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WEST BOYLSTON Worcester County Sheriff Lewis G. Evangelidis has announced the graduation of Basic Recruit Training Academy No. 54. It is the second class of recruits to graduate from the sheriff’s department training academy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 54th graduating class includes 14 new correctional officers, with four members who are military or still-serving reservists in the United States Army and Army National Guard. Among the newest class of correctional officers is Officer Scott Borowy of Leominster.
During his tenure, Evangelidis has made significant changes to the hiring standards in order to professionalize the department. All correctional officer applicants must have, at minimum, an associate’s degree or at least two years of military service. They must also take and pass a written exam, physical fitness test, background check and psychological screening test. United States military applicants are given priority status in the hiring pro
Net of Compassion marks 10 years of growth, service
WORCESTER Pastor Richie Gonzalez couldn t help stepping outside himself and chuckling during a recent interview.
He spoke with a certain level of incredulity that in his role as founder and director of Net of Compassion, he had participated in an event with Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis.
Gonzalez was quick to point out he served time in jail before Evangelidis tenure. And he was quicker to point out with a bit of a laugh that an attempted escape from said jail was also before the sheriff took over.
But there he was, years later, shaking hands with the sheriff, accepting a donation of jackets for the human services organization. Gonzalez said he never would have imagined 10 years ago he would go from prison and the throes of addiction to running a 24-hour homeless shelter and working closely with the city. But he also talked about how his life is part of a plan that was laid out in visions he said he