508_020 audio 508_worcester audio_podcast audio_misc 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's co-host is <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a>. <a href="http://www.pieandcoffee.org/2008/01/25/508-019/#comment-169280">A listener writes</a> about the EPA, Worcester, and water treatment. <em>Worcester Magazine</em> has a <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/2399/">great cover story</a> on adult entertainment zoning. A <em>Telegram & Gazette</em> reader <a href="http://telegram.com/article/20080201/NEWS/802010339/1055/opinion_letters">complains</a> that they ran a letter based on a posting on their "Speakeasy" message board. (I can't find the original letter with a Google search--let me know if you find it.) The <em>New York Times</em>, which owns the <em>T&G</em>, is having <a href="http://radioball.net/index.php/2008/01/31/415/">hard financial times</a>. Did you know that there's another podcast that touches on local issues? Check out <a href="http://www.stmichaelorth.org/facingeast.htm">Facing East</a>. The Lincoln-Estates Elm Park Neighborhood Association <a href="http://elmparkneighbors.net/">website</a> has gone blank. <em>Worcester Magazine</em> ran a <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/2394/">bad editorial about surveillance</a>. We tie the surveillance issue to reduced revenues from water and trash. Mike talks about his adventures <a href="http://worcesteractivist.org/wiki/Category:City_Council_Meetings">archiving City Council meetings</a>. Guest <a href="http://www.grace4worcester.org">Grace Ross</a> explains the <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2008/01/30/two-million-foreclosures/">foreclosure crisis</a> and how it's affecting local residents. 508; podcast; Worcester 2008-02-01 15:29:40 2008-02-01 15:23:49 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-02-01 15:36:15 Mike Benedetti