Highlights in The 016 Saturday, December 4th

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

  In The News

  -Latest weather: Generally dry, high in the upper 30s in Worcester

  -Worcester 6 remembered on 22nd anniversary of Cold Storage fire

  -From 2019, Leary Firefighters Foundation "Worcester 6: Heroes Remembered"

  -Radio Worcester (10:19): Retired Worcester Fire Lt. Don Courtney and Hank remember the Worcester 6 and December 3rd, 1999

  -64-year-old man killed in head-on crash on June Street in Worcester

  -UMass Memorial fires 200 after deadline

  -Do you recognize her? Worcester detectives looking for suspected porch pirate

  -Worcester opens holiday season with Festival of Lights celebration

  -Park Ave. Austin Liquors plans to add gas station, convenience store

  -Bullet found in Shrewsbury middle school

  -ICYMI: Local restaurateurs buy shuttered Worcester landmark  

  -The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday 

  -New Wachusett Wine & Spirits Podcast (37:59): The best whiskies in the world 

  -5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester

  -Five Things to Do: WCLOC, Merrimack Valley Ringers Merrimac Handel’s "Messiah" and more ...

  -Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra pops back to Mechanics Hall

  -Joyner Lucas' newest, with Lil Durk, "Rambo" (3:32)

  -Area musicians celebrated at the Pulse Magazine’s 15th annual Worcester Music Awards

  -"Worcester gets it": Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito applauds city’s growth

  -Worcesteria: The road to the governor's office runs through Worcester 

  -Tribute to local man who worked in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs 

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Tree lighting celebration in Holden today

  -Shrewsbury Public Library's annual Holiday Open House today

  -Chain of Lights in Sutton today, Millbury tomorrow

  -Millbury awarded $1.2 million for downtown improvements, 59-unit housing development

  -Millbury town manager earns positive review, raise in first performance review

  -Will FeedBack Earth pass the sniff test in Grafton? New method trial postponed to Monday

  -Applicants pull out of Princeton marijuana cultivation project 

  -Sports: Holy Cross falls short at Villanova, 21-16, in NCAA 2nd-round game

  -Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Bravehearts accepting applications for summer internships

  -New basketball team in Worcester hopes to add to community, be role models

  -Clark University cancels 2022 high school tournament

  -Railers lose, 3-2, to Adirondack 

  -Cars: Bertera Nissan has the cars for winter driving in Central Massachusetts (5:19)

  -Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston

  -Business: U.S. added a disappointing 210,000 jobs, but the details paint a different picture

  -Take WBJ's 2022 Economic Forecast survey

  -Health: Hearing Christmas songs on repeat is bad for your mental health 

  -Food: Company recalls sliced bread for undeclared allergen 

  -Shopping: These are the top items to buy in December 

  -National: Parents charged in Michigan school shooting, captured after manhunt

  -Overworked assistant set bail too low for Christmas parade suspect, DA says 

  -New England: Massachusetts legislature passes $4 billion spending bill

  -N.H. woman kept mother’s corpse in house for months as Social Security payments continued, police say

  -Tragic: Mother, girlfriend arrested after remains of 9-year-old girl found in duffle bag

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

  -Movies: New movies on demand 

  -Celebrity: Dolly Parton isn't a "pushover" boss: "I've had to kick ass" 

  -Homes: Shrewsbury Colonial next to Dean Park lists for $1.85 million 

  -Animals: Adoption Option: Meet Spesh

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 5-year-old boy finds a special friend in his neighborhood garbage truck driver 

  -Meanwhile, in Maryland, homeowner using smoke to manage snake infestation sets house on fire

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  -UMass Memorial runs out of ICU beds as cases rise (2:15)

  -Doctors warn of possible winter surge in Mass.

  -ICYMI: Do existing vaccines protect against Omicron? Boston doctors explain

  -Mass. officials report 5,179 new cases, 27 additional deaths

  -WHO says measures used against Delta should work for Omicron

  -Do rapid tests detect the Omicron variant?