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In The News
-Latest weather: High of 49 today in Worcester; rain, wintry mix moves in overnight
+6:00: Worcester police arrest 54-year-old man for attempted break-in on Water Street
+6:00: WBJ panel: Worcester's growth leads to opportunities, challenges
+6:00: 2 Worcester new open houses worth checking out
+6:00: Worcesteria: "They were human beings. You have to respect that" — A remembrance of Peter Stefan
+6:00: Firefighters extinguish car fire on Main Street in Shrewsbury
+6:00: Fitchburg woman sentenced for drug trafficking
+6:00: Beer, live music and BBQ find Common Ground in North Brookfield
+6:00: 3 Donna's take the stage in "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"
+6:00: Bravehearts bringing back Bark in the Park on July 13th
+6:00: Holy Cross Athletics' 'Sader Stories (49:10): AD Kit Hughes
+6:00: Bad Advice: Unparalleled cowardice
+Noon: Radio Worcester (18:13): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus talks about his upcoming departure
+Noon: Marker for suffrage movement leader being installed in Worcester
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - March 23rd
+Noon: PETA cage free egg factories campaign puts ads on WRTA buses
+Noon: Local businesses partner to give wife of late Holden veteran gets new roof
+Noon: Listen Up: Southbridge rapper Weapon E.S.P. takes cinematic turn with "Tarantino Rodriguez"
-Worcester City Manger Ed Augustus to step down May 31st
*Complete coverage: T&G, Worcester Business Journal, MassLive, Spectrum News 1, This Week in Worcester, Channel 5, Channel 10, GBH, Patch
*City Manager reflects on 8½-year tenure
*Worcester Mayor Joe Petty, others react to departure
-New restaurant brings Liberian cuisine to Worcester
-Former Boston Celtic brings his comedy act to Worcester in "Life After Basketball Tour"
-Power is expected to be back on next week at Denholm building in Downtown Worcester
-Diversity in Worcester is an "extracurricular activity", outgoing chief diversity officer said
-Viewpoint: NAACP calls for answers in CDO’s departure
-Radio Worcester (17:21): City Manager Ed Augustus on the chief diversity officer, the Denholm, COVID and the Tercentennial
-Sheriff's office hosts bocce tournament fundraiser for North High football team
-See the List: Winners of the 2022 Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade awards
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band sell out Worcester show
-Composer and Clark University professor John Aylward explores the "Celestial"
-Janice Harvey: Mammogram scare underscores exam's importance
-Tribute to man who ran his own auto body shop in Worcester for 60 years
-ICYMI: Police investigate a series of business break-ins in Worcester
-$100,000 Mass Cash winner sold in Worcester
-Police data shows ShotSpotter's level of impact in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fire at Fort Devens spreads quickly across munitions range
-Residents voice concerns over proposed 55+ development in Shrewsbury
-Simplicity Cannabis in Grafton will offer creative spin on marijuana products
-Worcester developer proposing 256 rental units in Grafton
-Holden Historic District Commission seeks 3 members
-Low-flying helicopters will be flying this week in Rutland, Oakham and Barre
-Dudley church collects donations for Ukraine
-Oxford contractors buy trucking facility for $1.35 million
-Westborough to seek development proposals for vacant movie theater
-Southbridge apartment entrepreneurs buy retail plaza for $12.6 million
-Sports: Red Sox announce season-long plans to honor memory of Jerry Remy
-Local guys look to continue Central Mass. NFL tradition
-Spring football practice for Assumption means the start of a new season
-Time running out to have photo of yourself, family, and/or pets to be featured on a 90-foot mural at Bravehearts game
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-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: Videos show tornado, aftermath in New Orleans
-Thieves are using unique methods to steal gas as prices rise
-The Instagram scam that hijacks your account
-Tragic: 6 teenage students killed in Oklahoma car crash
-New England: Pamela Smart accepts responsibility in 3rd sentence commutation bid
-20-year-old UMass student seriously injured in campus hit-and-run
-Business: Shrewsbury manufacturer's $5 billion merger with Finnish firm set for April 1st
-Nearly one-third of American workers make less than $15 an hour, study finds
-Food: Applebee's is testing drive-thru windows to compete with fast-food giants
-Shopping: Here are the tips that could save you money at the grocery store
-Colleges: In-person Healthcare Open House April 7 at Quinsigamond CC
-TV/Streaming: New on HBO and HBO Max in April
-Movies: How to stream every Oscar Best Picture nominee
-Celebrity: iHeartRadio Music Awards complete winners list
-Health: Tiny worms could be used to sniff out lung cancer: study
-Animals: Latest pets up for adoption in the Worcester area
-History: Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 6: Competing hardware stores
-Homes: See inside $2.5 million Redemption Rock home on 15 acres
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): MacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity
-Meanwhile, in India, watch as leopard wanders into Mercedes-Benz plant
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-Accounting Clerk at WPI
-Changeover/Set Up Laborer at DCU Center
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: Moderna says its vaccine is safe for kids under 6
+6:00: 2,732 new breakthrough cases in Mass.
-UMass Medical School virologist predicts that in 2 or 3 weeks, “everything in the Northeast is going to be BA.2” subvariant
-Free vaccination/boosters 11-7 today at Worcester Public Library
-Students can enter to win a college scholarship at Worcester school vaccine clinics this week
-UMass Medical School professor: Why pregnant people should get vaccinated
-ICYMI: Demand for vaccines waning in Worcester as medical leaders continue to push for higher vaccination rates
-Mass. reports 15 additional deaths over 3 days, 773 new cases
-Johnson & Johnson vaccine shows promising long-term durability
-Scientists search for a test to measure immunity
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester police chief open to leaving civil service, but unions not so sure
+6:00: Victim of Leominster apartment complex stabbing identified
+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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