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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:51). High of 36 today in Worcester
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+1:00: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+1:00: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+1:00: New movies on demand — "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and more
+1:00: Worcester superintendent named one of 25 "Superintendents to Watch" in U.S.
+1:00: At Mechanics Hall, Cara Brindisi proves why her star is on the rise
+1:00: "Beetlejuice The Musical" coming to Worcester
+1:00: The most borrowed books at Worcester Public Library in 2023
-Surviving Worcester State shooting victim paralyzed, 2 new suspects indicted
-Worcester man charged with attempted armed robbery
-Popular Worcester restaurant moving to old Ninety Nine location
-Former Irish Times, not open in years, may lose liquor license
-Singing bellringer from Worcester returns to supermarket
-Outgoing Worcester City Councilor Sarai Rivera reflects on her 12 years in office
-Worcester Magazine's Women to Watch in 2024
-"Home for the Holidays" tours return to the Salisbury Mansion
-Beyond Wrestling: "Nothing that can replicate it"
-Manny Jae Media (35:55): Manny Alvarado with Worcester City Manager Eric Batista
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:00): 2023 top stories & 2024 outlook in Worcester
-Unsolved: Worcester - The Disappearance of Brittany Tee. Video (15:53). Audio (16:10)
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for help finding missing 15-year-old
-Governor nominates Worcester lawyer for judge
-Worcester police data on porch pirates: Daytime main time for thefts
-Worcester woman among those advocating for sealing of court records
-The Faces of Worcester: Rosa Maria Salas
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett N.H.S. inductees up to a challenge
-Merry Christmas greetings from the team at Lamoureux Ford (:50)
-Adversity is no stranger for Wachusett student-athlete Hannah Best
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Caroling on the Shrewsbury Town Common on Saturday
-Anonymous tip line launched in Shrewsbury
-Hopedale man determined to celebrate Christmas in home damaged by storm
-For Southbridge nonprofit, fighting hunger and homelessness is personal
-Co-founder retires from Leominster furniture manufacturer after 34 years
-Landscaping business purchases Sterling property for $675,000
-Clinton Middle School announces honor roll
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-5 festive beers to help raise your holiday spirits
>SHOWTIME: Radio Worcester (59:48): Top 10 Christmas novelty songs 2023
-Five Things to Do: Waylon & Co., Drag Roulette, Bob Marley and more
-GBH's The Culture Show: Arts and culture scene in Central Mass., with Victor Infante of the T&G
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Bill Clew, a newspaper man for 65 years
>SPORTS: Travis Kelce spills on Bill Belichick chat as Patriots rumors swirl
-Holy Cross men's basketball team edged by Harvard
-Former WooSox star says goodbye to Worcester
-Bill Ballou's Hall of Fame ballot includes just Manny Ramirez, A-Rod
-Yoshinobu Yamamoto signs massive $300 million contract to join Dodgers
>CARS: Christmas Greetings from Bertera Nissan (1:31)
>NATIONAL: At least 15 killed in mass shooting in Prague (1:24)
-Salvation Army reports drop in giving for 2023 Red Kettle Campaign
-Tragic: 10-year-old dies after being hit by 2 cars leaving school
>NEW ENGLAND: Christmas carolers violently attacked by teens in Dorchester (2:14)
-Man who tried to kidnap baby during Western Mass. burglary spree gets 8-10 years in prison
>COLLEGES: Clark's Challenge. Change. podcast (13:30): The year’s memorable moments
-Radio Worcester (10:09): Q.C.C.'s apprenticeship program and recent apprenticeship conference
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Bermuda’s wonders are no less wonderful in winter
>BUSINESS: Should workers use all of their sick time? (4:31)
-Southwest Airlines in $140 million deal with feds over 2022 holiday travel meltdown
>HEALTH: New COVID variant makes a holiday appearance: What to know
-Avoid getting, spreading respiratory viruses (2:52)
>SHOPPING: Central Mass. stores where your grandparents bought Christmas gifts
>HOMES: Gardening Central Mass. — Your horticulture questions answered
>FOOD: What's the best Christmas cookie? Popular Google searches by state
>TV/STREAMING: Mark Wahlberg breaks Apple TV+ record with new action comedy movie
>MOVIES: Fake "Home Alone 3" trailer has fans demanding Kevin McCallister's return
>CELEBRITY: George Clooney reveals movie role he wouldn't reprise: Not "enough drugs"
>ANIMALS: Guy drives a school bus full of dogs (3:05)
>HISTORY: Former American Steel & Wire Co. South Works in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Rare gold coin donations dropped in Salvation Army red kettles
-Meanwhile, in Japan, man blows up apartment trying to kill cockroach
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 73 today in Worcester
-U.S. officials are bracing for another summer of dangerous heat. These maps show where it's most likely to happen
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Woman arrested in Leominster shot and killed her boyfriend, court docs say
+6:00: On set at "The Walking Dead: Dead City" in Worcester
+Noon: Family of 14-year-old Worcester teen killed in shooting announces funeral
+Noon: Play explores life of suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe
+Noon: Six Things to Do: Psychic Faire, poet Alejandro Jimenez and more
+Noon: Knights and fairies galore at renaissance fair in Phillipston this weekend
-"Pop, pop ... bang, bang!" Driver wounded in shooting before car slams into Worcester house (2:18)
-Related: Resident recounts waking to gunshots, S.U.V. slamming into house
-"The Walking Dead: Dead City" TV show filming begins in Downtown Worcester
-City Manager Eric Batista to reject committee recommendations, renew Spectrum contract
-Related: The Buzz with City Manager Batista — Cable Talk
-May Day rally focuses on lack of affordable housing in Worcester
-Korean fried chicken shop coming to Downtown Worcester
-Yellow tulip hope gardens in bloom across Worcester
-Cell phone use in classrooms; "a full ban doesn't work"
-Worcester had the highest opioid overdose death rate in state in 2023
-A vivid memory of protest: Remembering the local student protests of May 1970
-Radio Worcester (48:04): Radio Roundtable discusses Supreme Court's homelessness ruling impact on Worcester
>DINING OUT: Local chefs tackle Girl Scout cookies at Fork It Over
-ICYMI: 29-year-old Worcester man killed in crash on Southwest Cutoff
-New party space opens at the top of Glass Tower
-Developer who purchased Becker College properties in Worcester sells 2 in 5-parcel, $6 million sale
-How many Worcester city employees made the $200,000 club?
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Budget presentation by Finance Committee on Friday
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Annual town election May 13th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Woman injured in Lancaster railroad crossing crash
-New video shows moment school bus tilted off side of road in March in Hubbardston
-Unofficial results give Nicholas Lazzaro and Katherine McKenna select board seats in Millbury
-Local teachers' nonprofit helps students learn outside the classroom
-Contested races highlight June 10th Clinton election
-Spencer Town Meeting voters to take up budget, solar bylaw changes
-Wachusett Area Chamber hosts Scholarship Scramble Golf Tournament
-Furniture upgrade underway at Thayer Memorial Library
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Singer-songwriter Tasteless Jack makes Redemption Rock taproom debut on Saturday
-Save $5 on tickets to Shrewsbury Street Nurses Pub Crawl for a limited time
>SHOWTIME: Worcester native publishes novel that challenges readers
-Holy Cross Performing Arts Center exhibit fosters cultural exchange
-Sarah Connell Sanders: How to throw a meat raffle fundraiser
-Radio Worcester (22:50): Inside Mechanics Hall — May events from music to magic
-Last Call: Shelby Watterworth, artist
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor's Forum No. 39 (28:25): Central Mass. Agency on Aging
-Unity Radio (58:39): Unity In The Community
-WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 27 (29:01)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career nurse who also sang in the Worcester County Light Opera Company
>SPORTS: Celtics wrap up series with Heat, 118-84
-Watch Mike Gorman’s final sign-off in last game as Celtics broadcaster
-Player comparisons for every Patriots draft pick
-Bravehearts announce first 8 returning players
-Red Sox beat Giants, 6-2
-100FM The Pike (8:25): Coach Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman talks about leaving the Railers for Austria
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 5-2
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Feds probing 130,000 Ford Mustang Mach-E cars after crashes involving hands-free tech
>NATIONAL: Los Angeles heist gang behind daylight robberies busted
-Police shoot, kill armed student outside Wisconsin middle school: authorities
-Tragic: 3-year-old shoots himself, school officer parent arrested
>NEW ENGLAND: The faces of the Karen Read trial (20:11)
-Update on babies found in freezer in Boston, new details revealed
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria Senior Profile: Mia Kuhl, C.J. Major
-New expenses will push Clark’s cost over $70,000 next year
-Enhanced WPI transfer programs open new vistas for Q.C.C. students (4:06)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): This surprising city was named top global destination by travel expert
>BUSINESS: Ending restaurants' tip credit could cost jobs, close eateries and bars
-LPL Research: That was quite a week
-Radio Worcester (9:55): Avoid home scams! Tips & B.B.B. mission with Alex Guardiola
>SHOPPING: Walmart is launching a new store brand called Bettergoods
>HOMES: Cost of buying a home in America reaches a new high, Redfin says
>HEALTH: This is the healthiest time to eat dinner, recent study says
-Infectious disease expert discusses how to handle ticks amid state's first detection of Powassan virus
>FOOD: Is this really Mass.'s "Most Iconic Food"? Food Network says so
>TV/STREAMING: "Bridgerton" showrunner teases who will lead Season 4
>MOVIES: South Park's Matt Stone, Trey Parker set comedy with Kendrick Lamar
>CELEBRITY: Michael Richards reunites with Jerry Seinfeld on first red carpet in 8 years
>ANIMALS: Meet Shamrock, the green puppy taking the internet by storm
>HISTORY: Main Street from Front Street in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. woman wins $1 million lottery prize twice in 10-week span
-Meanwhile, in Florida, NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of home came from space station
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