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In The News
-Latest forecast: Rain changing to snow, 1-2" possible today in Worcester
-Worcester police seek assistance finding missing 14-year-old girl
-Mercantile Center owner planning hotel, 150 apartments for Downtown Worcester
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (8:02)
-Worcester's St. Patrick's Parade returns after 2-year hiatus (2:08)
-Your guide to the Worcester St. Patrick's Parade
-Worcester road closings for St. Patrick's Parade
-See the Bravehearts and Jake the Lion in the front of the pack at parade
-Man who stabbed Bell Pond lifeguard sentenced to prison
-Nicaraguan couple open coffee shops in Central Mass.
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Chandler says Worcester voters will decide next state Senator
-Colorio says it would be "honor" to be mayor of Worcester
-Ray Mariano: Worcester City Council wants to negotiate nuclear weapons and world peace
-Clive McFarlane: We are all Ukranians
-Worcester library gives termination warning to online service over hate content
-QCC to hold virtual workshop on fair housing on Saturday
-Worcester Art Museum building $2.1 milion research library
-First Person: The highly unlikely tale of "Classical Pop"
-Tribute to man who worked for Wyman-Gordon for 49 years
-ICYMI: Worcester man gets time served for being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition
-Worcester's Chief Diversity Officer moving on to have "more of an impact" elsewhere
-Slew of new Worcester restaurants set to open soon
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn countertop business to move to $1.2 million Oxford location
-Sterling contractor fined $69,860 over asbestos
-Plans will decrease apartments, increase open space at Shrewsbury’s old Beal School
-Shrewsbury needs town meeting members in all precincts
-Ann Marie Foley plans run for Grafton Select Board
-Boylston police swear in new sergeant
-Ayer food manufacturer fined $20,000 over hazardous waste
-Homes: Remodeled Colonial in Holden Center lists for $725,000
-Sports: Defending league champion Mass. Pirates open season Saturday
-HC prof: MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
-Bravehearts to hold youth clinic April vacation week
-Channel 5: WooSox, Worcester community excited for start of new season
-NEW: Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Celtics beat Pistons, 114-103
-Railers beat Adirondack, 5-4
-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: Under the hood of $1.5 trillion bill for Ukraine, pandemic, agencies
-Police are warning drivers to protect against gas thefts as oil prices soar. Here’s what they recommend
-New England: As prices skyrocket, heating oil stolen from Maine church
-Business: Fallon profits cut in half during investment-heavy year
-Curaleaf exceeds $1billion in revenue for the first time
-Inflation reaches 40-year high
-Colleges: Cantor Art Gallery to exhibit works by photographers rethinking the medium
-Free medical training courses starting soon at QCC
-Food: Walmart Issues Recall for popular brand of chips over metal concern
-TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
-Movies: New movies on VOD
-Celebrity: Alec Baldwin says in legal filing that Halyna Hutchins told him to cock the gun before it fired
-Shopping: Apple’s latest iPad Air, iPhone SE are here
-Health: Ready to "spring forward"? Ease into the time change with these 9 health tips
-History: Front Street and Harrington Corner in Worcester, early 1900s
-Animals: Adoption Option: Meet Toonie
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Cancer patient rings bell, proposes to girlfriend
-Meanwhile, Florida man asks cops to test his meth
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Free walk-up vaccination/booster clinic 11-5 today at Worcester Public Library
-Worcester to no longer require unvaccinated city employees to submit weekly tests starting in May
-China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases
-Updated criteria reduces deaths in Mass. by 3,700
-WHO says global anxiety and depression increased 25% due to pandemic
-Harvard expert says don’t assume COVID is "done with us" on pandemic’s 2nd anniversary
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:27). High of 48 today in Worcester
-How much total snow is Massachusetts forecast to get this winter? (6:11). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Man dies from injuries suffered in Worcester shooting that also claimed life of woman
-Earlier: Neighbors shocked after woman killed in Worcester shooting; man also injured (1:46). Article
-Earlier: Woman dead, man injured in Worcester shooting (:59). Article
+6:00: Northbridge animal control officer mistakes dog for coyote, shoots and kills it (1:56). Article
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (6:28): The Pike Breakdown Lane
+6:00: Radio Worcester (8:15): Former Worcester City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large bid
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: "Compassionate care" is front and center at UMass' Maternity Center
+Noon: Stolen stained-glass window returned to Worcester Art Museum
+Noon: Magic of "The Nutcracker" ballet is returning to Worcester
+Noon: Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making weekend plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
-John Piccolo, popular Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is Worcester restaurateur (2:10). Article
-Tensions boil over as Worcester board grills developer over Polar Park project delays
-Earlier: Worcester councilors frustrated by stalled plans for development around Polar Park
-To meet housing crisis, report finds Gateway Cities need twice as much construction
-Former District 1 City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large run
-18 months after surprise inspection, Community Healthlink not back to normal operations
-76 become new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Worcester
-Losses mourned, lives celebrated at emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
-Mass. says some police officers have been bypassing required training (3:06). Article
-Earlier: Worcester probing 27 officers state says fast-forwarded mandatory online training
-Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury woman rescues raptors one feather at a time
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:35): Breaking down the Polar Park deficit
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:19): Polar Park, tax rolls and deportation debate
>DINING OUT: Brazillian Burguer to open at former Shrewsbury Street donut shop
-ICYMI: Worcester-area Stop & Shop inventory limited after cyberattack
-David Crowley, part of family that runs Wachusett Mountain, dies at 69
-Man in late 60s, 2 cats killed in early morning condo fire in Leominster
-Charles Luster, co-founder of Uncommonwealth Group, running for Worcester City Council
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden tax rate drops, bills rise
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Wachusett Echo Teacher Profile: Chelsea Blasco
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks plow drivers for winter season
-Grafton tax rate down, values up for fiscal 2025
-Board approves single tax rate for all types of property for Sutton
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton E.L.P.A.C. hosts holiday family potluck
-2 Berlin firefighters graduate from academy
-Nashoba Class of 2004 to hold 20-year reunion on November 29th
-Organization gets federal grant for new grocery store in Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: African Talent, "Songs of the Season," and more
-Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
-Hunting phantoms, talking puppets bring humor to stage Friday and Saturday
-Jim & Val bring Second Saturdays to Apple Tree Arts
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1354 (28:06): Mark Henderson, Founder, The 016
-39th annual meeting of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (54:58)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a longtime kindergarten teacher
>SPORTS: Boston Celtics visit the White House (12:33)
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid (2:22). Article
-Bruins beat Utah, 1-0
-2004 Boston Red Sox ring and World Series trophy owned by Larry Lucchino featured in upcoming auction
-Joe Nugent steps up for Crusaders men's basketball team
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 3 signings
-Check out the schedule for upcoming road races in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Are future Social Security benefits in peril?
-Up to 20 human skulls found in New Mexico home
-Tragic: Missing boy with autism found dead
>NEW ENGLAND: Worker injured during "supermove" in medically induced coma with third-degree burns
>COLLEGES: Assumption names new chief financial officer
-Worcester State Magazine’s special 150th anniversary issue hits the stands, goes live online
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the most beautiful places to visit in the Pacific Northwest
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. unemployment rates remain higher than 2023
-LPL Financial Research: Trade, tariffs and inflation
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:40)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, November 10th to 16th
>SHOPPING: Amazon Haul — What to know about Amazon's new discount store
>HEALTH: Health officials track increases in whooping cough, pneumonia (2:31)
-A few hours of activity a week can lower your risk of A-fib (:58)
>FOOD: How to stay safe during foodborne illness outbreaks (2:16)
>TV/STREAMING: "Jeopardy" contestant’s heart-wrenching interview leaves Ken Jennings speechless
>MOVIES: Matthew McConaughey reveals why he turned down $15 million role
>CELEBRITY: Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
>HISTORY: Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores
>ANIMALS: Cyclist finds puppy in the middle of nowhere (2:08)
>GOOD NEWS: Man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
-Meanwhile, in Miami, woman delivers baby at airport in American Airlines ticketing area
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