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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:20). High of 42 today in Worcester
-Remembering the start of 2015's Winter Blitz
-Channel 5's Cindy Fitzgibbon breaks down how snow blitz happened (7:14)
-Snow blitz; Could it happen again? (3:17)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Leicester resident wins $1 million on Powerball
+6:00: Worcester residents report feeling Maine earthquake
+6:00: Clark grad and Philadelphia Eagles owner in running to buy Celtics
+6:00: 210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni 2024-25 highlights, NHL week 16
+Noon: Themes of coverage, leadership mark Mass. Women of Color Coalition annual meeting
+Noon: "Songs of Hope" honors bond between Black, Jewish communities
-New owners of Ground Round trying to balance expectations, excitement with upcoming reopening
-Owner of Central Mass. Subway shops ordered to pay back wages
-Worcester bishop, Catholic schools superintendent address immigration enforcement
-Worcester County feeling the effects of new immigration policy
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-New D.E.I. curriculum implemented for Worcester Police Department academy
-Firefighters battle 4-alarm factory fire in Leominster
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:54): Council controversy, political underpinnings and Worcester’s future
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Mac & Cheese (5:08)
-ICYMI: Ceremony celebrates opening of consulate of Ghana in Worcester
-Introducing the Museum of Worcester, 150 years in the making
-Related: Radio Worcester (23:04): Museum of Worcester unveils 150th anniversary celebration
-Facing crumbling basements, local homeowners frustrated by no action on Beacon Hill (3:26). Article
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Brush burning permit applications open
-Holden update from Town Administrator Peter Lukes (8:00)
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Millbury High senior chosen Superintendents' Scholar
-Bigelow moves on to next stage of state funding
-Armstrong steps up in food services
-Lions feted by School Committee
-North Central Chamber of Commerce scholarships available
-Papers available for May 12th Lancaster election
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester Music Award entries due Monday
-Art in Bloom Honors Carolyn Kinloch-Winkler
-Nashoba Symphonic Band performing "The Divine Comedy"
>OPINION: Con Chapman: Channel $ into community access channels
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (1:40:07)
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels reveals his No. 1 goal for Patriots offense in new video
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face B.U. on CBS Sports Network on Monday
-Holy Cross senior forward Lindsay Berger has established herself as a true leader
-Boston College football opening 2025 season at home against Fordham
>NATIONAL: Floods, landslides threaten Los Angeles along wildfire "burn scars"
-California dad arrested for shooting at driver who struck, killed son
-Tragic: Dad suffers fatal heart attack after confronting armed thugs who tried to steal his pickup truck
>NEW ENGLAND: Tufts lecturers to walk out amid contract negotiations (:37)
-Watch fire that canceled classes at Pentucket Regional Middle High School
>COLLEGES: At WPI, leveraging a lifelong love of learning
-Clark grad joins Boston Mayor Wu’s team to improve city living
-Worcester State professors research representations of disability at American Antiquarian Society
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The best U.S. winter getaway destinations in 2025
>BUSINESS: Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce marks 150 years
-Will "click to cancel" get canceled? F.T.C. rule faces uncertain fate
-Pepsi sued by F.T.C. over exclusive discounts to Walmart
>SHOPPING: Shopping hacks to save money at the grocery store (2:13)
>HOMES: Central Mass. home prices and total sales climbed in 2024
>HEALTH: Doctor reveals little-known reason you’re tired all the time
-Adults with A.D.H.D. have shorter life expectancy, study says (1:12)
>FOOD: Microplastics found in these popular tea bags, new study claims
>TV/STREAMING: "The Diplomat" Season 3 casts "West Wing" alum Bradley Whitford
>MOVIES: Mel Gibson's "Flight Risk" flies to $12 million opening weekend
>CELEBRITY: Renée Zellweger on why she took an acting hiatus for 6 years
>HISTORY: The Warren on Front Street in Worcester, circa 1916
>ANIMALS: Dog adopts a kitten and teaches him how to love (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Vietnam vet finds love, purpose as the "Honey-Do Dude" (2:33)
-Meanwhile, in China, watch as haircuts interrupted when cow forces its way into barbershop
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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