Verizon awards grant to Worcester providing internet hotspots to students
WORCESTER School officials Thursday night announced the district had received a new grant from Verizon to provide internet hotspots to students at 11 secondary schools for up to four years.
According to the School Department, the telecommunications company, which Worcester contracted with prior to this school year to provide hotspots to thousands of homes, will provide hotspots to any student without reliable internet service at those schools.
There was not a monetary amount for the grant available as of Thursday night, however.
Access to internet has become one of the major issues facing the district this year as it continues to instruct students remotely at their homes during the pandemic.
Joyner Lucas receives key to Worcester as crowd gathers outside City Hall to celebrate with rapper
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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A horde of people gathered outside City Hall in Worcester on Tuesday evening as blue lights flashed from police cruisers and hip hop music rumbled throughout Main Street.
Each person held either a picture of rapper Joyner Lucas to get signed or a cell phone set to camera mode in preparation to capture a glimpse of the Worcester native.
“There he is!” someone shouted within the crowd as the silence of anticipation escalated to cheers of excitement.
Soon Lucas climbed atop his vehicle - that mimicked a tank with 4-foot wheels more than a car - to make a speech to everyone who gathered to see him.