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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
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-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 (1:05). High of 20 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Suspects in fatal shooting on Dorchester Street in Worcester caught in Fitchburg
-Worcester reports fewer shootings in 2024, despite jump in homicides
-What nurses say must improve at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
-5 townhouse units planned for Austin Street in Worcester
-Why so many Mass. breweries are closing (and what you can do about it)
-Worcester Community Housing Resources taps established executive as new leader
-Holiday travel rush continues (2:08). Article
-Worcester forum explores M.C.A.S. results and educational equity
-Worcester wants input on where to put new trash/recycling bins
-Radio Worcester (24:05): Worcester Police Union leaders respond to D.O.J. report
-Earlier: Boston Globe: Federal lawsuits lay out D.O.J. allegations against Worcester police
-Radio Worcester (17:50): Mayor Petty addresses City Council meeting amid heated debate
-Radio Worcester (19:13): City Manager Batista addresses D.O.J. report, legal strategy
>FAITH: Holy Cross professor — At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from desert tabernacle to synagogues today
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Unique Eateries (5:13)
-ICYMI: Midday snow delivers string of crashes in Central Mass.
-Woman struck by a car in crosswalk in Worcester
-At court hearing, 2 different pictures of fatal Worcester shooting
-Worcester D.P.W. chief Robert L. Moylan Jr. to end interim stint
-Worcester's Union Station listed among 6 of the Most Beautiful Amtrak Stations in America
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo — Fantastic freshmen on varsity sports teams
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Mountview Middle School honor roll
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Southbridge day care worker admits to abusing child (2:01)
-Barre ambulance and Verizon utility truck collide on Route 62
-Botched drug deal at Leominster group home ends with arrest of 2 women
-Rutland police to hold car seat check-up on Monday
-Auburn wants feedback on possible regionalization of 911 services
-Shrewsbury Select Board updates (:35)
-Grafton Middle School teachers honored for "Promising Practices"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Candlelight tours, wrestling and holiday choral music
-Spotify's Top 10 most-streamed holiday tracks of all time revealed
-At Holy Cross, "Sojourners" captures the immigrant experience in 1970s America
>OPINION: Tom Marino: 9 years of Public Safety Committee ignoring police discipline
-Laura McCarthy-Ha: Simplifying gift-giving in a big family
-Laurelle Farrell: Lessons in a hair style…bangs
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 211 (28:23): Sports, Sports, Sports!
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an "accomplished and admired singer/ songwriter/ musician" born in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots fans will love Josh Allen’s take on Drake Maye’s future
-Van Pelt doubles down on not calling Maye runs after criticism
-NFL Week 16 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Bulls, 123-98
-Bruins beat Sabres, 3-1
-Rickey Henderson, Baseball Hall of Famer and league's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65
-Railers beat Maine, 5-1
>NATIONAL: 2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent "friendly fire" incident
-Grandparent caregiving declines amid pandemic changes
-Tragic: Grandmother, 80, dies after getting trapped in Sleep Number bed for 2 days: lawsuit
>NEW ENGLAND: State police say Friday's storm caused 200 crashes across state (:22)
-Hypothermic hiker rescued by helicopter in White Mountains (:27)
>COLLEGES: Assumption Professor Cinzia Pica named Visiting Scholar at Harvard
-Anna Maria AMCAST (50:10): Holiday Movies 2.0
-Clark professor gives lecture on what it means to be a feminist in wartime
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Waldorf-Astoria insists hotel will reopen in spring
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Financial planning for parents’ assisted living
>HOMES: Tips for moving
>SHOPPING: Cozy gifts your mom will love this holiday season (4:04)
-Holiday gift ideas from unique local businesses across Mass. (4:58)
>HEALTH: Expert explains possible risks, benefits of raw milk (2:49)
-Dr. Todd Ellerin on vaccines and their impact on children (3:40)
>FOOD: Taco Bell unveils new menu item
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" (2:21)
>MOVIES: "Barbie 2" in early stages with Greta Gerwig returning to write
>CELEBRITY: James Kennedy arrested for domestic violence weeks after getting fired from "Vanderpump Rules"
>HISTORY: City Hospital, circa 1907
>ANIMALS: Dog becomes mama to a litter of tiny rescue kittens (1:42)
>GOOD NEWS: Man with a rare tumor was told he had months to live. Now, he's cancer-free
-Meanwhile, Mariah Carey fans get into a wild fight at Christmas concert: "On the naughty list"
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