From Toni Caushi (T&G) ⬇️ “D5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj’s motion to dismiss was denied by a district court judge, court documents show. Haxhiaj is in court today (Nov. 19) for the motion. Her case has not been called up yet. Her supporters, often seen in her other court hearings, are in attendance.”

Worcester's 10 biggest taxpayers in 2025 1. National Grid: $16,670,239 2. Nstar Gas Co: $10,268,393 3. VHS Acquisition Subsidiary: $4,135,181 4. Worcester TC LLC: $2,368,897 5. New England Power Co: $2,202,873 www.telegram.com/story/news/l...

Joe Petty says he supports the recount effort, calling it "Democracy in action" and saying this is what the candidate has the right to request

JUST IN: The Senate unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release its Epstein case files, as soon as it’s received from the chamber. https://cnn.it/4r7VtMA

Recount moving forward, Niko going over the schedule and specifics now

“Comfort counts — and in my race for District 1, the comfortable bloc on Worcester’s west side called the shots.” – Keith Linhares radioworcester.com/keith-linhar...

The Trump Department of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over the holiday season.

Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...

A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters. Months before the election, Etel Haxhiaj, a councilwoman in Worcester, Mass., was charged with assaulting an officer when she stood between the police and an immigrant family. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

How to win elections in Worcester • Consistently show up everywhere over a sustained period of time. Be engaged year-round to ingratiate yourself with voters • Do the leg work; knock doors, do stand-outs, go to civic events & neighborhood meetings www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

Yeah, this is exactly what people who read the paper of record in Worcester want, national takes from a local columnist. I'm begging you Ray, stick to local www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

Some friends and I went to the Eagle for the Pats game last night but we ended up leaving at half because it got overrun by college kids. My favorite part was that the music the DJ was playing from the early 2000s came out before most of them were born #babiesatbars

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

We are live this morning on a #FirstAmendment Friday, fresh off winning the 2025 Community Impact Award at last night's BBB's Awards for Marketplace Excellence! You can call or text us @ 774-364-8255 to join the conversation & talk about anything you want 830-AM, WCRN radioworcester.com

Thank you to the BBB for awarding us the 2025 Community Impact Award! And thank you to Mike Myers and the Railers for presenting the award

Thank you to the BBB for awarding us the 2025 Community Impact Award! And thank you to Mike Myers and the Railers for presenting the award

Shotspotter activation at 44 Southbridge Street. I thought I heard something faint up this way so checked the PD scanner. That’s a mile a way from me, could the sound of gunshots carry that far and be audible?

"For people striving to break into the middle class, hard work is no longer enough" File this under no shit and also why younger generations are increasingly depressed and despondent www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...

Jermoh Kamara requesting a hand recount, had submitted all needed signatures for all Wards (except 4, and she has until Friday to do so)

I'll be at the Board of Election Commissioners Meeting this evening to learn about the recount process and potential schedule • Candidates have 10 days following the election to submit recount petition papers (Nov. 14th) • Cost estimate for a hand recount: $106,600. For a machine recount: $14,100

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Worcester's Board of Election Commissioners meets today to discuss a pending recount. The preliminary cost estimate for a hand recount is $106,600, and $14,100 for a machine recount. Jermoh Kamara finished just 23 votes behind Moe Bergman for the 6th spot www.telegram.com/story/news/p...

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Surprising nobody www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/s...

23 votes, the amount Kamara is behind Bergman for the 6th and final spot in the At-Large race, would represent just 0.246% of her current overall vote total

Not an expert in this, but it’s my understanding that a recount can be triggered by a petition up to 10 days after an election. Sounds like there’s a little paperwork and (I think) signatures involved Just talked to the Election Commission and they indicated it is likely going to happen with Jermoh

Are we going to get a recount for 6/7 on the Council? 23 votes out of over 9k for each seems within a recountable margin

The 22.43% turnout this year (2025) is the largest for a Municipal Election in Worcester since 23.1% of voters took part in the 2009 election, 16 years ago.

Remember how Satya Mitra jumped into the top 6 late last night? Well I think I found out what happened. It was 1-2 where Mitra got 607 votes, the most of any At-Large Council Candidate. By contrast Kamara got 351, Colorio got 414, and Bergman got 489. Mitra ran up the score there

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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Big show tomorrow, a lot to unpack here. Trying to figure out what the message voters wanted to send tonight was. Going to have to break down some numbers and do a little thinking about what this all means before I hit the hay. We are live tomorrow starting at 6am

Oh yeah, and Roy beats Medina in SC-E

Final in CC-AL

D1 Economou D2 Bilotta D3 Fresolo D4 Ojeda D5 Rivera

City Council At-Large Mitra and Bergman in 5/6 Kamara and Colorio out 7/8

• Kamara will likely not be in the top 6 • Mitra and Bergman 5 and 6 spots

Binienda and Mailman retain SC-AL seats

Fresolo wins D3

MITRA JUMPS UP INTO TOP 6 WOW

Etel out in D5

Bilotta will win D2 Sounds like Rivera might do it in D5

Petty over 50% in Mayoral Bilotta looking good in D2 AL so far: Petty, King, Toomey, Rosen, Bergman, Colorio

22 of 65 in

Mayoral already big for Petty in the early going

Worcester friends, don’t quote me on this, but I’m thinking we could be looking at closer to 25% turnout. Bookmark this tweet at 7:49pm- polls close at 8.

Only 1 hour left to vote Worcester

I'm gonna be watching CC-D2 and CC-D5 like a hawk tonight, I think those District races will be the bellwether. School Committee District E will be informative as well, those 2 are polar opposites. 5 of the 6 CC-AL seats are all but locked up with a jump ball for that final spot