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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 62 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+8:00: Man accused of driving suspects in triple shooting in Worcester appears in court
+8:00: Uxbridge student burned by laptop during M.C.A.S. test (2:02) (pictured)
+8:00: Fire damages Church of the Nativity in Northborough
+8:00: The Roll Up returns to Worcester with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Lil Eazy-E
+8:00: Gaming Mitigation Fund grants benefit 3 Worcester nonprofits
+8:00: Eclipse 2024 party at the EcoTarium
+8:00: This week in Holy Cross Athletics
+8:00: WooSox Rewind: WooSox drop 4 of 5 against Buffalo
+Noon: Independent bookstores enhance Worcester’s culture
+Noon: Listen Up: Music is the sound of emotion, experience from PennySTEMS
-Worcester high schooler fighting for his life after triple shooting
-Related: 19-year-old arrested in shooting of 3 teens (1:49). Article
-Related: Worcester councilor calls for "change in culture" after Clarkson Street shooting
-Thousands celebrate solar eclipse at specialized viewing area at Worcester EcoTarium (2:11). Article
-Related: Worcester residents enjoy solar eclipse
-Related: Eclipse watch party at Doherty High School (1:07)
-Related: Eclipses can lead to scientific discoveries, WPI professor says
-Related: Jake and the Worcester Bravehearts have a little fun with the eclipse (:37)
-Amid a distracted driving "epidemic," Worcester police try a new approach
-City Manager proposes changes to Worcester rental registry
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview — Rental registry, City Manager evaluation
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-See the pending road and sidewalk projects in Worcester
-W.P.D. Civilian Academy (1:35:55): Week 9
>DINING OUT: Wan Wang of Worcester chosen Best Chinese Restaurant in Central Mass.
-ICYMI: State will pay legal bills for Worcester County prosecutor tied to ethics probe
-Worcester’s Latin American Health Alliance to split $3 million for substance-use work
-Central Mass. Mom's Night Out at The O Shop in Worcester
-Faces of Worcester: Racquel T. Knight, Founder, RKnight All About Business Services
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Water main project begins today
-TODAY! American Legion Post 42 meeting at 2:30 Tuesday
-At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
-Raising funds for Gale's windows
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Clinton schools celebrate students and staff members
-Shrewsbury police hosts second annual Touch-a-Truck for autism acceptance
-Shrewsbury Police Department Youth Academy applications open
-Former Grafton State Hospital site planned for life sciences complex after $2.65 million sale
-Paxton prepping for override votes
-West Boylston police log March 25th to 31st
-Nonprofit gym in Lancaster centers inclusive fitness
-Musical baseball program in Berlin April 13th
-Uxbridge senior Kathryn Cahill named Worcester County Superintendents Association Scholar Award Winner
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-New England Country Music Club dances
>SHOWTIME: Game show mashup
-Family Date Days in Central Mass.
-For Hardwick's Ridge Shinn, regenerative grazing is a key to easing environmental woes
-Worcesteria: City's poetic past recalled during National Poetry Month
-Queer Joy April's extravaganza of love, expression and visibility
-Unity Radio's Now I Thrive (59:38)
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox 1332 (26:03): Central Mass. Housing Alliance Walk for Homeless May 19th
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an accomplished guitarist from Worcester
>SPORTS: Excitement builds around Fenway Park for Red Sox Opening Day
-Sox's 2004 championship team to be honored before home opener
-Maura Doherty named Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Morgan Jensen
-UConn men win second straight NCAA title
-Iowa vs. South Carolina championship ratings set women's NCAA record
-WooSox beat Syracuse, 9-0
-Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 26
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: 3 dead, including shooter, after shooting inside Las Vegas law office
-Terrifying video shows engine of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 ripping apart during takeoff
-Tragic: Doctor killed in freak Airstream accident was on family trip to see eclipse
>NEW ENGLAND: Ayer woman charged with 30 counts of animal cruelty (2:26)
>COLLEGES: Clark embraces A.I. to advance geospatial analytics
-WPI celebrates Arab American Heritage Month
-Worcester State physicist and fellow researchers publish new discovery in journal Science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 of America’s most underrated road trips
>BUSINESS: More Central Mass. businesses incorporated in January than any month since 2017
-LPL Research: What to watch this earnings season
-All major indexes rise for the fifth month in a row
>SHOPPING: Walmart employee shares 8 ways to save money, time shopping there
>HOMES: 10 least expensive homes sold in Worcester County, March 24th to 30th
>HEALTH: What to do if you suffer from plantar fasciitis (:57)
-Deadly cases of meningitis, bloodstream infections on rise (1:15)
>TV/STREAMING: 11 best new shows on Netflix
>MOVIES: "Downton Abbey" third, final film in works: Imelda Staunton
>CELEBRITY: Country star Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar
>ANIMALS: Kitten who couldn't walk changes rescuer's life (3:02)
>HISTORY: Elm Park, 1908
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couples get married during total solar eclipse (1:01)
-Meanwhile, Kyle, Texas, seeks visitors named Kyle for world record attempt
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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