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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:49). High of 40 today in Worcester
-Storm will bring damaging winds and flooding Tuesday into Wednesday (3:51)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Holy Cross grad to be next JetBlue C.E.O., as airline inaugurates new Worcester route
+6:00: Central Mass. businesses fight squeeze for workers
+6:00: Free ice skating to be offered on 5 dates in Worcester
+6:00: Listen Up: Bees Deluxe delivers kaleidoscopic "Hallucinate"
+6:00: This Week in Holy Cross Athletics
+Noon: Commissioners ask to (possibly) raze Hope Cemetery barn
+Noon: John DiPietro (8:37): The 016 celebrates its fifth anniversary
+Noon: Worcester-area cannabis businesses find "growing pains," opportunity
+Noon: Madonna proves why she's the "Queen of Pop" at TD Garden
-Snow day just another day on job for Worcester custodians (2:13)
-Related: Worcester Public Schools social media posts have fun with snow day
-Electric school buses coming to Worcester thanks to E.P.A. funding
-Longtime Worcester bakery closes for renovation (pictured)
-Redemption Rock to provide house beer for The Fix Burger Bar locations
-Worcester man released after manslaughter sentence faces new gun, drug charges
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview — land deals and master plans
-City Council to discuss buying Holden farmland to protect water
-A closeup look at City Councilors' remote meeting attendance
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Central Mass. business confidence rises to neutral territory as 2024 brings hopes of slowed inflation
-Townsend woman duped by fake soap opera star into allegedly poisoning husband
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:24): Debating First Night’s future, WoMag changes
>DINING OUT: New eatery bringing "impeccable" açaí bowls, shakes, burgers to Worcester
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out after storm dumps heavy snow (1:29)
-Worcester Business Journal names the 2024 Best of Business award winners
-Local hospitals see surge in COVID, flu and R.S.V.
-W.P.D. needs help IDing suspect in Salisbury Street armed robbery
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Town election nomination papers available
-American Legion Post 42 meeting 2:30 p.m. Tuesday
-Merry Christmas greetings from the team at Lamoureux Ford (:50)
-Wachusett Regional High School honor roll
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Tuesday's storm raises flooding concerns in Leominster (2:23)
-Snow day leads to busy trails at Wachusett Mountain
-Shrewsbury High School expansion not selected by M.S.B.A.
-This week in Millbury town government
-This week in Grafton town government
-William Connolly to serve rest of Clinton School Committee term
-Donations "from the heart" push Appeal drive over goal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Local author pens "inspirational" children's book about seeing-eye dog
-Selections from what customers at Annie's Book Stop are reading
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Boxes of Grass to celebrate Día de los Reyes
-WCCA-TV's Hidden Treasures No. 108 (28:04): Caring Transitions
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 23 (29:37): Tech Safety Legislation
>FAITH: January a good time for eyeing spiritual practices that add depth, meaning to our lives
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former captain in the Worcester Fire Department
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels could return to Patriots in Bill Belichick staff twist
-"Drama" on Patriots coaching staff amid Belichick uncertainty: Report
-Celtics lose to Indiana, 133-131
-Bruins lose to Avalanche in shootout
-John Gelatt named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
-Worcester Hockey Alumni 2023-24 highlights, NHL week 13
>CARS: Christmas Greetings from Bertera Nissan (1:31)
>NATIONAL: Explosion at Fort Worth hotel injures 21
-Red Cross declares nationwide emergency due to critically low blood supply
-Tragic: Toddler, 3, killed by stray bullet during New Year's Eve celebrations
>NEW ENGLAND: 3 found dead after apparent carbon monoxide leak in Nahant
-Mass. man charged with fatally pushing sister down steps on New Year’s Day
>COLLEGES: Assumption receives N.C.A.A. Presidents' Award for academic excellence
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): These airlines had the most on-time flights in 2023
>BUSINESS: W.B.J.'s Movers & Shakers for January 8th
-Massachusetts sees rise in fatal workplace injuries, study shows
>HEALTH: Lung cancer pill, Osimertinib, shows "earth-shattering" results in 5-year study
-UMass Medical School Professor: Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA
>HOMES: High levels of radon detected in more than 20% of Mass. homes, report says
>SHOPPING: Vizio class action lawsuit settlement. Do you qualify to get money?
>TV/STREAMING: Variety's 100 greatest TV shows of all time
>MOVIES: The 5 worst movies of 2023
>CELEBRITY: "The Bear" star Jeremy Allen White smolders in shirtless Calvin Klein campaign
>ANIMALS: Dog who was tied to trailer for a month jumps for joy now (1:00)
>HISTORY: Today in History for January 9th (1:22)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston firefighter reunites with man he saved from fire as 3-year-old
-Meanwhile, in Texas, flock of birds takes over parking lot in scene "straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie"
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 20 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Suspects in fatal shooting on Dorchester Street in Worcester caught in Fitchburg
-Worcester reports fewer shootings in 2024, despite jump in homicides
-What nurses say must improve at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
-5 townhouse units planned for Austin Street in Worcester
-Why so many Mass. breweries are closing (and what you can do about it)
-Worcester Community Housing Resources taps established executive as new leader
-Holiday travel rush continues (2:08). Article
-Worcester forum explores M.C.A.S. results and educational equity
-Worcester wants input on where to put new trash/recycling bins
-Radio Worcester (24:05): Worcester Police Union leaders respond to D.O.J. report
-Earlier: Boston Globe: Federal lawsuits lay out D.O.J. allegations against Worcester police
-Radio Worcester (17:50): Mayor Petty addresses City Council meeting amid heated debate
-Radio Worcester (19:13): City Manager Batista addresses D.O.J. report, legal strategy
>FAITH: Holy Cross professor — At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from desert tabernacle to synagogues today
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Unique Eateries (5:13)
-ICYMI: Midday snow delivers string of crashes in Central Mass.
-Woman struck by a car in crosswalk in Worcester
-At court hearing, 2 different pictures of fatal Worcester shooting
-Worcester D.P.W. chief Robert L. Moylan Jr. to end interim stint
-Worcester's Union Station listed among 6 of the Most Beautiful Amtrak Stations in America
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo — Fantastic freshmen on varsity sports teams
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Mountview Middle School honor roll
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Southbridge day care worker admits to abusing child (2:01)
-Barre ambulance and Verizon utility truck collide on Route 62
-Botched drug deal at Leominster group home ends with arrest of 2 women
-Rutland police to hold car seat check-up on Monday
-Auburn wants feedback on possible regionalization of 911 services
-Shrewsbury Select Board updates (:35)
-Grafton Middle School teachers honored for "Promising Practices"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Candlelight tours, wrestling and holiday choral music
-Spotify's Top 10 most-streamed holiday tracks of all time revealed
-At Holy Cross, "Sojourners" captures the immigrant experience in 1970s America
>OPINION: Tom Marino: 9 years of Public Safety Committee ignoring police discipline
-Laura McCarthy-Ha: Simplifying gift-giving in a big family
-Laurelle Farrell: Lessons in a hair style…bangs
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 211 (28:23): Sports, Sports, Sports!
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an "accomplished and admired singer/ songwriter/ musician" born in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots fans will love Josh Allen’s take on Drake Maye’s future
-Van Pelt doubles down on not calling Maye runs after criticism
-NFL Week 16 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Bulls, 123-98
-Bruins beat Sabres, 3-1
-Rickey Henderson, Baseball Hall of Famer and league's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65
-Railers beat Maine, 5-1
>NATIONAL: 2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent "friendly fire" incident
-Grandparent caregiving declines amid pandemic changes
-Tragic: Grandmother, 80, dies after getting trapped in Sleep Number bed for 2 days: lawsuit
>NEW ENGLAND: State police say Friday's storm caused 200 crashes across state (:22)
-Hypothermic hiker rescued by helicopter in White Mountains (:27)
>COLLEGES: Assumption Professor Cinzia Pica named Visiting Scholar at Harvard
-Anna Maria AMCAST (50:10): Holiday Movies 2.0
-Clark professor gives lecture on what it means to be a feminist in wartime
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Waldorf-Astoria insists hotel will reopen in spring
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Financial planning for parents’ assisted living
>HOMES: Tips for moving
>SHOPPING: Cozy gifts your mom will love this holiday season (4:04)
-Holiday gift ideas from unique local businesses across Mass. (4:58)
>HEALTH: Expert explains possible risks, benefits of raw milk (2:49)
-Dr. Todd Ellerin on vaccines and their impact on children (3:40)
>FOOD: Taco Bell unveils new menu item
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" (2:21)
>MOVIES: "Barbie 2" in early stages with Greta Gerwig returning to write
>CELEBRITY: James Kennedy arrested for domestic violence weeks after getting fired from "Vanderpump Rules"
>HISTORY: City Hospital, circa 1907
>ANIMALS: Dog becomes mama to a litter of tiny rescue kittens (1:42)
>GOOD NEWS: Man with a rare tumor was told he had months to live. Now, he's cancer-free
-Meanwhile, Mariah Carey fans get into a wild fight at Christmas concert: "On the naughty list"
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