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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:44). High of 26 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Fuel spill closes Route 146 after crash Friday
+Noon: Man arrested after large-scale illegal marijuana operation found in Grafton home, police say
+Noon: T&G This Week: Help us recognize the nation's most exceptional women
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: Crown Meat Market Deli Bakery makes waves with Brazilian pastries
+Noon: New shows & movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on streaming: "Wicked: For Good" and more
+Noon: Woo! Science: 2025 brought astronauts, artistic reptiles
+Noon: Everett McCorvey is Music Worcester's 2026-27 artist in residence
-What's new in Woo? Here’s 10 new things Worcester should anticipate for 2026
-Worcester man indicted on rental aid fraud
-Worcester housing gains collide with affordability
-City Council, School Committee members to be inaugurated Friday
-Check out this Worcester indie game company's first video game (1:26)
-After 30 years, DCU Center’s Sandy Dunn prepares to step aside
-Trash and recycling delayed a day in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Radio Worcester (21:52): Raising Cane’s opens in Worcester, leaders share culture behind the brand
-ICYMI: Man sues UMass Memorial for $5 million
-EcoTarium rings in new year...at noon so the kids can go to bed
-The most popular stories of 2025 on The 016
-The top viewed stories of 2025 at This Week in Worcester
-News Link Live’s 10 most-read stories of 2025
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mountview Middle School honor roll
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): A new locker at Oak Middle School is all about giving back
-Shrewsbury police arrest man who swung axe at individual on South Quinsigamond Ave.
-Clinton man who called police on roommates arrested on warrant
-Clinician will help police without using handcuffs
-Auburn police remember fallen officer
-Composition, charge of Economic Development Committee questioned in Spencer
-Willard House names David G. Gow Memorial Scholarship winner
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-Sip elevated libations high above The Woo at Vue, Worcester's newest cocktail lounge (:52)
>SHOWTIME: Things To Do: Harlem Globetrotters, "Chicago" and more
-From rappers to zombies, Worcester's year in pop culture
>OPINION: Genevieve DiNatale: Healey’s record shows rhetoric without results for women and the middle class
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career nurse at UMass Memorial
>SPORTS: Key stats in Drake Maye vs. Matthew Stafford NFL MVP race
-Most of Patriots’ 2026 opponents revealed after winning AFC East title
-Celtics beat Kings, 120-106 (1:58). Article
-Bravehearts 2026 Flex Plans now available
-210Sports: My 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame vote, if I had one
>NATIONAL: A.C.A. subsidies expire, expenses to soar for millions
-Reviewing 2025 in politics (4:05)
-Tragic: Girl 13, dies in accidental shooting on Christmas Day
>NEW ENGLAND: Woman leaving New Bedford church gathering killed in hit & run (2:05)
-Dozens of Mass. convicted murderers have been granted parole, sparking backlash from prosecutors
>COLLEGES: Introducing the Beaven Bulwark, Holy Cross’ new social justice publication
-Assumption's Physician's Assistant Program receives hands-on trauma training with Army
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The 10 most-visited counties in the world
-The hotel chains with the highest (and lowest) resort fees
>BUSINESS: Smart money moves you can make in 2026 (1:47)
-Furniture and cabinet tariff hikes delayed until 2027
-Betty Boop and Blondie enter the public domain joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh
>HOMES: Worcester's 2025 housing market year in review
>HEALTH: How to stay committed to dry January
-Does your body burn more calories in cold weather?
>FOOD: Pros and cons of a plant-based diet for kids (2:01)
>TV/STREAMING: Teaser for new Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton Netflix movie, "Apex" (1:14)
>MOVIES: Top 30 Oscar contenders, from "Sinners" to "Hamnet"
-2026 new releases: "Avengers," "Toy Story 5," "The Odyssey"
>CELEBRITY: Russell Brand faces new rape, sexual assault charges after 2 women come forward
-Eddie Murphy says David Spade joke made him question "SNL" return
>ANIMALS: Squirrel visits his rescuer every day for years (2:58)
>HISTORY: Mass. governor signed a redistricting bill 2 centuries ago that led to term gerrymandering
>GOOD NEWS: Mass. couple celebrates the gift of life (2:19)
-Meanwhile, Nostradamus grim predictions for 2026 revealed
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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