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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
-Election 2021 in Worcester
*Radio Worcester (10:26): Mayor Joe Petty on being elected to a historic 6th term
*Etel Haxhiaj, Thu Nguyen celebrate historic firsts on journey from refugees to new city councilors
*Jermaine Johnson was the top vote-getter for School Committee on his first campaign; here’s how he connected with voters
*5 takeaways from the City Council race
*At-Large Councilor Moe Bergman thanks supporters (2:02)
In The News
-Latest weather: Chilly again, high of 47 today in Worcester
+6:00: Boston Globe: Worcester Regional Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary with the return of commercial flights
+6:00: Radio Worcester (7:37): Jermaine Johnson on being the top vote-getter in the School Committee race
+6:00: Diwali — Festival of Lights to be celebrated at Worcester Art Museum
+6:00: No one hurt in Jeep rollover in Holden
+Noon: WPI confronts crisis following 4 recent student deaths, including one Monday night
+Noon: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
+Noon: 5 Things You Need To Know Today in Worcester - November 4th
+Noon: Five Things to Do: Get the Led Out, Jessye DeSilva and more ...
+Noon: 41 movies and shows filmed in Massachusetts and ready to stream
+Noon: Walmart early Black Friday Deals for Days
-Plane makes emergency landing at Davis Farm in Sterling (:19). Raw video (:59)
-Canal District Fall Stroll on Saturday offers dozens of discounts, prizes at nearly 50 small businesses
-Here are November menus from 3 local doughnut shops
-ICYMI: Planet Fitness to become Lincoln Plaza's newest tenant
-36-year-old Worcester man with suspended license stopped, arrested on gun, drug charges
-Worcester named worst winter holiday destination in U.S.
-Worcester hosts groundbreaking for new Doherty high
-Fallen Worcester Officer Manny Familia to be honored with beer called "Worcester’s Finest"
-NEW Episode of Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whisky Wednesday (14:46): American Single Malt - Virginia Distillery
-Last Call with Leo Negrón Cruz, activist in the Latinx LGBTQ+ community
-Listen Up: Worcester hip-hop artist Atlas Jenkins digs deep with "Doomsday Device"
-Tribute to a Worcester woman who was a nurse at St. V's for 43 years and taught nursing at Fanning Trade
-Historic Worcester bar to open Thursday for first time since early 2020
-$100,000 Mass Cash winner sold on Chandler Street in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Don’t order that Grafton Fire shirt! It’s a scam
-Shrewsbury Town Center Association announces the Yuletide Market and Light the Common celebration
-Next Open House at Saint John's on Tuesday, November 9th (:30)
-Shrewsbury PD recognizes 2 for lifesaving actions
-SELCO to install electric vehicle charging station at Town Hall
-East Brookfield veterinary nonprofit opens hospital in Southbridge
-Sports: 21 Central Mass. football teams will play in the state playoffs?
-High school football Gridbits
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Brown nets 28, Celtics use 3rd-quarter run to beat Magic
-National College Cornhole Championships Qualifier to be held in area
-Cars: Bertera Nissan in Auburn has a wide selection of new and preowned vehicles for you (5:38)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-Business: Greater Worcester’s unemployment rate decreases to 5.2%, but labor force dwindles
-Colleges: Clark University securing $100 million in new financing to fund future strategic investments
-UMass Chan researchers receive $2.5 million grant for post-viral illnesses
-National: Woman stole items from victim in mall shooting, police say
-California zip line worker sacrificed himself to save rider, witness says
-New England: Maine voters say yes to right to food, in first across U.S.
-Animals: Tiniest abandoned puppy makes unreal transformation (3:13)
-Celebrity: "Happy Days" star Henry Winkler auctioning off Fonzie jacket
-TV/Streaming: Here are the must-watch November shows
-Movies: "Hocus Pocus 2" new details, cast members revealed
-Shopping/Deals: Best Christmas gifts on Amazon: 118 ideas for everyone
-Health: UMass Memorial docs continue to urge patients to stay on top of cancer screenings
-History: Callahan Supply Co., 32 to 34 Foster St., 1901
-Homes: 5 open houses in Worcester to scope out
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 4-year-old Australian girl rescued 2 weeks after being snatched out of camping tent
-Meanwhile, in Michigan, hunter claims he encountered Bigfoot and took shocking photo "proof"
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Classifieds (Help Wanted)
-Temporary Part Time Snow Plow Operators in Shrewsbury
-Research Associate, Worcester Regional Research Bureau
-Multiple positions, Town of Holden
-Opportunities at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
-Full time carpenters needed in Boylston
-Full-time cleaners needed in Boylston
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: Parents can now make appointments to get children between ages of 5 and 11 vaccinated
+6:00: Moderna warns vaccine shipments are falling short
+Noon: Now that younger kids can get shots, when could they be fully vaccinated for the holidays?
+Noon: COVID survivors describe long-haul effects, daily struggles
-Meet the faces of Worcester’s #PostVaxLife youth vaccination campaign
-Walgreens, CVS to begin offering vaccines for kids under 12 this weekend
-Mass. doc explains importance of COVID vaccination in kids (3:09)
-Pediatricians are ready to calm nerves about vaccine
-Free testing this week in Worcester
-3 area schools can lift mask mandate
-ICYMI: 10 myths about the vaccine for kids, busted by pediatricians
-Half a million Mass. residents have gotten booster shots; state reports 1,290 new cases, 15 deaths
-Are booster shots same formulation as original vaccines?
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Authorities identify Worcester woman killed in Virginia bus crash
-Earlier: 25-year-old Worcester woman, Greenfield family among 5 killed in crash (2:36). Article
-Fireball caused loud boom heard across Mass., NASA says (4:24). Article
-City suspends market's liquor license
-Here’s why Worcester can’t put traffic lights, beacons at a dangerous crosswalk
-"The end of an era": Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
-DCU Center to keep name for now, as credit union extends sponsorship for $4.2 million
-Markey secures Mass. Dems’ nod over Moulton, igniting generational showdown in Senate primary
-Related: 2 Democrats, 2 paths: Markey and Moulton in Worcester (2:06)
-Despite recent stabbings on the Common, Downtown Worcester events to continue
-Nichols plans to absorb Anna Maria fire science, other programs
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
-Here's the last day of school for every Worcester County public district
-Worcester Guardian Week in Review: Segregation lawsuit, school budget questions, Holy Cross heads to Texas
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Chinese Restaurants (5:41)
-Popular eatery's second location officially opens in Westborough
-ICYMI: Anna Maria's abrupt closure was a "knife in the heart" for faculty
-World Cup watch parties set for Worcester Common
-Ghanaian restaurant in Worcester ready to give World Cup fans taste of home country (2:07)
-Worcester jury finds driver guilty in 2022 death of man in wheelchair
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Among Friends senior newsletter
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-Annual town meeting 7 p.m. June 8th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 juveniles hospitalized after e-bike collides with vehicle in Clinton
-Group seeks probe into Rutland July Fourth cancellation
-3 charged after stolen dirt bike recovered, illegal gun seized in Webster
-Worker in Southbridge McDonald's french fry case due in Dudley court
-Douglas man under surveillance arrested on trafficking charge after picking up crack
-Leominster man accused of civil rights violation after open bottle report at Allen’s
-39 Elm Street emerges as flashpoint in Southbridge Town Council race
-Westborough High students learn beekeeping basics in innovative class
-Fixing crowns and funding communities: Dudley Woman's Club closes out fundraising year
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
-Former Manor and Draught House owner launches Prohibition Beer
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Black Veil, Basement Sessions, Johnny Blue Horn and more
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1377 (30:00): The Rolling Stones, Gracie Abrams, The Black Keys and more
>OPINION: Ray Mariano: Too many administrators bloat Worcester school budget
-Shaun Connolly: Spend the $609 to go to a World Cup game
-Laurel: At your service at the class volleyball game
-Manny Jae Media (50:55): 508 LIVE!
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (47:47): Is Worcester safe? Crime perception and city challenges
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to award-winning baker who worked at Crown and Widoff's bakeries
>SPORTS: Here's the full lineup for Drake Maye's charity softball game today at Polar Park
-Ex-Patriots coach Jerod Mayo lands new job — with private equity firm
-Red Sox beat Cleveland, 9-1
-Bravehearts single-game tickets on sale now
-Holy Cross baseball’s season ends at Austin Regional
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox fall to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7-2
-St. John's senior star, brother with autism team up on baseball field
>NATIONAL: Couple found dead were victims of Tom Selleck impersonator scam
-Why are more young people angry about A.I.? Researcher says there's been a "meaningful shift" with Gen Z (1:56). Article
-Tragic: High school graduate's home burns down during graduation ceremony
-Concertgoer dies week after being kicked in head by crowd surfer at rock festival
>NEW ENGLAND: State police hit with $25 million lawsuit (2:11)
-Maine lawn mower accident leaves child critically injured
>COLLEGES: 2 Clark students earn awards for research in Brazil, Poland
-How can UMass make up for money cut by federal government? (9:25)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 costs travelers forget to budget for
-Yosemite ditches reservations, descends into chaos (2:03)
>BUSINESS: Reality-mimicking A.I. fuels spike in scams (1:59)
-Unity Radio's Black in Business (57:34): Kwame Appiah, founder, Kumasi Soccer and Unity Street Soccer
>HOMES: The best plants for beginners to grow
>HEALTH: Doctor explains what residents should know about mpox
-Opthamologist's advice for protecting eyes from summer sun (3:09)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:22): Spicy Cajun shrimp pasta
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike Netflix movie, "Ladies First" (2:39)
>MOVIES: "Obsession" craze explained: Shocker horror hit makes 100 times its budget
>CELEBRITY: All the celebrities invited to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding
-Mandy Moore names former child star who got her into "underage drinking"
>ANIMALS: Pig stops highway traffic to save her own life (2:33)
>HISTORY: Lake Boon was once a major tourist destination
>GOOD NEWS: Man stops for bread, wins $500,000 lottery prize
-Meanwhile, in Idaho, man balances running chainsaw on his chin for over 4 minutes
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