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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 (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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