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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Cloudy with high of 73 in Worcester today
-Worcester's newest apartments set to open in 125-year-old downtown building. Top price: $3,600 per month
-Breen's Cafe steak and cheese trending after flurry of Facebook posts
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Five Things to Do: Tyra Penn, Clock Out and more ...
-Worcester man held on $35,000 bail on child rape charges
-21 years after bystander shot in club, man convicted of murder
-17-year-old girl missing in Worcester
-Polar Park: Field of dreams or thorn in collective side of Canal District businesses?
-Saturday is a Household Hazardous Waste Day in Worcester
-OSV turns to Poe for Halloween with "Phantoms and Fire"
-Artist Spotlight: Elijah Johnson
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Gov. Baker weighs in on St. Vincent nurses strike
-Ray Mariano: It’s time to settle the strike at St. V's
-WCCA-TV's "Worcester Election Countdown" (28:42): Meet Dianna Biancheria and Laura Clancey, incumbent candidates for School Committee
-Worcester District 1 City Council race candidates spar over meeting attendance
-ICYMI: Worcester police K-9 Bolt helps locate man accused in carjacking from McDonald’s parking lot
-Phantom Gourmet visits Sturbridge restaurant (4:48)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Today: Pumpkin Patch returns to Auburn's First Congregational
-Explosion sparked in Spencer when employee was changing a fuse, police say
-42nd annual Harvest Fair and Apple Pie Social tomorrow in Grafton
-Suspect indicted in the stabbing death of a man found in storage locker
-Sports: Confidence level high for Holy Cross football as Crusaders set to face No. 20 Monmouth
-WooSox fall to Rochester, 3-0
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: It's still summer at Bertera Nissan (3:03)
-RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry
-New England: Zipline accident at Stowe Mountain Resort leaves employee dead
-Man almost fights his way into airplane cockpit on flight from Boston, FBI says
-Business: U.S. jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
-Health: Millions missed cancer screenings at the start of pandemic
-Colleges: QCC to hold first-time home buying seminar
-Why do tiny animals like spiders and ticks have such a powerful bite? A Holy Cross professor explains
-Animals: WARL's animal adoption option: Meet Hazel
-Shopping/Deals: The price of Christmas trees and decorations are on the rise
-TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
-Chaos at "The View" as 2 hosts get positive COVID results live on air
-Movies: New movies on VOD
-Celebrity: Celeb chef and Clark grad Padma Lakshmi responds to "Top Chef" criticisms after production begins in Texas
-Homes: More than 1 out of every 10 Worcester County rental households are in arrears
-History: Former Women's Club in Worcester, now Tuckerman Hall
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Cambridge firefighter honored for challenging river rescue (1:23)
-Meanwhile, in the U.K., car flips while couple is having sex inside it
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Some Worcester parents shocked only 40% of middle school students got vaccine
-Boston Globe: Central Mass. hospital system runs out of ICU beds due to COVID, other factors
-Pfizer vaccine booster shots now available for millions of Americans (1:30)
-CVS, Walgreens will start offering Pfizer booster shots
-Your booster shot questions answered
-ICYMI: Roughly 60% of Worcester teachers union members are in favor of vaccine mandate
-Mass. officials report 1,784 new cases, 13 additional deaths
-These 18 states have still not vaccinated at least half of their residents
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:27). High of 48 today in Worcester
-How much total snow is Massachusetts forecast to get this winter? (6:11). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Neighbors shocked after woman killed in Worcester shooting; man also injured (1:46). Article
-Earlier: Woman dead, man injured in Worcester shooting (:59). Article
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: "Compassionate care" is front and center at UMass' Maternity Center
+Noon: Stolen stained-glass window returned to Worcester Art Museum
+Noon: Magic of "The Nutcracker" ballet is returning to Worcester
+Noon: Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making weekend plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
-John Piccolo, popular Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is Worcester restaurateur (2:10). Article
-Tensions boil over as Worcester board grills developer over Polar Park project delays
-Earlier: Worcester councilors frustrated by stalled plans for development around Polar Park
-To meet housing crisis, report finds Gateway Cities need twice as much construction
-Former District 1 City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large run
-18 months after surprise inspection, Community Healthlink not back to normal operations
-76 become new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Worcester
-Losses mourned, lives celebrated at emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
-Mass. says some police officers have been bypassing required training (3:06). Article
-Earlier: Worcester probing 27 officers state says fast-forwarded mandatory online training
-Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury woman rescues raptors one feather at a time
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:35): Breaking down the Polar Park deficit
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:19): Polar Park, tax rolls and deportation debate
>DINING OUT: Brazillian Burguer to open at former Shrewsbury Street donut shop
-ICYMI: Worcester-area Stop & Shop inventory limited after cyberattack
-David Crowley, part of family that runs Wachusett Mountain, dies at 69
-Man in late 60s, 2 cats killed in early morning condo fire in Leominster
-Charles Luster, co-founder of Uncommonwealth Group, running for Worcester City Council
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden tax rate drops, bills rise
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Wachusett Echo Teacher Profile: Chelsea Blasco
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks plow drivers for winter season
-Grafton tax rate down, values up for fiscal 2025
-Board approves single tax rate for all types of property for Sutton
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton E.L.P.A.C. hosts holiday family potluck
-2 Berlin firefighters graduate from academy
-Nashoba Class of 2004 to hold 20-year reunion on November 29th
-Organization gets federal grant for new grocery store in Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: African Talent, "Songs of the Season," and more
-Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
-Hunting phantoms, talking puppets bring humor to stage Friday and Saturday
-Jim & Val bring Second Saturdays to Apple Tree Arts
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1354 (28:06): Mark Henderson, Founder, The 016
-39th annual meeting of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (54:58)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a longtime kindergarten teacher
>SPORTS: Boston Celtics visit the White House (12:33)
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid (2:22). Article
-Bruins beat Utah, 1-0
-2004 Boston Red Sox ring and World Series trophy owned by Larry Lucchino featured in upcoming auction
-Joe Nugent steps up for Crusaders men's basketball team
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 3 signings
-Check out the schedule for upcoming road races in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Are future Social Security benefits in peril?
-Up to 20 human skulls found in New Mexico home
-Tragic: Missing boy with autism found dead
>NEW ENGLAND: Worker injured during "supermove" in medically induced coma with third-degree burns
>COLLEGES: Assumption names new chief financial officer
-Worcester State Magazine’s special 150th anniversary issue hits the stands, goes live online
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the most beautiful places to visit in the Pacific Northwest
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. unemployment rates remain higher than 2023
-LPL Financial Research: Trade, tariffs and inflation
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:40)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, November 10th to 16th
>SHOPPING: Amazon Haul — What to know about Amazon's new discount store
>HEALTH: Health officials track increases in whooping cough, pneumonia (2:31)
-A few hours of activity a week can lower your risk of A-fib (:58)
>FOOD: How to stay safe during foodborne illness outbreaks (2:16)
>TV/STREAMING: "Jeopardy" contestant’s heart-wrenching interview leaves Ken Jennings speechless
>MOVIES: Matthew McConaughey reveals why he turned down $15 million role
>CELEBRITY: Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
>HISTORY: Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores
>ANIMALS: Cyclist finds puppy in the middle of nowhere (2:08)
>GOOD NEWS: Man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
-Meanwhile, in Miami, woman delivers baby at airport in American Airlines ticketing area
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