Author: Mike

Street newspaper comes to Worcester

The first copies of Spare Change: Worcester Edition were dropped off this morning at the Network Center by David Jefferson, Executive Director out of the Cambridge office.

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David Jefferson and Bob Flanagan, Worcester Manager

I was happily surprised to see that the Worcester Edition contains Worcester content! In this issue, Bob Flanagan, the Worcester Manager, introduces the paper, while Dave McMahon, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, and Arnold Hamm share their perspectives on homelessness in the city.

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Carlos Cruz is ready to sell some papers.

There are a few vendors lined up to sell Spare Change on the street. The cover price is $1; the vendor keeps 75 cents of this, and pays 25 cents for the paper. (Obviously, tips are OK, too.) If you know where and when a vendor has been operating, please share in the comments below.

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Retreat on Christian nonviolence, Oct 29-31

Father Charlie McCarthy is giving a retreat on Christian nonviolence at Anna Maria College in Paxton next month. I’ve been on this retreat before, and recommend it.

As a preview, you can listen to recordings of his retreat Behold the Lamb and his series Questions & Answers on Gospel Nonviolence.
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Thanks for coming to the Worcester blogger coffee

Thanks to everyone who was at the Worcester “blogger coffee” this morning!

Eight bloggers, three old-school media guys, and one child attended. The conversations were great, and it was nice to see the faces and hear the voices of the people behind the posts I read each day.

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Worcester blogger coffee and other items

There hasn’t been a meetup of Worcester bloggers in some time, so this Saturday, Sept 11, at 9am there will be a Worcester “blogger coffee” at the Friendly’s in Tatnuck Square (642 Chandler Street). This is a chance to meet some of the other folks making our local internet an interesting place. If you are a non-blogger looking to chat with bloggers (I know at least one political campaign manager in this category), you’re certainly welcome, but be warned that 6 or 7 bloggers is a great turnout for these things–this isn’t a big networking event.

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