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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 38 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Assumption students accused of "To Catch a Predator" assault push to drop charges
-Worcester restaurant warns of fake gift cards
-100 FM The Pike (5:42): Jay & Andrew from Broth Ramen
-Messages between Karen Read, Turtleboy discussed at hearing (1:45)
-At Clark University, student workers face union fallout
-The HeartWell Institute vacates building after sale, community mission remains top priority
-WoMag, T&G features editor Victor Infante honored with lifetime achievement award
-Deborah Packard to retire after 21 years at Preservation Worcester
-Human smuggling suspect to be transferred to Conn. jail for dialysis treatments
-Earlier: Man illegally in Worcester charged in large human smuggling ring
-Radio Worcester (19:47): Worcester police work limits under scrutiny: Is 96 hours too much?
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:19): Decorum debate and election battles
>FAITH: Service celebrating immigrants and Haitian culture with music and food Sunday morning
-Eid Mubarak! When is Eid al-Fitr? What to know about the festival
>DINING OUT: Best seafood restaurant in Mass. is Turner's Seafood, per Yelp. How to go
-ICYMI: Boston Market in Worcester seized by state over taxes as chicken franchise spirals
-Worcester native killed in Virginia crash
-Doherty senior named 2025 distinguished young woman of Mass.
-Charter closing Spectrum call center in Worcester, 174 jobs lost
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: The Menendez story hits Netflix, students react
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holdenites headed for Boston Marathon
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board sends D.P.W. facility project to Town Meeting
-Related: Timeline of Shrewsbury D.P.W. project
-Northborough firefighters honored after rescuing a woman and her dog from ice and mud
-Nominations open for the 46th annual Tribute Race honorees
-Bolton facing nearly $2 million override
-Millbury Women's Club annual pansy sale April 4th
-Grafton police to conduct alcohol compliance checks this year
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Leon Trout, The Sphinx Virtuosi, craft markets and more
-100 FM The Pike (13:28): Tracii Guns on L.A. Guns’ new album, "Leopard Skin"
-Jeffrey de Caen named director of the Prior Performing Arts Center
-Clark Challenge. Change. podcast (17:39): Our enduring love and hate of "Twilight" with Clark Associate Dean Sarah Gallagher
-"Winter And Spring: A Prose Poem"
>OPINION: Tina Agostinelli: Explore the outdoors — Your guide to a spring scavenger hunt
-First Person: For Suzanna Parpos, a revelation in a T-shirt
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 51 (28:17): Dr. Magda Havas
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (58:38): Katelyn O'Brien, Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to woman who taught in Leicester for nearly 25 years
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rangers, 4-1
-100 FM The Pike (7:48): J.P. Ricciardi talks Red Sox with Mike Hsu
-WooSox lose season opener to Mets, 4-3
-Opening day at Polar Park: Local newborns dressed up for baseball
-Holy Cross football spring practice report: Linebacker Sam Boyer
-Railers beat Trois-Rivières, 3-2
>CARS: Mass. braces for impact of 25% car tariffs (1:30)
>NATIONAL: Myanmar earthquake death toll over 1,000
-U.S. health department cuts 10,000 jobs
>TRAGIC: Police: Missing Mass. woman found dead in shallow water (:23)
>NEW ENGLAND: 10 more men named in high-end brothel case (2:26)
-Police investigate death of baby found in New Hampshire pond (2:30)
-Man faces manslaughter charges after 3 workers struck, killed on I-91 (1:15)
>COLLEGES: Worcester House seeks to bring together Holy Cross and Worcester
-Clark biology student and avid rock climber plans her route to a Ph.D.
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 easy day trips by train from major U.S. cities
>BUSINESS: Worcester woman honored for leadership in banking
-Radio Worcester (12:55): Startup Week Worcester is 3 days of innovation, funding & growth
>SHOPPING: Why 1 Mass. mall is thriving despite rise in online shopping
>HEALTH: Microplastics may be creating antibiotic-resistance superbugs
-Best type of exercise to fight insomnia in older adults: study
-Worcester Senior Center's "Stay Connected with Your Health" (44:38): March update
>FOOD: Coffee drinkers can expect rising prices as perfect storm of factors impact supply chains
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Bring Them Down," "The Rule of Jenny Pen" and more
-Is "Snow White" a box office bomb?
>CELEBRITY: Sydney Sweeney calls off wedding to Jonathan Davino as they face "major issues": report
>ANIMALS: Emaciated beagle puppy is absolutely thriving now (1:44)
>HISTORY: "The shot heard round the world" celebrated in Lexington, Concord
>GOOD NEWS: Credit union erases lunch debt for low-income families in Shrewsbury
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, T.S.A. finds live turtle in traveler's pants at airport
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+Servers, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Part-time outreach worker, Holden Senior Center
-Servers and bartenders, Fix Burger Bar
-Part-time positions, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Hostess and bus person, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:14). High of 53 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 12-year-old
-4 indicted in December murder on Dorchester Street in Worcester
-Area man banned from all Walmarts after shoplifting with bag of Percocet intended for sale
-Racist "poem" circulating at Leicester High under investigation, superintendent says
-Need legal help in Worcester? Head to the Law Library on Main Street
-T&G Student of Week: Recognizing high achievers
-Worcester city councilor threatens lawsuit over "retaliation"
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council meeting agenda
-After grabbing shoulder of Worcester councilor, Sturbridge man gets probation
-State slaps National Grid over "severe billing errors"
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for March
-Assumption President Greg Weiner in New York Times: Colleges have to be much more honest with themselves
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:19): Decorum debate and election battles
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurateurs bring Eddy’s Pub & Sports Bar to Webster Square
-ICYMI: Photographer on mission to capture churches throughout U.S. visits Worcester diocese
-India Society of Worcester's Holi lights up Boston with dance and music
-Gardner auto body shop a total loss after 3-alarm fire (:19). Article
-High Street home in Gardner heavily damaged in early morning fire
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Regional High School honor roll
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Road closure and traffic delays this week
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Safecam program leads to arrest in Shrewsbury break-in
-From the desk of the Shrewsbury Select Board (2:08)
-Leominster City Council to hold May 12th hearing on proposed horse racing ban
-Spencer Selectmen to discuss scaling back, changing format of override request
-Level school budget headed for Grafton Select Board
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Trio at 961 at Union Station on Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Lazour brothers to bring "Night Side Songs" to Broadway in Worcester
-Kids free this month at Old Sturbridge Village
-Burncoat High School Theater (38:20): THE PRICE
>OPINION: Worcesteria: From Goddard's homeground, to astronauts' homecoming
-Jennifer Julien Gaskin: The price of denial — RFK Jr., vaccines and the lives on the line
-Amanda Khatib: Getting the help we needed to save our marriage
-Lauren Cilley: A parenting S.O.S. — Our experience using Growing Joy Consulting
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 922 (28:36)
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (58:16)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who succumbed to early-onset Alzheimer’s at 63
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Grizzlies, 117-103, complete first 6-0 trip in franchise history
-Red Sox drop fourth straight in Orioles home opener, 8-5
-Garrett Crochet agrees to $170 million, 6-year deal with Red Sox
-Former Holy Name star Dwayne McClain looks back at Villanova's NCAA title 40 years ago
-Holy Cross women's basketball assistant Paige Corkins named to Women's Basketball Coaches Association Thirty Under 30 list
-Let the Bravehearts host your P.T.O. fundraiser
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 25
>CARS: Ford, Nissan among over 45,000 vehicles recalled
>NATIONAL: Miami-Dade bus driver shoots, kills 2 passengers: Reports
-Google Chrome confirms cyber "espionage" attacks from "highly sophisticated malware"
>TRAGIC: Transplant patient dies of rabies after receiving donated organ
>NEW ENGLAND: Judge limits third-party culprit defense in Karen Read retrial (2:29)
-$3.4 million in federal food assistance to Mass. cancelled
>COLLEGES: Worcester State gets $250,000 gift to start entrepreneurship competition
-Holy Cross Federalist Society invites Harvard Professor Steven Sachs for constitutional discussion
-WPI students explore careers in sustainability through mentorship program (31:24). Article
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The most scenic Amtrak routes in America
>BUSINESS: Mass. Cannabis Commission failed to collect fees of $1.7 million
-LPL Financial Research: Tariff uncertainty facing stocks to start clearing soon
-Worcester Business Journal named best-designed publication, wins 7 New England journalism awards
>HOMES: Autumn Hotaling: Cleaning tips for busy parents
>HEALTH: F.D.A. issues flu vaccine recommendations for 2025-26 season
-Scientists discover "enjoyable way" to lower diabetes risk
-WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 246 (26:59): Dr. Olga Valdman, Rise Worcester
>TV/STREAMING: "Malcolm In The Middle" set for revival without vital cast member
>MOVIES: 51 best Canadian films of all time
>CELEBRITY: Singer Johnny Mathis to retire, cancels concerts due to "age and memory issues"
>ANIMALS: Puppy who kept being overlooked gets rescued at last minute... (1:41)
>HISTORY: 1903 ad for Royal Worcester corsets
>GOOD NEWS: Painting bought for $2.99 at Goodwill auctioned for $2,875
-Meanwhile, in Germany, parade of 897 wiener dogs breaks Guinness World Record
Latest obituaries | | Monday's highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Multiple positions, Holden D.P.W.
-Part-time bartender, Canal District bar
-Servers, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Part-time outreach worker, Holden Senior Center
-Servers and bartenders, Fix Burger Bar
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