Talk of the Commonwealth

Stu Loosemore, General Counsel & Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, joined us on the air to talk about the Chamber's opposition to a potential restriction on the sale of flavored tobacco by the Board of Health.

The Telegram's Nick Kotsopoulos Writes About The Chamber's Opposition Here: www.telegram.com/news/20180418/wo…ed-tobacco-sales

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Paul Morano, Assistant Chief Development Officer for the City of Worcester, stopped by The Vault to talk about development in the city and the new AC Marriott PLUS as always talk of the renaissance and how development fits in

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Worcester Railers defenseman Ben Masella joins the Worcester Magazine Radio Hour to talk about their playoff series against The Adirondack Thunder (down 2-1 in games) with the next battle on Wednesday in NY

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Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Murray joins the show to talk to us about retaining business in Worcester and how the Tax Rate and Pad-Ready Sites affect the retention of important businesses

NOTE: Tim's phone had spotty reception so some of the audio may be slightly over-modulated. Please bear with us because this is an important subject

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Every Friday we have a Political Roundtable and tackles the issues of the day, a lot of times national issues that we don't normally talk about on Talk of the Commonwealth. Today we had on prominent Worcester Immigration Lawyer Randy Feldman.

(4-13-18) Today we focused on Comey's Book, Mueller's Investigation, Foreign Policy, Political Norms, and much more

Trigger Warning: Trump is talked about a lot and not always in a glowing way- just so nobody gets triggered

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Owner of the oldest bar in Worcester, Robert Moynagh, comes on to talk all about how his father started a bar right after prohibition and how it has lasted all these years.

Photo Courtesy of T&G / Rick Cinclair

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Worcester Mayor Joe Petty comes on the show like he does every Wednesday at 7:00am to talk about the issues facing Worcester and Tuesday night's City Council meeting.

This week we talk pensions, lodging houses, and growth

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Railers President Mike Myers stops by to talk about the team's playoff run. We hit on the on-ice product as well as the business and community side of things. Plus we get some of Mike's thoughts about Humboldt and the hockey community towards the end.

The Railers start their playoffs on Friday but they are home Saturday and Sunday against the Adirondack Thunder. You can get tickets at railershc.com

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2018 Olympic Silver Medalist Chris Mazdzer joined us in studio to talk about his Silver Medal performance at the Olympics, what luge is like, his connection to Massachusetts, what he plans to do now, and the technology from Norton that helps him go so fast with such precision

Chris brought his Silver medal into the studio and we all got to see hold it. Pretty cool experience.

Congressman Jim McGovern gives us his position on a number of pressing issues