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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:02). High of 26 today in Worcester
-December climate summary for Worcester
-Winter storm blankets U.S. with snow and ice
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Price Chopper location in Worcester will close January 31st
+6:00: $280,000 settlement reached for man who sued Worcester after murder charge was dropped
+6:00: Radio Roundtable (47:07): Will the Gaza cease-fire resolution be filed or discussed?
+6:00: Family to hold candlelight vigil for Brittany Tee on Friday
+Noon: As Central Mass. hospitals struggled, audit claims state watchdog agency failed
+Noon: Otis is neurodivergent hero of Worcester State prof Megan Connerly's children book
+Noon: Listen Up: Staying in the game with Torbin Harding of LoZ Records
-Worcester man accused of killing former employee with baseball bat, appears in court
-Earlier: Worcester man arrested after body found in Hubbardston
-"Why!?": Victim's family lashes out after Worcester man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
-Fires prompt Monday closures at Worcester charter school and Leominster High School
-Worcester man with suspended license, crack, fentanyl and stolen power tools arrested in Shrewsbury
-Popular Worcester night spot closes for renovations
-Worcester City Councilor Kate Toomey responds to charges of inaction on W.P.D.
-Worcester City Council to hear Gaza ceasefire resolution
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Man arrested for firing gun inside Worcester apartment: W.P.D.
-Child hit and killed by pickup truck in Leominster (1:24). Article
-More than 20 evacuated after fire in Fitchburg apartment building
-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: 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
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden family wins WooSox season tickets
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Good Neighbor nominations sought
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Berlin boy gets to be fire chief for a day
-Spencer contemplates regional dispatch system
-Shrewsbury police awarded over $205,000 in grants in December
-Level 3 sex offender recently charged with rape arrested for failing to register new address
-Clinton students partner with court to celebrate diversity
-Wachusett area public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Boston Calling lineup announced with headliners Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs and Fall Out Boy
-Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway
>OPINION: Victor D. Infante: Where Worcester is at, and where it's headed, in 2025
-Kate Hayes: How to create a morning routine
-Robin Darling: 10 ways to kick those winter blues
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (1:18:16)
-WSC Stay Connected (53:31): Art as a reflection of life — A Bharatanatyam production
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to the first female president of the United Way of Central Mass.
>SPORTS: How Jerod Mayo talked his way out of Patriots job
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he put Mayo in "untenable situation"
-Patriots players react to Mayo's firing (1:49). Article
-Bill Belichick reacts to Patriots firing Mayo
-Jayson Tatum earns second Player of the Week honor of season
-210 Sports: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL Week 13
-Radio Worcester (9:22): 30 years of hockey in Worcester
>CARS: Ford and Tesla among nearly 400,000 vehicles recalled
>NATIONAL: First U.S. bird flu death confirmed
-Strong earthquake kills at least 95 near Mount Everest
-Tragic: Oregon men die from exposure in forest looking for Sasquatch
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. ranked in top 5 "most moved from states", survey finds
-Mass. police academies have security concerns, inadequate training, state audit finds (2:42)
>COLLEGES: Radio Worcester (8:11): Q.C.C. president discusses new initiatives and programs boosting education
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): New Hampshire Ice Castles opening earlier than usual
>BUSINESS: "Potato cartel" colluded to artificially hike french fry, hash brown prices: lawsuits
-LPL Financial Research: Evaluating stock and bond market predictions from 2024
-United Way of South Central Mass. appoints next executive director
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, December 29th to January 4th
>HEALTH: Flu season in U.S. claims lives of 1,500, including 9 kids: C.D.C.
-Chin implants, facelifts, 3 other treatments will take off in 2025, plastic surgeons say
>FOOD: How the wax on your apples really gets there, according to a farmer
>TV/STREAMING: 7 Golden Globes winners to stream now on Prime Video
>MOVIES: Tom Cruise giving "Mission: Impossible" a shocking update: report
>CELEBRITY: Aubrey Plaza speaks on husband Jeff Baena's death by suicide: "An unimaginable tragedy"
>HISTORY: Legacy of Alice Brock and "Alice’s Restaurant" lives on
>ANIMALS: Terrified beagle who'd never been inside finally opens up (1:55)
>GOOD NEWS: Nurse adopts teen mom after caring for babies in N.I.C.U. (2:43)
-Meanwhile, in Maine, extremely rare, split-colored lobster discovered in grocery store
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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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