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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). High of 36 today in Worcester
-"Warmest year in station history": 2024 annual climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Worcester police arrest man in theft from graveyard
+5:00: 210 Sports: Former Central Mass. college hockey players in the pros
+1:00: UMass Memorial welcomes first baby of 2025
+1:00: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+1:00: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+1:00: New movies on demand — "Wicked," "A Real Pain" and more
+1:00: Beyond the studio: Unique exercise classes across Central Mass.
-Fire at Worcester apartment complex displaces 28 people
-Worcester teen indicted for murder in Paine Street shooting
-17-year-old faces gun charges after fleeing traffic stop
-Man kidnapped and beaten by Assumption students, police say (2:56)
-Earlier: 5 local college students charged with kidnapping in "Predator" hunting attempt gone horribly wrong
-Owner of former Fallon HQ to partner with nonprofit to convert Worcester office building into affordable condos
-Candlepin bowling is the subject of a new exhibit in Worcester
-Worcester announces 2025 trash and recycling calendar
-ICYMI: Worcester officials sound alarm over CarMax auction site proposal
-Worcester Business Journal's 10 bold predictions for 2025
-As large retail spaces become vacant, landlords are finding immersive businesses can keep the crowds coming in
-As Worcester’s small multifamily market cools, property owners see promise in communities like Auburn, Fitchburg and Southbridge
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): "Best Class Ever" holds 30th reunion
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Public input meeting for zoning bylaw review January 16th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston completes A.R.P.A. spending plans
-Ladder truck contract approved in Grafton
-Man arrested after breaking into ex-girlfriend’s car, pouring urine on driver’s seat
-Despite millions spent, Northborough's White Cliffs estate remains empty
-Bank brings joy to Clinton with toy drive
-January hikes around Wachusett Reservoir
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-Inside Worcester's Free Play Bar Arcade on Family Day (1:03)
>SHOWTIME: Radio play next up for Sterling Theater
-Millbury, Sutton artists in Small Stones Festival of the Arts
>OPINION: Safe Exit Initiative: Intersection of prostitution, substance use disorder and mental health disorders
-Manny Jae Media (44:27): Mayor Joe Petty
-Radio Worcester (21:34): Ronny LeBlanc explores U.F.O. theories and New Jersey drone mysteries
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who served 42 years in the military
>SPORTS: Patriots "100% focused" on beating Bills Sunday, coach Jerod Mayo says
-NFL Week 18 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Timberwolves, 118-115
-Rangers beat Bruins, 2-1
-Holy Cross men's basketball edges Loyola in Patriot League opener
-Holy Cross women's basketball beats Loyala in league opener
-Holy Cross women's hockey opens 2025 against nationally ranked B.U. and Northeastern
>CARS: Nearly 400,000 Ford pickup trucks, S.U.V.s and other vehicles recalled
>NATIONAL: U.S. launches multiple strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
-What we know about the timeline of the New Orleans terror attack
-Vegas Cybertruck bomber shot himself in head before explosion, police say
-Tragic: 13 people including children die in stampedes at charity events
>NEW ENGLAND: Fire in Vermont fire leaves 2 dead, 2 injured
>COLLEGES: Q.C.C. intersession courses open for enrollment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 winter festivals you need to experience at least once
>BUSINESS: Wachusett Brewing parent to merge with Harpoon’s owner in latest craft beer shakeup
-Directory: Business and industrial parks in Central Mass.
>HOMES: To rinse or not to rinse dishes, debate over dishwasher habits settled
>SHOPPING: If you hear "Code Brown" at a Mass. Walmart, leave immediately
>HEALTH: Do I need to take so many pills? (1:02)
-Experimental vax could help treat common form of lung cancer (:54)
>FOOD: You probably have 2025’s flavor of the year in your pantry
>TV/STREAMING: "Sesame Street" searching for new home as HBO pivots away from children’s programming
>MOVIES: "Up in Smoke," "Pride of the Yankees" among movies added to National Film Registry
>CELEBRITY: Why "Home Alone" star Daniel Stern left Hollywood to "raise cattle" and "grow tangerines"
>HISTORY: Former Women's Club, now Tuckerman Hall, in Worcester
>ANIMALS: 700-pound cow still thinks she's her mom's baby (2:39)
>GOOD NEWS: Steve Hartman's 2024 "On the Road" stories (1:58:15)
-Meanwhile, passenger blasted for bringing "emotional support" Great Dane on airplane
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>HELP WANTED
+Experienced line cook, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Cooks at Grafton Street restaurant
-Senior Working Foreman, Holden Municipal Light Department
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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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>HELP WANTED
+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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