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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 94 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: City officials working with Stop & Shop on store closures (1:34)
-Earlier: Lincoln Plaza Stop & Shop closing "affects vulnerable WHA residents"
+6:00: Worcester committee gets an earful: Some residents urge city not to use herbicides
+6:00: Rutland police ask for help after motorcycle stolen
+Noon: Worcester pedestrian hit while city councilors debated pedestrian safety
+Noon: Aerial footage of demolition of Doherty Memorial High School (3:04) (pictured)
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Burncoat students find their "Voices" in short film
+Noon: DaishaDore Famouz hosts ¡Bien Latina! drag show at Ju’s Bar & Grill
+Noon: See the full list of this year's Emmy nominees
-Police arrest Worcester teacher, a Rutland man, on child rape charges
-Worcester cooling centers open today
-TODAY! Free block party 6 to 9 p.m. on Water Street in Worcester
-What are rent prices in new Worcester affordable apartment building? See here
-Related: Ribbon cut for affordable-housing apartment building in Canal District
-Mass. public health leader says care at St. Vincent Hospital is safe. Not everyone agrees
-Anna Maria College president to retire
-Channel 5's Wake Up Call from Worcester Unites (:45)
-What it's like to work in Westborough's Amazon facility on Prime Day (2:42). Article
-Worcesteria: Looking back at the past 5 years of Worcester Magazine
-Clinic in Worcester helps Haitian families renew Temporary Protected Status
-Year after Worcester 311 app launch, officials plan to grow service
-Worcester Public Schools fourth quarter honor rolls
-Aislinn Doyle: July 18th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (42:09): Heat protection for Worcester’s vulnerable population
>DINING OUT: Worcester, Northborough restaurants make Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Pizzas You Need to Try (5:36)
-ICYMI: Area nursing home workers get paychecks after Channel 4 investigation (1:34)
-Pieces of glass force closure of Crompton Park Pool
-Table Talk Pies president discusses recent acquisition
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Cooling center open today
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Weekly road construction update
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Musician Bob Conroy, who died in Leominster State Forest, remembered
-Cooling center open in Rutland today
-Ice cream shop may be coming to Shrewsbury Center
-Man wanted for murder in connection with deadly shooting at Northborough house party
-Whalom Park re-creation returns for 2 weekends this summer: dates and details
-Students' Memory Café project making a difference for local seniors
-B.V.C.C. annual Steamers at Sunset Lobster Bake August 14th
-Fitchburg warehouse bought for $520,000
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: Mike "Old Man" Booth's "Song Suite" charts course of love
-Screen Time: Matches Malone to bring Batman to Plastic City Comic Con
-Janice Harvey: Give it a rest. Biden just needs a nap, and so do we
-Unity Radio (54:25): Standups and Standouts
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 427 (27:35): Joshua Rickman & W.R.T.A.
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to immigrant who "accomplished the American Dream all immigrants seek"
>SPORTS: How Red Sox’ Jarren Duran, Tanner Houck fared in All-Star Game
-Robert Kraft on 2024 Patriots, being honored with building at Ron Burton Training Village in Hubbardston (3:57)
-The heat is on at Bravehearts summer baseball camp
-Bravehearts fall to Vermont, 5-3. Next home game: 6 p.m. Wednesday. Craft Beer Night
-Former St. Peter-Marian baseball star Scott Loiseau excited to coach at Division 1 Dayton
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or SUV! (:42)
>NATIONAL: Most Americans can't afford a summer vacation anymore: poll
-Tragic: 4-month-old baby dies after temps soared to 120 degrees on July Fourth trip
>NEW ENGLAND: John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash 25 years ago. Here's a look at what happened
-Woman charged with driving drunk, punching first responder (:41)
>COLLEGES: WPI seniors create mobile app for visually impaired users to enhance their EcoTarium experience (3:34)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The 5 cheapest cities in Europe to visit in 2024
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business confidence drops into pessimistic territory again
-LPL Research: Key themes for stocks in the second half of 2024
-Longtime Country Bank C.E.O. retiring, president to assume top role
>HOMES: Why mobile home parks have become attractive to investors (4:11)
>SHOPPING: Complete coverage and best deals on Amazon Prime Day in Shopping
>HEALTH: Birth Trauma Awareness Week
-100-year-old Margery Dearborn "feels great" after having heart valve replacement procedure
>FOOD: Should bread go in the fridge? Fierce food debate finally solved
>TV/STREAMING: Best TV shows to watch this summer
>MOVIES: 10 hot blockbusters to see this summer
>CELEBRITY: Ingrid Andress admits she was “drunk” during botched National Anthem performance
>HISTORY: The Famous El Morocco of Worcester (8:05)
>ANIMALS: Guy rescues tiny mouse who now lives in his shirt (3:24)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Woman buys 6 lottery tickets, wins 6 times
-Meanwhile, mass brawl breaks out 30,000 feet in the sky on Ryanair (1:10)
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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, popular Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is 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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