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  In The News

  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 66 today in Worcester

  +6:00: Will New England skies cooperate for lunar eclipse? (:31)
  
  

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  +6:00: Worcester firefighter helps deliver baby of colleague

  +6:00: New farmer's market to open May to October in Worcester

  +6:00: Amtrak’s Lakeshore Limited now selling tickets between Worcester and Boston
  
  

  +Noon: Search for Best Date Night Restaurant in Central Mass. down to a pair

  +Noon: "She was kind of a Rock Star Nun": 4th Wall to stage "Searching for Galileo's Daughter"

  +Noon: Listen Up: Elijah Divine comes home to hip-hop with "AMBUSH"
  
  

  -Officials still mum on "fatal officer-involved shooting" in Boylston

  -Earlier: Boylston neighbors describe "unsettling" incident that ended in person’s death

  -Worcester Fire Department updates status of derailed train (:46). Article

  -Earlier: Train cars full of ethanol derail and crash into Worcester building (2:52). Article

  -Off-duty Worcester police officer charged in fight at youth soccer game (2:19). Article

  -5 years later: Worcester professor researches COVID’s mental toll

  -Related: 5 years ago, Mass. declared a COVID State of Emergency. Timeline of major events

  -Housing alliance: Fixing homelessness in Worcester not as simple as it may sound

  -Man sentenced for fracturing baby's skull in Hardwick

  -Bobcat attacks police officer in Southbridge (2:18). Article

  -Body cams show dogs attack Webster police officers during raid (2:37)

  -Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview

  -Radio Worcester (21:06): Superintendent Monárrez on strategic plan & staff safety improvements

  -Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers

  -At winter's end: Most people give to charity at the holidays, but it's necessary all year

  >DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant extends Restaurant Week until March 31st

  -ICYMI: Documents detail health, safety violations during city official's time at Community Healthlink

  -"The Parenting," filmed in Leominster, brings Hollywood to Central Mass. in Max debut

  -Millbury's Destiny Fausta seeks to pave the way for Black women working in construction

  -Worcester County Wonders: The tale of Bethsheba Spooner, the first woman executed in the U.S.

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): American Legion Post 42 meeting Tuesday

  -Sen. Durant, Rep. Ferguson to hold office hours on Tuesday

  -Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbory Town Manager to hold Budget Roundtable Tuesday

  -School budget cuts could eliminate 17 positions in Grafton

  -Templeton town administrator resigns, citing legal costs and Select Board conflict

  -West Boylston honors students of the month

  -Nashoba names students to honor roll

  -Mini golf returns to Clinton Library March 21st and 22nd

  -Watershed group needs volunteers
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday

  >SHOWTIME: Ariana Falk to be Worcester Chamber Music Society's new exec director

  -Grafton native designs costumes for the stage

  >OPINION: Samara Ebinger: S.G.A.R. rodenticides place eagles, wildlife at risk

  -Maggie Calvetti: Things I've accomplished this year — What really matters

  -Manny Jae Media (1:55:40): Ella Poderosa Leadership Summit

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who worked at Saint Vincent Hospital for nearly 50 years
  
  

  >SPORTS: Patriots keep acing offseason with $282 million free agency blitz

  -Celtics beat Jazz, 114-108

  -How Bruins captain Brad Marchand said goodbye after trade (1:49)

  -Former M.V.P. Mo Vaughn admits to taking human growth hormone

  -Holy Cross women's basketball beats Navy in Patriot League Tournament, 66-52

  -210 Sports: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 22
  
  

  >CARS: Lincoln, Ford among nearly 260,000 vehicles recalled

  >NATIONAL: Trade war widens as tariffs from, against U.S. begin this week

  -Gambling addiction "soaring since legalization of sports betting in most U.S. states"

  -Tragic: Boy, 10, crushed to death when 340-pound foster mom sits on him because he was "acting up"

  >NEW ENGLAND: Body found off Mass. coast likely burial at sea, investigators say

  -D.I.S.A. data breach impacts hundreds of thousands in Mass. (2:12)

  >COLLEGES: Worcester State relaunches its Pre-K-12 Center

  -Radio Worcester (8:21): Q.C.C. President Pedraja on enrollment surge & the future of MassReconnect
  
  

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 places in U.S. cities that feel like small towns

  >BUSINESS: Worcester’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is attracting more investors

  -LPL Financial Research: Navigating strategic and tactical investment horizons: The differences

  -Bob Paulhus closing out career at Clinton Savings Bank

  >SHOPPING: Shop 24 Amazon Sleep Week deals with thousands of 5-star reviews

  >HOMES: $50 discount on Mass. electric bills in April

  >HEALTH: New kidney cancer vaccine puts 9 patients into remission

  -Dr. Colleen Harrington on S.C.A.D. and danger to women's heart (3:35)

  >FOOD: "Daughter & Pop" bakery in Charlton now 25 years strong (1:05)
  
  

  >TV/STREAMING: What's new in March on Max (1:11)

  >MOVIES: "Sound of Music" turns 60 — Christopher Plummer hated it, film saved Fox

  >CELEBRITY: Alec Baldwin reveals one of "most regrettable things" about Kim Basinger divorce

  >ANIMALS: Stray cat kept bringing woman flowers until she let her inside (2:14)

  >HISTORY: WCCA-TV's Hidden Treasures No. 118 (28:41): Tiny Guns and Nick Zwirblia

  >GOOD NEWS: 9-year-old invites special needs rec center where he volunteers to birthday party (2:39)

  -Meanwhile, man busted smuggling cocaine under toupee in airport

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