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In The News
-Latest weather: Rain and clouds give way to sun, high of 60 today in Worcester
+6:00: Grafton police seek leads on woman begging for "gas money"
+6:00: Worcesteria: Should Ed Augustus run for Lt. Governor?
+6:00: Holy Cross football to play at Polar Park on October 8th
+6:00: Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 8th
+Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
+Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Luna
+Noon: Officials expect grocery prices to rise through end of the year
+10:00: Crash involving 2 trucks snarls traffic on I-495 in Westborough
+10:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 8th
-Worcester pub facing violations for 19 counts of underage drinking during March trivia night
-Strip club, site of recent fatal shooting, appeals Worcester License Commission decision to state
-Police investigating bomb threat called into Worcester Islamic Center
-Worcester man arrested for highway carjacking, kidnapping
-14-year-old driver involved in rollover crash in Worcester
-Worcester woman hospitalized for 3 months with COVID now dealing with kidney failure (2:51). Article
-WPI names Global Project Center building for outgoing President Laurie Leshin
-HOMES: The 5 newest Worcester houses to hit the market
-2022-23 Broadway Series in Worcester (1:28): The Season You've Always Wished For
-BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-Five Things to Do: St Luke Passion, Eric Clapton tribute and more ....
-Runaways singer Cherie Currie to headline MusicCons in Boxborough
-"Not Broken": Michael Kane & the Morning Afters on rise with new album
-"508, a Show About Worcester" No. 377 (29:00): Losing a judge and gaining a city manager
-Radio Worcester (15:03): City Councilor George Russell talks City Manager, Community Preservation Act and strong mayor
-Boston Magazine on the battle for sex ed, including in Worcester
-"Polar Park poured some gasoline on the fire"
-90-day update on Worcester Fire Department reform
-MOVIES: Leicester native's "The Investigators" set for Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
-Tribute to a Worcester who worked for the CIA in Europe, taught elementary school in Worcester, became a professor and published a book in 2018
-ICYMI: Updated list of children missing from the Worcester area
-Worcester man continues to call on city for help cleaning up neighborhood
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Princeton family has ties to Ukraine
-Dudley dispensary blending cannabis and music to open in revitalized mill
-Auburn man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
-Auburn High Drama Club's production of "Newsies" opens tonight
-Site of $300 million Amazon distribution center in Charlton sells for $10 million
-Applications available for Holden Woman's Club 2022 scholarships
-What the candidates for Millbury School Committee have to say
-People from all towns welcome at Holden Rabies Clinic on Saturday
-SPORTS: Celtics lose to Milwaukee, 127-121
-Holy Cross finalizes football coaching staff
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sale
-WooSox lose to Jacksonville, 8-4
-CARS: Come see David at Bertera Nissan. He will make you happy! (3:50)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
-NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Ukrainian leaders predict more gruesome discoveries ahead
-Millions still waiting for last year's IRS tax refund
-Bird flu’s grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry
-NEW ENGLAND: 2 window washers rescued after getting stuck outside 42nd floor of Boston skyscraper (2:21)
-Man hits, shoots, kills nephew outside Mass. courthouse, DA says
-BUSINESS: WBJ's Movers & Shakers
-Worcester dispensary to launch cannabis delivery on April 11th
-Worcester life sciences industry outpacing available space, panel says
-COLLEGES: Holy Cross creates new Office of Parent and Family Engagement
-WPI announces members of search committee for new president
-FOOD: Dirty Dozen 2022: Produce with the most and least pesticides
-HEALTH: CPAP recall leaves many patients with difficult choice
-CELEBRITY: Kourtney Kardashian breaks silence on Las Vegas wedding with Travis Barker
-HISTORY: Washington Square in Worcester, early 20th century
-ANIMALS: Tiny kittens have been inseparable since they were born (3:12)
-GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 10-year-old saves family from burning home in Mississippi
-Meanwhile, in Florida, this horse became a weekly regular at Dunkin's
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+Part-time Baristas in Worcester
-Order Pickers 2nd shift in Auburn
-Parking Attendant (Hiring Bonus!!) in Worcester
-Multiple Warehouse Opportunities at Imperial Distributors
-Beer Garden, Worcester
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Free vaccinations and boosters Saturday 11-5 at Worcester Public Library and 1-3 at First Congregational Church
-ICYMI: A new strain has been detected – Here's what doctors are saying about it
-Mass. reports 1,760 new cases, 7-day positivity rate jumps to 2.75%
-U.S. likely to see a surge in the fall, Dr. Fauci says
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+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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