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Worcesteria: Quist latest tribute in District 5 Hunger Games
Worcester Magazine
DISTRICT FIVE S HUNGER GAMES: Anyone who was watching knew the race for Worcester s District 5 City Council seat was going to be the most hotly contested, at least as coveted as the at-large seat being vacated by Gary Rosen, and probably more so because it s literally the only race that guarantees a new face on the Council, as its current occupant, Matt Wally, has thrown his hat into the at-large race. Still, it was kind of a surprise when Steve Quist – moderator of the Worcester Politics 101 Facebook group and public hater of what I ve done with Worcesteria – announced his candidacy on Hank Stoltz s “Talk of the Commonwealth” radio show on WCRN. He joins a quickly growing field that already includes Yenni Desroches and Etel Haxhiaj, the latter of whom made an impressive showing in her run for an at-large seat two years ago. Not enough? Apparently, Former District 5 councilman Wayne Griffin an
Country Bank, headquartered in Ware, is pairing up with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce to provide scholarship opportunities for small businesses to receive a one-year paid membership to the chamber, the two groups announced on Monday.
The scholarship program is intended to help those small businesses for whom paying yearly dues has become a hardship, or a prohibitive cost for entry, particularly because of the coronavirus pandemic.
For selected businesses, the scholarship will cover membership, as well as the opportunity to promote their company on the the chamber’s radio program with Hank Stoltz on WCRN. Selected businesses will be spotlighted on social media by both the chamber and Country Banks, according to a press release.