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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 52 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Oxford home fire sends 1 to hospital
-These new apartments in Worcester come at an eye-popping price
-Worcester to honor fallen service members with Memorial Day ceremonies
-Holy Cross rowing team crash survivor now helping others at Spaulding Rehab (4:26)
-Tantasqua Regional honors 90-year-old janitor with surprise birthday party (2:29). Article
-Worcester police officers run 450 miles to D.C. honoring Officer Manny Familia
-Hendrix, Springsteen, Joplin still echo inside Atwood Hall at Clark
-Worcester Bishop's decree bars common practices for cremated remains
-"The smell, the shock": Worcester family denied money after sewer backup destroys their basement (1:55). Article
-Worcester middle schools get new sports programs with nonprofit help
-South High Community School prom photos at Union Station
-Worcester Mayor honors Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut with Key to the City
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review: Alternative schools, $1 billion budget, Clemente push
>DINING OUT: Yankee Magazine's best seafood shacks in New England (3:45)
-New Indian fast-food spot debuts in Worcester
-ICYMI: Woman stabbed outside Worcester City Hall on Friday morning
-Judge denies request to revoke passport of accused Worcester pastor
-Family of Auburn Officer Tarentino, slain 10 years ago, recall funny, devoted man
-4 face charges after Chandler Street drug raid
-3 Worcester men among 13 charged in massive drug take-down
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Memorial Day parade tomorrow
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-$9.99 propane fill this weekend at Jed's
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leominster High School threat report leads to youth arrest
-Traffic advisory for Monday's Memorial Day Parade in Paxton
-Now 100, Barbara "Babs" Donahue remains a Shrewsbury great
-TODAY! Sutton police to host benefit for hero pups noon to 4 Sunday
-El Punto Latino top dog at Spencer food truck event
-Woman found unresponsive behind wheel in Dudley arrested after police locate fentanyl, crack
-Todd Proctor elected Oxford School Committee chair as district eyes future expansion
-Westborough Connects helps residents "unplug" and embrace community life
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
-Central Mass. beverage wizards make magic in a glass with land federally recognized as awesome
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Birthday Bash for Bob D., Mike Goodwin's comedy show, Arts X 3 ...
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam Country No. 243 (1:00:11): Ben Gallaher, Kacey Musgraves and more
>OPINION: Laurel: Observing Memorial Day in Worcester
-Holy Cross's Worcester Voices, Episode 4 (35:48): Trang Le, owner, Mint Kitchen and Bar
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1413 (23:07): Helene Cancelmo & Christina Andrianopoulos
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (51:12): Pulse Magazine sale, Worcester police headquarters and rent control
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who owned multiple local pizza shops
>SPORTS: Could A.J. Brown trade destinations expand beyond Patriots?
-Should Celtics pursue Robert Williams in free agency?
-The case for Trace: Why Chad Tracy is ready to shed the "interim" manager tag
-Red Sox lose to Twins, 4-2
-Bravehearts 2026 promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox lose to Rochester, 7-5
-210 Sports: Railers need big changes to make ECHL playoffs
>CARS: Why the cost of an oil change is going up (2:07)
>NATIONAL: Suspect dead after opening fire near White House
-F-16 fighter jet shoots down U.F.O. over Lake Huron (1:00)
-Eerie look inside Maldives shark cave where 5 divers died (5:52)
-Tragic: Woman, 50, "ripped apart" by neighbors' pit bulls
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. D.O.T. admits to "outrageous" breakdown after overtime exposé (2:55)
-P.O.S.T. to audit police reporting as review tracks domestic cases (3:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 35 (32:48): A.I.-Generated Content | Rodica Neamtu | Computer Science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Many Airbnbs lack this $40 device that could save your life
-6 new airports that will transform travel in the next 10 years
>BUSINESS: 2 new Worcester dispensaries open as industry adapts to new cannabis laws
-Autumn Hotaling: Business travel as a working mom
-TikTok was set to pay $1 billion over kids privacy breaches – years before D.O.J.'s sweetheart $400 million deal: sources
>HOMES: Smart storage solutions for clutter-free living
>HEALTH: 5 diseases you can get from ticks as E.R. visits spike
-Harvard researchers investigate link between mental health crises and police shootings
>FOOD: Simple ways to elevate your Memorial Day cookout bites (4:17)
>TV/STREAMING: Canceled TV shows 2026: Which of your favorites got the axe?
>MOVIES: The best of Cannes films of 2026
>CELEBRITY: Hayden Panettiere details "uncomfortable" Connie Britton dynamic on "Nashville" set
-Kylie Minogue reveals private cancer battle after first defeating disease in the 2000s
>ANIMALS: Cat lost in California reunited with Georgia family 7 years later
>HISTORY: Then & Now: Muir's Laundry, 205 Chandler St., Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: 11-year-old cancer patient spreads joy: "I just want to help"
-Meanwhile, in India, elephant goes on a deadly rampage (2:10)
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Hundreds of fish die in Worcester's University Park pond
-Former T.S.A. officer from Worcester gets probation for fraudulently collecting over $47,000 in unemployment benefits
-Tatnuck Neighborhood Association to honor retiring airport director Andy Davis
-Memorial Day events: See what's happening in your Central Mass. community
-Worcester to honor fallen service members with Memorial Day ceremonies
-"It needs to be told": A long-hidden story about an area P.O.W. finally being shared
-Memorial Day guide to what’s closed and what’s open in Mass.
-These new apartments in Worcester come at an eye-popping price
-Worcester vs. Worcester: Massachusetts and England's forgotten soccer matches, 100 years ago
-Report: English learners progressing faster in Worcester Public Schools
-Town-by-town map shows where cellphones are banned in Central Mass. schools
-Worcester County Wonders: The surprising local history of the rickshaw
-Antiques by the barnful at newly opened Almanac Market in Paxton
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
-What fish are safe to eat in Mass. lakes and rivers?
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review: Alternative schools, $1 billion budget, Clemente push
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet visits Northborough restaurant (4:46)
-Yankee Magazine's best seafood shacks in New England (3:45)
-ICYMI: Oxford home fire sends 1 to hospital
-Holy Cross rowing team crash survivor now helping others at Spaulding Rehab (4:26)
-Worcester police officers run 450 miles to D.C. honoring Officer Manny Familia
-Hendrix, Springsteen, Joplin still echo inside Atwood Hall at Clark
-Worcester Bishop's decree bars common practices for cremated remains
-"The smell, the shock": Worcester family denied money after sewer backup destroys their basement (1:55). Article
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Memorial Day parade 11 a.m. today
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-$9.99 propane fill this weekend at Jed's
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Memorial Day Parade 9:30 a.m. today
-Millbury Memorial Day ceremony to be held inside at 9:30 today
-Paxton Memorial Day Parade canceled, ceremony moved inside to Paxton Center School
-Rutland Memorial Day Parade 11 a.m. today
-Driver arrested in Clinton after 911 caller tracks Acura operating erratically before hit-and-run
-Shepherd Hill students leave their mark at Buffumville Dam
-Auburn Summer in the Park Concert Series returns with full summer lineup
-Competing visions for Southbridge emerge during town council candidate forum
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Birthday Bash for Bob D., Mike Goodwin's comedy show, Arts X 3 ...
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1376 (30:00): Remy Bond, Mirador and more
>OPINION: Lisa Kippax and Betsey Crimmins: Keep Meals on Wheels rolling for seniors in need
-Shaun Connolly: Time to pull the trigger on that in-ground pool
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1414 (25:54): Eric Butler, Executive Director, Museum of Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (51:12): Pulse Magazine sale, Worcester police headquarters and rent control
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local pharmacist born and raised in Tatnuck Square
>SPORTS: How attending a World Cup match in Foxborough can quickly cost $1,000
-Celtics’ Jaylen Brown earns Second-Team All-NBA nod
-Kyle Busch's cause of death has been revealed
-Red Sox lose to Twins, 6-5
-Bravehearts 2026 promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Summer road race season begins Memorial Day Weekend across Central Mass, Northeast Conn.
>CARS: Hyundai recalls over 421,000 vehicles. See affected models
>NATIONAL: Experts say technology behind A.I.-generated deepfakes moving fast
-Camp Mystic nurse who abandoned little girls during deadly flooding has license suspended
-Tragic: High school senior killed in car crash on morning of his graduation
>NEW ENGLAND: Boston firefighter killed during fall while fighting blaze (2:32). Article
-Gov. Healey "went through the roof" over Channel 25's Mass. D.O.T. bombshell (2:05)
-Police considering charging influencers for Hampton Beach takeover (3:01)
>COLLEGES: Clark appoints inaugural David Angel Endowed Chair in Holocaust Pedagogy and Antisemitism Studies
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 of the prettiest small towns in California
-6 things retirees should know about traveling solo
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Drowning in medical debt? These hidden tips could wipe it out (3:11)
-Roku, TCL accused of sabotaging smart TVs with bad software updates
>HOMES: Central Mass. home sales slow in April
>HEALTH: Hantavirus is gaining ground in the U.S., startling researchers
-Tracey Faraday: Playground safety tips that help calm my anxiety
>FOOD: Easy meals: 20-minute chicken and rice
>TV/STREAMING: Coming soon to HBO (1:51)
>MOVIES: "The Mandalorian and Grogu" makes major gains at box office
>CELEBRITY: Anne Hathaway finally sets record straight on "loud" facelift speculation
-Stephen Colbert reveals A-list supermodel who named him her "hall pass"
>ANIMALS: Guy spends his day off rescuing a mama cat's 5 kittens (2:13)
>HISTORY: Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping the memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
>GOOD NEWS: Tantasqua honors 90-year-old janitor with surprise birthday party (2:29). Article
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, bear wanders onto porch, rings doorbell
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