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The New Worcester Spy Small Business Spotlight: Q&A with Simply Scrunch Co.

By Justin Terry The New Worcester Spy had the opportunity to get a closer look at one of Central Massachusetts’s up-and-coming small businesses. Established in February 2020, Jamie Lavin’s Simply Scrunch Co. is based just [...]
Local

Interview with the Founder of the Blackstone Valley Emergency Shelter, Leslie Reichert

By Justin Terry Leslie Reichert is the founder of the Blackstone Valley Emergency Shelter. BVES has grown quickly since it was first established four years ago and has partnered with several other local organizations in [...]
Campus

Highlighting the Mindfulness Meditation Club

By Maxwell Engel Before attending the Mindfulness Meditation Club, I was unsure of the benefits of meditation. I was exposed to the scientific bases for the powers of meditation through a few different writings on [...]
Lifestyle

Pat’s Game & Watch: Is Sony Burying Itself?

By Patrick Young Updated on 4/19/21: Sony announced this morning that they are reversing their announcement about the closure of the PSP, PS3 and PS Vita stores. The PSP store will close on July 2, [...]
Campus

Internships, Programming, and the Pandemic

By Madison Shaw The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a shift in everyone’s lives in one way or another. Internships and programs offered to Worcester State students have ceased, shifted, and in some cases, excelled. Worcester [...]
National

COVID-19 Vaccine Editorial

By Katelin Murphy I recall a conversation with a loved one who lives in another state from when the first vaccine came out and people started receiving vaccinations. She was so excited to get vaccinated [...]
Lifestyle

Game & Watch: Naruto & Naruto: Shippuden Reflection

By Patrick Young When I sat down and watched the first episode of Naruto in December, I wasn’t expecting the grip on my life the series would have for the following months, or how much [...]