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In The News
>Latest weather: Great weather day, high of 73 today in Worcester
+6:00: Worcester speed humps returning to city streets soon
+6:00: How Worcester Public Schools planned to have teachers address Texas school shooting with students
+6:00: Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (8:57): Texas school shooting, city manager & inclusionary zoning
+6:00: The 10 most expensive Worcester County home sales during week ending May 21st
+Noon: See Worcester’s unsolved murders and missing people cases
+Noon: MBI incubator to expand in Worcester again, following $7 million Briden St. purchase
+Noon: Harpoon Worcester Beer Garden opening Thursday
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - May 25th
+Noon: "Jurassic World" live tour coming to Worcester in April
+Noon: Five things to do: Comedy, crafts, blues and more ...
+Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Floyd
+Noon: Abbott plans to restart plant at the heart of the baby formula recall
-21 massacred in Texas elementary school
-Worcester police seek help finding missing teen
-Body found at garage door business in Worcester 9 days after fire in building
-Worcester business settles tip theft claim for $33,262
-Driver from Leicester charged in Worcester crash that killed 5-year-old Candice Asare-Yeboah
-Worcester lounge faces license violations after shots fired last week; police see hookah, full bottles of tequila served to patrons
-Worcester developer proposes commercial building on Gold Star Blvd.
-Eric Lindquist, voice of Worcester Sharks and Railers, dies at 43
-Worcester dedicates a pair of new Polar Park plazas
-Worcester to honor Blackstone Canal builders with statue on Green Street
-Emergency training drill at Worcester Regional Airport on Wednesday
-Green program offering free e-bikes to Worcester residents
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-Peppercorn's announces summer live music series Fridays and Sundays
-Artist Spotlight: Jori Dudzikowski
-Listen Up: Rivers Between captures life's heartbreak on "Other Likely Stories"
-First Person: On having become a babbler!
-Don Landgren: Tough news on economic front
-Drone video above Bancroft Tower in Worcester (2:09)
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 478 (27:56): New superintendent, school buses
-Radio Worcester (11:15): City Manager Ed Augustus on housing, development, Polar Park, and the future
-Fire officials call for rental property registry for Worcester following Gage Street fire that killed 4
-Site of deadly Worcester fire in line for demolition
-Kay's Barber Shop in Worcester cuts a neighborhood legacy for more than 70 years
>HOMES: Worcester real estate roundup
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for help finding 2 missing teen girls
-Company's technology directs Worcester police, but the city can't say where
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 14 ballots discovered in Precinct 1 machine after Grafton Town Election
-Leicester football coach remembers Elijah Pye following fatal crash
-Edgemere Diner leaves its Shrewsbury home
-Shrewsbury's new EV charging stations now open for business
-Former Dudley man gets 15-18 years in "horrendous" child rape case
-Sutton Select Board signs off on measure to preserve farm property
-Millbury High students link up with second-graders on the environment
>SPORTS: Rex Sox pound White Sox, 16-3
-Celtics star Jayson Tatum named to All-NBA First Team
-WooBall Weekly: Worcester Bravehearts open their ninth FCBL season on Thursday
-Worcester Bravehearts' 202YOU Jersey Reveal featuring Krish & FRB (1:02)
-Holy Cross Athletics Department announces ticket partnership with Peak Sports MGMT
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat IronPigs, 13-2
>BUSINESS: Greater Worcester unemployment falls to 3.5%, despite shrinking labor force
>CARS: Great Values of Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles at Bertera Nissan (3:44)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NEW ENGLAND: Medford woman found dead in recycling bin sought restraining order, court documents show
>COLLEGES: Women’s Faculty Awards spotlight excellence at UMass Medical School
-Holy Cross Magazine Podcast (26:53): Professor Jorge Santos on diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
>FOOD: Not a fan of marshmallows? Holden woman's Moeshmallows will change that
>TV/STREAMING: New on Hulu in June
>CELEBRITY: Witness for Johnny Depp cryptically contradicts key Amber Heard witness
-Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler enters treatment after relapsing
>SHOPPING/DEALS: The 14 best Memorial Day TV sales to shop in 2022
>ANIMALS: Latest dogs, cats, pets available for adoption at Worcester area shelters
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 4 graduates get their diplomas almost 70 years after they left school
-Meanwhile, in Texas, man robbed home but mowed victim’s lawn
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Classifieds
+Director of Housing for Women (Property Manager) at Abby's House
+Communications Director, Town of Auburn
-Host/Server at Worcester restaurant
-Part-time servers at Worcester restaurant
-Gardner II at WPI
-Lifeguard, town of Upton
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-As Worcester school year winds down, cases trend up
-Free testing and vaccinations/boosters 11-7 Wednesday at Worcester Public Library
-Mask advisory issued for Grafton as variant surges
-ICYMI: Radio Worcester (11:16): Worcester Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh talks COVID and Monkeypox
-New Omicron subvariant spreading rapidly in Mass., New England
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:29). High of 60 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: After fatal shooting, Worcester strip club must close at 8
+6:00: City custodians protest treatment by Worcester's new cleaning contractor
+6:00: Friends of Worcester Public Library mark 70 years with $50,000 gift to new branch
+6:00: Pulse Magazine's Weekend Guide (:22)
+Noon: Jury says it's deadlocked in Noel Inoa retrial; judge says keep trying
+Noon: Worcester airport sets record, but 500,000 goal looms
+Noon: Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to entice juvenile in Southbridge
+Noon: Things to Do: Día de los Muertos celebration, 'Ghosts in the Galleries
+Noon: Decade of ghouls and glamor: Haunted Speakeasy set for Worcester
+Noon: This is peak: Joe Fusco Jr. dreams about replacing a boiler
-Driver injured after car crashes through fence, lands on roof in Worcester (1:40). Article
-Child hospitalized after being hit by vehicle while riding bike in Worcester
-Worcester husband and wife die just 2 days apart
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-Worcester community seeks help after local designer’s bag, credit cards stolen
-Former Worcester police sergeant takes over National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division
-Worcester S.N.A.P. rolls drop 21% as advocates seek D.T.A. staff
-internal investigation clears officers of wrongdoing in Toomey crash
-Related: Advocates renew call for police review board after release of Toomey crash report
-Related: Read the full Worcester police review of city councilor's crash
-City to crack down on parking scofflaws during snow. But you'll be warned
-Central Mass. strip club to face license commission after deadly shooting
-Terror on Tory Fort: Check out Worcester family's Western take on Halloween
-Ché Anderson talks about roles at UMass Med School, Mass Cultural Council
-Nativity School opens applications for upcoming year
-Aislinn Doyle: W.P.S. In Brief: Realignment breakdown by school
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant expands to serve lunch
-ICYMI: State blocks out-of-state firm from buying nursing homes in Worcester, Fitchburg
-$51 million redevelopment brings 80 affordable senior apartments to Worcester's Lincoln Square
-Worcester's historic Heywood Boot building to receive $929K in state redevelopment funding
-Worcester lands record $5.5 million grant to remove lead hazards
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Midnight at the Masquerade mystery Thursday at Gale Free Library
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): What happens to Anna Maria College’s campus after bids fall short?
-Takeaways from latest Shrewsbury Select Board meeting
-Westborough police warn against "door kick" social media challenge
-Charlton voters approve data center restrictions, call for end to Flock cameras
-In stunning reversal, Westborough Town Meeting changes course on downtown zoning proposal
-Pastor Coates drops fraud claims against orchard developer and former Dunbar clients
-Southbridge man charged with armed robbery at Elm Street convenience store
-Dudley Town Hall access plan draws objections at Town Meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Val’s Restaurant in Holden Friday and Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic
-Get medieval: Autumn Knights Renaissance Faire set
-Celeste Ng headlines Worcester library fundraiser November 5th
-Suzanne Strempek Shea's popular memoir talk comes to Webster
-Charlton mom's book captures spirit of late son, paralyzed in 1997 crash
>OPINION: Sunita Razdan: Lend nature a hand - leave fallen leaves in yard
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 509 (28:27): Nativity School of Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Coffee with Konnie No. 545 (29:27): Hank Stolz
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:00): Journalists' superpower and Worcester media in 2026
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who worked as a baking teacher
>SPORTS: Patriots-Bears preview: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams a battle of electric, maturing quarterbacks
-Patriots injured reserve activations explained: Decisions await
-Why Patriots cannot afford not to start Caleb Lomu each week
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-Mechanics Hall ready to rumble as boxing returns after long absence
-Holy Cross women's hockey team hits the road to face Dartmouth
-Holy Cross baseball announces Fall World Series
>NATIONAL: Nobel-winning A.I. pioneer warns: Befriend bots or "we're toast"
-How many Americans support second execution attempt for Christa Pike
-Ukraine's $500 drones slaughtered America's $25 million tanks in recent war game
-Tragic: Swimmer, 65, killed by shark despite wearing repellent band
>NEW ENGLAND: Officers say Matthew Farwell was agitated in days before Sandra Birchmore's death (2:49)
-Lawmakers reject Gov. Healey's gas tax suspension plan (:26)
-Massachusetts leads nation in lottery spending again
>COLLEGES: Clark Family & Friends Weekend 2026
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Half of Americans return home more drained than relaxed after a vacation, new survey says
>BUSINESS: Amazon hiring 6,000 seasonal workers in Mass.
-Radio Worcester (22:08): W.B.D.C. and Webster Five explain small business financing
-LPL Financial Research: Moats vs. inertia: Unpacking the personal A.I. agent threat
-Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users
>SHOPPING: Warning issued against 400,000 pressure cookers due to burn risk
>HOMES: Americans are abandoning a beloved tradition — and experts reveal 5 reasons why
>HEALTH: Sexually transmitted diarrhea is morphing into a superbug
-Medicare Advantage plan cuts: United, Humana reduce benefits for 1 million
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Baked salmon and rice
>TV/STREAMING: Elizabeth Holmes docs to watch before "You Can See Everything"
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Idris Elba movie, "Above the Below" (1:38)
>CELEBRITY: Selma Blair speaks out after mid-flight meltdown, arrest
-Judge tosses child sex abuse indictment against Timothy Busfield
>ANIMALS: Tiny cat loves swimming just as much as exploring the world (2:39)
>HISTORY: Building 19 author on nostalgia event this weekend (11:28)
>GOOD NEWS: Couple struck by lightning while walking hand in hand, hail Good Samaritan hikers for saving their lives
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear steals bag of gear from fire station
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Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Full-time police officer, West Boylston Police Department
-Bartenders, Worcester Restaurant Group
-Plow truck drivers, town of Shrewsbury
-Snow plow contractors, town of Shrewsbury
-Bartenders, Grafton Street restaurant
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