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  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:29). High of 41 today in Worcester

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  -Worcester rental registration program brings confusion, concerns

  -Downtown Worcester theater for lease as possible cinema, music venue

  -Holden doctor hopes his son’s addiction story can help others

  -Rutland home has to be lifted off its foundation because of crumbling foundation (2:00). Article 

  -Worcester Housing Authority's Great Brook Valley gets high scores in fed inspection

  -Worcester needs $53 million to build 300 affordable housing units

  -Worcester students and parents express concern over nutritional value of school lunches

  -Holy Cross women's basketball team falls to top seed Iowa in NCAA Tournament (1:10). Article

  -Veterans Inc. receives funding to help homeless veterans

  -Worcester man charged in connection with February shooting

  -City of Worcester State of Our Streets Forum (1:23:52): Worcester Vision Zero

  >DINING OUT: Peppercorn's raising money to help one of its own battling cancer

  -ICYMI: Worcester police looking to question pair in investigation

  -Olivia Colby, missing Westborough woman, found dead

  -Teen arrested for gun threat on W.R.T.A. bus at Auburn Mall

  -“Worcester’s issues not unique”; report reveals crime trends

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Movie Monday at the Senior Center tomorrow

  -At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)

  -Holden Recreation teams up with Xtreme Hip Hop with Heather for classes

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Cinema World in Fitchburg to close after 28-year run

  -Auburn police looking to speak with woman who "took something that was not hers"

  -Top Shrewsbury town employee salaries in 2023

  -Rutland's Faford among winners of prestigious Ouimet Scholarship

  -Sutton Historical Society membership drive under way

  -Leicester police get grant for automatic external defibrillator

  -Officials favorable to Gibbs creating T-ball field

  -Wachusett Earthday

  -Blackstone Valley Tech annual golf tourney June 10th
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday

  -Massachusetts' first kava root bar to open in Worcester (2:46)

  >SHOWTIME: Music Worcester will perform Bach's Mass in B Minor in May

  -100FM The Pike (8:26): Competitive eater Geoff Esper of Oxford

  -Brian Nelson Laurel cartoon on arrival of spring in Worcester

  -Ray Mariano: To St. Vincent Hospital, det it right this time for the patients

  -Dr. Satya Mitra (27:27): A Future of Youth & Empowerment

  -Sarah Connell Sanders: Cartoon costume fundraiser "draws" community support

  -Manny Jae Media (26:05): Manny and City Manager Eric Batista

  -WCCA-TV's Human Touch No. 80 (28:24): Tradition vs. Modernity

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who helped to make suits for Gemini space program
   

  >SPORTS: How might a Patriots-Vikings trade in NFL Draft play out?

  -Celtics beat Chicago, 124-113

  -Bruins lose to Flyers, 3-2

  -Bravehearts swing into season in style with kickoff at Nuovo

  -Holy Cross' Liam McLinskey named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year

  -26 from Worcester running 2024 Boston Marathon

  -A booming market for golf simulator businesses is keeping players swinging year round

  -Revolution, Crew draw, 1-1

  -Railers fall to Reading, 2-1
   

  >CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)

  -2024 Kia recalls 48,232 hybrid vehicles: See if yours is on the list

  >NATIONAL: Taps run dry across South Africa's largest city in unprecedented crisis

  -Tragic: Toddler fatally shot while watching TV

  >NEW ENGLAND: Thousands without power as heavy rain and snow pummels region

  -Police called to Hudson home in alleged swatting incident

  >COLLEGES: Online track offers flexibility and access for Anna Maria’s M.S.W. degree

  -The See You Collective faces “significant pause” after closing of fiscal sponsor

  -Q.C.C. President Luis Pedraja: Education opens doors to gender equality
   

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 epic cable car rides

  >BUSINESS: Chamber's Alex Guardiola to take over Better Business Bureau of Central New England

  -Radio Worcester (11:10): B.B.B.’s Nancy Cahalen warns of home improvement scams

  -Viewpoint: Advancing wellness in the post-COVID workplace

  >SHOPPING: Target is pulling back on self-checkout, limiting service to people with 10 items or fewer

  >HOMES: See inside this Massachusetts mansion with 14 bathroom

  >HEALTH: Mild winter in Mass. leads to early allergy season (1:39)

  -C.D.C. urges vaccination amid rise in measles cases in the U.S. and globally

  >FOOD: Inflation drives up grocery costs as Fed considers rate cuts
   

  >TV/STREAMING: Stephen King movie "Salem's Lot" to debut on Max

  >MOVIES: Kristen Wiig has blunt response for "Bridesmaids" sequel hopefuls

  >CELEBRITY: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden welcome baby No. 2

  >ANIMALS: Crow waits for favorite kid to get home from school (:55)

  >HISTORY: 100-year-old recalls excitement of 1932 eclipse

  >GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 100-year-old Florida World War II veteran to get married

  -Meanwhile, in North Carolina, officials warn residents there could be bears under their homes

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