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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:54). High of 73 today in Worcester
-See fall foliage maps and forecast predictions
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Man, 26, dies in motorcycle crash on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
+6:00: 2 men indicted in March killings of Chasity Nuñez and her daughter Zella
+6:00: Fourth E.E.E. case confirmed in Mass. in worst outbreak in 5 years
+6:00: James Earl Jones, "Lion King" and "Star Wars" voice actor, dies at 93
+6:00: 210 Sports' WooSox Rewind: Worcester tied for top spot in IL East after 5-1 week
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Worcester police ask for help finding woman missing since August 26th
-Pride Worcester Festival unfolds with a rainbow of celebration and music
-Worcester institution George's Coney Island makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Hot Dogs (4:47)
-Worcester County Wonders: Worcester's unofficial mascot rides a turtle on the Common
-Worcester hosting walk audits to address traffic safety
-DCU Center to hold job fair Tuesday
-Report examines Civil Service and Worcester's exemption plan
-Templeton police investigating the death of a man on train tracks
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:16): Worcester City Council meeting frequency and WooSox fan milestone
>DINING OUT: Suzette Creperie & CafeĢ offers French take-home meals
-ICYMI: Worcester community honors teenager who died after "One Chip Challenge" (1:18). Article
-Teenager recovering after being hit by car on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-Cancer survivor manufacturing guitars for sick teenagers
-250th anniversary of the American Revolution starting in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Weekly road construction update
-Linda From Leicester Loves Lamoureux Ford (2:16)
-Holden Cultural Council accepting grant proposals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Paxton's Alexa Pillsbury takes dancing talent to sideline as Patriots cheerleader
-Shrewsbury's Garden of Sweet Remembrance blooms once again
-Houghton garden aims to draw pollinators
-Puttin' With The Knights is October 6th at Mulligan's
-Elm Draught House will screen 1993 Woolies film
-Global Village community farm days, concert
-First Parish of Bolton seeks clothing donations
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Museum creates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exhibit (1:04)
-Rap megastar Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl halftime show
-Terence R. Flotte: UMass Medical School, N.I.H. teaming to beat cancer and other diseases
-Shaun Connolly: September Horrorscopes
-WCCA-TV Special (42:28): Raynold Chen
-WCCA-TV's Human Touch No. 91 (28:31): Shravani Ramaiah
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who help build Gillette Stadium as a civil engineer
>SPORTS: Patriots stun Bengals in Jerod Mayo's first game as head coach
-Patriots pull off largest Week 1 upset since 2018
-Albert Breer: Tee Higgins among potential Patriots receiver targets
-Tom Brady takes awkward first steps in transition from football field to TV booth
-Tyreek Hill handcuffed over driving violation before Dolphins game
-Holy Cross Athletics' student athlete welcome back recap (1:18)
-Wade Boggs says he has cancer
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 7-2
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the car for you (:43)
>NATIONAL: Small plane crash in Arizona hits home, hospitalizes pilot
-After interstate shootings wound 5 in Kentucky, searchers scour hill terrain for suspect
-Tragic: Teacher Cristina Irimie died in Georgia school shooting on her birthday
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 Mass. school districts increase police presence after threats deemed "not credible"
-Feds met with State Medical Examiner prior to arrest in Sandra Birchmore case (2:40)
>COLLEGES: Assumption freshmen officially welcomed in matriculation ceremony
-Worcester State's Shamarah Ramirez receives fellowship to increase diversity in computer science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 small U.S. towns that feel like stepping back in time
>BUSINESS: Why frontline workers want to quit their jobs
-Mental health jobs to grow 3 times the rate of all U.S. jobs over the next decade
-Neural Network podcast (5:01): The void of the familiar, yet strange: The Uncanny (Special)
>SHOPPING: Shop the 14 best TV deals from Target
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, September 1st to 7th
>HEALTH: Staying safe as number of E.E.E., West Nile cases rise (2:45)
-Every second counts to survive a stroke. Here are the signs
>FOOD: Beloved candy returning to market 14 years after being discontinued
>TV/STREAMING: 9 movies streaming on Prime Video with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
>MOVIES: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" jolts box office with $110 million opening weekend
>CELEBRITY: Jamie Foxx will open up about his “serious health scare” in an “exclusive 1-man show”
>HISTORY: American Friends of Lafayette honor his 1824 Worcester visit
>ANIMALS: Cats who love babies (8:47)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Driver pulled over for speeding receives life-changing career advice (2:15)
-Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, watch as a bear climbs into car to steal bag of chips
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:01). High of 54 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Gardner man accused of robbing, murdering neighbor set for trial
-Alleged scammer from New York arrested after targeting area woman
-Local restaurants step up to feed S.N.A.P. families during shutdown
-Related: How a S.N.A.P. card can still get you food during the shutdown (3:49)
-Related: Radio Worcester (8:33): Juniper Outreach founder Julie McDonald on how school pantries feed Worcester’s hungry kids
-Related: Town by town Mass. map shows where S.N.A.P. cuts will hit hardest
-Earlier: Central Mass. food pantries brace for impact as S.N.A.P. funds dry up
-Earlier: Schools in Worcester County brace for increased student hunger from S.N.A.P. cuts
-"The irony is not lost on me": Pernet Family Health shows off food pantry
-New funding in Worcester reserved for small nonprofits that often lose out on grant money
-Opening date for Worcester chicken restaurant pushed back for second time
-The Mac Maker delivers tasty treats online, and at local pop-ups
-Worcester debuts new Grafton Hill neighborhood marker
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review: Funding, faces and fallout
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in brief for October
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:41): Partisanship, Polar Park and police oversight
>POLITICS: District 5 candidate José Rivera promises "decorum," no "political theatrics"
-Manny Jae Media (59:27): Ted Kostas, candidate for Worcester City Councillor, District 4
-Seeking unprecedented eighth term as mayor, Petty says experience can help navigate rough waters
-Public schools, leadership style prove flashpoints in Worcester mayoral debate (w/video)
-Communication, accountability are themes in District 4 Councilor Luis Ojeda's campaign
-Meet the candidates: Robert Bilotta puts housing, safety center of race
-Radio Worcester's The Roundup (23:37): How campaigns can truly engage voters
>DINING OUT: Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Chicken Sandwiches (5:45)
-ICYMI: Driver dies after car slams into stone wall in Charlton
-Cause of damaging blaze on Main Street remains unknown to investigators
-Worcester man found in Leicester cemetery after early morning vehicle stop
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Composting 8 to 2:30 Saturday
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-Gale Free Library children's room renovations underway
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 vehicles collide on Route 20 in Shrewsbury during rainy conditions
-Hurlbut ready for new chapter, but will help first
-Sterling calls on fire chief to serve as interim during search
-New members inducted into the Millbury Women's Club
-Grafton Historical Society to host presentation on the history of travel
-The Landmark's public safety logs
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Duo Piano Gala, "Small Things," Sapling, and more ...
-Tell-tale hearts gather for "Edgar Allan Poe Double Header"
-100 FM The Pike (15:29): T.J. Miller talks about pronouncing "Worcester", being "rock savvy" and his disdain of Goober
-Orchestre National de France begins U.S. tour at Mechanics Hall
>OPINION: Jennifer Julien Gaskin: You are not better — just luckier
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Open letter
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime sixth grade teacher in Worcester
>SPORTS: Drake Maye’s connection with Kayshon Boutte built on trust
-"Looking to buy": NFL insider shares Patriots trade deadline intel
-Bill Belichick wins first A.C.C. game
-Celtics beat 76ers in NBA Cup, 109-108
-Holy Cross football hosts Lafayette on Family Weekend and Senior Day
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball previews
-Holy Cross men’s hockey ties with Sacred Heart, wins shootout
-Auburn's Owen Fitzgerald has Assumption on top of Northeast-10
-Railers fall to Reading, 2-1
>NATIONAL: FBI: Multiple people arrested in Michigan in a Halloween attack plot
-L.A. firefighters told to ditch site that turned into Palisades inferno: report
-Olympic hopeful allegedly stabbed Uber driver to death because she felt "cooped up"
-Tragic: Funeral home displays wrong body at memorial service, leading relative to suffer heart attack: kin
>NEW ENGLAND: Woman, 41, found dead in Ware backyard; investigation underway
-Spike in paving schemes left family with driveway disaster (4:14). Article
>COLLEGES: Life in the First Year Lane: Field hockey, fire science, and finding community at Anna Maria
-Students showcase their work at ClarkFEST
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The most expensive places to visit in the U.S.
-The best independent bookstores to visit in the U.S.
>BUSINESS: Worcester cybersecurity firm names Chief Marketing Officer
-Mass. casino revenue dips almost 9% in September
>SHOPPING: Sustainable fashion: Arts and crafts giving old clothes new life (1:47)
>HOMES: Some in Central Mass. will see lower natural gas bills this winter
>HEALTH: Teva Pharmaceuticals recalls blood pressure medication
>FOOD: Ongoing illnesses, deaths reported linked in listeria outbreak
>TV/STREAMING: Peacock and Apple TV launch new streaming bundle
>MOVIES: New romance "Regretting You" hits theaters (3:17)
-New movies on streaming: "Eleanor the Great," "The History of Sound" and more
>CELEBRITY: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck better together after split
>HISTORY: Forgotten Mass.: The ruins of Rutland Prison Camp (1:00)
>ANIMALS: Family spots and rescues a mama and pups living in the trash (1:35)
>GOOD NEWS: Sentimental set of numbers nets Norwood father, son 8 winning lottery tickets
-Meanwhile, in Florida, 6 nudists arrested for stripping down at the wrong beach
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