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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 46 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Joyner Lucas donates to family of Chasity and Zella NunĚez
+6:00: Reward for suspected shooter doubles to $10,000
+6:00: Janice Harvey: 2 lives lost, lingering mystery in double murder
+6:00: Camera coming to illegal dumping hotspots in Worcester
+6:00: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 22
+6:00: Sally Zinsner named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
+Noon: GoFundMe for family of Worcester mom Chasity Nuñez nears $45,000 goal
+Noon: 2 sent to hospital as car ends up in Holden reservoir
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Local artist honors Worcester shooting victims as police continue search for suspect (2:07) (pictured)
-Related: New photos released of Worcester double shooting suspect (2:34)
-Earlier: 2 GoFundMe campaigns set up for Worcester’s Chasity Nunez, daughter Zella
-St. Patrick's festivities in Worcester (2:16). Article
-The new and booming bakery of Worcester
-Worcester entrepreneur support organization seeks to turn city into global startup hub
-Revitalizing Worcester’s Canal District, despite challenges
-HALO "sleep out" draw attention to needs of the unhoused
-Physician group praises Worcester Board of Health
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:10): Worcester votes for pilot safe injection site
-ICYMI: Worcester holds annual landlord summit to educate renters and property owners on housing
-In honor of Women's History Month, ELLA hosts first Poderosa Leadership Summit in Worcester
-Ex-Worcester principal accused of sex abuse invited to read at elementary school
-Lorraine Laurie, "The Mayor of Green Island," dies at 73
-Senior dog finds forever home in Worcester after searching for 8 years
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Scam alert presentation by Worcester D.A.'s office
-At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
-Wachusett takes on cyber sports
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 8-year-old Hopedale boy killed in Maine crash, police suspect alcohol played role
-TODAY! Shrewsbury Garden Club to hold talk on Frederick Law Olmsted
-Boylston finances spark override consideration
-Sterling reallocates unspent money
-Basic firearms safety course in Paxton April 2nd
-Clinton schools refine narrative for projects
-Added equipment could drop Bolton insurance rates
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: New Kids on the Block announce first new album in 11 years
-Assumption students featured in ArtsWorcester College Show
-Radio Worcester (25:35): Mechanics Hall unveils new portraits & March events
-Manny Jae Media's InnerViews (49:37): Elizabeth Cruz, Empowering Latina Leaders Affirmation
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 416 (28:30): Mechanics Hall portraits
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime local Realtor
>SPORTS: Patriots trading Mac Jones to Jacksonville; Kendrick Bourne re-signs with New England
-TODAY! Holy Cross women's basketball team opens league tournament
-Find out when and where the Central Mass. teams are playing in the state basketball semifinals
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
-GM recalls nearly 820,000 Silverados, Sierras over tailgate issue
>NATIONAL: A map of April's total solar eclipse (:45)
-Tragic: 20-year-old skier killed in 600-foot fall down Tuckerman Ravine (1:02)
>NEW ENGLAND: 12-year-old Norwood student arrested for mass shooting threat
-Interfaith group joins push to address housing crisis
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria AMC Love Stories: Becky Lindley and Shawn McGann
-Radio host Paul Healy speaks to Worcester State mass communications class (1:10:34)
-Women’s History Month at Clark recognizes achievements and advocacy
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Travel scams and how to avoid sketchy travel sites
>BUSINESS: Mentoring is good for your career and your soul
-Central Mass. businesses receive $600,000 boost from state manufacturing accelerator
>SHOPPING: Erin Giftstore celebrates and preserves Irish heritage through traditional items
>HOMES: Worcester property investor flips apartment building for $150,000 profit 4 months after purchase
>HEALTH: Swapping salt for this may lower high blood pressure, study finds
-Antidepressant prescriptions to youths spiked during and after the pandemic, study finds
>FOOD: Johnsonville sausage products subject to recall
>TV/STREAMING: "Napoleon" comes to Apple TV+
>MOVIES: "Oppenheimer" wins best picture at Academy Awards, Emma Stone takes best actress
-Full list of Oscar nominees and winners
-Best and worst moments from the Oscars
>CELEBRITY: All the best-dressed celebrities at the Oscars
>ANIMALS: Mom is overwhelmed by her first cat (:54)
>HISTORY: Regatta Point, Lake Quinsigamond
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Twins reunite after 81 years apart thanks to a D.N.A. test
-Meanwhile, in Cleveland, escaped police horses stop traffic on highway
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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