌈 June 3, 2023 By Rosalie Tirella First responders worked all afternoon and evening. photos: R.T. I took Jett and Lilac out after supper yesterday and saw Spencer’s first responders unhooking the thick fire hoses that ran about a quarter of a mile from the town library, up Main Street and ...
InCity Voices
- 🏘️Why People are Homeless🏘️ By Nahani Meuse Nahani Meuse People are homeless because they can’t afford the ever-rising, sky-high rents. That is it. It isn’t because they “choose” to be homeless. It isn’t because they’re criminals. It isn’t because they’re addicted to a substance. It isn’t because they’re “lazy” ...
Politically Speaking
- “Saint behind the glass” By Rosalie Tirella pics: R.T. I’m eating lunch, and there he sits, between my make-up “counter” to the left and my cocktail shaker-mini bar to the right, behind the tip of Cece’s tail in the photo: Saint Behind the Glass. Jesus behind the glass. Or, more accurately, the ...
Fashion
- 🍿🎟️New film review by Luis!🎬The Super Mario Bros. Movie!🍿 Movie Review By Luis Sanchez Luis is applying to colleges this spring/summer! Go, Luis! photo submitted. It’s me – Luis with another movie review! This time we will be referring to The Super Mario Bros. Movie released on April 5. It is an animated movie based on Nintendo’s ...
Music
- Worcester’s changes, big and small Text and photos by Rosalie Tirella While eating breakfast today with CeCe … … I thought about the changes – big and small – happening in Worcester, my hometown. Big change: Quinsigamond Village is getting the Blackstone Visitors Center – a bigger-than-I-expected new building now under construction ...
Speaking Out!
- Confessions of a Reformed Wildlife “Rescuer” By Michelle Reynolds Baby wildlife may be cute but they’re a part of the outdoor world – not potential pets. art: PETA Our household has baby fever. The songbirds who reside in our oak tree are expecting. We threw a shower of sorts by putting out a ...