Highlights in The 016 Saturday, March 12th

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

  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

  -WRTA bulletin for parade day

  -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