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>Latest weather: Another scorcher, will feel like 98 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Fantastic drone video of Worcester created to celebrate city's 300th anniversary (1:59)
+6:00: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+6:00: New COVID cases, hospitalizations rise in Worcester week after warning of new subvariants
+6:00: Skateboard shop opens on Millbury Street in line with Worcester's new Crompton Park Skate Park
+6:00: Construction crews making progress at Worcester's new Coal Mine Brook Park
+6:00: State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission to hear appeal of Paku license suspension
+6:00: Worcester Tech, North High receive grants toward career technical programs
+6:00: Only in The016.com: Friday morning crash on Route 140 in Boylston (4:29)
+6:00: New movies on VOD: "Zack Snyder's Justice League," "The Forgiven," "Men" and more
+1:00: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+1:00: Stephanie Fernandes sentencing for fatally stabbing fiancé pushed to October
+1:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - July 22nd
+1:00: Mega Millions jackpot now $660 million for Friday’s drawing
+1:00: What to watch this weekend: Netflix's "The Gray Man" and more
+1:00: Shrewsbury kicks off feedback sessions for strategic plan
-Worcester police seek 4 missing teens, last seen earlier Thursday
-Worcester Monopoly owners in bitter legal dispute with artist who painted Smiley Face mural
-WPD asks for public's help identifying suspects wanted for questioning
-Radio Worcester (8:45): City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj gives an update on the Mill Street building roof collapse
-I-190 exit in Worcester closing for 45 days
-Worcester economic development committee takes up inclusionary zoning
-Bill Shaner: 2 peeks behind Worcester's liberal facade
-Charlton police searching for hit-and-run driver who seriously injured cyclist
-Channel 25's Zip Trip visits Auburn today|
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Silkroad Ensemble's road leads to Indian Ranch with new leader and new compositions
-State Champs give reasons to be "Sad" this year: Rockers set for Sad Summer Fest in Worcester
-Screen Time: Robin Williams' comeback, courtesy of celebrity impersonator Roger Kabler
-First Person: No matter where you go, there you are ...
-YWCA of Central Massachusetts hosts Girls CHOICE car wash Saturday
-Students learn work and life skills as mentors this summer
>HOMES: 5 new properties for sale in Worcester
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a "fun spirited" Worcester native who owned and operated a solar contracting firm
-ICYMI: Police arrest 2 women for armed home invasion in Shrewsbury
-Worcester police seek to identify porch pirate
-Before roof collapse, tenants in Worcester apartments faced big rent hikes
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn Fire Department keeps auto fire from spreading to house
-Holden police looking for female driver involved in accident with bicyclist
-Mary Anderson was killed by gunshot to the head, ex-boyfriend Matthew Davis was shot after lunging at police with knife, autopsies show
-Shrewsbury electronics recycling event on Saturday
-Mill Villages’ Little Bank will be restored
-Hotline to report odors from Feedback Earth is now open
-Medline unveils 6.7 MW solar array in Uxbridge
-Rollover crash near Uxbridge closes Rt. 146 northbound by exit 6
>SPORTS: Patriots will not name offensive, defensive coordinators for 2022 Season
-Pirates open playoffs tonight at home vs. Quad City
-7 Bravehearts named to All-Star Team
-Bravehearts fall to New Britain, 9-5
-Bravehearts next home game 5 Wednesday (YOU-Choose-the-Promotion Doubleheader)
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Ranking the top 50 Boston athletes of the past 50 years: Nos. 30 through 21
-Former Worcester Academy star "hurt more" by ESPN’s about-face over ESPYs invite
>CARS: Bertera has the car for you (4:08)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: President tests positive for COVID, has "very mild symptoms"
-Ex-Vice President Pence's Secret Service agents made calls to loved ones during January 6th riot
-Video shows cop husband of slain Uvalde teacher being held back
-Tragic: 9-year-old girl killed by falling tree in Maine amid thunderstorms
>NEW ENGLAND: Governor Baker takes ownership of Orange Line fire
-Maine man sought in girlfriend's murder at Acadia arrested in Mexico
>COLLEGES: $2 million grant supports Clark student teachers in local schools
-The Arts are back and stronger than ever at Worcester State
>BUSINESS: Worcester startup raises $5.2 million for R&D, new hires
-Americans filing jobless claims at highest level in 8 months
>HEALTH: 30 new Mass. cases of monkeypox diagnosed, DPH says
-Free testing and vaccinations/boosters 3-6 Friday at Friendly House
>FOOD: Americans love dip so much they’re eating it by the spoonful: poll
>HISTORY: How Native Americans developed Worcester and how they remain a part of it
>TV/STREAMING: "Deadpool" and "Logan" to premiere on Disney+, streamer’s first R-rated films
>MOVIES: Margot Robbie's huge "Barbie" salary revealed
>CELEBRITY: Ricky Martin's nephew withdraws incest claims, case dismissed
>ANIMALS: Cat will not begin day if mom doesn't make him cat-uccino (:26)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Framingham police officer saves infant brought into station
-This optical illusion will prove whether you have a high IQ
-Meanwhile, Florida man, 37, arrested after calling 911 about Sour Patch Kids candy
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 70 today in Worcester
-Mass. could see warmer, wetter winter, National Weather Service says
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: How Worcester residents can sign up for 2027 health plans
+Noon: Gov. Healey sets 60% school breakfast goal; Worcester schools averaged 37.6%
+Noon: Early voting update: Nearly 10,000 ballots cast so far in Worcester
+Noon: Worcester man's Halloween display raises money for charity (2:57)
-Asbestos discovery closes Worcester Head Start facility
-Kelley Square and Mill Street were redesigned. Are they safer today?
-Worcester Human Rights Commission to review police policies, homeless encampment proposal
-Where is Aaron Pennington? Fugitive search enters third year (2:22)
-Max German of Shrewsbury a finalist in "Voice of Logan" contest
-Westborough police chief on leave following an incident in Shrewsbury (:20). Article
-Parents recall Uxbridge Officer LaPorta as community honors him
-Earlier: D.A.: Investigation into death of Uxbridge officer results in no charges
-Worcester County Wonders: The Phantom of the Palladium
-In historic company: Women of Worcester's past, present honored in new mural
-College closures derail students’ plans, leaving some unsure when they’ll return
>DINING OUT: Avvio Ristorante wins early buzz with home-made pasta and tasty pizzas
-Large audience, low price: Give your restaurant's social media a boost on The 016
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-ICYMI: Anna Maria weighs giving interested buyers more time after auction cancellation
-Worcester Homeowner Summit set for November 7th at DCU Center
-Worcester police, D.E.A. find fentanyl in Clover Street raid
-Worcester police seize 38 guns, ghost gun frames
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Wachusett Teacher Spotlight: Brian Lux
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Advocate Hometown Helper: Bernice Gero, animal advocate
-Warrant issued for man who broke into ex-girlfriend’s home in Barre while she was asleep
-Coolidge Elementary School's hidden staircase evokes Shrewsbury memories from decades past
-Meadows Montessori excited to open in Westborough
-New warehouse plans before Westborough Planning Board
-New Northborough fire chief says he has felt "truly welcomed" by town officials, community
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Gateway Players in Southbridge to hold auditions for "The Lifespan of a Fact"
-Dudley's first poetry slam brings community to the Fun Zone Playground wooded stage
-100 FM The Pike (20:41): Ken Casey from Dropkick Murphys on music as a force for change
>OPINION: Tommy Dorfman: Ticket prices are out of control. Gov. Healey’s bill will make them worse
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 510 (28:21): City clerks & state election
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown reacts to W.P.D. internal investigation in Toomey case (24:59)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who was a lauded poet
>SPORTS: NESN and NESN+ to broadcast select Holy Cross contests
-Railers lose to Maine, 3-1
-Radio Worcester (15:13): Worcester Railers celebrate 1,000 wins for city hockey
>NATIONAL: Christa Pike's executioners given ominous warning before botched lethal injection: court docs
-Devastated mom recalls horror of toddler being pronounced dead, before he's discovered alive in morgue
-Tragic: Nurse dies after shrimp allergy during honeymoon
>NEW ENGLAND: Sandra Birchmore's therapist back on the stand Monday (:59)
-Woman charged with manslaughter in 4-year-old daughter's fentanyl death (:22)
-Over 130 residents evacuated from Lexington nursing home (2:25)
>POLITICS: What does the Governor's Council do? Worcester candidates weigh in
-What is Mass. ballot Question 7? (8:52)
-Full debate on Mass. ballot Question 7 (29:03)
>COLLEGES: Clark campus conversation, McGovern visit examine America’s past and present
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airbnb making changes to guest cleaning requirements (1:39)
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-U.S credit card debt is on the rise. Here's how to keep yourself out of credit card debt
-Small businesses need to leverage home field advantage with S.E.O.
>SHOPPING: How inflation is hitting all parts of Halloween celebration (1:59)
>HOMES: The surprising places to never charge your phone, safety experts say
>HEALTH: "Circadian" depression may be the reason why you can't sleep
-How walking regularly can protect your brain for years to come (6:18)
>FOOD: Ina Garten reveals unique ingredient she uses in eggs
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Lupin: Part 4" on Netflix (2:30)
>MOVIES: The craziest horror villains compilation (42:09)
>CELEBRITY: "Office Space" star Richard Riehle dies at 78
-Kurt Cobain's death investigation takes new turn over cop's shocking claim casting doubt on suicide
>ANIMALS: Hound gets caught breaking all her friends out of daycare (1:54)
>HISTORY: The Old Yarmouth Inn on the Cape is still going strong after 330 years
>GOOD NEWS: Veteran sees brother face-to-face for first time in 40 years
-Meanwhile, in England, escaped emu wins wrestling match in middle of road
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