From MA: First the city launched a campaign to stop panhandling, urging residents to give to charities, not the people shaking cups on street corners and sidewalks. Then came a proposal for zoning restrictions to keep homeless shelters out of residential neighborhoods.
It was all part of Worcester’s effort to improve its image and attract new business, and none of it pleased homeless people in the state’s second largest city.
But when the Worcester Public Library cut the number of books homeless people could borrow to two at a time — as opposed to the 40 books other residents could check out — book lovers in the city’s shelters decided to fight back.
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