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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:02). High of 76 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester police investigate 3 pizza delivery robberies
+6:00: WPI takeover of Worcester hotels angers city, business leaders (pictured)
+6:00: Worcester library director discusses attack on employee
+6:00: Mass. Pike truck crashes in Charlton leave 3 hurt, police say
+6:00: "Thankful" is the word for semi-retiring Juan Gomez at 32nd annual Latin American Festival
+6:00: 210 Sports' WooSox Rewind: Worcester takes 5 of 6 from IronPigs
+Noon: Worcester's rookie teachers looking to make an immediate difference
+Noon: W.B.J. celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 40 Under Forty, names the Class of 2024
+Noon: First Person: stART on the Street's end leaves lessons for the city
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
+Noon: Renovated fields at Indian Hill Park unveiled
-4-day Italian Festival celebrates Italian culture
-Annual Hot Dog Safari searches for the best dog
-Channel 5's CityLine: Telling a Black family's history at Mechanics Hall (9:25)
-Central Mass. firefighters join crew battling blazes in Idaho
-Social workers added to staff at libraries including Worcester (2:13)
-Spencer boy battling rare form of brain cancer
-Great-great-great-great-granddaughter brings lost family portrait back to Webster
-School climate, culture and some don’t want to learn
-Earlier: The 18-minute fight for more for students at newer schools
-New urgent care for pets coming to Worcester this fall
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:56): Library violence, homelessness policy, pedestrian safety and nostalgic Worcester eateries
>DINING OUT: Olive Garden customer reveals hack to get 2 pastas for $6.99
-ICYMI: "How come they're not in jail?" Serial scammers avoid criminal consequences (4:10). Article
-Earlier: "Professional tenants" have been scamming Worcester County landlords for decades (7:11). Article
-Murder trial set to begin for man accused of killing Worcester woman in Georgia
-Ambulance service companies in Worcester dealing with staffing "crisis"
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Road construction update
-Holden welcomes Marine veteran to community
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-Holden's battery storage project aims to save the community at least $10 million
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): David Perry appointed interim police chief in Sutton
-Worcester County Wonders: What's in a name? A lot if you're in Webster
-TODAY! Shrewsbury police holding free car seat safety inspection 3 to 7
-Tours of Shrewsbury D.P.W. garages 3:30 to 6:30 Tuesday
-Intoxicated man arrested for strangling security guard while attempting to escape hospital
-Friends of the Grafton Public Library back-to-school used book sale
-Another huge success for Grafton’s 17th annual National Night Out
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Mistress Carrie Birthday Bash September 28th at Rascal's
-Robert Bilotta: Clearing obstacles to safer streets in Worcester
-Manny Jae Media's Innerviews (55:33): Pride Worcester and Guardians of Traditions
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 64 (27:09): Mike Jones, Biologist
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lead singer in a local band who met her husband at a show
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Orioles, 4-2
-Patriots rookie Drake Maye showcases decisiveness at camp
-Madden 25 ratings: How Maye, Patriots players stack up
-Holy Cross defensive linemen Robinson, Stevenson heed advice from former Crusader
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 10-8
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or S.U.V.! (:42)
>NATIONAL: 20 shot, 4 fatally, in bloody Chicago weekend
-D.E.A. seizes ton of meth hidden in celery at farmers market
-Tragic: Groom-to-be fatally shoots best man by accident: sheriff
>NEW ENGLAND: 5 shot during gathering after Dominican Day Festival in Boston
-Historic Connecticut flash flooding forces evacuations and water rescues
>COLLEGES: Taking relaxation to the next level at Clark
-WPI, Mount Wachusett Community College announce transfer agreement
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 8 things you should never do while visiting a new city
>BUSINESS: Radio Worcester (22:42): Explore future of I.T. in Healthcare at seminar on Tuesday
-Worcester building management tech firm awarded $335,000 from Mass. Clean Energy Center
>SHOPPING: October Prime Day — What we know about Amazon's next big sale
>HOMES: Sale closed in Worcester: $765,000 for a triplex
>HEALTH: COVID levels high in Mass. amid "largest summer wave yet"
-Daily marijuana use linked to increased risk of deadly head and neck cancers, study finds
>FOOD: You're eating apples wrong — washing fruit does not remove pesticides, study finds
>TV/STREAMING: Kevin Costner's "Horizon: Chapter 1" gets Max streaming date
>MOVIES: "Alien: Romulus" bites off $41.5 million to top box office charts
>CELEBRITY: George Clooney responds to Quentin Tarantino diss: "Dude, f--k off"
>HISTORY: Massachusetts is filled with history. Here are 10 historic places you can visit
>ANIMALS: Turkey waits by the window every day when dad comes home (3:34)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Restaurant donates part of dessert sales to boy whose ice cream stand was shut down
-Meanwhile, Dolce and Gabbana launches $108 "luxury dog perfume" (1:26)
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+Full- and part-time public safety dispatchers in Auburn
-Associate V.P. for Administration & Finance at Worcester State
-Job fair September 10th for jobs at DCU Center
-Worcester Public School's Nutrition Department is hiring (1:13)
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 30 today in Worcester
-Declared winter parking ban in effect in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-2 killed, 9 hurt in Brown University shooting (9:49)
-Related: Video shows man sought in Brown shooting (4:39)
-Related: Newest details on search for Brown shooting suspect (12:39)
-Related: Brown students describe aftermath of campus shooting (2:44)
-"Waiting for the next child to die": Former Worcester judge calls for federal probe of Mass. child welfare system
-Worcester schools release new data looking at assaults on staff
-Worcester man's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables attracts visitors from around Mass. (2:40). Article
-Worcester doesn’t have enough supermarkets. Some people blame the city’s tax rate
-Holy Cross buys off-campus student rental house for $2.2 million with plans for faculty housing
-A tropical escape blooms inside a historic Worcester building
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
-Powerball jackpot grows to colossal $1.1 billion after Saturday’s drawing
>DINING OUT: Raising Cane’s opening Worcester location next week
-ICYMI: Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police introduce newest officer, Amgad Nashawi
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 stab victims found outside Thirsty Turtle Pub in Templeton
-Barre man charged with extortion after dispute with neighbor over $50 chicken dinner ticket
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-All charges dropped against unlicensed driver accused of evading Shrewsbury police
-Man arrested after entering Leominster Verizon store, charging at and threatening employee
-Police seek hit-and-run driver who was operating stolen vehicle
-Dickman receives honor for his work in fatal crash reconstruction
-Local pajama drive breaks records
-Lights in Common shines in Princeton
-Goings on from Grafton News, Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and The Landmark
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-Rebuilding the Higgins Collection: Successes, surprises and what’s still missing
-John Cena taps out to Gunther to lose final WWE match
-WCCA-TV's YAY ART No. 1 (21:51)
>OPINION: Laurel: Welcome to Green Hill Park, past and present
-Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 59 (28:55): Matthias Waschek and Jeffrey L. Forgeng
-Manny Jae Media (1:03:09): 508 Live! with Papee Paye
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a nurse for over 50 years
>SPORTS: Patriots can clinch the AFC East with a win today (1:43). Article
-Slowing down James Cook is pivotal for New England
-Will Patriots earn AFC’s No. 1 seed? Simulating the NFL’s final 4 weeks
-NFL Week 15 schedule, TV and announcers
-Caitlin Clark: WNBA labor talks "biggest moment" league has seen
-Bravehearts name Joe Galvin manager
-Railers beat Mariners, 4-2
>NATIONAL: Australian officials say 12 are dead in attack on Jewish event in Sydney
-New Epstein photos show presidents, more V.I.P.s
-Lionel Messi’s brief appearance at India soccer game sparks chaos as fans destroy stadium
-Tragic: Horrific moment teen mauled to death by zoo lion (1:48)
>NEW ENGLAND: Ballot question volume creating unease among top state officials
-N.H. mom charged with child endangerment after daughter ingested T.H.C. gummy
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 23 (51:11): Engineering a cultural connection
-Radio Worcester (9:10): Q.C.C. holiday initiatives & student support with Dr. Luis Pedraja
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airlines now exempt from covering costs during recall delays
>BUSINESS: This workplace benefit is the biggest reason people jump jobs: survey
-Community bank collects hundreds of food items for local veterans, military families
-ChatGPT chatbot's shocking response to alleged role in murder-suicide
-Dividing restricted stock units and stock options in divorces
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Gifts with ongoing fees and sneaking subscriptions: Consumer Reports
>HEALTH: Why experts say you should enroll in A.C.A. even if premiums spike
-W.S.C. Stay Connected with Your Health for December (37:51)
>TV/STREAMING: "New Year's Rockin' Eve" to feature Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone and Maren Morris
>MOVIES: Trailer for "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" (2:20)
>CELEBRITY: Peter Greene, "Pulp Fiction," "The Mask' actor, dies at 60
-Jane Seymour, 74, is "very sexually active" with rocker beau John Zambetti
>ANIMALS: Guy rescues teeniest Frenchie puppy who hops like a bunny (2:03)
>HISTORY: Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
>GOOD NEWS: Child turns little library into free food pantry for neighbors
-Meanwhile, Virginia's drunk raccoon exposed as serial offender
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