WORCESTER — Most candidates running for at-large City Council seats met at Mechanics Hall Wednesday to discuss political compromise, evaluating the city manager, housing and police accountability, among other topics.

WORCESTER - An aging industrial metropolis has undergone remarkable progress in recent years, but that transformation has not touched all people and all neighborhoods. This was the unmistakable message delivered by at-large city council candidates Guillermo Creamer Jr., Maydee Morales, Bill Coleman, Domenica F. Perrone and Johanna Hampton-Dance during a debate at Mechanics Hall Wednesday night.

WORCESTER — Candidates running for School Committee seats in District C and District E gathered at Mechanics Hall Wednesday to discuss school safety and cellphone policies, family involvement in school curriculum and the admission policy at Worcester Technical High School, among other topics.

Much of the sparring that took place during a debate at Mechanics Hall on Oct. 4 between candidates running for contested Worcester School Committee district seats involved no knockout punches – just a lot of dodging and feinting broken up by the occasional jab.

WORCESTER — School safety, district cellphone policies and members’ stipends were among the several different topics the four Worcester School Committee candidates running for at-large seats debated Wednesday evening.

WORCESTER - Worcester’s municipal election season is in full swing, with candidates campaigning for multiple contested races, including seats for mayor, district school committee at-large, and city councilor for Districts 1 through 4. 

Candidates in the upcoming city elections in Worcester will engage in a series of debates, with the first debate set to take place on September 27. The debates will be held at Mechanics Hall on successive Wednesdays leading up to the election on November 7.

WORCESTER - A five-way race for mayor and the first School Committee district-seat election headline the ballot for the Nov. 7 municipal election.

Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent has retired, the city announced Friday, ending a nearly four-decade-long long career in law enforcement.

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau released a new report entitled "Reinventing Worcester," which looks at the city's demographics and economy. Executive director Paul Matthews said the changes the city has undergone in recent years go beyond the skyline's appearance.