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>Latest weather: Final day of oppressive heat & humidity, feels like 95 in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Documentary on Burncoat dance program to be screened in Worcester
+Noon: Several people break into Gardner apartment, steal video games, trade some in, get arrested
+Noon: Maine man speeding through Lunenburg with over a pound of pot in his car gets arrested
+Noon: Chris Sale out for rest of season after injuring wrist in bike crash
+Noon: Serena Williams announces retirement
-Worcester Redevelopment Authority votes to purchase Denholm Building for $3 million
-Regular day at Worcester Starbucks after workers end strike
-Radio Worcester (8:07): Starbucks workers strike with Bailey & Imani of the East Central Street Starbucks in Worcester
-Take a Look inside Worcester's new RMV center
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 9th
-Mike Benedetti: City Council preview: Zoning, naming things, building disasters
-Worcester councilor probes city response to Mill St. collapse
-Worcester health leaders putting plans in place in case of a monkeypox outbreak
-Worcester stepping up efforts to combat mosquitoes
-Worcester flooding study aims to boost climate resiliency
-Worcester Public Schools will be screening kindergarten children by appointment August 29th to August 31st
-Don Landgren: Worcester-Holden trial verdict up in the air?
>SHOPPING: State sales tax holiday is August 13th-14th: Here's what you need to know
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Italian Festival returns to Worcester August 11th-14th
-Lineup announced for Central Mass. Jazz Fest September 20th to 24th
-"Epicenter 508" podcast, Volume 2, No. 2 (1:06:49)
-Radio Worcester: Matt Bissonette on the road with Elton John
-10 best places to get your blood pumping in Mass.
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who gathered with friends for breakfast every Saturday morning for 40 years
-ICYMI: Worcester man sues 2 police departments for arresting him for driving without a license, judge takes exception
-Worcester man to go on trial for murder of woman
-$100,000 lottery winner sold at Honey Farms in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 3 retired "40+ Club" employees honored by the town of Millbury
-Avoid Main Street in Grafton this week as road milling gets underway
-Auburn Police Department collecting school supplies for Auburn Youth and Family Services
-American Legion Post 42 is having a meeting Tuesday in Holden
-Shrewsbury to refresh website and release a mobile app
-"He was a loving kid" mom says of Uxbridge teen killed in violent weekend crash in Upton
-$100,000 lottery winner sold in Uxbridge
-Teens heard screaming in Ashburnham, accuse police of sexual assault as they resist arrest
>SPORTS: Patriots 53-man roster projection
-Bruins announce return of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci
-Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley to leave Red Sox booth after season
-WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts season ends
-2 Bravehearts capture season-ending league awards
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox Rewind: No-hitter win part of another .500 week
-Shrewsbury Post 397 Legion advances to World Series
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has it all (5:05)
-Volkswagens, Audis recalled over risk of exploding airbags
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: FBI searches Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
-Here’s what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act
-Tragic: Baltimore girl, 15, shot and killed by boy, 9, playing with loaded gun
>NEW ENGLAND: Father, husband of New England shooting victims speaks out
-Actor Ezra Miller charged with burglarizing Vermont home
>BUSINESS: Worcester area unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in June
-Chase aims for 4 Worcester-area locations by 2025
-Profits down 18% at IPG Photonics, $300 million stock repurchase program launched
-Author Malcolm Gladwell slams working from home
>HOMES: 5 new properties for sale in Worcester
>COLLEGES: Clark partners with foundation to support after-school programs
-Holy Cross students pursue computer science passion through theoretical physics
>HEALTH: Under 60, healthy, vaccinated and boosted? "You’re in a pretty good place" with COVID
-Free COVID vaccinations/boosters on Wednesday: 11-7 at Worcester Public Library
>TV/STREAMING: Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network content to premiere on HBO Max
>MOVIES: 11 best new movies on Netflix
>CELEBRITY: Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
-Inside Olivia Newton-John's 30-year battle with breast cancer
-Where to watch "Grease" in honor of the late Olivia Newton-John
-David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, dies at 89
>ANIMALS: Watch beagles rescued from breeding facility play outside for first time
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couple celebrates their 70th wedding anniversary
-Meanwhile, Subway fan scores sandwiches for life after getting massive logo tattoo
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:30). High of 64 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester man, 62, struck, killed crossing Hope Ave.
-Husband and wife educators to graduate together from Worcester State with master’s degrees
-Why a 3D printed goat remains the guest of honor at WPI’s graduations
-Couple scrambles to save wedding after Anna Maria College announces closure
-Former Councilor Etel Haxhiaj to receive Worcester peace award alongside immigrant advocate
-Worcester park could be renamed in honor of Roberto Clemente (:47). Article
-Black bear relocated after being found near busy road in Shrewsbury
-Railroad spike hurled through windshield on Route 2 in Gardner, driver says (2:15)
-Burncoat High School prom photos at Worcester’s Union Station
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: Frank's Steak House: The oldest steakhouse in Greater Boston (4:40)
-ICYMI: Popular true crime podcast examines 2017 Worcester murder
-Union Station operator search begins as Maxwell Luciano’s vows to stay
-Worcester radio station sold for $1.45 million
-Worcester initiative tackles social isolation crisis — a conversation at a time
-Affordable housing project near Worcester Senior Center may be delayed
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Voters pass Proposition 2 1/2 override
-American Legion Post 42 meeting 2:30 Tuesday
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Audit shows $424,000 unknown to Barre officials before override request
-Webster Special Town Meeting approves capital spending, sewer pump station project
-Man with G.H.B., meth and ketamine in vehicle arrested after Leicester crash
-Blackstone man arrested on warrant, charged after drug use and prostitution reported at apartment
-Leominster man arrested after crashing into truck, fire hydrant outside Mai Tai’s before fleeing scene
-Transparency, oversight at center of Auburn Housing Authority debate
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Brad Paisley announces new tour dates, including 4 stops in New England
-Victor D. Infante: Bill Buckner, Jack McCarthy and the modern era's "Casey at the Bat"
>OPINION: Katy MacQueen: 4 laughable misconceptions I had about motherhood
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: We keep calling it apathy when people are actually tired of being used
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 101 (8:05): Homelessness, Part 3
-WCCA-TV's Close To Home No. 601 (28:41): Leah Bradley
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who passed away unexpectedly at age 26
>SPORTS: WPI softball coach leads team to record season after cancer diagnosis (3:52)
-Assumption, WPI softball teams win championships and N.C.A.A. berths
-Why NBA Draft Lottery results were a win for Celtics
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 31
>CARS: Clearing up the backup camera
>NATIONAL: Hantavirus patient in critical condition after doctors dismissed symptoms as "anxiety"
-Radio Worcester (16:19): U.F.O. expert Ronny LeBlanc says new Pentagon files could mark “turning point in human history”
-Tragic: Missing hikers found dead and holding each other after volcano erupts
>NEW ENGLAND: Cambridge shooting, how it all unfolded
-Inside an alarming year for Mass. prisons: Spate of suicides forces reckoning
>COLLEGES: Research led by WPI professor advances sustainable solutions for end-of-life battery waste
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Memorial Day weekend getaways within 2 hours of Central Mass.
>BUSINESS: Nichols, Worcester Business Journal launch second year of Women’s Executive Academy
-LPL Financial Research: A new Fed regime: Warsh, policy direction, and treasury market consequences
-Know How: Vanity metrics need to die
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers
>HEALTH: An O.B.G.Y.N.’s take on pregnancy timing
-Ariana Becker: A mindset reset this Mental Health Awareness Month
>SHOPPING: Amazon Memorial Day sale: Dates, categories, what to buy
>FOOD: The real difference between whole foods and processed foods
>TV/STREAMING: Savannah Guthrie officially confirms surprising career move as mom Nancy remains missing
>MOVIES: When Michael Keaton and Glenn Close scrapped over "The Paper"
>CELEBRITY: Martin Short speaks for first time about "nightmare" of his daughter's death
-Hayden Panettiere details being put in bed with an "undressed," "very famous" man at 18
>ANIMALS: Mama dog leads rescuer to a hidden cave to save her puppies (1:44)
>HISTORY: Publisher Isaiah Thomas was a true American patriot
>GOOD NEWS: 82-year-old E.M.T. holds coverage together for community
-Meanwhile, in Kansas, students take Oscar Mayer Wienermobile to prom
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