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  In The News

  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:56). High of 63 today in Worcester

  +5:00: Weekend New England foliage forecast with Yankee Magazine's Jim Salge (10:33)
  
  

  >TOP OF THE NEWS:

  +5:00: Search in West Brookfield called off; no evidence of drowning victim found

  +5:00: Add a smile to your step Friday as Worcester celebrates annual World Smile Day

  +5:00: Things to Do: Amy Grant, Big Nazo, Cirkus Vampyr, burlesque for brunch and more ...

  +5:00: Radio Worcester (8:39): Irish Festival returns to Worcester with sports, music and culture

  +5:00: Halloween maze in Shrewsbury touts family-friendly spookiness

  +5:00: Red Sox and Yankees face off on anniversary of Bucky (Bleepin') Dent's historic home run (:56). Article

  +5:00: Connelly Early’s historic start, and more Red Sox-Yankees Game 3 subplots
  
  

  +Noon: Auditor: Worcester among hardest-hit communities in unequal Mass Save benefits distribution

  +Noon: Man indicted for manslaughter in brother’s fatal shooting

  +Noon: F.B.I. offers $25,000 reward in 1978 disappearance of young Webster boy

  +Noon: Music, games and more at annual Irish Cultural Festival at Polar Park

  +Noon: Mechanics Hall highlights progress, new leader at annual meeting

  +Noon: "Avatar: Last Airbender" brings visuals/live orchestra to Worcester

  +Noon: How Journalism Works Discussion Series: How to cover City Hall Saturday at Worcester Public Library

  +Noon: Last Call: Dianne Langford James, Entrepreneur and community organizer
  
  

  -Judge mulling release of mentally ill man who shot at family, Worcester police

  -Company begins $70 million expansion in Worcester

  -Plumley Village sold

  -Worcester woman plans to open business after $1 million lottery win

  -Worcester City Council ups snow removal pay hoping to avoid repeating February nightmare

  -Worcester City Council passes resolution barring police from assisting I.C.E.

  -Worcester Business Journal launches redesigned site with new subscriber features

  -Central Mass. restaurants receive cut of $900,000 to address food insecurity

  -Search for missing swimmer at West Brookfield’s Lake Wickaboag

  -Worcester's report card for M.C.A.S. shows modest gains, losses

  -Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for September

  -Is this your dog?

  >POLITICS: Meet the candidates: Etel Haxhiaj talks priorities, taking a stand

  -Worcester candidates respond in follow-up to M.O.A.D. African Community Forum

  -District C, E School Committee races heat up

  -Worcester District School Committee forum (1:06:55)

  -Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:16): District 2 candidate Rob Bilotta joins Roundtable

  >DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet visits Leominster restaurant (5:17)

  -ICYMI: Local woman's self-written obituary goes viral after she dies of A.L.S. (2:32). Article

  -Family takes legal action after they say son was kicked off Wachusett youth football team with no explanation (2:42). Article

  -Why was "This Old House" filming at WPI? It’s a long story

  -Mother arrested in chaotic Worcester I.C.E. operation granted asylum

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): October Among Friends senior newsletter

  -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): Car flips on Route 9 in Westborough, disrupting eastbound traffic

  -Fire displaces 15 residents from Fitchburg apartment building

  -Charlton Select Board opposes $50,000 senior center feasibility study for Charlton Furniture site

  -Trucking company fined $32,000 after leaving state with tab for oil spill in Auburn

  -Officials outline Sterling D.P.W. building project

  -The Witches of Sutton combine festive dancing with local fundraising efforts

  -West Boylston preps for October town meeting

  -Meet the sheep responsible for keeping S.E.L.C.O.’s solar operation going
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday

  >SHOWTIME: Woostock concert set for Worcester

  -Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (57:54): Tim Power, Discover Central Mass.

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to former local state Representative
  
  

  >SPORTS: Red Sox drop Game 2 to Yankees, 4-3

  -Costly mistakes haunt Red Sox

  -Former Braveheart Ben Rice sets Yankees tone with homer in playoff debut

  -Drake Maye may a top-5 passer, but is he an elite quarterback?

  -NFL Week 5 schedule, TV and announcers

  -Holy Cross guard and former St. John's star Cam Nolan has been an anchor on the line

  -Jayson Tatum’s recovery from Achilles surgery could be "unprecedented"

  -ECHL rulebook has some minor changes for the 2025-26 season
  
  

  >NATIONAL: Shutdown fallout: Jobs, pay, benefits, even groceries could be disrupted

  -Jane Goodall, conservationist known for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

  -Related: T&G Archives: Jane Goodall's visit to Worcester in 1999

  -Gas explosion leads to partial building collapse in the Bronx (:50)

  -Tragic: Beloved high school football star killed after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip

  >NEW ENGLAND: Body of teen murdered in 1974 exhumed for new autopsy (2:33)

  -3 more spas shut down in Methuen for suspected human trafficking (2:04)

  >COLLEGES: Expanding access to social work education: Anna Maria's new B.S.W. program at Q.C.C.

  -Nichols donates iPads to Dudley Fire Department to help upgrade technology
  
  

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Logan ranks among best in nation in customer satisfaction

  >BUSINESS: See deadline to claim part of $425 million Capital One settlement

  -LPL Financial Research: Equity market melt-up cools as government shutdown looms

  -Brady Ravenelle opens Busy Bee Jumpers in Worcester

  -What's Up Worcester gains nonprofit status

  >HOMES: Rates or price? Which needs to drop to afford a home? (1:55)

  >SHOPPING: Oster recalls over 1.2 million countertop ovens. See impacted models

  >HEALTH: New, highly transmissible COVID strain fueling wave of infections

  -The psychology of ghosting: Why it hurts and how to recover (2:53)

  >FOOD: McDonald's Monopoly game returns decades after "McMillions" scam
  
  

  >TV/STREAMING: Freeform's "31 Nights of Halloween" schedule, movie list

  -Connecticut "Wheel of Fortune" player wins historic $1.035 million — in front of her boss

  >MOVIES: Ed O'Neill, Danielle Brooks, John Higgins join Cameron Diaz movie

  >CELEBRITY: U.S. comics get backlash for performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival

  -Why Kristen Bell wishes she were "more sexually active" before marrying Dax Shepard

  >HISTORY: The gruesome true story behind the inspiration for the novel "Moby Dick"

  >ANIMALS: Foster kitten's clumsiness wins his family over (1:33)

  >GOOD NEWS: Replayed numbers from old lottery ticket earn woman $30,879

  -Meanwhile, in Washington, watch package-stealing bear swipe sweater from porch

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