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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:17). High of 31 today in Worcester
-December climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man accused of killing former employee with baseball bat, appears in court
-Earlier: Worcester man arrested after body found in Hubbardston
+6:00: "Why!?": Victim's family lashes out after Worcester man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
+6:00: Fires prompt Monday closures at Worcester charter school and Leominster High School
+6:00: Worcester man with suspended license, crack, fentanyl and stolen power tools arrested in Shrewsbury
+6:00: Worcester City Council to hear Gaza ceasefire resolution
+6:00: 210 Sports: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL Week 13
+Noon: Man arrested for firing gun inside Worcester apartment: W.P.D.
+Noon: More than 20 evacuated after fire in Fitchburg apartment building
+Noon: Leominster High School closed Monday after kitchen fire
-Vernon Hill neighborhood gathers to support young girl battling cancer
-11-year-old Worcester cellist taking skills to the national stage
-Worcester man arrested after parking U-Haul at CVS, stealing Nugenix Testosterone Booster from Walgreens across the street
-Worcester Community Veterinary Hospital remains closed after fire
-Candlepin bowling on a roll for 140 years in Worcester
-Free community college highlights staffing issues as enrollment balloons (2:06). Article
-Pulse Magazine's People to Watch 2025
-Chapter 74 Programs at North High School (1:05)
-Aislinn Doyle: January 9th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:16): City settles canine bite case amid tensions between Councilor King and Mayor Petty
-ICYMI: Loved ones say goodbye to Rutland mother, newborn twins after medical emergency
-Veterans group seeks family of Army sergeant who died in Vietnam
-3 men arraigned on murder charges in Dorchester Street shooting
-Mural artist moves studio to Providence, raises concern about future of arts in Worcester
-Hearing on proposed car-auction site in Worcester postponed to February 10th
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Good Neighbor nominations sought
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-"Best Class Ever" holds 30th reunion
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Advocate celebrates 50 years of sharing community news
-Rutland officer helps driver get disabled car back on the road
-Millbury Police Department year in review
-Leicester police to hold Home Firearms Safety Class January 23rd
-Grafton Common traffic analysis gets $25,000 state grant
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
-Melissa Sargent ready to build Berlin C.O.A.
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester Guild of Organists celebrate past, present and future
>OPINION: Luis Pedraja: A new year's resolution to bridge the divide
-WCCA-TV's Defining Good Health No. 7 (29:11): Deniz Ahmadinia, Part 1
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (1:18:16)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to June Eressy, nationally honored former Worcester Teacher of the Year
>SPORTS: Patriots fire Jerod Mayo after 1 season as head coach (3:37)
-4 potential candidates for Patriots head coach job
-Joe Milton shines in Patriots’ surprising win vs. Bills
-Patriots own No. 4 pick in first round after Week 18 win
-Celtics lose to Thunder, 105-92
-Bruins lose to Islanders, 5-4
-Holy Cross women's basketball beats American, 69-61. Highlights (1:19)
-Holy Cross men's basketball falls to American
>NATIONAL: Federal appeals court strikes down F.C.C.’s net neutrality rules
-Former nurse busted for abuse after 3 premature babies suffer fractures at hospital
-Tragic: 3-year-old girl mauled to death by giant dogs at home
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 people shot, another stabbed at house party in Maine
-Loved ones remember young boy killed in skiing accident (:40)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 popular national parks now require reservations
>BUSINESS: Economic Forecast survey: Central Mass. business leaders show less enthusiastic optimism
-Family Health Center of Worcester names inaugural chief workforce officer
>HOMES: Mass. Save's new blueprint targets landlords for green upgrades
>HEALTH: Doctor explains link between alcohol, cancer (3:16). Article
-Dry January: What to know about 31-day alcohol abstinence challenge
>FOOD: New Oreos for 2025 — Flavors include Irish creme, peanut butter, more
>TV/STREAMING: 11 best new movies on Netflix
>MOVIES: "Mufasa" beats "Sonic 3" with $23 million weekend as 2025 kicks off
>CELEBRITY: Golden Globes winners list
-The best and worst moments of the Golden Globes
-Golden Globes snubs, surprises: Wicked, Anora, Fernanda Torres
>HISTORY: How many of these former Worcester restaurants do you remember?
>ANIMALS: Abandoned puppy jumps into rescuers arms (1:47)
>GOOD NEWS: Dad who donated part of liver meets toddler after life-saving transplant
-Meanwhile, in Texas, feral pigs tormenting suburb: "I can't go out there and start blasting"
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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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+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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