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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: 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)
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+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
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