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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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+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: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:29). High of 60 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: After fatal shooting, Worcester strip club must close at 8
+6:00: City custodians protest treatment by Worcester's new cleaning contractor
+6:00: Friends of Worcester Public Library mark 70 years with $50,000 gift to new branch
+6:00: Pulse Magazine's Weekend Guide (:22)
+Noon: Jury says it's deadlocked in Noel Inoa retrial; judge says keep trying
+Noon: Worcester airport sets record, but 500,000 goal looms
+Noon: Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to entice juvenile in Southbridge
+Noon: Things to Do: Día de los Muertos celebration, 'Ghosts in the Galleries
+Noon: Decade of ghouls and glamor: Haunted Speakeasy set for Worcester
+Noon: This is peak: Joe Fusco Jr. dreams about replacing a boiler
-Driver injured after car crashes through fence, lands on roof in Worcester (1:40). Article
-Child hospitalized after being hit by vehicle while riding bike in Worcester
-Worcester husband and wife die just 2 days apart
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-Worcester community seeks help after local designer’s bag, credit cards stolen
-Former Worcester police sergeant takes over National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division
-Worcester S.N.A.P. rolls drop 21% as advocates seek D.T.A. staff
-internal investigation clears officers of wrongdoing in Toomey crash
-Related: Advocates renew call for police review board after release of Toomey crash report
-Related: Read the full Worcester police review of city councilor's crash
-City to crack down on parking scofflaws during snow. But you'll be warned
-Central Mass. strip club to face license commission after deadly shooting
-Terror on Tory Fort: Check out Worcester family's Western take on Halloween
-Ché Anderson talks about roles at UMass Med School, Mass Cultural Council
-Nativity School opens applications for upcoming year
-Aislinn Doyle: W.P.S. In Brief: Realignment breakdown by school
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant expands to serve lunch
-ICYMI: State blocks out-of-state firm from buying nursing homes in Worcester, Fitchburg
-$51 million redevelopment brings 80 affordable senior apartments to Worcester's Lincoln Square
-Worcester's historic Heywood Boot building to receive $929K in state redevelopment funding
-Worcester lands record $5.5 million grant to remove lead hazards
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Midnight at the Masquerade mystery Thursday at Gale Free Library
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): What happens to Anna Maria College’s campus after bids fall short?
-Takeaways from latest Shrewsbury Select Board meeting
-Westborough police warn against "door kick" social media challenge
-Charlton voters approve data center restrictions, call for end to Flock cameras
-In stunning reversal, Westborough Town Meeting changes course on downtown zoning proposal
-Pastor Coates drops fraud claims against orchard developer and former Dunbar clients
-Southbridge man charged with armed robbery at Elm Street convenience store
-Dudley Town Hall access plan draws objections at Town Meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Val’s Restaurant in Holden Friday and Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic
-Get medieval: Autumn Knights Renaissance Faire set
-Celeste Ng headlines Worcester library fundraiser November 5th
-Suzanne Strempek Shea's popular memoir talk comes to Webster
-Charlton mom's book captures spirit of late son, paralyzed in 1997 crash
>OPINION: Sunita Razdan: Lend nature a hand - leave fallen leaves in yard
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 509 (28:27): Nativity School of Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Coffee with Konnie No. 545 (29:27): Hank Stolz
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:00): Journalists' superpower and Worcester media in 2026
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who worked as a baking teacher
>SPORTS: Patriots-Bears preview: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams a battle of electric, maturing quarterbacks
-Patriots injured reserve activations explained: Decisions await
-Why Patriots cannot afford not to start Caleb Lomu each week
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-Mechanics Hall ready to rumble as boxing returns after long absence
-Holy Cross women's hockey team hits the road to face Dartmouth
-Holy Cross baseball announces Fall World Series
>NATIONAL: Nobel-winning A.I. pioneer warns: Befriend bots or "we're toast"
-How many Americans support second execution attempt for Christa Pike
-Ukraine's $500 drones slaughtered America's $25 million tanks in recent war game
-Tragic: Swimmer, 65, killed by shark despite wearing repellent band
>NEW ENGLAND: Officers say Matthew Farwell was agitated in days before Sandra Birchmore's death (2:49)
-Lawmakers reject Gov. Healey's gas tax suspension plan (:26)
-Massachusetts leads nation in lottery spending again
>COLLEGES: Clark Family & Friends Weekend 2026
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Half of Americans return home more drained than relaxed after a vacation, new survey says
>BUSINESS: Amazon hiring 6,000 seasonal workers in Mass.
-Radio Worcester (22:08): W.B.D.C. and Webster Five explain small business financing
-LPL Financial Research: Moats vs. inertia: Unpacking the personal A.I. agent threat
-Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users
>SHOPPING: Warning issued against 400,000 pressure cookers due to burn risk
>HOMES: Americans are abandoning a beloved tradition — and experts reveal 5 reasons why
>HEALTH: Sexually transmitted diarrhea is morphing into a superbug
-Medicare Advantage plan cuts: United, Humana reduce benefits for 1 million
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Baked salmon and rice
>TV/STREAMING: Elizabeth Holmes docs to watch before "You Can See Everything"
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Idris Elba movie, "Above the Below" (1:38)
>CELEBRITY: Selma Blair speaks out after mid-flight meltdown, arrest
-Judge tosses child sex abuse indictment against Timothy Busfield
>ANIMALS: Tiny cat loves swimming just as much as exploring the world (2:39)
>HISTORY: Building 19 author on nostalgia event this weekend (11:28)
>GOOD NEWS: Couple struck by lightning while walking hand in hand, hail Good Samaritan hikers for saving their lives
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear steals bag of gear from fire station
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+Full-time police officer, West Boylston Police Department
-Bartenders, Worcester Restaurant Group
-Plow truck drivers, town of Shrewsbury
-Snow plow contractors, town of Shrewsbury
-Bartenders, Grafton Street restaurant
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