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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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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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