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Furr-Giveness Program At Central Mass Public Library System To Paws Soon Furr-Giveness Program At Central Mass Public Library System To Paws Soon
Furr-Giveness Program At Central Mass Public Library System To Paws Soon March Meowness at the Worcester Public Library is coming to an end and the library system is 'feline' fine about how it went.  The program allows anyone with an overdue charge or lost or damaged book to have their fees forgiven if they bring a photo of a cat to one of the system's libraries. Any cat. Your cat. Feline photo from the internet. A drawing of a cuddly kitty would also count.  Librarians wanted people who may have lost a book or item and forgotten to return it during the pandemic to be able to return to one of the branches without worry.  Jason Homer, executi…

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by Josh Lanier
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Superheroes, First Responders Deliver Custom-Built 'Batmobile' To Student In Western Mass Superheroes, First Responders Deliver Custom-Built 'Batmobile' To Student In Western Mass
Superheroes, First Responders Deliver Custom-Built 'Batmobile' To Student In Western Mass Criminals of Springfield, beware! Batman's new Batmobile will strike fear in the hearts of any ne'er-do-well, but how it came to be will soften the heart of even the toughest supervillain.  Benjamin Brunson, a second-grader at Rebecca M Johnson School in Springfield, on Thursday, April 13, climbed into the driver's seat of his custom-built accessibility tricycle decked out in all of the best Batman kit a boy could want.  The trike was a gift from Bob "the bike man" Charland, an honorary deputy with the Hampden County Sheriff's Department. The Bike Man even called in a few favors from his s…

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by Josh Lanier