Highlights in The 016 Saturday, September 4th

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  Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today

  -Latest weather: A near perfect day today, high of 75 in Worcester

  -Historic Worcester diner sold to former Boston deli owner 

  -Ronnie's Seafood and Ice Cream of Auburn to end season early, amid staffing and delivery problems

  -Table Hoppin': B. Kind Café serves up good food and goodwill

  -Worcester man gets 4 to 5 years after fatally shooting woman while playing with gun 

  -Worcester police arrest 24-year-old man on gun charges

  -Worcesteria: From public art to new restaurants, making something amazing during hard times 

  -5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester

  -Five Things to Do: Geoff Tate, High Command and more ...

  -Worcester Public Schools facing substitute teacher shortage

  -Worcester will expand voting precincts from 50 to 60 for 2022

  -Artist Spotlight: "Action Geek" Doug Chapel to display new work at Bean Counter Bakery

  -ICYMI: St. Vincent Hospital has striking nurses’ unemployment benefits suspended

  -Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday

  -5 questions for Yenni Desroches, Worcester District 5 City Council candidate

  -Rosen's Roundtable #451 (28:14): Jet Blue

  -Radio Worcester: Worcester School Committee members John Monfredo (7:22) and Laura Clancey (5:43) discuss their votes regarding superintendent

  -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): Cleanup continues after Blackstone River floods in Northbridge (2:08)

  -20-year-old man hospitalized in head-on crash in Dudley

  -Shrewsbury breaks ground on new state-of-the-art police station

  -3 in custody in Westborough after U-Haul truck flees attempted traffic stop

  -Traffic advisory in Leicester through Sunday

  -Tribute to longtime journalist who recently passed away

  -Holy Cross football team looks to upset UConn today

  -9 Pirates named to All-IFL teams

  -Mass. Pirates offer Buy 1-Get 1 ticket deal for home playoff game Saturday night

  -Worcester beat Rochester again, 4-2

  -Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -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: Walmart boosting store workers’ pay by at least $1

  -U.S. added 235,000 jobs in August, way below expectations of 720,000 

  -National: Arrest warrant issued for 911 operator accused of deliberately hanging up on callers 

  -New England: Untreated wastewater dumped into Charles River during Ida

  -First-degree murder charge after victim found chopped, strangled in N.H. hotel

  -Tragic: 5-year-old Georgia girl playing with sister crushed to death by 300-pound monument 

  -Colleges: WPI researcher awarded $200,000 to study contributor to pancreatic cancer

  -Power outage scheduled at Worcester State on Saturday 

  -Animals: Adoption Option: Meet Mookie 

  -Shopping: 25 best Amazon Labor Day sales of 2021 

  -Homes: Here's Behr's 2022 color of the year

  -TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend 

  -Movies: "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Mission: Impossible 7" release dates delayed again 

  -History: Remembering the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 

  -Celebrity: Fan Expo kicks off in Boston with visit from "The Office" guest star 

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 4 students split $40,000 scholarship given up by Fitchburg High grad 

  -Meanwhile, in Virginia, watch woman donate 6 feet, 3 inches of hair to charity 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  -City mandates masks in all schools in Worcester, requires employers to report positive tests

  -Some of Worcester's biggest employers will mandate workers get a jab

  -WPI calls next 2 weeks “one for all, and all for one moment” to stave off surge

  -Worried about COVID, most parents no longer want kids in school full time, survey finds

  -ICYMI: Updated numbers for every Worcester County city and town

  -Mass. officials report 1,703 new cases, 10 additional deaths as positivity rate drops to 2.4 percent

  -More than 9 million vaccine doses administered in Mass.

  -CDC reports nearly 15 million vaccine doses wasted in U.S.

  -An entire family contracted COVID-19 in January. They're still dealing with effects

  -Being fully vaccinated reduces odds of long-term symptoms by half, U.K. study suggests