508_045 audio 508_worcester audio_podcast audio_misc 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes <a href="http://www.radioball.net">Brendan Melican</a>, <a href="http://www.wccatv.com/snowghost">Bruce Russell</a>, and Kevin Ksen. The Worcester police <a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20080720/NEWS/807200408">want $4K</a> before sending records about Officer Mark Rojas to the <em>Telegram & Gazette</em>. Also this week: "At least six city police officers are under investigation for <a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20080723/NEWS/807230690">fraudulently claiming overtime</a> pay for time spent testifying in court cases." There was an <a href="http://worcesterite.com/art-park">art heist</a> in Elm Park. Some good things in Worcester: the American Antiquarian Society, the Latin Festival, the Worcester World Cup, the Dive Bar's new patio, and <a href="http://www.wormtowntaxi.com/2008/07/healthcare-claim.html">Jeff Barnard's recovery</a>. <em>Worcester Magazine</em> had a <a href="http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/3021/">nice article</a> on <a href="http://www.worcesteractivist.org/streetvendors">street vendors</a> this week. We finish the show with some audio interviews with vendors. Choice snippet of the proposed vendor regulations: <blockquote>For purposes of this provision a threat shall include the assemblage of any number of people in the traveled portion of any public or private way within three hundred feet of the vendor, peddler or merchant.</blockquote> 2008-07-25 2008 Worcester; podcast; 508 2008-07-25 13:30:58 2008-07-25 13:30:39 mike.benedetti@gmail.com 2008-07-25 13:32:12 Mike Benedetti