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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:37). High of 42 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: MB Bar and Lounge, considered oldest continuously operating gay bar in city, closing for maintenance
+6:00: Worcester man sentenced for drug trafficking in Maine
+Noon: Driver of car that struck National Grid worker in Spencer found not guilty
+Noon: Five Things to Do: P.E. James, ArtsWorcester, Chris O'Leary and more
+Noon: Shaun Connolly: Escape from Worcester
+Noon: Bee Gees tribute band Stayin' Alive coming to Worcester
+Noon: Dan Lewis' legacy: New poetry fellowship awarded to open mic founder
+Noon: Jerod Mayo remains favorite to succeed Bill Belichick as Patriots head coach
+Noon: Looking back at when Belichick was named coach of Patriots 24 years ago (:45)
-Bill Belichick out as Patriots head coach
-Woman escapes injury when Shrewsbury mobile home roof collapses during storm (2:08). Article
-Police remove homeless encampment in Downtown Worcester, arrest 3
-Related: Worcester homeless advocates decry lack of shelter space
-Radio Worcester (16:19): Mayor Petty on unhoused solutions and snowstorm response
-Holy Cross buildings evacuated due to a bomb threat
-Answers sought 1 year after disappearance of Brittany Tee (2:56)
-Burncoat senior starts a vending machine business to get into college
-Local 1009 discusses Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month
-Reservoir water quality impacted by an increase of salt on roadways
-In double shooting on Main Street, Worcester man gets 3-4 years in prison
-Radio Worcester (10:10): Girls Inc. overcomes challenges — Tiffany Lillie’s new vision
-The Faces of Worcester: Jo Elle Moody
-John DiPietro (8:37): The 016 celebrates its fifth anniversary
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:24): Debating First Night’s future, WoMag changes
-TODAY! Worcester Superintendent Rachel Monárrez on Unity Radio's Unity in the Community
>DINING OUT: Restaurant holding ravioli class February 18th
-ICYMI: Second man arrested in shooting that injured 2 at Worcester Caribbean Festival
-Holy Cross grad to be next JetBlue C.E.O., as airline inaugurates new Worcester route
-Central Mass. businesses fight squeeze for workers
-Worcester City Council discusses how homeless use public library
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! "Coffee and ..." with Town Clerk Jeanne Hudson
-NEW! Lamoureux Ford Testimonial (:47)
-Town election nomination papers available
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Former Westborough roller skating rink to be renovated
-Shrewsbury site sold to AA Transportation owner for $4.3 million
-Spencer Police Chief wants Constables’ Division added to assist with traffic details
-Millbury Select Board Chair Christopher Naff will not run for re-election
-Radio Worcester (7:17): Fitchburg Public Market progress update by Kim Gordon
-West Boylston police log January 1st to 7th
-Grafton police log January 12th
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Boston Calling 2024 lineup revealed
-Meet the local tribute artist keeping the spirit of Elvis alive
-Old Settlers Burying Ground offers a gentle walk through local history
-Last Call: Mike Alvarado
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. 141 (29:58): Ali Kane
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1325 (27:33): El Buen Samaritano Food Program
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime journalist
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Timberwolves, 127-120
-Where Bruins stand in playoff race as halfway point of season nears
-Holy Cross women’s basketball earns road win at Navy. Men fall to Navy at home
-Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring in college football stunner
-The Gaels of Cinton High are Coolest Sports Team Nickname in Central Mass.
>CARS: Christmas Greetings from Bertera Nissan (1:31)
-Alcohol breath tests could become standard for American driver
>NATIONAL: Vermont most sought-after state in 2023
-Tragic: Western Mass. mom killed in crash was going home for her daughter's birthday
>NEW ENGLAND: Flooding in Hampton, N.H. (:54). Raw video (32:19)
-What's going on with REAL ID? Things to know in Mass.
>COLLEGES: Where in the world are WPI students in C-Term ’24?
-Worcester State recognized with Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement classification
>FOOD: Mass. scallops sold in stores, restaurants could cause food poisoning, F.D.A. warns
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The 15 best beaches to visit in 2024
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-New business growth remains a strength for Central Mass.
>HEALTH: Mass. doctor on the wrong way for kids to lose weight (2:55)
-Blue Cross Blue Shield ends anesthesia coverage for most colonoscopies
>HOMES: Mass. homes are still expensive, but here's 1 that's a deal
>TV/STREAMING: Natalia Grace doc ends with disturbing claim after age reveal
>MOVIES: Best horror movies of 2023 from "M3GAN" to "Scream VI"
>CELEBRITY: Ben Affleck recreates Dunkin' Donuts 2020 viral blunder
>ANIMALS: 19-year-old blind cow loves to hug her dad (:59)
>HISTORY: Today in History for January 11th (1:05)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 2 geese who found each other after losing their mates still thriving (2:37)
-Meanwhile, in Brazil, crematorium worker finds "dead" woman alive in body bag
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Worcester ranked 10th best city for people with disabilities
+5:00: Worcester councilor who protested I.C.E. agents due in court Wednesday
+5:00: Crews respond to 3-vehicle crash on Route 20 in Shrewsbury
+5:00: Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 years old (:36)
+5:00: Related: Vintage clips of the controversial rock legend (3:26)
+Noon: Worcester African Festival set to return to the Worcester Common
+Noon: Wesley and Somerhalder hold court at "Vampire Diaries" convention
+Noon: Janice Harvey: It's time for Worcester to clean up its act
-Worcester man wins $1 million on ticket bought at Brattle Stop
-61-year-old caught in vacant home break-in: W.P.D.
-Preservation Worcester's 2025 Most Endangered Structures — streetlamps to historic houses
-Bill Coleman, longtime Worcester civic activist, dies
-International market opening in Worcester
-What the cluck? City takes next step in chicken debate after months
-"Don’t snitch": Trial opens for Worcester man accused of murder over backpack of marijuana
-Statewide cell phone ban would upend Worcester schools' policy
-Cuts will impact local libraries, student access to digital databases
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: 5 generations, 500 acres, 1 lasting commitment in Sutton
-Faces of Worcester: Sonia Descormiers, banker
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (33:22): Council access and city-run grocery stores
-Radio Worcester (21:56): City Manager defends Mill Street efforts, discusses supermarket expansion, ballpark development
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): "Cheapskate" diner takes back tip after being "humiliated" by server — but is he in the right?
-ICYMI: Retired Worcester firefighter Joseph Casello, a lawmaker in Florida, dies of heart attack
-Is Worcester doing enough to promote tree planting? Some residents say no
-$1.3 million to support people with disabilities in Worcester County
-500-foot buffer zone for tobacco businesses in Worcester: change could be coming
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
-Changing faces in Holden government
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Grafton Common traffic study update recommends slowing traffic
-Voting is open for Champions of the Blackstone award
-Multiple people injured when box truck crashes into job center in Devens (:45). Article
-Suspect in Leominster bank robbery arrested in connection with shooting of C.B.P. officer (2:10). Article
-Man arrested after posing as real estate business owner to access firm’s funds at Leominster Fidelity Bank
-Spencer-East Brookfield School Building Committee gets update on bricks for memorial, storage trailer
-Millbury Police Department welcomes Cody Bohanan as its newest officer
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: Dozens of people rescued from Southwick’s Zoo Skyfari ride (2:28)
-Top 25 songs in Worcester on Shazam in the past week
-Talking "Poetry Town" connections and the city's "strange gravity" at Museum of Worcester
>OPINION: Worcesteria: Museum of Worcester panel gives glimpses of connections
-Tom Marino: The solution to everything in Worcester: Corporate welfare
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 931 (27:44): Raymond Mariano
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career nurse at local nursing home
>SPORTS: Marshall, Hambly make mark for Bravehearts in Futures League Home Run Derby
-TODAY! Futures League All-Star Game at Polar Park, with Johnny Damon and 2004 World Series trophy, 7:30
-Patriots Training Camp: Top storylines to follow (5:44)
-These Patriots have the most at stake as training camp begins
-Celtics' Jayson Tatum sheds boot as he rehabs from Achilles tear
-Red Sox lose to Phillies, 3-2
-Holy Cross (1:52): Get to know Coach Alexander
-Shrewsbury Post 397 on a roll heading into heart of summer baseball season
>CARS: Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar among recalled vehicles
>NATIONAL: Joe Rogan rips D.O.J.'s handling of Epstein files in scathing rant
-Support for phone bans in school ticks up in the U.S., Pew study reveals
>TRAGIC: Teen fatally sucked into meat grinder at factory for popular frozen burrito brand
>NEW ENGLAND: Analysis of the public defender work stoppage (4:50)
-What to know about the revamped service plazas planned coming to Mass. Pike
>COLLEGES: WPI Student Stories, Episode 10 (13:39): John Kenney
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Tourists slam popular European vacation spot for being overcrowded
>BUSINESS: New operator of D’Errico’s location buys Worcester building for $1.2 million
-LPL Financial Research: Midyear fixed income, currency, and commodity markets outlook: Higher for longer
-Mass. unemployment rate held steady at 4.8% in June
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers for Sunday, July 20th
>SHOPPING: Let's go thrifting. Style meets sustainability in the booming fashion trend
>HEALTH: Ending the mesothelioma diagnostic crisis for Mass. veterans
-Weight loss drugs like Ozempic can raise low testosterone: new study
-Obesity may make you age faster, new study says (:45)
>FOOD: 25,000 pounds of chicken sausage recalled for plastic contamination
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Bergeron on a possible D.W.T.S. return ahead of new shark show
>MOVIES: "Devil Wears Prada 2" first look shared by Anne Hathaway
>CELEBRITY: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Theo in "The Cosby Show," dies at 54
>ANIMALS: Dog and cat siblings love paddleboarding together (2:23)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: Do you know where this is?
>GOOD NEWS: Neil Diamond surprises theatergoers with "Sweet Caroline" performance
-Meanwhile, in Florida, bear trapped using doughnuts after a soak in hot tub
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