Byline: Mark Melady
WORCESTER - U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, acknowledged yesterday that when he first heard the idea of bringing a canal back to Green Island several years ago, his reaction was, "Oh, God, what are these people thinking of?"
Yesterday, canal enthusiast Mr. McGovern announced at the Hibernian Club that $750,000 in federal money will help pay for the design and preliminary engineering of a waterway he now calls "a big, bold, grand idea and it's ...