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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Mostly sunny, high near 70 today in Worcester
+6:00: Five Things to Do: Geoff Tate, High Command and more ...
+6:00: Worcesteria: From public art to new restaurants, making something amazing during hard times
+6:00: Power outage scheduled at Worcester State on Saturday
+2:00: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands for the latest specials before your weekend making plans
+2:00: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+2:00: Worcester police arrest 24-year-old man on gun charges
+2:00: Cleanup continues after Blackstone River floods in Northbridge (2:08)
+2:00: Ronnie's Seafood and Ice Cream of Auburn to end season early, amid staffing and delivery problems
+2:00: Table Hoppin': B. Kind Café serves up good food and goodwill
+2:00: 20-year-old man hospitalized in head-on crash in Dudley
+2:00: Traffic advisory in Leicester through Sunday
-St. Vincent Hospital has striking nurses’ unemployment benefits suspended
-Worcester School Committee votes to search for new superintendent
-More apartments coming to Worcester, but some tenants want more affordable housing
-Prime location open at Worcester Public Market as tenant leaves
-Low pay, shrinking substitute teacher pool leaves schools scrambling to cover classrooms
-2 men arrested on drug distribution charges in Worcester
-Worcester preparing to welcome 300 refugees from Afghanistan
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - September 3rd
-West Boylston driveway washes away, swallows car
-"I can't live like this": Northbridge homeowner grapples with flooding inside and outside her house (1:47)
-Gallery: Remnants of Hurricane Ida cause flooding to Northbridge Blackstone River (15 photos)
-Because of flooding from Ida, no wake order issued for Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond
-How to avoid holiday weekend traffic
-ICYMI: Murder charge in Worcester man's beating death In Bridgewater
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-Artist Spotlight: "Action Geek" Doug Chapel to display new work at Bean Counter Bakery
-Melissa Etheridge has a "one way" ticket for fans at Indian Ranch on Labor Day
-The Secret History of Worcester Hip-Hop
-Flash Sale: Amtrak offering 50% off on fall rides
-5 questions for Yenni Desroches, Worcester District 5 City Council candidate
-Rosen's Roundtable #451 (28:14): Jet Blue
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (40:33): Orgeat Syrup — What do I do with it?
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Groundbreaking for new Shrewsbury police station at 8 this morning
-Census data documents population growth in Shrewsbury
-Spencer Fire Department raffling off PlayStation 5 to benefit firefighter
-Holden hiring firefighter/paramedic
-Mass. Pirates offer Buy 1-Get 1 ticket deal for home playoff game Saturday night
-Worcester beat Rochester, 10-2
-Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Holy Cross Athletics announces updated visitor policy, vaccination requirements
-Cars: Lots of great high line cars at Bertera like BMW and Infinity (5:00)
-RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry
-Business: Greater Worcester unemployment rose in July to 6%
-U.S. jobless claims reach a pandemic low as hiring strengthens
-National: "Sweetheart deal" with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted
-New England: Dozens of "matted, sick and dirty" cats rescued from Metrowest home
-Connecticut state trooper dies after being swept away by Ida floodwaters, officials say
-Tragic: Twin baby boys found dead inside car at South Carolina day care
-Colleges: Stress management group for QCC students
-Manuscript lost in WWI fire turns up in Clark Archives
-Tribute to doctor who served UMass for 30 years and recently passed away
-Animals: Dog calendar competition returns in Worcester; 160 pups participated last year
-Shopping: Best Labor Day sales of 2021
-Homes: 4 new Worcester open houses
-TV/Streaming: "Seinfeld" is coming to Netflix in October
-Movies: 8 must-see movies being released in September
-History: City Hospital in Worcester
-Celebrity: ABBA is back after 40 years with new album, virtual stage show
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Worcester elementary students greeted with supply-filled backpacks from UMass Medical School
-Meanwhile, in Texas, someone abandoned a mobile home in the middle of the road
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: City mandates masks in all schools in Worcester, requires employers to report positive tests
+6:00: Worried about COVID, most parents no longer want kids in school full time, survey finds
+6:00: More than 9 million vaccine doses administered in Mass.
+2:00: Some of Worcester's biggest employers will mandate workers get a jab
+2:00: CDC reports nearly 15 million vaccine doses wasted in U.S.
-Updated numbers for every Worcester County city and town
-After more than 500,000 child cases in 3 weeks, experts say schools need mask mandates
-Why is the vaccine for younger children taking longer?
-U.S. hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID
-ICYMI: 2 Worcester area bars report customers' positive tests for COVID-19
-Mass. officials report 1,593 new cases, 14 additional deaths as positivity rate drops to 2.5 percent
-Expanded Baker mandate would require vaccines for home care workers
-Newest variant showing elusive characteristics
-Ivermectin is not effective against COVID-19, public health officials say
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:31). High of 82 today in Worcester
-"Super" El Niño winter impacts on New England
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Karen Solomon, wife wanted in connection with Worcester police officer's death, found dead
+5:00: Related: Press conference (7:12)
+Noon: Historic Worcester "Octagon House" for sale
+Noon: Massport announces new director of Worcester Regional Airport
-The search for Karen Solomon: Where the investigation stands after 6 days
-Earlier: First H.E.L.P. issues statement amid search for Karen Solomon, the nonprofit's founder
-Earlier: Karen Solomon timeline: Surveillance, cellphone ping and 3 days searching Coes Pond
-Earlier: If Coes Pond produces nothing, search for Karen Solomon could shift from water recovery to fugitive hunt
-Earlier: True Crime Report (Steve Huff): The Hunt for Karen Solomon and "True Crime Brain"
-Paxton man charged in fiery O.U.I. crash that killed father, 8-year-old daughter (2:50). Article
-Worcester man charged in 2012 killing found not guilty of prison assault
-Police: Worcester man shouted "suicide by cop" while brandishing scissors
-Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty: The next generation is taking over
-Aislinn Doyle: WPS in Brief for August
-Worcester store sells $100,000 lottery ticket
-Worcester County Wonders: Hidden history in a Clinton optical illusion
-Under new federal rules, tens of thousands of Mass. residents have lost food assistance
>DINING OUT: Radio Worcester (13:36): Cyprian Keyes welcomes public back to its restaurant
-Table Hoppin': Sandwiches, cannoli a draw at Sturbridge's Mangia Bene
-ICYMI: Area woman avoids prison for stealing $110K of dead person's benefits
-Shooting suspect at Worcester County Jail extradited to Arizona
-Primary foes Mary Keefe, Ron Waddell clash over experience, criminal justice issues
-Related: 15th Worcester District debate Wednesday: Mary Keefe vs. Ron Waddell
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Val's hiring for all positions
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Disoriented man breaks into locked Shrewsbury residence during nighttime
-Man charged with sexually assaulting woman at Lions Club meeting in Leicester
-Tension at Grafton Select Board meeting over committee appointments
-Sturbridge historian to discuss Revolutionary War research at Jacob Edwards Library
-UP Academy Holland’s turnaround success offers a nuanced lesson on receivership
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: From Elm Park trash to vultures, ArtsWorcester grants become an exhibition
-Barry Manilow cancels more concerts at last minute after lung cancer battle
-Buckcherry tour bus involved in fatal South Carolina crash
-Boston Symphony Orchestra and musicians extend contract for 48 hours, delaying possible first strike (:33)
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Cherry picking politics in the face of tragedy
-Laurel: Entering play zone in Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Streetlights No. 6 (28:45)
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:32): Worcester charter review and police oversight
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Assumption professor
>SPORTS: Takeaways from Patriots' win over Eagles in NFL preseason (2:06)
-Eliot Wolf provides update on Christian Gonzalez contract talks
-Red Sox beat Giants, 5-4
-Halligan, Mila shine for Holy Cross women's soccer in win over Brown
-Holy Cross men’s soccer plays Merrimack to 2-2 tie
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Roman Anthony set to continue rehab in Worcester this week
-WooSox fall to Syracuse, 2-0
>NATIONAL: All about the 14 suspects in the alleged Penn State cocaine operation
-Why are Americans speaking 28% fewer words to each other?
-Tragic: October 7th survivor takes life on grave of lover Hamas murdered
>NEW ENGLAND: Analysis | What the defense established in Lindsay Clancy trial (2:56)
-Woman tells a Mass. officer she had just started a new insurance policy. He still had her car towed
>COLLEGES: How do I survive my first year in college? Here's advice from Clarkies
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The country that has more saunas than cars
>BUSINESS: D.O.J. and TikTok reach $400 million settlement amid child privacy violation
>HOMES: Worcester mid-year housing market review
>HEALTH: UMass Medical School professors: Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice
>FOOD: Easy Meals: 15-minute tacos
-Hidden cost of buying groceries at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and 99 Cent Store: study
>TV/STREAMING: Teaser for Season 3 of "The Pitt" on HBO (1:29)
>MOVIES: "National Treasure 3" in the works and has a script, director says
>CELEBRITY: Shelley Fabares, TV star who sang "Johnny Angel," dies at 82
-Harrison Ford, 84, shocks fans with new Indiana Jones announcement
>ANIMALS: New kitten sister won’t leave her sick brother’s side (2:23)
>HISTORY: The monkey wrench was invented in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: A construction crew uncovered a $10 million gold hoard
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear crashes couple's anniversary getaway, rummages through tea shop
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