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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 53 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: 40-year-old Worcester man arrested for loaded gun
+5:00: Ray Mariano: They want to bring America back to 1960
+5:00: Manny Jae Media (37:12): City Manager Eric Batista
+5:00: 210 Sports' former Worcester hockey pros: where are they now? 2024-2025 final
+Noon: Worcester karate instructor wins $1 million on scratch ticket
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "Riff Raff," "Last Breath," and more
+Noon: Holy Cross hockey ready for Bentley in A.H.A. final, before sellout crowd at Hart Center
+Noon: Margaret Smith: Science is like people: Imperfect, and we should love it anyway
+Noon: Shaun Connolly: No one in your office is a college basketball expert
-Man rescued from freezing waters of Lake Quinsigamond after Shrewsbury police response
-Turn down the beep? Petition aims to curb school bus honking in Worcester
-Karen Read, attorneys join Turtleboy Aiden Kearney's hearing over phone records (1:45). Article
-Fact check: JFK Jr. letter from Worcester calling Biden "traitor" not in J.F.K. files
-5 things to know about Worcester’s new chief of police, Paul Saucier
-These 8 Worcester police officers made more than their chief in 2024
-Worcester Police Department to hold promotion ceremony Friday
-Worcesteria: Festival organizers cheer event changes from City Hall
-Second Act: Hanover Theatre's new president and C.E.O. Alan Seiffer
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:48): Strike at Clark and other top stories
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:10): Where’s the outrage? Worcester stepped over for state crime lab
>DINING OUT: Yankee Magazine recommends these restaurants in Worcester. See list
-ICYMI: WBDC names old Saint-Gobain site in Worcester GreenTech Park
-6 arrested less than 10 days after wild Auburn shootout
-Worcester's city employee salary database for 2024: see the city's top earners and more
-Former Higgins Armory building is for sale
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Mountaineers make miracles
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Here are the town's top earners for 2024
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury woman helps seniors stay "fit for life"
-Douglas student spreading word about State Police Blue Envelope Program (3:03)
-Spencer counsel: Legal success unlikely with challenges to state’s mandated school contribution formula
-TODAY! Auburn police, fire department Polar Plunge at Auburn Middle School
-Grafton Select Board considers budget gap solutions
-Clinton man arrested for driving with a suspended license after traffic stop
-Clinton library celebrates Women's History Month
-West Boylston police log March 10th through 16th
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Art in the Park on hiatus for 2025
-Things to Do: Paradise City Arts, "Sort of Late Show," Hell's Belle's Burlesque and more
-Radio Worcester (11:45): Music Worcester celebrates the genius of Bach with a weekend of spectacular performances
>OPINION: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham: Reawaken your courage
-Victoria Negus and Betsy Gwin: Chip E.B.T. cards answer to S.N.A.P. theft
-Unity Radio's Cannabis 101 (53:07)
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life Show (56:08): Chloé Arnold and Annie Kerins
>SPORTS: Celtics sold for $6.1 billion. Here's what we know about their new owner (:57)
-Bruins lose to Las Vegas, 5-1
-100 FM The Pike (8:42): Holy Cross Athletic Director Kit Hughes, Part 3
-Holy Cross Spring Practice Report: Defensive lineman Christian Ross
>NATIONAL: Antarctica research crew trapped in icy hell with co-worker who "snapped and started attacking them"
-Federal judge temporarily blocks D.O.G.E. from accessing personal info from Social Security Administration
-Tragic: Grandpa buying his grandkids Happy Meals killed in shootout
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read pretrial hearing recap, analysis (13:44)
-Babysitter charged with manslaughter in Martha's Vineyard death (:32). Article
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI game design programs named among best in nation
-Clark Professor Don Spratt introduces local high school students to experiments in biochemistry
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): These U.S. airlines were fined for excessive flight delays
>BUSINESS: Worcester developers launch new indie video game, Mythic Realms
-LPL Financial Research: Market correction perspective
-7 Things I know about ... Redesigning your firm's website
>HOMES: Central Mass. home prices, total sales continue to climb
>HEALTH: Can at-home red-light therapy really cure acne? (:50). Article
-Mass. launches online portal to accelerate psychiatric care placement
>FOOD: McDonald's releasing Minecraft movie meals, toys: Date, what to know
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 2 of "The Last of Us" on Max (2:07)
>MOVIES: "Snow White" review roundup: What the critics are saying
>CELEBRITY: Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena had been separated for months before his tragic suicide
>ANIMALS: Why do cats respond to “Pspsps”?
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? A fort and a statue, deserved honors for Worcester lawyer
>GOOD NEWS: Custodian recognized for saving student who was choking
-Meanwhile, Apple A.I. stuns grandma with vicious verbal attack: "I was shocked"
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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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