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>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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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:30). High of 82 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Expensive weapon detection system leased by UMass Medical School rarely used (3:18). Article
-Worcester woman, firm admit to $1.6 million MassHealth fraud
-"Caretaker" stole from local elderly victim, squatted, police say
-Dominican man sold rifles, guns in Walmart parking lot in Worcester, feds say
-Worcester Housing Authority gives old movie theater new life
-Today! Mural honoring slain mother and daughter to be unveiled at Worcester school
-Worcester schools approve grant for new machines at Worcester Tech, with a caveat
-Worcester schools release bus routes early. Video (1:56)
-End of summer celebration Saturday at The Village
-Central Mass. tomato farmers bounce back from wet, cold start in spring
-Is Goose a he or a she? Now we know, as celebrity lizard settles into new home
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:27): Meeting law violation, preliminary election, does any of it matter
>DINING OUT: 100 FM The Pike (9:54): James and Gabriella from Worcester’s legendary Boulevard Diner
-ICYMI: Family of missing Worcester man seeking public’s help with finding him
-Worcester police mourn tragic loss of animal control officer at age 41
-Report on St. Vincent Hospital validates nurses' concerns
-Turtleboy alleges malfeasance by prosecutors in witness intimidation trial
-Radio Worcester (12:44): Worcester Business Journal's Eric Casey discusses stunning bankruptcy
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Planned power outage August 26th
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 sought in attempted carjacking of Uber driver, passenger in Lancaster (1:34). Article
-Inside the futuristic traffic technology Shrewsbury is using to prevent accidents
-Man’s car towed for revoked registration after passing field sobriety test in Rutland
-Leominster City Council votes to raise school committee stipend to $4,000
-Police seize unsecured guns, family seeks involuntary commitment for man struggling with addiction
-Bill causes concern for towns housing fairs
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-New Gallup poll shows what Americans are thinking about alcohol
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Lee Brice, Tyler Hubbard and Hot Dog Safari
-Stephen Martin's "Thumper" evokes growing up in Worcester in the 1950s
>OPINION: Tim Murray: State government belongs in office, not in spare room
-Asha Holmes: 5 after-school routine ideas for a calm home
-Unity Radio's Susanity Life (53:53)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who owned multiple restaurants with her husband
>SPORTS: Patriots’ Mike Vrabel demanding more leadership from Drake Maye
-Red Sox getting some schedule relief after daunting stretch
-Roman Anthony putting himself on short lists with Hall of Famers
-Celtics schedule with dates, opponents for every game
-Holy Cross women's soccer drops season opener to Fairfield
-Holy Cross women's soccer 2025 season preview
-Holy Cross football media day
-WooSox beat Iowa, 13-10
>CARS: Here's what to check to avoid buying a water-damaged car
>NATIONAL: 6 dead in Michigan after truck crashes into van carrying members of Amish group
-Idaho killer called his mom on way home from slaying and again on his way to visit crime scene: report
>TRAGIC: Parents and child killed when tree falls on their car
>NEW ENGLAND: Landscaping worker killed after contacting live power line in N.H. (2:27). Article
-Woman injured in shooting at Mass. pond, police believe incident was intentional
>COLLEGES: Plant puncture tools: Holy Cross summer research (1:25)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 of the most remote places in the U.S.
>BUSINESS: Inc. magazine names 17 Central Mass. companies among annual list of fastest-growing businesses
-LPL Financial Research: Stocks sailing smoothly through policy crosscurrents so far
-State equity fund boosts cannabis small businesses with $27 million amid uphill battle with larger firms
>SHOPPING: The North Face has an Amazon storefront
>HOMES: Real estate mogul Anthony Lamacchia discusses current state of Mass. home prices
>HEALTH: Putting our stress on D.N.D. with modern mindfulness (4:36)
-Local doctor urges young people to get screened for colon cancer after son’s passing (6:18)
>FOOD: Healthy or harmful: Taking a look at plant-based meats
>TV/STREAMING: Kelly Clarkson's talk show future confirmed following ex-husband death
>MOVIES: First look at new Jordan Peele movie, "Him" (1:42)
>CELEBRITY: Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, insists he's "emotionally" 32 amid backlash over dating younger women
>ANIMALS: Someone adorable was abandoned in this doghouse (2:46)
>HISTORY: "Dirty Water" is more than a game-winning song
>GOOD NEWS: Boy's heartwarming moment with prize-winning goat at animal show goes viral
-Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver's "Marriage Story" used to scare wolves
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