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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester's city employee salary database for 2024: see the city's top earners and more
+6:00: Former Higgins Armory building is for sale
+6:00: Older adult, youth homelessness on the rise in Worcester, new report finds
+6:00: Radio Worcester (10:51): Worcester’s Angelo Gray shines in Hollywood & beyond
+6:00: On the wild screen with Wild & Scenic Film Festival's return
+6:00: John Keough: Police work hours, honorary street names and open meetings
+6:00: Sarah Connell Sanders: Ready for dazzle and shine at Silver Screen Soirée
+6:00: Worcester Walks: Get ready for spring with a visit to Leadmine Mountain's trails
+6:00: Last Call: Jetari Veal, Workers Credit Union
-Woman steals car, slams into Worcester cruiser, starts chase, gets arrested
-After 30 years, Worcester Cat Hospital and Bird Clinic will close at the end of March
-How WPI helped "Rule Breakers" bring Afghan girls' story to big screen
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:10): Where’s the outrage? Worcester stepped over for state crime lab
-Aislinn Doyle: March 20th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-City Council reviews homelessness efforts amid rising demand
-Republican State Senator Peter Durant considers 2026 gubernatorial run
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:45): Worcester police overtime debate & this week’s top stories
>DINING OUT: T&G readers say Joey's Bar & Grill is Best Date Night Restaurant
-ICYMI: Worcester has a lot of dirt roads. Residents say good luck driving on them
-Worcester payroll shows 98 employees made $200,000 in 2024
-Worcester schools project $38.2 million budget increase
-Area woman indicted for Social Security fraud
-Worcester police recover dirt bike stolen in 2000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Do you know this guy? Holden police would like a word with him
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
Wachusett Echo — Car crash chaos
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Spencer-East Brookfield teachers agree to contract
-Clinton library celebrating Women's History Month
-Clinton police arrest driver with suspended license, outstanding warrant
-Man arrested after breaking into ex-wife’s apartment, stabbing her roommate in the chest
-The Item's public safety logs
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
-Sterling papers must be requested by Thursday
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio at 961 at Union Station on Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: The Silverbacks ready to rock with show at White Eagle
-Listen Up: Walter Sickert hits back with "BRICK"
-Screen Time: Super Retro Fest offers flashback fun in Danvers
-Dropkick Murphys say don't believe story of band's banned account on X
-35 years since notorious art heist at Boston museum (:35)
>OPINION: Janice Harvey: Of friendship, festivities and St. Pat's in Worcester
-Julie Bowditch: A love letter to my small business friends
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 455 (25:20): Boys & Girls Club
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career career educator in the Worcester Public Schools
>SPORTS: Why DK Metcalf, Davante Adams were not part of Patriots' plans
-Patriots sign veteran starting center and former first rounder
-Former Bravehearts Matt Shaw makes MLB debut
-Assumption wins sixth NCAA Division 2 regional championship
-Tickets on sale for Holy Cross in Atlantic Hockey Championship Game
-Play the Bravehearts' March Madness Bracket Challenge
>CARS: Is your new car spying on you? (1:56)
>NATIONAL: Splashdown of Crew 9 with Suni Williams after 286 days in space (1:19)
-At least 12 killed in Honduran plane crash
-Tragic: 9 students found dismembered by side of Mexico highway
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. D.O.T. successfully tests drones for medical delivery
-Karen Read judge: "I'm not going to tolerate false statements" (11:27)
>COLLEGES: Clark's Play-in-a-Day: Truth, justice and only 24 hours
-Anne F. Ackerley, senior advisor at BlackRock, to deliver Nichols commencement address
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 of the most interesting flights in the world
>BUSINESS: Google, OpenAI want "license to steal" from publishers with A.I. proposals, newspapers warn
-LPL Financial Research: Market correction perspective
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:37): Bladymar Porras, Blady’s Little World; Nidia Frias Cano, Restaurant Sabor; Nilsa Ocampo, ARC STEM Education
>SHOPPING: Amazon Big Spring Sale — Save up to 40% starting March 25th
>HOMES: Gardening Central Mass. — How to "bee" pollinator savvy this spring
>HEALTH: Women get serious about their health at this age: poll
-New test can help predict if people will develop addictions (1:17)
>FOOD: Eating this fruit daily can lower depression risk by 20%: study
>TV/STREAMING: "Ted Lasso" Season 4 is happening, Jason Sudeikis confirms — with 1 big change
>MOVIES: 10 movie endings almost no-one saw coming
>CELEBRITY: Tracy Morgan reveals reason for vomiting at Knicks game in post from hospital bed
>ANIMALS: Sheep living alone on mountain top for 5 years gets haircut (2:05)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Dead Horse Hill steeped in Worcester history
>GOOD NEWS: Photographer spontaneously captures viral proposal pic of Boston couple (1:56)
-Meanwhile, mysterious radio pulses are coming from the Milky Way
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 54 today in Worcester
-Will it be a snowy winter? What the Old Farmer's Almanac predicts in Massachusetts
>TOP OF THE NEWS:
-Auburn police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old
-Albert Carabba, held in Mississippi in case of missing Worcester woman, fights return to Mass.
-4 Worcester officers among those honored by governor at Trooper Hanna awards
-Worcester's South High mourning sudden death of English, theater teacher
-Extensive rehab planned for Plumley Village in Worcester
-Worcester celebrates beginning of Lakeside Apartments project
-Worcester marks 175 years since historic women’s rights gathering
-Discovering the place where Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut meet
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:25): Calls for civilian oversight amid skepticism over implementation
>POLITICS: District council candidates debate key issues at Mechanics Hall. Video (2:04:55)
-GBH hosts Worcester mayoral debate Thursday
-Radio Worcester (23:24): Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh launches mayoral bid with a vision for a “New Deal” in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:55): City Council cell phone use becomes a campaign issue
>DINING OUT: Downtown Worcester restaurant closed Thursday for private event
-Mercado Restaurant replacing Flying Rhino Cafe on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-ICYMI: Long-awaited report calls for civilian review board to oversee Worcester police
-Suicide-awareness advocates seek rail changes at Worcester County Courthouse after man's death
-Video shows man stealing 500 Pokemon cards from Worcester shop (2:13). Article
-Worcester woman part of "Hamilton" cast as the iconic show celebrates 10th anniversary
-Worcester Business Journal landlord seeks to convert Shrewsbury Street building into 44 apartments
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Free the students!
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): After Select Board discussion, Beal Commons clears final hurdle
-Leominster woman admits stealing from elderly in Worcester County
-Leominster teen missing from Boston
-Fitchburg man arrested for running acquaintance over in JCPenney parking lot over $50 debt
-80-unit affordable housing complex planned for Route 12 in West Boylston
-Millbury Schools recognized for mathematics achievement on latest M.C.A.S. test
-Photos: Clinton community celebrates Hispanic heritage
-Community Harvest Project to host 19th annual Harvest Home Festival November 2nd
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice will "jump" into the DCU Center
-Listen Up: Big-League Collective, Dusknight deliver new music
>OPINION: Janet Limke: Bill promoting plant-based foods at state facilities good medicine
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (50:31): Brenda Vezina, C.E.O., Kiva Centers
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Vietnam War veteran from Worcester who worked for the Department of Youth Services
>SPORTS: Interim coach bump? Patriots beating Titans would go against trend
-5 running back trade candidates for Patriots to jump-start run game
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-'Sader Stories (27:31): Varsity Club Hall of Famer Jerry Dickinson
>CARS: Price of new car hits over $50,000 for first time ever (1:58)
>NATIONAL: Supreme Court weighs Voting Rights Act challenge
-Federal workers face mounting financial strain as government shutdown drags on
-Tragic: Crash kills family of 8, including 5 children and a pregnant woman
>NEW ENGLAND: Seth Moulton to challenge Senator Ed Markey in 2026
-Woman pleads guilty to taking, sharing explicit photos of children at day care
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria's ESports Blog: Director’s Corner
-Holy Cross Professor Susan Elizabeth Sweeney shares tips on writing from Edgar Allan Poe
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 surprisingly cheap European cities to visit
>BUSINESS: Survey reveals main reason why many "dread" the holiday season
-LPL Financial Research: Happy Anniversary Bull Market
-Taking bids: New company sought to run Mass. D.O.T. service plazas
>HOMES: New law on home sales takes effect in Massachusetts (3:19). Article
>SHOPPING: Shop the LG Beauty Belif glowing kit to combat dry winter skin
>HEALTH: Nonverbal dementia patient makes breakthrough with unexpected therapy
-70 percent of American adults may be considered obese under new definition of condition
>FOOD: KFC brings back fan favorite flavor Original Honey BBQ
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix true crime doc "My Father, the BTK Killer" (1:27)
>MOVIES: Paul Thomas Anderson's 10 movies, ranked from worst to best
>CELEBRITY: Jonah Hill flaunts his thinnest physique yet on set of new film
-Britney Spears fires back at Kevin Federline over memoir allegations
>HISTORY: Infamous WWII Nazi identified with help of A.I.
>ANIMALS: Dog attached to 5-foot leash his whole life is finally free (1:37)
>GOOD NEWS: Grandchildren's ages earn man a $50,000 lottery prize
-Meanwhile, in California, 2,346-pound pumpkin wins world championship
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