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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:31). High of 38 today in Worcester
-January climate summary for Worcester
+6:00: Harvey Leonard recalls the Blizzard of 1978 (15:18)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: 3-hour standoff follows report of domestic assault in Charlton
+6:00: Shrewsbury firefighters rescue snowmobiler on Jordan Pond
+6:00: I-290 detour coming with Mass. D.O.T. bridge project
+6:00: 140-year-old Templeton bar reopens after devastating fire, thanks to the community (2:41)
+6:00: Winter Walks: Serene views highlight West Boylston's Old Stone Church
+6:00: This week in Holy Cross Athletics
+Noon: Worcester Canal District business closings: What does the future hold?
+Noon: Listen Up: Morgan Alyse flourishes with "Grow"
-Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 15-year-old girl
-Former Worcester Police Chief Steven Sargent faces harassment suit
-Fallon Health building in Worcester to be converted into 198 apartments
-Burncoat Spirit Program welcomed home after national 3rd place
-Related: Channel 5 Wake Up Call from Burncoat Spirit Team (:47)
-T&G Student of the Week: An impressive lineup in this week's poll
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-Worcester business confidence falls into pessimistic territory to begin 2024
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Cab fare increase; bottle laws: Worcester License Commission
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant to hold Valentine's Dumpling Workshop
-ICYMI: Family friendly fun at Winter Festival in Downtown Worcester
-Local family's hardest day leaves them drowning in medical debt
-It's Grammy nominations for work by Worcester's Rucker Collective
-Dormant Worcester Foothills Theater awaits a tenant
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett girls teams succeed at state level
-NEW! At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
-Holden police ask for help in case of booze boosted from Big Y
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Multi-agency chase leads to arrest of wanted man in Rutland
-Paxton's Field of Dreams Therapy Farm using horses to help people with ailments
-Sutton state champions recognized at State House
-West Boylston police log January 29th to February 4th
-Wachusett Chamber offering scholarships
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester's Anthony Molinari is in Oscar favorite "Oppenheimer"
-New Worcester Postcards exhibit provides window into city’s history
-100FM The Pike (8:55): Doors guitarist Robby Krieger on new band, misconceptions about Jim Morrison
-Radio Worcester (24:04): Allan Dines’ book & Dr. Lordan’s therapy insights
-Manny Jae Media InnerViews (56:03): Positively Suzanne
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who survived the Holocaust
>SPORTS: Steve Belichick leaving Patriots for college football job
-Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 17
-Former Wachusett star Colin Bennie records top-10 finish at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
-Tyler Ghirardosi named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
-Holy Cross athletics January moments of the month (2:58)
-Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, setting stage for union vote
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
>NATIONAL: King Charles III has cancer and is receiving treatment, Buckingham Palace says
-New problem found on Boeing 737 Max planes
-Tragic: Parents beat 8-year-old to death with rolling pin, authorities say
>NEW ENGLAND: Complex reasons behind migrant crisis in state (6:32)
-How to file your taxes for free with new I.R.S. tool
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria AMCAST (30:50): Podcasting & Narrative
-Clarkives: Clark professor advised 5 U.S. presidents on world affairs
-At Holy Cross, 2024 ushers in more options & efficiency for on-campus dining
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The top 5 countries visited by Americans in 2023
>BUSINESS: Mass. cannabis businesses sold record $1.8 billion in 2023
-Google News searches ranked A.I.-generated ripoffs above real articles
>SHOPPING: What is "quishing" and how can you protect yourself?
>HOMES: Worcester multifamily building sells for $1.25 million, more than double its 2015 sale price
>HEALTH: Vegan women run higher risk of pregnancy complications: study
-Mass. doctor explains results of study on suicide risk for high school students
>FOOD: Subway’s new footlong cookies are so popular it’s struggling to keep up with demand
>TV/STREAMING: "The Office" Season 7 superfan episodes streaming on Peacock
>MOVIES: Top Gun 3 in the works with Tom Cruise
>CELEBRITY: Country singer Toby Keith dies at age 62
-Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" rockets to No. 1 on iTunes after Grammys performance with Luke Combs
>ANIMALS: 2 puppies found on side of road reunite months later (3:06)
>HISTORY: Today in History for February 6th (1:34)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Doctor celebrates retirement rollerskating through hospital
-Meanwhile, research reveals 1 out of 3 Americans thinks aliens live among us
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:27). High of 48 today in Worcester
-How much total snow is Massachusetts forecast to get this winter? (6:11). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Woman dead, man injured in Worcester shooting (:59). Article
-John Piccolo, Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is popular Worcester restaurateur (2:10). Article
-Tensions boil over as Worcester board grills developer over Polar Park project delays
-Earlier: Worcester councilors frustrated by stalled plans for development around Polar Park
-To meet housing crisis, report finds Gateway Cities need twice as much construction
-Former District 1 City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large run
-18 months after surprise inspection, Community Healthlink not back to normal operations
-76 become new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Worcester
-Losses mourned, lives celebrated at emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
-Mass. says some police officers have been bypassing required training (3:06). Article
-Earlier: Worcester probing 27 officers state says fast-forwarded mandatory online training
-Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury woman rescues raptors one feather at a time
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:35): Breaking down the Polar Park deficit
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:19): Polar Park, tax rolls and deportation debate
>DINING OUT: Brazillian Burguer to open at former Shrewsbury Street donut shop
-ICYMI: Worcester-area Stop & Shop inventory limited after cyberattack
-David Crowley, part of family that runs Wachusett Mountain, dies at 69
-Man in late 60s, 2 cats killed in early morning condo fire in Leominster
-Charles Luster, co-founder of Uncommonwealth Group, running for Worcester City Council
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden tax rate drops, bills rise
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Wachusett Echo Teacher Profile: Chelsea Blasco
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks plow drivers for winter season
-Grafton tax rate down, values up for fiscal 2025
-Board approves single tax rate for all types of property for Sutton
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton E.L.P.A.C. hosts holiday family potluck
-2 Berlin firefighters graduate from academy
-Nashoba Class of 2004 to hold 20-year reunion on November 29th
-Organization gets federal grant for new grocery store in Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: African Talent, "Songs of the Season," and more
-Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
-Hunting phantoms, talking puppets bring humor to stage Friday and Saturday
-Jim & Val bring Second Saturdays to Apple Tree Arts
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1354 (28:06): Mark Henderson, Founder, The 016
-39th annual meeting of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (54:58)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a longtime kindergarten teacher
>SPORTS: Boston Celtics visit the White House (12:33)
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid (2:22). Article
-Bruins beat Utah, 1-0
-2004 Boston Red Sox ring and World Series trophy owned by Larry Lucchino featured in upcoming auction
-Joe Nugent steps up for Crusaders men's basketball team
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 3 signings
-Check out the schedule for upcoming road races in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Are future Social Security benefits in peril?
-Up to 20 human skulls found in New Mexico home
-Tragic: Missing boy with autism found dead
>NEW ENGLAND: Worker injured during "supermove" in medically induced coma with third-degree burns
>COLLEGES: Assumption names new chief financial officer
-Worcester State Magazine’s special 150th anniversary issue hits the stands, goes live online
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the most beautiful places to visit in the Pacific Northwest
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. unemployment rates remain higher than 2023
-LPL Financial Research: Trade, tariffs and inflation
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:40)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, November 10th to 16th
>SHOPPING: Amazon Haul — What to know about Amazon's new discount store
>HEALTH: Health officials track increases in whooping cough, pneumonia (2:31)
-A few hours of activity a week can lower your risk of A-fib (:58)
>FOOD: How to stay safe during foodborne illness outbreaks (2:16)
>TV/STREAMING: "Jeopardy" contestant’s heart-wrenching interview leaves Ken Jennings speechless
>MOVIES: Matthew McConaughey reveals why he turned down $15 million role
>CELEBRITY: Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
>HISTORY: Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores
>ANIMALS: Cyclist finds puppy in the middle of nowhere (2:08)
>GOOD NEWS: Man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
-Meanwhile, in Miami, woman delivers baby at airport in American Airlines ticketing area
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