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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today:
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Worcester schools not impacted by test kit delays for staff
-Downtown testing scheduled 4 days this week
-"Extraordinarily contagious": The surge is altering daily life across the U.S.
-ICYMI: Updated case numbers for every city, town in Worcester County
-Woman quarantined in airplane bathroom for 3 hours after testing positive mid-flight
In The News
-Police ask for public’s help to find missing Worcester teen last seen in Stoughton
-Holden man arrested for 3rd DUI after bad wreck early New Year's morning
-Lucky couple survives horrific looking crash in Boylston
-Community raising funds for Worcester Assistant Principal hit with devastating health news
-Worcester welcomes New Year's baby just before 3 a.m.
-Price increases 25 cents for Worcester trash bags
-Worcester's Best Chef contest extends hiatus due to pandemic concerns
-Lebanese immigrant opens Beirut Bite restaurant on Shrewsbury Street
-Worcester ranked among top 20 U.S. cities most stressed out by their families
-How Worcester played an important role in Aliyah Boston’s path to women’s basketball stardom
-Unique "open mic night" wrestling concept launching this week in Worcester
-Area musicians look forward to a new year filled with major auditions, road trips and new releases
-New Year’s weekend events at Worcester Common Oval
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-NEW! Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (36:03): Tequila Single Barrel Pick
-Edith Morgan: The Games We Play
-22 Worcester area news, sports and entertainment figures to watch in 2022
-Tribute to former deputy fire chief of Worcester who served the city for over 32 years
-ICYMI: The most read stories of 2021 on The 016
-Bill Shaner: Shady groups sink their claws into Saint Vincent as strike nears close
-Central Mass. community leaders look to 2022
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Stepping into the step into the New Year with the "first day hike"
-Video: Retiring Grafton Fire Chief Gauthier escorted home by fire trucks
-Polar plunge kicks off Rutland tricentennial, benefits homeless veterans
-Lancaster family teams up with a local food charity to raise money for the food insecure
-Rutland gathers input on improvements at prison camp ruins
-Auburn police see first DUI crash on 2022
-Shrewsbury Selectmen discuss DEI consultant following report
-Sports: Patriots hope for get-right game against Jacksonville. Complete coverage
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Bruins rally past Sabres, 4-3, in overtime
-Navy beats HC men in Patriot League opener
-Cars: Happy Holidays from Bertera Nissan (2:04)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-National: Powerball jackpot climbs to $522 million
-Nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire
-New year brings more than 2,400 canceled U.S. flights
-New England: Mass. family man's 50-year secret: He was fugitive wanted for bank heist
-New laws in effect in Massachusetts in 2022
-Health: "Don't Weigh Me" cards aim to reduce stress at the doctor's office
-TV/Streaming: New on Netflix in January (5:36)
-Movies: Here are the most anticipated movies coming to theaters in 2022
-Celebrity: Miley Cyrus shakes off wardrobe malfunction during NYE special
-Animals: Dog found starving on streets is so happy now (3:10)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Hundreds donate thousands to Boston widower who lost home to fire
-Meanwhile, here are Nostradamus's predictions for 2022
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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