Glad someone else noticed.

Maria's Homegoods on Chandler St has exactly what you're looking for.

savers & salvation army have housewares. the little store has furniture

I’m worried about that 0.3% there. Less than that has cost us taxpayers about $5 million by our boys in blue from the WPD in the past couple of years in payouts and fines. It would be fitting this arrest costs us another couple of million.

It was.

>Again, they ALL. Interview. Other. People. All of them.

That is simply not true. They might consider who is the best person and have some discussion in the board, but no, they simply do not all, or even generally, interview other people. Where do you get this from?

>If you are ok with elected officials doing just whatever the hell they want, that is your right. That they are ok with it looking that way is rather frightening

George Russell was right. Batista should have been hired on way back without any silly national search, which progressives glommed onto just because the schools were doing, which was because the schools have long been in disarray and someone outside was necessary to change directions.

Just wait till it snows. Good luck

I'm 99.7% sure. I was 20 feet away and there was yelling and flailing- but yes. Think it's her. If picture was near may street entrance on the handicapped parking area- then it's definitely her.

The same woman in the picture??

Again, they ALL. Interview. Other. People. All of them. The only scenarios is in instances where a position is created for a specific person. And even then, depending on corp policy, they may still interview someone. Because decisions made in a vacuum are bad.

To your point, the fix may be in. But they do it because its due diligence.

If you are ok with elected officials doing just whatever the hell they want, that is your right. That they are ok with it looking that way is rather frightening

Yes!

Just saw this did somebody help with this dilemma?

That’s a fascinating photo, the way her clothing lines blend in with the street and the car but her face and postural expression just jumping out of the photo. What a great story.

Again, it's not unheard of, and is in fact actually fairly widespread practice, to appoint someone to corporate leadership without some formal apply/interview process. You learn much more about a person when they work for an organization for a decade in different positions than you would in any apply/interview situation.

Companies are more likely to conduct a search externally if they need someone to come in and shake things up because the organization hasn't performed well. If they're looking to continue as things have been going, they'll appoint someone who's in a position of leadership already.

I mean, how else do promotions work? Someone comes to you and tells you, "Hey, we're promoting you to this job."

As for resume, I guess it's nice to have on record, but anyone could have just looked at Batista's linked in profile.

Oh damn, yeah I walked by this morning (945ish) to go to the post office. There were 4 cruisers in there and this woman was yelling with the officers about taking her stuff out of the car. I think they arrested her. Not sure what she did but she was going off.

It is almost certainly internal policy, to start with. On top of that, investors don't give a single shit how long she's been there, if someone better was able to be acquired that's who they want.

I've seen places with an internal candidate in a hard to find discipline (data scientists types 10 years ago, for ex. ) not be able to promote someone because they can't find someone else to interview and company policy was all roles are competitive and in;lude non-current employees. While that's a little extreme, in the end its just bad practice to always promote from within. You want to consistently bring in talent with new experiences, especially at competitors. If all your lead or middle management roles are all internal promotions, you start to become a bubble. Thats VERY bad, especially in a high tech situation.

Back to the CM thing, in this case, they didn't even let anyone apply. He didnt' technically apply, never mind interview. There was just no process. Petty had an order last night asking for Batista's resume. They already appointed him and they never asked for the resume on the record? Yes, some of it may have been performative if they had more process, because they had the votes, but its government ffs. Some of it is performative.

Now it just looks like Augustus ordained his successor. I have a problem with that.

Edited to clarify talent from competitors and not the illiterate thing i actually wrote.

Why do you think the interviewed her? She was there for years and had on-the-job experience.

That may be. I guarantee you that she wasn't the only one interviewed. And that they actually interviewed her. I'm fine with him. They were irresponsible in not actually doing anything but want him and that's it

Auburn mall has a store that sells Japanese sodas. Otake Saku or something like that.

This is the Worcester content I've been waiting for

Dave's Soda and Pet City, although sadly the only store that remains open is in Agawam

Whole Foods. It won’t be cheap but they have a lot of unique stuff.

Huh

Wherever you can find the harmony springs brand. They're local, cheap, and super fun. I've seen them in Spencer and Leicester

Marshall’s was a cool spot, made TJ sweat and try a little more. Then there was the fair… or spags… I dunno it was fun to have variety of places and touch stuff. Avoid that buyers regret when you get duped online. Or “Wished” as we call it in the family. Sick of the same plaza same stores, just change the town name