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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 80 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester animal shelter halts animal intakes for months amid growing crisis
-American Airlines restarts Philadelphia service to Worcester, replacing N.Y.C. nonstop
-Massport announces huge new solar field near Worcester Airport
-Worcester colleges slam ballot question that would sap their endowments
-Worcester was the birthplace and is still the home of Table Talk pies
-New Hampshire woman killed in crash on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Investigation underway after fire destroys home in Millbury
>FAITH: Keep the Faith: Considering the effects of Easter beyond Holy Week
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): 2 locals make Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Sushi restaurants (5:36)
-ICYMI: Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Rachel Monárrez to leave in June
-UMass Medical School lays off and furloughs 200 employees
-$100,000 lottery winner sold in Worcester
-State throws out License Commission's penalties against Worcester cigar bar
-Worcester reports 9 hate crimes in 2024, mostly nonviolent
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Bank honors Holden project manager
-NEW: Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-Wachusett Echo: “Disconnect to Reconnect”
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): TODAY! Sustainable Grafton, Earth Day cleanup and celebrations Saturday
-Leicester schools dedicate art show in honor of student who died
-2 critical override questions head to be decided by Spencer voters
-Shrewsbury Police Department unveils new patch for autism acceptance
-Ridgemark Home Remodeling celebrates year of quality service
-West Boylston High presents "The Lightning Thief"
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton Middle School announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Art at the Harold Stevens Gallery. hip-hop and more ...
-Worcester women featured in State House HERstory exhibit
-Bad Religion, Pennywise set to headline Punk in the Park at Palladium
-Beyond Beer: Defunct Honey Bee Orchards new home for Ragged Hill Cider
-100 FM The Pike (3:45): The Breakdown Lane
>OPINION: Ray Mariano: More embarrassing moments in Central Mass. politics
-John Keough: 3 things I think about Tuesday night
-Unity Radio's Cannabis 101 (52:06)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester chiropractor
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat White Sox, 10-3
-"They're not loving the Bill Belichick experience" in North Carolina as concerns linger
-Bravehearts offer Easter Basket for kids
-Bravehearts rolls out new menu for corporate outings
-Holy Cross football Spring Practice Report: Assistant head coach Rich Gunnell
-WooSox beat Rochester, 20-7
-The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Railers 2024-2025 season, part 1
>CARS: Ford recalling over 148,000 vehicles, including F-150, over brake problems
>NATIONAL: Robert F. Kennedy documents released
-U.S. man shot, killed after hijacking plane in Belize, officials say
>TRAGIC: Drunk-driving mom crashed into canal, left to take bath as daughter, 4, drowned: D.A.
>NEW ENGLAND: Paul Revere's ride recreated in Boston 250 years later (3:24)
-Previewing the reenactment of Battle of Lexington Saturday (2:39)
-Hundreds of nails placed on roads and driveways in Falmouth (:59)
-Video from train cab shows collision with tractor-trailer (:23)
>COLLEGES: Working for Worcester hosts 13th annual Build Day
-Unity Radio's Q.C.C. State of Mind (59:56): Q.C.C. Music Ensemble
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The best-kept secrets of travel agents
>BUSINESS: Mass. unemployment held steady in March
-The market for this "middle-class" health care job is booming — but nobody's heard of it
>HOMES: Here's what to know before calling pest control (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Wayfair's Way Day sale date
>HEALTH: What is A.L.S.? Symptoms, life expectancy of Eric Dane's diagnosis
-Mass. doctor on vaccine myths, measles outbreak, COVID boosters (3:07)
-Eating a healthier diet may help prevent you break a bone as you age, scientists say (:58)
>FOOD: Here's how and where 5.5 million Peeps are made each day (2:00)
>TV/STREAMING: Tina Fey responds to Lorne Michaels’ suggestion that she "could easily" take over "Saturday Night Live"
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Captain America: Brave New World" and more
>CELEBRITY: Olivia Munn, Amy Schumer, Olivia Wilde mock all-female Blue Origin launch
>ANIMALS: Fraternity helps reunite dog with owner after 5 years
>HISTORY: Did a woman actually kick off the American Revolution?
>GOOD NEWS: 10-year-old prodigy set to graduate from college with 2 degrees
-Meanwhile, in Nevada, man says 7 seized tigers were emotional "support animals"
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 64 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
-Related: What happens now?
-Related: Mass. theologians look back on life, legacy of Pope Francis (3:27)
-Related: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
-Related: Pope Francis's memorable moments in photos
-Related: World leaders react to Pope Francis' death
-Earlier: Pope Francis delivers Easter blessing to thousands in St. Peter's Square (1:15)
-Worcester bakery shared details of record Easter Week
-The growing community gathering place off Worcester’s June Street
-Parents in despair as special needs school program closes in Worcester County
-Worcester’s Earth Day cleanups mark 35 years of community action
-Worcester Youth Council plots future at upcoming convention
-8 honored, over $200,000 raised during gala for Safe Homes Program for LGBTQIA+ Youth
-What Worcester's Reading: TidePool Bookshop
-Woo Science: It's not Worcester's "fault." Well, sort of. A quick look at quakes
-"I'm proud to say I'm from Worcester": Paul King enjoys his dream experience as NFL official
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Mare e Monti review
-ICYMI: Authorities remain quiet 6 weeks after "fatal officer-involved shooting" in Boylston
-Worcester’s record-setting free bus program takes another victory lap
-"No Kings!" message loud and clear at rally outside Worcester City Hall
-Promenade in PJs: Worcester Public Library to hold "anti-prom"
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Departing Senior athletes embody "Student Athlete"
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Charlton woman charged after landlord reports theft, vandalism and psychedelic drug delivery
-Grocery construction firm purchases industrial building in Leominster for $3.75 million
-13,000 eggs! Shrewsbury children fill the baskets at "Eggstravaganza!"
-New owner Ken Uracius has big plans for Cohasse Country Club in Southbridge
-Tuesday Select Board meeting at Millbury High School Media Center
-2 contests on Clinton's election ballot
-Gordon Lankton scholarship applications due May 1st
-Grafton Historical to hold awards ceremony
-Luther Burbank announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Art at the Harold Stevens Gallery. hip-hop and more ...
-Worcester County Wonders: 1,525-year-old floor from Antioch calls Worcester Art Museum home
>OPINION: Anya Geist: A summer long-gone
-Worcester Business Journal Editor Brad Kane: People are scared
-WCCA-TV's What It's Worth No. 470 (28:38): Mauro DePasquale – WCCA-TV needs financial help
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:22:35)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester nurse who spent her career at Saint Vincent
>SPORTS: Celtics beat Magic, 103-86, in Game 1
-Red Sox lose to White Sox, 8-4
-Leominster nurse who's "had cancer about 8 times" is running Boston Marathon (2:55)
-UMass Memorial couple preparing for the marathon
-Running the marathon for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund
-Boston Marathon course map and what to know about the route from Hopkinton to the finish line
-Marathon road closures, parking restrictions and M.B.T.A. changes on Patriots' Day
-WooSox beat Rochester, 7-0
>CARS: Toyota weighs making RAV4 SUV in the U.S. to avoid tariffs: report
>NATIONAL: Illinois plane crash leaves 4 people dead
-Swindlers forged deeds to steal homes for $10
>TRAGIC: Woman dies, another in critical condition after Paris cryotherapy session
>NEW ENGLAND: Shots fired at Harvard Square T station (1:57). Article
-Missing 4-year-old boy who fell into Merrimack River loves to run around, father says (2:12)
>COLLEGES: At Holy Cross, Manisha Sinha on The Fall of the Second American Republic (49:26)
-Pioneering Irish civic leaders to speak at Worcester State and be awarded honorary doctorates
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 foods and drinks you should avoid at the airport revealed
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Boeing jet returns to U.S. from China -- a victim of tariff war
>HEALTH: How discarded organs are used to save lives (2:27)
-Doctor on knowing the signs and symptoms of having a stroke (3:19)
-Surgeons at Boston's Mass. Eye and Ear "regrow" noses for those impacted by skin cancer (2:29)
>FOOD: You’re making pancakes all wrong — try these tricks to make the perfect breakfast
>TV/STREAMING: Peter Krause talks leaving "9-1-1" and Bobby’s heartbreaking death
>MOVIES: Cheech and Chong celebrate 420 with release of career-spanning documentary
>CELEBRITY: Colin Farrell on decision to put son James in long-term care facility
>ANIMALS: Hairless, starving dog becomes teddy bear 4 years later (2:09)
>HISTORY: "Paul Revere's Ride" poem isn't totally accurate (5:00)
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, fugitive arrested after taunting police on social media to "locate him"
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