audio 508_worcester 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panelist is <a href="http://twitter.com/bmelican" rel="nofollow">Brendan Melican</a>. Worcester Magazine has a <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/4148/" rel="nofollow">great article</a> and <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/slideshows/06-04-09/index.html" rel="nofollow">slideshow</a> about our screwed-up taxi system. Cab driver Jeff Barnard has a brief <a href="http://www.wormtowntaxi.com/2009/06/cab-wars.html" rel="nofollow">comment</a>; Brendan has <a href="http://radioball.net/2005/09/21/worcester-taxi-service-kill-em-with-kindness-sort-of/" rel="nofollow">proposed solutions</a> in the past. The "vegetarian renaissance" in Worcester continues. <a href="http://vegworcester.com" rel="nofollow">VegWorcester</a> has installed 5 newsracks and <a href="http://vegworcester.com/2009/06/02/were-handing-out-vegworcester-dining-guides-downtown-all-week-want-to-help/" rel="nofollow">distributed</a> 1000 veg dining guides in the past couple weeks. Our friend Colin Novick is being ordained a Catholic deacon tomorrow--but the local priest shortage <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20090605/NEWS/906050375/1101" rel="nofollow">continues</a>. A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXpv1Db8kyM&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">former street vendor</a> is running for City Council. Craigslist is <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/06/competing-against-free.php" rel="nofollow">too nice</a> for newspapers to compete with. 508; Worcester 508_071 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2009-06-05 14:56:43 [curator]atarukun44@gmail.com[/curator][date]20090907144732[/date][comment]false positive[/comment] 2009-06-05 15:03:42