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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 34 today in Worcester
-"Warmest year in station history": 2024 annual climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Mail carrier helps stop house fire along his route (2:28). Article
-Rutland firefighter lives every moment for wife, children lost to tragedy
-Related: Traffic advisory for Holden on Saturday
-Worcester police arrest man in theft from graveyard
-Market Basket concerned about proposed gas station on Route 20
-UMass Memorial welcomes first baby of 2025
-Beyond the studio: Unique exercise classes across Central Mass.
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:16): City settles canine bite case amid tensions between Councilor King and Mayor Petty
-ICYMI: Fire at Worcester apartment complex displaces 28 people
-Worcester teen indicted for murder in Paine Street shooting
-Man kidnapped and beaten by Assumption students, police say (2:56)
-Owner of former Fallon HQ to partner with nonprofit to convert Worcester office building into affordable condos
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Christmas tree chipping 8 to 2:30
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-"Best Class Ever" holds 30th reunion
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Autopex coming to Turnpike Road in Westborough
-St. Bernard's High School celebrates anonymous $6 million pledge
-West Boylston invited into school building eligibility period
-New Shrewsbury police station wins award
-Admissions lab at Touchstone Community School
-Pet Rock hosting pet supply drive
-Luther Burbank announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Boston Calling announces changes to 2025 festival (:32)
-Free Sunday at Icon Museum is January 5th
-Pulse Magazine's People to Watch Party is January 30th
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Cookies with Santa event
-Radio Worcester (21:34): Ronny LeBlanc explores U.F.O. theories and New Jersey drone mysteries
-WCCA-TV's Defining Good Health No. 7 (29:11): Deniz Ahmadinia, Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career nurse
>SPORTS: Questions about struggling Patriots ahead of final game (2:10)
-Jerod Mayo reacts to Jahlani Tavai’s comments about Patriots fans booing
-NFL Week 18 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Rockets, 109-86
-Holy Cross women's hockey team falls to ranked B.U.
-Railers fall to Royals, 4-3
-Radio Worcester (49:38): Hall of Fame debate, WooSox legends and Red Sox future talent
-210 Sports: Former Central Mass. college hockey players in the pros
>NATIONAL: I.R.S. sending missed stimulus checks to 1 million taxpayers
-Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several workstations and unclassified documents
-Tragic: Cheerleader allegedly murdered by ex-boyfriend days before Christmas, family says
>NEW ENGLAND: Man who died in Tesla Cybertruck explosion had ties to Vermont
-Mass. Gov. Healey enacts law to prevent C.D.L. loss for old violations
>COLLEGES: Kim Canty receives Chancellor’s Award for advancing the UMass Medical School mission
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Your passport might not work in 2025 — here's why
>BUSINESS: Slowdown in once-promising life sciences industry is hurting developments across Central Mass.
-Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri eavesdropping suit (:53)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, December 22nd to 28th
>SHOPPING: How the weirdest store at the mall survived the retail apocalypse
>HEALTH: C.D.C. data could signal start of COVID pandemic's "winter wave"
-Scientists just found these heavy metals in some prenatal vitamins: what doctors want you to know
>FOOD: U.S. egg production drops as prices continue to rise along with bird flu cases
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Wicked," "A Real Pain" and more
>CELEBRITY: Gal Gadot reveals she underwent emergency surgery for brain clot
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Veterans get a Gold Star for street-naming effort
>ANIMALS: Random cat keeps walking with woman and her dogs (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Second-grader uses Heimlich maneuver to save choking friend: video
-Meanwhile, airline passenger fakes injury to jump the line — until their lie is hilariously exposed
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 27 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Worcester elementary school library desert: Volunteers bringing "book nooks" (2:00). Article
+Noon: Worcester City Council rejects resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza
+Noon: Poetry associations seeks entries for O'Hara prize, for Kunitz medal
+Noon: Last Call: Scott Nelson, cartoonist, illustrator and arts instructor
+Noon: Jazzed Up 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 Restaurant & Lounge
-Price Chopper location in Worcester will close January 31st
-Child, 2 women hospitalized after car crash in Worcester
-$280,000 settlement reached for man who sued Worcester after murder charge was dropped
-Family to hold candlelight vigil for Brittany Tee on Friday
-As Central Mass. hospitals struggled, audit claims state watchdog agency failed
-UMass Memorial expansion adds patients beds to Worcester campus
-Family, community remembers 13-year-old killed in pedestrian crash (1:37)
-Aislinn Doyle: January 9th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Radio Roundtable (47:07): Will the Gaza cease-fire resolution be filed or discussed?
>DINING OUT: Shrewsbury Street restaurant announces winter hours
-ICYMI: Popular Worcester night spot closes for renovations
-Worcester man accused of killing former employee with baseball bat, appears in court
-"Why!?": Victim's family lashes out after Worcester man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
-Fires prompt closures at Worcester charter school and Leominster High School
-Worcester man with suspended license, crack, fentanyl and stolen power tools arrested in Shrewsbury
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): January Senior Center events
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Holden family wins WooSox season tickets
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury awarded $58,000 to upgrade Edgemere Park
-Spencer/East Brookfield school building group reports on progress, talks about time capsule
-Millbury's Shaw School teachers honored
-Nashoba Valley fire chiefs warn E.M.S. system "on verge of collapse"
-Shrewsbury Police Department December stats
-North Central Massachusetts Chamber speaker will discuss new professional football team
-Southbridge plaza sold for $11 million by Burlington firm
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: 95 biggest concerts of 2025 — Tickets, prices, dates and more
-Otis is neurodivergent hero of Worcester State prof Megan Connerly's children book
-Listen Up: Staying in the game with Torbin Harding of LoZ Records
>OPINION: Giselle Rivera-Flores: Año Nuevo — The grapes that shape your year
-Jennifer Julien Gaskin: The post-January 6 world and the global shift against progress
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (53:31): Art as a reflection of life — A Bharatanatyam production
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (57:15): Musical performance by Marty Friedman Jazz Quartet
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man known as a "warrior" after surviving horrific car crash as a child
>SPORTS: Patriots complete 2 interviews as head coach search continues
-Robert Kraft updates Eliot Wolf’s status before Patriots offseason
-Updated list of Patriots picks in every round of NFL Draft
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball to face Navy
-Celtics beat Nuggets, 118-106
-Bruins lose to Oilers, 4-0
>NATIONAL: Massive wildfires rampaging in southern California (2:32)
-Medical debt being banned from credit reports (2:44)
-Tragic: 3 relatives dead after eating same Christmas cake, months after baker's husband died from food poisoning
>NEW ENGLAND: Passenger opens emergency door on taxiing plane at Logan (2:47)
-10 stories to follow in Massachusetts for 2025
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The noisiest seats on an airplane — and the quietest — revealed
>BUSINESS: Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District picks new executive director
-LPL Financial Research: Evaluating stock and bond market predictions from 2024
-Radio Worcester (13:09): 2025 B.B.B. preview — Events, workshops and scammer-prevention resolutions
>HOMES: What $800,000 can buy you in Worcester County, December 29th to January 4th
>SHOPPING: Market 32/Price Chopper gets their ducks in a row to support Cure Rare Disease
>HEALTH: Is everybody sick? Data shows Mass. is relatively healthy (1:13)
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (54:18): Understanding vascular disease
>FOOD: McDonald's "sustainable" move is ruining drinks, customers complain
>TV/STREAMING: Disney inks deal to combine Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo
>MOVIES: Tim Allen teases a "very, very clever" "Toy Story 5" script
>CELEBRITY: Zendaya and Tom Holland engaged after 2025 Golden Globes rumors
-Peter Yarrow dies: Peter, Paul and Mary singer dead at 86
>HISTORY: Worcester Memorial Auditorium, circa 1934
>ANIMALS: Couple builds igloo for husky who can't play in snow (1:59)
>GOOD NEWS: Boy rewarded after giving away his only dollar (2:46)
-Meanwhile, in Alabama, watch deputy chase escaped rooster around church parking lot
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