The Worcester Senior Center is a bright and welcoming place for all seniors, their families and caregivers, elder service providers and the community at large.
The Senior Center has received a lot of attention and external funding in recent years focusing on modernization and making its operations more sustainable. The following work has been upgraded:
Union Station, one of the Commonwealth's most beautiful structures, underwent a magnificent restoration in 1998-1999. Today it serves as an inter-modal hub, hosting Amtrak, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail service to Boston, taxi service, as well as both intra- and inter-City bus services and free Wi-Fi access.
If you are a Worcester resident, you can dispose of tree limbs at 1065 Millbury Street from April through November. This is the only site that accepts large branches and loose brush as follows:
Please call the Worcester ALB Office at 508-852-8090 as soon as possible. If there is no answer, please leave a voicemail message with a location.
Please call the toll-free Public Outreach Hotline as soon as possible. The numbers are 1-866-702-9938 or 508-852-8090.
In the United States, the beetle prefers maple species including boxelder, Norway, red, silver and sugar maples. Other preferred hosts are birches, Ohio buckeye, elms, horse-chestnut and willows. Occasional to rare hosts include ashes, European mountain ash, London plantree, mimosa and poplars.
An area in which moving or transporting live beetles, firewood, lumber or any infested or "host" tree, branch, twig, stump or other woody materials from the designated area to outside zones is prohibited by law. This is essential to prevent the introduction and/or spread of the quarantine beetles.
The Emergency Management Division develops, coordinates and leads the City's Emergency Management Program, enabling effective preparation for, and efficient response to, emergencies and disasters in order to save lives, reduce human suffering and reduce property loss. To accomplish this mission, the Emergency Management Division:
The City of Worcester cares about its community members that struggle with addiction and substance use disorders. The complex disease of addiction not only affects individuals every day but touches the lives of family, friends, and entire communities. Below please find a list of local services and their contact information available to area residents.
In an emergency, dial 9-1-1
If you live, work or own a business in Worcester, you depend on the essential services related to water resources provided by the Department of Public Works (DPW). The DPW manages a complex network of water resource systems. These include storing, treating, and delivering safe drinking water and collecting and transporting wastewater and stormwater. Approximately one-third of our systems were built before 1900.