Highlights in The 016 Friday, March 11th

• Posted by 016 Administrator March 11, 2022 - Filed in News - 1,004 views

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  In The News

  -Latest forecast: Wintry weather returns Saturday. high of 50 today in Worcester

  +6:00: Nicaraguan couple open coffee shops in Central Mass.

  +6:00: HC prof: MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances

  +6:00: Channel 5: WooSox, Worcester community excited for start of new season

  +6:00: Plans will decrease apartments, increase open space at Shrewsbury’s old Beal School

  +6:00: Ray Mariano: Worcester City Council wants to negotiate nuclear weapons and world peace

  +6:00: Apple’s latest iPad Air, iPhone SE are here

  +Noon: Mercantile Center owner planning hotel, 150 apartments for Downtown Worcester (above)

  +Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans

  +Noon: Your guide to the Worcester St. Patrick's Parade

  +Noon: Man who stabbed Bell Pond lifeguard sentenced to prison

  +Noon: 5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - March 11th

  +Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester

  +Noon: Defending league champion Mass. Pirates open season Saturday

  +Noon: Worcester library gives termination warning to online service over hate content

  +Noon: QCC to hold virtual workshop on fair housing on Saturday

  +Noon: Worcester Art Museum building $2.1 milion research library

  +Noon: First Person: The highly unlikely tale of "Classical Pop"

  +Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend

  +Noon: New movies on VOD

  +Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Toonie

  +Noon: Inflation reaches 40-year high

  -Employees arrested for overnight break-in at Worcester Dollar Tree

  -Worcester man gets time served for being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition

  -Take a look inside the new Walker Lofts in Worcester's Canal District

  -Slew of new Worcester restaurants set to open soon

  -Restaurant with rooftop deck to open in downtown Worcester on March 28th

  -Grand Marshal Ed Augustus looking forward to Worcester's St. Patrick's parade

  -See the Bravehearts and Jake the Lion in the front of the pack at parade

  -Worcester among top 10 most Irish cities in America

  -Worcester's Chief Diversity Officer moving on to have "more of an impact" elsewhere

  -Earlier: Worcester councilors seek answers after diversity chief quits

  -MBTA Worcester Platform Project: Big changes start this weekend

  -European Bakery & Pastry in Worcester raises funds to benefit Ukrainian refugees 

  -The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday

  -City of Worcester Woman and Young Woman of Consequence Awards ceremony (37:16) 

  -Report details Worcester’s response to homeless population on upper Lincoln Street

  -All That Remains brings "Fall of Ideals" 15th anniversary show to Palladium

  -ICYMI: Worcester police seek information on another missing teen

  -Family of murdered Worcester woman waiting 4 years for trial

  -Spectrum doubles internet speed in 30 Central Mass. towns

  -Worcester taxpayer tab after police partying: $100,000 

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury police arrest 3 on drug, firearm charges

  -Will the Blackstone River ever be swimmable again? 

  -Iditarod racer visits Millbury to talk about iconic event

  -The Bunny Returns to Auburn Mall for Easter

  -Sports: MLB approves new labor deal, officially ending monthslong lockout 

  -Langford brothers from Worcester lead BC men to OT upset of Wake Forest in first round of ACC Tournament

  -NEW: Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Rose the Rebel comes to NDA

  -Bruins beat Chicago, 4-3 

  -Cars: March to Bertera Nissan for great values! (7:57)

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

  -National/International: How the U.S. is trying to help Ukraine without triggering a wider war

  -IRS plans to hire 10,000 workers to relieve massive backlog

  -Actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in fake attack

  -New England: Mass. residents face sticker shock with home heating oil prices

  -Investigation underway after teenager dies in Agawam house fire

  -Business: Did the $800 billion PPP loans actually help small businesses?

  -Surging gas, food costs drive sharpest consumer inflation spike since 1982

  -Colleges: Structural steel placement will begin at new UMass Medical School building site

  -WPI announces faculty promotions and tenure awards

  -Homes: Mortgages rates are on the rise again amid inflation fears

  -Food: IHOP launches loyalty program 

  -TV/Streaming: Trailer for 2nd season of "Bridgerton" drops (3:21)

  -Shopping: The 15 best smart home devices on Amazon in 2022, per reviews

  -Celebrity: Emilio Delgado, Luis on "Sesame Street" for 45 years, dies

  -Health: UMass Medical School investigators ID toxin associated with ALS

  -History: Worcester City Hall in 1907 

  -Animals: Baby duck thinks the woman is her mom (3:07) 

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Stranger saves woman from burning car 

  -Meanwhile, in Australia, shark bites man's surfboard 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  +6:00: China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases

  +6:00: WHO says global anxiety and depression increased 25% due to pandemic

  +Noon: Harvard expert says don’t assume COVID is "done with us" on pandemic’s 2nd anniversary

  -Free walk-up vaccination/booster clinic noon-8 at Worcester Senior Center and noon-3 in Downtown Worcester

  -Mass. DPH reports "significant overcount" of COVID deaths

  -ICYMI: 2 years later, Mass. now in "much better place" with COVID

  -Mass. officials report 802 new cases, 22 additional deaths

  -U.S. to ease nationwide mask mandate on planes, buses, transit