Make the016.com a preferred choice with Google by clicking here 
Discover the heartbeat of Worcester with The016.com! Stay connected to the latest news, events, and stories that matter most to you. Don’t miss out—sign up today and be part of the community that keeps Worcester in the know. Your front-row seat to everything local starts here!
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:04). High of 47 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester barber John Rickheit remembered as "best of the best"
+6:00: Clark students end strike, vow to continue unionization efforts
+6:00: Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
+6:00: Watching Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins will cost Xfinity customers more (2:10). Article
+Noon: Honey Dew Donuts location in Worcester closes for good
+Noon: New Public: The 016 — Blurring boundaries between local news and social media
+Noon: Road to becoming a Celtics dancer is "rigorous but rewarding"
-D.O.J. may end federal police oversight
-The story behind a 100-year-old local potato chip company, Tri-Sum (4:00)
-Worcester D.P.W. to hold job fair for 90 open positions
-Rwandan genocide survivor to speak at Anna Maria on Monday
-Worcester to hold meetings on F.E.M.A. flood map updates
-Area woman with 13 warrants from 3 different counties has been arrested
-After M.C.A.S., how will Shrewsbury determine who can graduate?
-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
>FAITH: Encountering the homeless, building relationships
>DINING OUT: History is on the grill at Kosta's Cafe in Spencer
-ICYMI: Suspect offers cops $10,000 bribe during drug bust in Worcester, police say
-Protesters gather outside Tesla charging stations at Auburn Mall
-At Smith’s Country Cheese in Winchendon, find a family’s dedication to dairy farming
-Radio Worcester (16:05): Worcester’s new weekly farmers market — Fresh food, local goods & live music
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): March Senior Center events
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Recreation Egg Hunt April 5th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fiber coming to West Boylston within the year
-For Clinton teens, "going to the dogs" a good thing
-Leominster man tells officers “I’m a taxpayer” during domestic dispute
-Millbury Select Board chooses M.B.T.A. Communities-compliant zoning
-Princeton caucus nominates for town election
-Lancaster to go through budget details April 1st
-Sterling ready to put questions before voters
-Wachusett Area Chamber Salute Breakfast is April 3rd
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: EcoTarium kicks off 200th anniversary symposium series
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester City Council ready to do nothing on police reform
-David Rushford: Tone down vitriol at Worcester City Council
-Kamala C. Kiem: Clark University is pro-student, not anti-union
-WCCA-TV's Mayor's Forum No. 50 (28:16): Elizabeth Cruz, L.A.B.O. and E.L.L.A.
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:13:44)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who spent her career as a maternity nurse at St. V's
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Trail Blazers, 129-116
-Bruins lose to Kings, 7-2
-Railers beat Trois-Rivieres, 5-4
>NATIONAL: Stricter identity verification for Social Security raises access concerns
-I.R.S. stimulus checks 2025: See if you qualify for $1,400 check
-Tragic: Mother who allegedly slit son's throat on Disneyland vacation charged with murder
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 teenagers killed during fight near mall (:30)
-Students at Mass. high school to stage walkout in protest of staffing cuts (:28). Article
>COLLEGES: Working at Holy Cross (2:50)
Clark police dog has become a comforting presence on campus
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 cities with massive underground complexes
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Psychiatrist: How parents support adult children on job hunt (3:17)
>HOMES: Amazon spring deals — 10 linen closet organizers for tidier storage
>HEALTH: Flu cases in Massachusetts begin to decline (1:35)
-H.P.V. vaccine has dramatically reduced risk of cervical cancer (:49)
>FOOD: F.D.A. alerts Target customers of massive recall of canned vegetables
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 4 of "Hacks" on Max (1:40)
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Brad Pitt Formula 1 movie, "F1" (2:28)
>CELEBRITY: Conan O'Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor
>ANIMALS: Kitten is emotional support animal to 120-pound mastiff (1:45)
>HISTORY: When ice was king in Boston
>GOOD NEWS: Second-grader uses Heimlich maneuver to save choking classmate: video
-Meanwhile, woman baffled after discovering she’s the spitting image of a 1909 painting
Latest obituaries | | Sunday's highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Hostess and bus person, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Communications dispatchers, town of Auburn
-Full-time police officer, town of Paxton
-Servers and hosts, Chandler Street restaurant
-Substation/utility foreman, Holden Municipal Light Department
See all Help Wanteds | | Job opening? Post it here for FREE today
In The News
>WEATHER: Midweek rain looming, high in upper 70s today in Worcester (2:44). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Chronic church noise complaints prompt Worcester to review enforcement, ordinance
+6:00: Central Mass. students fight to save closing low-income college prep program
+6:00: Summer Eats treats Worcester youth to free breakfast, lunch
+6:00: WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts back above .500 after 3-1 post-All-Star week
+6:00: Where to stream Shark Week for free
+Noon: 2 displaced after Worcester house fire
+Noon: Worcester Guardian seeks members for new Community Advisory Board
-How Central Mass. school districts are faring as tax overrides have tripled in 10 years
-Meet the freshman teachers starting out this fall in local schools
-Music with spirit fills air at Summer Gospel Fest on Worcester Common
-Worcester cyclists tackle steep hill in race to honor Major Taylor
-Remember Goose? Here’s what the famous runaway lizard has been up to
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-This 56-foot Worcester castle was built to honor a U.S. Naval Academy founder
-National Grid bringing bill assistance events to Worcester County this summer
-Worcester schools grow pollinator gardens with state grant
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for July
>DINING OUT: Saloon 139 in Worcester offers Chinese food kicked up a notch
-308 Lakeside in East Brookfield has a new owner
-ICYMI: Overflow near Route 20 dumps 15,000 gallons of raw sewage near Lake Quinsigamond
-Worcester police warn of spike in Infiniti thefts
-Former Fallon headquarters to reopen as Altitude Worcester apartments in September
-Worcester hotel developer asks for 2-year extension to build 122-room hotel
-Retired Leicester police chief gives back by creating non-profit organization
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mexicali reopens
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
-Fire Department offers free car seat checks to all Holden residents
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board member pushes for "wildlife corridor"
-Wagner Motors has been helping families get it right for decades
-3 arrested for returning to Leominster officer’s detail and threatening to “f—” his daughter over friend’s arrest
-After grant, increased accessibility at Silver Lake Beach waters
-Southbridge students to showcase Summer Arts Camp
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: WICN's 6th annual Newport Jazz Festival Bus Trip on Saturday
-Bret Michaels undergoes emergency surgery after performing 3 concerts in "intense" pain
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 27 (27:39)
>OPINION: Rory Riley Topping: Too few U.S. reps, too many people to serve
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (37:57): I.C.E. shooting in Maine, claims on election integrity
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who passed away at 101
>SPORTS: Patriots defense owns the day and more takeaways from Day 2 (1:53)
-Robert Kraft, Patriots put historic offer on table for Christian Gonzalez
-AFC East training camp preview
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 6-1
-Gabriela Chiappetta of Holy Cross wins gold medal at World Lacrosse Women’s Championship
-Bravehearts beat Nashua, 14-10
-Bravehearts' 2027 ‘Hearts Club memberships are here
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Jacksonville, 4-3
>NATIONAL: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record
-Police arrest 1 and search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed 3
-Pastor allegedly crashed at 104 mph while drunk — killing young daughter just months after her mom died
-Tragic: Influencer heard "screaming and crying" on 911 call before husband killed her after TikTok outed him as a pedophile
>NEW ENGLAND: Dive teams recover body after drowning at Milford quarry (2:00). Article
-Lindsay Clancy trial starts Monday, ex-husband may testify first
-Mass. senator fed up with lack of opioid settlement fund spending (2:58). Article
>COLLEGES: At Holy Cross, major in anything, succeed in business (2:35)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): U.S. Virgin Islands beach named best in the world
-7 things flight attendants would never do on a plane
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Alimony modification in Mass. | When can you change it?
>HOMES: ABCs of selling real estate held in trust
>HEALTH: Popular summer food linked to increased colorectal cancer risk (:33)
-Screen time can have dire effects on children's development: officials
>FOOD: Depression-era Little Debbie snack that built a family-run bakery still has Americans hooked
>TV/STREAMING: Inside Apple TV's new crime drama "Lucky" (2:16)
>MOVIES: "The Odyssey" earns $87 million in its second weekend
-Generations share their most anticipated movie of the summer in recent survey
>CELEBRITY: Ben and Casey Affleck’s mother dies at 83 (:20)
-Elisha Cuthbert reveals why she quit Hollywood for 4 years before "Every Year After" return
>ANIMALS: Woman rescues wasp who won't leave her hand for 24 hours (2:22)
>HISTORY: Mississippi highlights legacy as "birthplace of America's music"
>GOOD NEWS: 64-year-old father of 5 graduates as a nurse, studying alongside his son
-Meanwhile, in Peabody, quit dumping roosters on my property, farmer says (:49)
Latest obituaries | | Sunday's Highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Job fair at Worcester Post Office August 18th
-Part-time dishwasher and line cook, Canal District bar & restaurant
-Police officers, Town of Shrewsbury
-Front of house manager, Holden restaurant
-Part-time hosts, West Boylston restaurant
-Servers, bartenders and line cooks, Worcester restaurant
See all Help Wanteds | | Job opening? Post it here for FREE today
Quick Links: Personalize your news | | Browse members | | Advertise | | Blogs | | Invite friends | | Videos
Animals | | Boston Sports | | Business | | Cars | | Celebrity | | Colleges | | Commute & Travel | | Crime | | Faith | | Food | | Good News | | Health | | Help Wanted | History | | Homes | | Local Sports | | Lottery | | Movies | | National | | New England | | Politics | | Shopping & Deals | | SHOWTIME! | | TV & Streaming | | Weather
