Talk of the Commonwealth

On Episode 7 of the Castinetti Real Estate Roundtable with Andrea Castinetti we welcome on a special guest, Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis.

Andrea talks about his program, in conjunction with the Vanessa T. Marcotte Foundation, teachers women self-defense and situational awareness to stay safe and feel empowered.

Learn more about the Castinetti Realty Group here: homesbycrg.com

Learn more about the Worcester County Sheriff's Officer here: worcestercountysheriff.com/home/

Hear 'Behind the Scenes' at the Hanover Theatre with Lisa Condit every Friday morning from 9:00-9:30am on the Radio Worcester Network (Flagship Station: AM-830, WCRN).

Learn more about A St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan here: thehanovertheatre.org/stpatcelticsojourn

Mark Wambolt is a family man, a military man, and working man. He's spent over 30 years working construction and over that time he discovered the things that made his work easier and more efficient. He combined all those onto a lightweight, but heavy duty military grade tool belt.

Hear his story and how SOTG is changing lives across the country.

Learn more at specopstoolgear.com

Worcester Red Sox President Dr. Charles Steinberg holds the first ever on-air fan plan meeting for Polar Park and the WooSox.

We took calls, texts, emails, tweets, comments, and suggestions from all of you throughs the hour.

Learn more at https://www.milb.com/worcester

Lisa Condit and Harmony Wheeler talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and interview the star of the show. Hear Behind the Scenes on the Radio Worcester Network each Friday morning from 9:00-9:30am

Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is at the Hanover Theatre March 3rd through March 8th 2020.

Learn more and get tickets here: thehanovertheatre.org/charlie

Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus joins us on the first Tuesday of every month to talk about all the things going on in the City.

This morning we talked about Super Tuesday and voting, Coronavirus preparedness and information, fare-free WRTA, east-west rail, Bay State Brewery opening and much more.

Don't miss the Talk of the Commonwealth every weekday morning from 6-10am on AM-830, WCRN and live streaming thisweekinworcester.com

Stephanie Murray of Politico's Massachusetts Playbook and The Horse Race Podcast previews Super Tuesday 2020 in the Commonwealth.

Find her on twitter here: twitter.com/stephanie_murr

Find her writing here: www.politico.com/massachusettsplaybook

Paul Giorgio is the organizer of one of the best events of the year, Worcester Restaurant Week, and he joined us to talk about it.

During this time you can buy a button that allows you to sample food from dozens of the best chefs and restaurants in the City.

Learn more and purchase your button here: www.worcesterrestaurantweek.com

This week on our #WorcesterWednesday conversation with Mayor Joe Petty we talked about the new financing plan for Polar Park that was approved unanimously by the City Council, the potential for a fare-free WRTA and how that would work and look, and the Eversource gas rate hikes.

Don't miss our conversations with the Mayor every Wednesday morning at 7:00am on the Radio Worcester Network (Flagship station - AM 830, WCRN)

Eversource will be raising gas rates for consumers in Worcester and across the state by an average of $22.56 for regular customers, and an average increase of $16.48 for low-income customers.

Officials have called for more public hearings and oversight, as well as looking at ways to hold Eversource accountable.