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>Latest weather: Cloudy with partial sunshine, high of 78 today in Worcester
>WORCESTER TERCENTENNIAL
*Worcester 300th anniversary: Festival on the Common, 5k Saturday's highlights
*Traffic and parking advisory for Worcester Tercentennial
*The Worcester 300 List: Best things to see, drink, eat, watch and hear
*Salisbury Mansion, Worcester's only historical house museum
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy rated this Worcester pizza 7.7 out of 10
-You can now fly from Worcester to Vancouver on JetBlue: Find out how
-8 ways Worcester is staging its comeback to attract businesses and residents
-Turning tragedy into triumph: Manny Tubes donated to police stations (1:59). Article
-Stephanie Fernandes murder trial: Father of victim shares testimony of growing isolation from son shortly before fatal stabbing
-Search warrant leads to gun, drug charges in Worcester
-City holding "Guns to Gardens" buyback 9-noon Saturday
-Polar Park residential development could lose multimillion dollar tax break
-Outgoing Worcester Superintendent Binienda considering run for mayor in 2023
-Ray Mariano: Are Worcester’s public schools safe?
-Worcester Technical High graduation
-Longtime Worcester Public Schools physical therapist Sally Goodhile to retire
-New School Committee election district maps follow consent decree, fed law
-Former Worcester City Manager Michael O’Brien honored with portrait unveiling in City Hall
>HOMES: See inside this $2 million mid-century home in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: The Outlaws, "The Band's Visit" and more ...
-Faces of Worcester: Jonelle Garofoli
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who promoted rock and R&B bands in the '80s and '90s
-Tribute to former professor and department head at QCC
-ICYMI: Worcester manufacturer moving HQ to Webster
-Worcester music teacher in running for Grammy award
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wachusett Regional High School holds commencement
-Continuing costs, little funding — but the town is attached to One Grafton Common
-American Legion Post 42 meeting June 14th in Holden
-Huge mill fire leaves Orange with dangerous debris, $4 million
>SPORTS: Celtics go cold late in fourth, Warriors even series
-Red Sox win in Seattle, 4-3
-Bravehearts fall to Sea Unicorns, 1-0. Next game: 6:30 Saturday, Worcester Tornadoes Night. Buy tickets
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox lose in Buffalo, 4-1
-Pirates look to rebound vs. Blizzard Saturday night in Worcester
-Wachusett advances to Division 1 softball state Final Four
>BUSINESS: Stocks dive to another losing week as inflation worsens
-U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high last month of 8.6%
>COLLEGES: Partnerships key to UMass Medical School’s success, chancellor tells Worcester Homecoming audience
>CARS: Bertera has the car for you (4:08)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NEW ENGLAND: Mansfield woman faces murder charge in police officer boyfriend's death
-46 members of UNH fraternity charged with hazing
>TV/STREAMING: 15 years later: Did Tony die in "The Sopranos" finale?
>MOVIES: New movies on VOD: "Everything Everywhere All At Once", "Downton Abbey: A New Era" and more
>CELEBRITY: Justin Bieber’s face paralyzed after being diagnosed with rare disorder
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 225 (28:30): Tobacco, A public health perspective
-Free vaccinations/boosters 11-5 Saturday at Worcester Public Library and noon-5 at Worcester Tercentennial
>FOOD: Rising prices have shoppers visiting dollar stores
>SHOPPING/DEALS: Consumers are feeling less confident about the economy
>ANIMALS: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Corrie
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 911 dispatcher saves a puppy from choking over the phone
-Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, pair rescued after fall into chocolate tank at candy plant
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>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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