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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:25). High of 59 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Amazon halts plans for Westborough drone deliveries (2:00). Article
-Rift between Worcester police chief, deputy revealed in D.E.I. complaint
-Diocese to tear down unused rectory in Worcester
-Construction begins on long-awaited 105-room Hampton Inn in Worcester
-Worcester developer seeks approval for 255-unit Reservoir Point project near Coes Pond
-3 affordable Worcester condos offered to first-time homebuyers
-Developer sued for alleged nonpayment at 3 Worcester construction sites
-Worcester police arrest woman for possession of fentanyl and crack cocaine with intent to distribute
-"Panic": Seniors hunt for medical coverage as Medicare Advantage
-Formalizing a partnership between Clark and Worcester Public Schools
-As oil heating costs soar, expensive Mass. Save plan falls short (4:15)
-Winter gas rates approved with mixed changes for customers (:53)
-100 FM The Pike (15:48): Ask The C.M. with Worcester City Manager Eric Batista
-Worcester Police Department log for Friday, October 30th
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review
>FAITH: WCCA-TV's Streetlights No. 8 (27:41)
>DINING OUT: Sturbridge farm restaurant serves a turkey dinner families plan their whole Thanksgiving season around
-Your food deserves a bigger audience. Get more eyes on your restaurant on The 016
-Best of Mass Burgers, Part 3: Numbers 10 to 1 (2:51)
-ICYMI: Worcester celebrates state’s largest office-to-housing conversion
-Contractor claims Menkiti Group withheld nearly $1 million in payments on Downtown Worcester project
-Initiative pairs cancer survivors, patients at UMass Memorial (3:54)
-Worcester protesters decry I.C.E. during march at courthouses, City Hall
-Sainthood effort for Worcester mother and activist suspended
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Ten West Market in Holden nearly ready to reopen after devastating fire
-Vacancy on Agricultural Commission
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): New auto shop planned for Route 20 in Shrewsbury
-Gardner man charged with violating restraining order after relaying threat to ex-girlfriend through a friend
-Dudley Woman's Club to host Pocketbook Bingo November 8th
-Leicester police collect 49 pounds of medication during Drug Take-Back Day
-Fitchburg woman charged after officer spots cocaine in car outside Ayer Public Library
-Charlton establishes building committee for proposed Senior Center
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Diwali celebration, Gershwin and Ellington celebrated
-Pulse Magazine Weekend Guide (:22)
-Author to explore Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret journey to World War II front lines
-Community Drum Circles Sunday at The Village
-Radio Worcester (29:44): Kool Kojak talks Worcester roots, music, graffiti and film
>OPINION: Ray Mariano: Amazon drone delivery plan demands council’s attention
-Tom Marino: Worcester City Council after 529 days: We tell you nothing
-Laurel: A day at the late, great Denholms
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:27): Westborough police chief’s leave and Worcester Diocese accountability
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:57): Police oversight, housing and voter registration
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to doctor who spent his career in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots-Dolphins Week 8 preview: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-NFL Week 8 schedule, TV and announcers
-Appeals court reinstates $4.7 billion "Sunday Ticket" class action verdict against NFL
-Bruins beat Blackhawks, 5-4
-Crusaders dominate No. 19/21 Richmond in upset victory. Press conference (7:46)
-Holy Cross men's ice hockey splits weekend set with Bentley
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball season previews
-Gabby Williams leads Valkyries to WNBA championship
>NATIONAL: 3 people killed after 2 helicopters collide midair
-Christa Pike gives first public comments since failed execution
-NASA astronauts conduct 100th U.S. spacewalk outside I.S.S.
-Tragic: Infant dies after swallowing balloon animal piece at Halloween party
>NEW ENGLAND: Missing remains of World War II hero brought home (2:24). Article
-Karen Read, Alan Jackson launching new podcast (:27)
-Lesbian bar that lifted mask mandate — 1 night a week — needs "new owners ASAP"
>POLITICS: These charts show what to know about the midterms
-Ballot Question 8 (2:32): On the future of recreational marijuana
-Ballot Question 9 (2:32): Recent updates to gun laws go to Mass. voters. Article
>COLLEGES: Free community college helping to shore up state university enrollment
>TRAVEL: American Airlines to raise credit card fees eye-popping 52%
>BUSINESS: North Korean hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in "largest bank heist in human history"
-Radio Worcester (15:31): WiseDine founder turns college health scare into dining app
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports names large appliances that can help cut utility bills
>HOMES: Looking to cut oil costs? Alternatives homeowners consider (2:46)
>HEALTH: How to choose the right health insurance plan for 2027
-New gene therapy helps Cambridge man fight sickle cell (2:11)
-Local doctor shares frustration over national surge in measles (2:56)
>FOOD: KFC signs Coca-Cola on as new beverage partner, ditching Pepsi
-Popular supplement sold at Whole Foods recalled for salmonella concerns
>TV/STREAMING: "General Hospital" wins outstanding drama series
>MOVIES: "Goonies" actress Martha Plimpton gives grim update on long-rumored sequel
>CELEBRITY: Chris Brown avoids prison time for brawling at a London nightclub
-Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Looney Tunes, dies at 46
>ANIMALS: Veteran brings retired Army dog to every M.M.A. training session (4:40)
>HISTORY: Historic cookbook propelled women’s suffrage movement in Boston
>GOOD NEWS: Halloween display brings joy to woman undergoing cancer treatment (2:43)
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear family raids pickup truck, helping themselves to six-pack of beer
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:28). High of 68 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Patient steals ambulance in Worcester, crashes it in West Boylston, police say (:23). Article
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester brewery (5:08)
-Worcester library opens centuries of newspaper history to cardholders
-3 affordable Worcester condos offered to first-time homebuyers
-Worcester fall leaf collection starts today
-National Grid to host 3 Worcester events to help residents lower winter energy bills
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-In Massachusetts, chronic absence impacts Hispanic students most. Why?
-East Brookfield man pulled over on go-kart arrested on outstanding warrant
>DINING OUT: Worcester cafe awarded $200,000 for job training program
-What's cooking? A low-cost way to put your restaurant in front of thousands of local customers!
-Sturbridge farm restaurant serves a turkey dinner families plan their whole Thanksgiving season around
-ICYMI: Rift between Worcester police chief, deputy revealed in D.E.I. complaint
-Diocese to tear down unused rectory in Worcester
-Construction begins on long-awaited 105-room Hampton Inn in Worcester
-Initiative pairs cancer survivors, patients at UMass Memorial (3:54)
-Sainthood effort for Worcester mother and activist suspended
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Ten West Market in Holden nearly ready to reopen after devastating fire
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Driver unhurt after rollover in Northborough
-Pair charged with breaking into 12 storage units in Winchendon
-For 26 years, Deb Richard has kept students safe as Floral's crossing guard
-Meet Shrewsbury’s assistant building inspector: Carpenter, dad, and cross-country star
-Sturbridge announces 2027 Hometown Heroes banner program
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Channel 5's Ted Reinstein to bring Revolutionary-era stories to Webster
-Library exhibit celebrates more than 50 years of Rosenberg’s art quilts
-Posthumous Dolly Parton memoir sells for eye-popping sum
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester City Council after 529 days: We tell you nothing
-Jessica Katz: A mom's perspective on journaling
-Unity Radio's The SuSanity Life (56:59): Dave Geraway, Rolling Roots BJJ
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:27): Westborough police chief’s leave and Worcester Diocese accountability
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:57): Police oversight, housing and voter registration
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to doctor who spent his career in Worcester
>SPORTS: Drake Maye has 3 touchdowns as Patriots rally to beat Dolphins, 24-19
-DeMario Douglas, Kyle Williams step up with A.J. Brown absent
-Another sloppy Patriots performance, but another divisional win
-Celtics outlast Magic, 108-97
-Holy Cross women’s basketball to open season at Boston College on Monday
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 2026-27 captains
-100 FM The Pike (8:30): Holy Cross women's basketball coach Candice Green on the upcoming season
>NATIONAL: 9 die as Learjet crashes in Florida (2:44). Article
-Related: Haunting final message from Learjet as it plummeted in Florida
-Dozens injured, at least 6 dead in Halloween weekend gun violence at nightlife districts across U.S.
-Tragic: Girl stabbed in shop by "obsessed" boy, 14
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 police officers fired after investigation into Flock misuse (1:09)
-Mass. man dies in New Hampshire A.T.V. crash
>POLITICS: Debate over ballot Question 5 (3:00): State revenue limit and rebate
-Ballot Question 6 (1:29): Fund for natural resource conservation
-Your ballot questions, explained
>COLLEGES: Lancer Spotlight: Ruth Adams shares her favorite campus memories and filmmaking aspirations
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-OPEC+ keeps December oil output targets steady ahead of tougher call for 2027
>SHOPPING: Bodum French press recall involves nearly 6 million coffee makers
>HOMES: America's "zombie foreclosures" are declining
>HEALTH: C.D.C. report: "Superbugs" kill more than 50,000 Americans annually
-"Largest measles outbreak in over 35 years": What to know (1:54)
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Ground turkey skillet
-Popular snack may protect the aging brain when eaten every day
>TV/STREAMING: "Criminal Minds" ending after 20 seasons as cast breaks silence over abrupt cancellation
>MOVIES: "You Can See Everything," "Clayface" seek No. 1 at Halloween box office
>CELEBRITY: "All My Children" star Alan Dysert dies at 75 after incurable cancer diagnosis
-Inside Sharon Osbourne's final moments with Ozzy as she shares rocker's last words
>ANIMALS: Dog refuses to leave the spot where he last saw his dad (2:16)
>HISTORY: Try a recipe from the 1886 "Woman Suffrage Cook Book" (1:34)
>GOOD NEWS: Manchester grandmother has Halloween of a lifetime
-Meanwhile, in Dedham, police called to Starbucks for dispute over 2 cents
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