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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:08). High of 57 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Driver in crash that killed 2 Worcester men was drinking, prosecutor says (2:11)
-Earlier: 2 Worcester families' lives are shattered after a deadly hit-and-run (2:56). Article
+6:00: Racial slur spray-painted on Worcester Dual Language Magnet School
+6:00: 210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 4
+6:00: Bravehearts take home league-high 3 awards at Futures League meeting
+Noon: Manny Jae Media Election-eve Special 5 to 9
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
+Noon: Whitin 5 a highlight among plenty of Thanksgiving road races throughout Central Mass.
-Rally for homeless at City Hall calls for real solutions
-Efficiency and safety at Worcester polls come with a price
-Worcester foundation awards $1.17 million to local nonprofits
-Drone video of the incredible autumn colors of Worcester (2:11)
-City's fall leaf collection begins Monday
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (30:07): City Council controversy & Human Rights Commission updates
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (41:58): City Council agenda rules
>DINING OUT: TGI Fridays files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Restaurants stay open
-ICYMI: The Galleria to CitySquare, a Worcester odyssey: A look at the rise, fall and resurgence of the city center
-Take a spin around the Central Mass. culinary scene alongside an admired food writer who has seen it all
-W.B.J.'s favorite covers from the last 35 years
-Central Mass. business quotes from the last 35 years
-Downtown Worcester café reopens
-State Police want more than $176,000 to review records request related to death of Worcester recruit Enrique Delgado Garcia (3:25)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Weekly road construction updates
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Kimberly Ferguson vs. Anthony Ferrante for state House
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Preservation Act on ballot in Rutland
-Multiple animals rescued from Westborough house fire
-Elected officials commemorate new veterans support facility in Millbury
-Millbury First Congregational Church Flea Market and Craft Fair
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
-Nashoba F.I.R.S.T. team finishes season in style
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
-W.H.E.A.T. needs help for turkey distribution
-Get in the spirit with holiday events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: The Glenn Miller Orchestra will bring Swing era classic hits to Mechanics Hall
-Walk through Van Gogh's paintings in new immersive exhibit in Worcester
-Luis Pedraja: Who's the best to lead us?
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Marie Quintana — A journey of resilience, authenticity and leadership
-This Week in Worcester podcast (1:30:01)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who had 2 passions: art and teaching
>SPORTS: Patriots end hope for win streak after losing to Titans in overtime
-Drake Maye draws rave reviews from Patriots teammates: "Josh Allen 2.0"
-Maye makes NFL history after loss to Titans
-Bruins beat Kraken, 2-0
-Holy Cross women’s basketball opens season at home against Quinnipiac on Monday
-Caleb Kenney embraces leadership role with Holy Cross men's basketball
-Railers lose in Norfolk, 4-2
-M.I.A.A. football state tournament seedings, schedule released
-"Worcester Championship Boxing" results
>NATIONAL: Open enrollment scam warnings — Medicare help red flags to know
-Highway inferno kills at least 4 helpless motorists as semi truck slams into stopped traffic and explodes
-Tragic: Minnesota church pastor, father of 5 murdered in Africa
>NEW ENGLAND: Massachusetts ballot question guide
-Firefighters battling massive fire in Yarmouth Port (:29). Article
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria offers free tuition for qualifying New England students
-Students to show off research prowess at ClarkFEST
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Start new year off right with these 2025 travel plans (2:28)
>BUSINESS: A 3-decade transformation of Devens bearing fruit. What’s next for the budding innovation hub?
-Neural Network podcast (16:18): A.I.-powered consulting and chess with Dr. Santiago Segarra
-Post Office, UPS and FedEx are hiring for the holidays
>SHOPPING: Holiday shoppers can explore "Fantastical Forest" at Target
>HOMES: Homes at or under $350,000 in Worcester County, October 27th to November 2nd
>HEALTH: Exercise could help breast cancer patients with "brain fog" (:57)
-Why can’t I remember anything? Millennials with memory problems
>FOOD: Dunkin' reveals holiday menu including cookie butter favorites
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Ted Danson show on Netflix (2:40)
>MOVIES: "Venom 3" tops box office with $26 million, here goes nowhere with $5 million
>CELEBRITY: Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
>HISTORY: Footbridge at Lake Quinsigamond, circa 1937
>ANIMALS: Blind cat cuddles with baby chicks (1:50)
>GOOD NEWS: 23andMe D.N.A. test helps reunite siblings after 4 decades of searching
-Meanwhile, in Canada, this town needs a new mayor — but nobody wants to run
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 54 today in Worcester
-Will it be a snowy winter? What the Old Farmer's Almanac predicts in Massachusetts
>TOP OF THE NEWS:
-Auburn police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old
-Albert Carabba, held in Mississippi in case of missing Worcester woman, fights return to Mass.
-4 Worcester officers among those honored by governor at Trooper Hanna awards
-Worcester's South High mourning sudden death of English, theater teacher
-Extensive rehab planned for Plumley Village in Worcester
-Worcester celebrates beginning of Lakeside Apartments project
-Worcester marks 175 years since historic women’s rights gathering
-Discovering the place where Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut meet
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:25): Calls for civilian oversight amid skepticism over implementation
>POLITICS: District council candidates debate key issues at Mechanics Hall. Video (2:04:55)
-GBH hosts Worcester mayoral debate Thursday
-Radio Worcester (23:24): Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh launches mayoral bid with a vision for a “New Deal” in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:55): City Council cell phone use becomes a campaign issue
>DINING OUT: Downtown Worcester restaurant closed Thursday for private event
-Mercado Restaurant replacing Flying Rhino Cafe on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-ICYMI: Long-awaited report calls for civilian review board to oversee Worcester police
-Suicide-awareness advocates seek rail changes at Worcester County Courthouse after man's death
-Video shows man stealing 500 Pokemon cards from Worcester shop (2:13). Article
-Worcester woman part of "Hamilton" cast as the iconic show celebrates 10th anniversary
-Worcester Business Journal landlord seeks to convert Shrewsbury Street building into 44 apartments
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Free the students!
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): After Select Board discussion, Beal Commons clears final hurdle
-Leominster woman admits stealing from elderly in Worcester County
-Leominster teen missing from Boston
-Fitchburg man arrested for running acquaintance over in JCPenney parking lot over $50 debt
-80-unit affordable housing complex planned for Route 12 in West Boylston
-Millbury Schools recognized for mathematics achievement on latest M.C.A.S. test
-Photos: Clinton community celebrates Hispanic heritage
-Community Harvest Project to host 19th annual Harvest Home Festival November 2nd
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice will "jump" into the DCU Center
-Listen Up: Big-League Collective, Dusknight deliver new music
>OPINION: Janet Limke: Bill promoting plant-based foods at state facilities good medicine
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (50:31): Brenda Vezina, C.E.O., Kiva Centers
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Vietnam War veteran from Worcester who worked for the Department of Youth Services
>SPORTS: Interim coach bump? Patriots beating Titans would go against trend
-5 running back trade candidates for Patriots to jump-start run game
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-'Sader Stories (27:31): Varsity Club Hall of Famer Jerry Dickinson
>CARS: Price of new car hits over $50,000 for first time ever (1:58)
>NATIONAL: Supreme Court weighs Voting Rights Act challenge
-Federal workers face mounting financial strain as government shutdown drags on
-Tragic: Crash kills family of 8, including 5 children and a pregnant woman
>NEW ENGLAND: Seth Moulton to challenge Senator Ed Markey in 2026
-Woman pleads guilty to taking, sharing explicit photos of children at day care
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria's ESports Blog: Director’s Corner
-Holy Cross Professor Susan Elizabeth Sweeney shares tips on writing from Edgar Allan Poe
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 surprisingly cheap European cities to visit
>BUSINESS: Survey reveals main reason why many "dread" the holiday season
-LPL Financial Research: Happy Anniversary Bull Market
-Taking bids: New company sought to run Mass. D.O.T. service plazas
>HOMES: New law on home sales takes effect in Massachusetts (3:19). Article
>SHOPPING: Shop the LG Beauty Belif glowing kit to combat dry winter skin
>HEALTH: Nonverbal dementia patient makes breakthrough with unexpected therapy
-70 percent of American adults may be considered obese under new definition of condition
>FOOD: KFC brings back fan favorite flavor Original Honey BBQ
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix true crime doc "My Father, the BTK Killer" (1:27)
>MOVIES: Paul Thomas Anderson's 10 movies, ranked from worst to best
>CELEBRITY: Jonah Hill flaunts his thinnest physique yet on set of new film
-Britney Spears fires back at Kevin Federline over memoir allegations
>HISTORY: Infamous WWII Nazi identified with help of A.I.
>ANIMALS: Dog attached to 5-foot leash his whole life is finally free (1:37)
>GOOD NEWS: Grandchildren's ages earn man a $50,000 lottery prize
-Meanwhile, in California, 2,346-pound pumpkin wins world championship
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