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>WEATHER: Rain likely early, sun in the afternoon, high around 71 today in Worcester
>71ST ANNIVERSARY OF WORCESTER TORNADO OF 1953
-"NBC 10 Timelines" recalls Worcester tornado (22:26)
-Worcester tornado, rare color video before and after (5:24)
-Worcester tornado newsreel coverage, Part 1 (9:20)
-Worcester tornado newsreel coverage, Part 2 (6:31)
-John DiPietro: Worcester tornado interview with a survivor (5:08)
-Worcestory Lesson Extra: June 9 anniversary of Worcester tornado of 1953
-Lianne Lajoie: The 1953 Worcester Tornado in its Time: Panic and Recovery
-FROM 2023: Worcester tornado remains New England's most deadly and destructive 70 years later (4:34)
-FROM 2023: Mike Benedetti: Worcester Tornado 70th anniversary Special Edition
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester among America's "hottest" housing markets
-WuXi Biologics puts $300 million Worcester project on hold, city says
-City of Worcester will use A.R.P.A. money to fund Rec Worcester this year
-Former Grafton Selectman Bruce Spinney charged with wire fraud
-Police accuse Leicester man of shooting at "likely" pimp
-How "one pill can kill": Why the D.E.A. was in Worcester last week
-Burncoat High School graduation (1:46:11)
-Worcester County sheriff urges lawmakers to pull plug on inmates' free phone calls
-Faces of Worcester: Amy Chase, CEO of Crompton Collective, Haberdash Worcester & other retail stores
-Radio Worcester (48:47): Radio Roundtable on Spectrum senior discount, continuing saga of Mill Street
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for June
-ICYMI: Massive sinkhole opens up in Worcester after water main break
-Worcester man stopped by T.S.A. for carry-on full of SPAM, video goes viral (2:59). Article
-Newly constructed Worcester low-rise apartment complex sells for $3 million
-Motion to cut $500,000 from Worcester schools’ central office shot down
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Movie wins award for Holden filmmaker
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Holden author captures parents' wartime correspondence
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Ground broken for new Nashoba
-Clinton runner on verge of becoming priest
-Rutland students winners of ride to school in police car
-Spencer police/fire to get computer-aided dispatch, records software system
-Shrewsbury Police Department May stats
-Shrewsbury Select Board seeks 7 qualified individuals to serve on the Sustainability Committee
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: W.S.C. Stay Connected musical performance with The Ed Sullivans (57:16)
-Ray Mariano: Political power play grabs earmarks in state budget
-Sarah Connell Sanders: Girls on the Run goes big at Polar Park Event
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 96 (27:15): Celene Ibrahim
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (1:09:27): Nana Opoku, father of slain former North star Carl Hens Beliard
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester restaurant and bodega owner who volunteered in the community
>SPORTS: Jason Kidd trying divide-and-conquer strategy vs. Celtics' stars
-5 key questions entering Celtics-Mavericks Game 2
-Betting public crushed after Celtics handle Mavericks in Game 1
-Caitlin Clark left of U.S. Olympic team
-Bravehearts beat Road Warriors, 7-3. Next home game: 2 and 4 p.m today
-Savannah Bananas take over sold out Fenway Park
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 6-1
-WooSox beat Rochester, 8-2
-Worcester Country Club celebrates $3.7 million course restoration
-Florida beats Edmonton, 3-0, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has a car, truck or SUV for everyone (:47)
-Ford recalls 2024 Mustangs over fire risk
>NATIONAL: 4 Israeli hostages rescued
-3 people injured in 2 shark attacks at neighboring Florida beaches just 90 minutes apart
-Tragic: High school cheerleader killed when tree falls on camper
>NEW ENGLAND: Police investigate apparent drowning of 2-year-old in Brockton (2:21)
-Documents reveal horror of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
>COLLEGES: Clark professors watch daughters, born 6 weeks apart, graduate
-Professor Joshua Cuneo talks teaching and diversity at WPI (2:15)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The most colorful cities in South America
>BUSINESS: Facebook is desperate to lure Gen Z — here’s how they’re doing it
-The next trivia app is created in Worcester
>HEALTH: Boston doctor weighs on using psychedelic drugs to treat P.T.S.D. (2:32)
-The disproportionate toll that COVID took on people with diabetes continues today
>HOMES: Here's why rental units in the U.S. are now bigger in size
>SHOPPING: What Worcester's Reading: A Great Notion
>FOOD: Chips Ahoy faces backlash from fans after cookie recipe changed
>TV/STREAMING: "Price is Right" contestant makes show history with winning bid
>MOVIES: "Bad Boys 4" jolting summer box office back to life
>CELEBRITY: Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101
>ANIMALS: Tiny Basset Hound meets her new pack (1:00)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Family stuns with statistical improbability as all 4 daughters are crowned valedictorian
-Meanwhile, in Georgia, alligator takes ride in police cruiser after driveway "arrest"
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In The News
>WEATHER: Midweek rain looming, high in upper 70s today in Worcester (2:44). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Chronic church noise complaints prompt Worcester to review enforcement, ordinance
+6:00: Central Mass. students fight to save closing low-income college prep program
+6:00: Summer Eats treats Worcester youth to free breakfast, lunch
+6:00: WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts back above .500 after 3-1 post-All-Star week
+6:00: Where to stream Shark Week for free
+Noon: 2 displaced after Worcester house fire
+Noon: Worcester Guardian seeks members for new Community Advisory Board
-How Central Mass. school districts are faring as tax overrides have tripled in 10 years
-Meet the freshman teachers starting out this fall in local schools
-Music with spirit fills air at Summer Gospel Fest on Worcester Common
-Worcester cyclists tackle steep hill in race to honor Major Taylor
-Remember Goose? Here’s what the famous runaway lizard has been up to
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-This 56-foot Worcester castle was built to honor a U.S. Naval Academy founder
-National Grid bringing bill assistance events to Worcester County this summer
-Worcester schools grow pollinator gardens with state grant
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for July
>DINING OUT: Saloon 139 in Worcester offers Chinese food kicked up a notch
-308 Lakeside in East Brookfield has a new owner
-ICYMI: Overflow near Route 20 dumps 15,000 gallons of raw sewage near Lake Quinsigamond
-Worcester police warn of spike in Infiniti thefts
-Former Fallon headquarters to reopen as Altitude Worcester apartments in September
-Worcester hotel developer asks for 2-year extension to build 122-room hotel
-Retired Leicester police chief gives back by creating non-profit organization
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mexicali reopens
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
-Fire Department offers free car seat checks to all Holden residents
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board member pushes for "wildlife corridor"
-Wagner Motors has been helping families get it right for decades
-3 arrested for returning to Leominster officer’s detail and threatening to “f—” his daughter over friend’s arrest
-After grant, increased accessibility at Silver Lake Beach waters
-Southbridge students to showcase Summer Arts Camp
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: WICN's 6th annual Newport Jazz Festival Bus Trip on Saturday
-Bret Michaels undergoes emergency surgery after performing 3 concerts in "intense" pain
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 27 (27:39)
>OPINION: Rory Riley Topping: Too few U.S. reps, too many people to serve
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (37:57): I.C.E. shooting in Maine, claims on election integrity
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who passed away at 101
>SPORTS: Patriots defense owns the day and more takeaways from Day 2 (1:53)
-Robert Kraft, Patriots put historic offer on table for Christian Gonzalez
-AFC East training camp preview
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 6-1
-Gabriela Chiappetta of Holy Cross wins gold medal at World Lacrosse Women’s Championship
-Bravehearts beat Nashua, 14-10
-Bravehearts' 2027 ‘Hearts Club memberships are here
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Jacksonville, 4-3
>NATIONAL: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record
-Police arrest 1 and search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3
-Pastor allegedly crashed at 104 mph while drunk — killing young daughter just months after her mom died
-Tragic: Influencer heard "screaming and crying" on 911 call before husband killed her after TikTok outed him as a pedophile
>NEW ENGLAND: Dive teams recover body after drowning at Milford quarry (2:00). Article
-Lindsay Clancy trial starts Monday, ex-husband may testify first
-Mass. senator fed up with lack of opioid settlement fund spending (2:58). Article
>COLLEGES: At Holy Cross, major in anything, succeed in business (2:35)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): U.S. Virgin Islands beach named best in the world
-7 things flight attendants would never do on a plane
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Alimony modification in Mass. | When can you change it?
>HOMES: ABCs of selling real estate held in trust
>HEALTH: Popular summer food linked to increased colorectal cancer risk (:33)
-Screen time can have dire effects on children's development: officials
>FOOD: Depression-era Little Debbie snack that built a family-run bakery still has Americans hooked
>TV/STREAMING: Inside Apple TV's new crime drama "Lucky" (2:16)
>MOVIES: "The Odyssey" earns $87 million in its second weekend
-Generations share their most anticipated movie of the summer in recent survey
>CELEBRITY: Ben and Casey Affleck’s mother dies at 83 (:20)
-Elisha Cuthbert reveals why she quit Hollywood for 4 years before "Every Year After" return
>ANIMALS: Woman rescues wasp who won't leave her hand for 24 hours (2:22)
>HISTORY: Mississippi highlights legacy as "birthplace of America's music"
>GOOD NEWS: 64-year-old father of 5 graduates as a nurse, studying alongside his son
-Meanwhile, in Peabody, quit dumping roosters on my property, farmer says (:49)
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+Job fair at Worcester Post Office August 18th
-Part-time dishwasher and line cook, Canal District bar & restaurant
-Police officers, Town of Shrewsbury
-Front of house manager, Holden restaurant
-Part-time hosts, West Boylston restaurant
-Servers, bartenders and line cooks, Worcester restaurant
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