Here's what's going on today in Worcester
+NEW: Heading to Festival of Lights? Afterward, warm up next door at Beer Garden & Pavilion, with heated igloos pavilion
+NEW: ‘Everybody in Boston is talking about Worcester;’ Boston group to open 500-seat restaurant in Worcester
+NEW: Chamber releases promotional video, ‘A city redefined' (2:11)
+NEW: Underage drinkers get through scanner in Worcester nightclub
+NEW: It's Fri-Yay! Here's Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld Adds Second Show in Worcester
+NEW: SUV catches fire in Shrewsbury parking lot
+NEW: Where's my Amazon package? It may be late
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Dec. 6, 2019
-Ch. 5 Wake Up Call from Leicester High Football (:37)
-Worcester Man One of Sixty-Two Latin Kings Arrested
-Worcester Police detectives asking for public’s help in IDing person of interest in robbery
-School Committee members clash over Worcester school's Thanksgiving celebration
-Four Holiday Markets Across the City this Weekend in Worcester
-All the Things You Need to Do this Weekend in Worcester
-Traffic Advisory for Festival of Lights Friday and Saturday
-Ch. 4 travels to Sutton to look at Christmas decorations made at Vaillancourt Folk Art
-Oxford House of Horrors: Ex-boyfriend of Oxford foster mother charged with raping child (1:26)
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (11:38): W6, Snow, and The Holidays
-Worcester Culture Watch (28:49): The Case Against the Smiley Face and Other City Traditions
-Holy Cross Athletics Highlight of the Week (:32)
-Worcester Police log for Nov. 27
-WATCH: Police Chase & Shootout With Hijacked UPS Truck Video that leaves 4 dead
-New Details Emerge On Drug That May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
-Here are the most 'pupular' dog names of 2019, website says
-Do not pass Go: Hasbro releases nightmarish ‘longer’ version of Monopoly
-Half of Americans can't start their day on a positive note without this
Top Posts
-Worcester store to close after nearly 50 years
-Company shutters Worcester operation, consolidates in Westborough
-Big change in Worcester media as 'Worcester News Tonight' rebrands, expands
-'I Went to the Greendale Mall on Black Friday'
-Worcester man charged with drunken driving after hit-and-run on pedestrian
-Housing project off Salisbury Street denied by Planning Board
-Brewery to reopen Worcester taproom
-The 3 best Asian fusion spots in Worcester
-Worcester school's Thanksgiving program rapped as 'insensitive'
-Trader Joe's recalls several products
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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