WORCESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - A local history book describes Worcester, Vermont like this: “No big battles, no national movements, no spectacular events, just the everyday lives of hard-working Vermonters trying to get by.” The Washington County town of about 960 people was established in 1803 and is surrounded by the Worcester Mountain Range, and Calais Hills. On a hot summer day, the Worcester town green is packed with people ready to put up a pavilion, the old-fashioned way.