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In The News
>Latest weather: High of 73 today in Worcester, chance of afternoon storms
-Vigil planned Saturday for Worcester girl killed by SUV driver
-VIDEO: New beer garden opens in Worcester
-Five things to do: Comedy, crafts, blues and more ...
-Worcester 2022 Memorial Day events: Times, dates, locations
-See if your community is holding a Memorial Day ceremony
-Worcester, Bay State residents change Memorial Day plans, facing sky-high gas prices
-Residents, leaders bid Worcester's outgoing City Manager Ed Augustus a fond farewell
-Ed Augustus: Reflecting on Worcester’s renaissance
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Art in the City fuels Family Health Center’s "ballet of care"
-Museum of Russian Icons appoints new executive director
-AG Healey issues advisory on baby formula shortage
>HOMES: All Worcester County homes sales May 15th to May 21st
-Tribute to a woman who was a dressmaker in Worcester
-ICYMI: See Worcester’s unsolved murders and missing people cases
-FBI raids Brookfield home after men sell informant multiple ghost guns; 2 men arrested, charged
-Worcester Vice Squad makes 2 separate busts for fentanyl on Thursday
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): The "new" plans for Millbury's Rice Road -- 3 buildings, 192 units
-Millbury quilters group thanks veterans
-Boston real estate firm buys $15.7 million Westborough wedding venue, warehouses
-Youth build community through Sterling's Pizza Church
-Class assignment inspires Uxbridge student to address traffic concern near school
-BVT students grab medals in SkillsUSA state competition
-Grafton School Committee takes a stand for transgender students
>SPORTS: Heat force Game 7 vs. Celtics
-Home-opening win for ‘Hearts, 12-2. Next home game: 4 p.m. Sunday -- Worcester Sports Showcase & Kids Club Sunday
-Rich Gedman, from Lafayette St. in Worcester to the Red Sox Hall of Fame
-Orioles beat Red Sox, 12-8
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Iron Pigs, 16-2
-Bruins forward Brad Marchand has hip surgery, will miss start of season
-Assumption adds men's swimming and women's ice hockey
>BUSINESS: Key inflation gauge slows to still-high 6.3% in April
-Venture Forum to host 5-minute pitch competition in Downtown Worcester
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Class of 2022 urged to seek light, hope and joy
-Holy Cross graduates grateful for friends, family and good memories
>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)
>NATIONAL: Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting response
-Texas mom pulled daughter out of class just before shooting
-Tragic: Texas shooting victim's family moved from Chicago "to be in a safer place"
>NEW ENGLAND: Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in N.H. beheading case
-Charlie Baker vetoes immigrant license access bill
>TV/STREAMING: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on VOD
>CELEBRITY: Johnny Depp winning court of public opinion in Amber Heard trial
-Jeff Bridges recalls being "pretty close to dying" while battling both COVID, cancer
>FOOD: Lobster prices dropping as peak summer season nears
>SHOPPING/DEALS: The best Memorial Day appliance sales to shop right now
>HISTORY: Worcester to Providence, along the Blackstone Canal at River Bend Farm (8:00)
>ANIMALS: This poodle hugs everyone she meets (2:57)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Neighbor credited with saving 4-year-old drowning at apartment complex
-Meanwhile, in California, burglary suspects’ car equipped with flipping license plate
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-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 city enters Memorial Day weekend, COVID numbers continue downturn
-Free vaccinations and boosters 11-5 Saturday at Worcester Public Library
-ICYMI: New study finds that 1 in 5 adults who have had COVID develop Long COVID
-Mass. reports 3,092 new cases Friday
-Hospitalization rate up 23% in last 2 weeks
-Can you get COVID twice in one month?
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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