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• Highlights Saturday, November 1st
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  In The News

  >WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:01). High of 54 today in Worcester

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  -Gardner man accused of robbing, murdering neighbor set for trial

  -Alleged scammer from New York arrested after targeting area woman

  -Local restaurants step up to feed S.N.A.P. families during shutdown

  -Related: How a S.N.A.P. card can still get you food during the shutdown (3:49)

  -Related: Radio Worcester (8:33): Juniper Outreach founder Julie McDonald on how school pantries feed Worcester’s hungry kids

  -Related: Town by town Mass. map shows where S.N.A.P. cuts will hit hardest

  -Earlier: Central Mass. food pantries brace for impact as S.N.A.P. funds dry up

  -Earlier: Schools in Worcester County brace for increased student hunger from S.N.A.P. cuts

  -"The irony is not lost on me": Pernet Family Health shows off food pantry

  -New funding in Worcester reserved for small nonprofits that often lose out on grant money

  -Opening date for Worcester chicken restaurant pushed back for second time

  -The Mac Maker delivers tasty treats online, and at local pop-ups

  -Worcester debuts new Grafton Hill neighborhood marker

  -Worcester Guardian Week in Review: Funding, faces and fallout

  -Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in brief for October

  -Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:41): Partisanship, Polar Park and police oversight

  >POLITICS: District 5 candidate José Rivera promises "decorum," no "political theatrics"

  -Manny Jae Media (59:27): Ted Kostas, candidate for Worcester City Councillor, District 4

  -Seeking unprecedented eighth term as mayor, Petty says experience can help navigate rough waters

  -Public schools, leadership style prove flashpoints in Worcester mayoral debate (w/video)

  -Communication, accountability are themes in District 4 Councilor Luis Ojeda's campaign

  -Meet the candidates: Robert Bilotta puts housing, safety center of race

  -Radio Worcester's The Roundup (23:37): How campaigns can truly engage voters

  >DINING OUT: Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Chicken Sandwiches (5:45)

  -ICYMI: Driver dies after car slams into stone wall in Charlton

  -Cause of damaging blaze on Main Street remains unknown to investigators

  -Worcester man found in Leicester cemetery after early morning vehicle stop

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Composting 8 to 2:30 Saturday

  -America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)

  -Gale Free Library children's room renovations underway

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 vehicles collide on Route 20 in Shrewsbury during rainy conditions

  -Hurlbut ready for new chapter, but will help first

  -Sterling calls on fire chief to serve as interim during search

  -New members inducted into the Millbury Women's Club

  -Grafton Historical Society to host presentation on the history of travel

  -The Landmark's public safety logs

  -Wachusett area goings on

  -Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
  
  

  >BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday

  >SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Duo Piano Gala, "Small Things," Sapling, and more ...

  -Tell-tale hearts gather for "Edgar Allan Poe Double Header"

  -100 FM The Pike (15:29): T.J. Miller talks about pronouncing "Worcester", being "rock savvy" and his disdain of Goober

  -Orchestre National de France begins U.S. tour at Mechanics Hall

  >OPINION: Jennifer Julien Gaskin: You are not better — just luckier

  -Giselle Rivera-Flores: Open letter

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime sixth grade teacher in Worcester
  
  

  >SPORTS: Drake Maye’s connection with Kayshon Boutte built on trust

  -"Looking to buy": NFL insider shares Patriots trade deadline intel

  -Bill Belichick wins first A.C.C. game

  -Celtics beat 76ers in NBA Cup, 109-108

  -Holy Cross football hosts Lafayette on Family Weekend and Senior Day

  -Holy Cross men's and women's basketball previews

  -Holy Cross men’s hockey ties with Sacred Heart, wins shootout

  -Auburn's Owen Fitzgerald has Assumption on top of Northeast-10

  -Railers fall to Reading, 2-1
  
  

  >NATIONAL: FBI: Multiple people arrested in Michigan in a Halloween attack plot

  -L.A. firefighters told to ditch site that turned into Palisades inferno: report

  -Olympic hopeful allegedly stabbed Uber driver to death because she felt "cooped up"

  -Tragic: Funeral home displays wrong body at memorial service, leading relative to suffer heart attack: kin

  >NEW ENGLAND: Woman, 41, found dead in Ware backyard; investigation underway

  -Spike in paving schemes left family with driveway disaster (4:14). Article

  >COLLEGES: Life in the First Year Lane: Field hockey, fire science, and finding community at Anna Maria

  -Students showcase their work at ClarkFEST
  
  

  >TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The most expensive places to visit in the U.S.

  -The best independent bookstores to visit in the U.S.

  >BUSINESS: Worcester cybersecurity firm names Chief Marketing Officer

  -Mass. casino revenue dips almost 9% in September

  >SHOPPING: Sustainable fashion: Arts and crafts giving old clothes new life (1:47)

  >HOMES: Some in Central Mass. will see lower natural gas bills this winter

  >HEALTH: Teva Pharmaceuticals recalls blood pressure medication

  >FOOD: Ongoing illnesses, deaths reported linked in listeria outbreak
  
  

  >TV/STREAMING: Peacock and Apple TV launch new streaming bundle

  >MOVIES: New romance "Regretting You" hits theaters (3:17)

  -New movies on streaming: "Eleanor the Great," "The History of Sound" and more

  >CELEBRITY: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck better together after split

  >HISTORY: Forgotten Mass.: The ruins of Rutland Prison Camp (1:00)

  >ANIMALS: Family spots and rescues a mama and pups living in the trash (1:35)

  >GOOD NEWS: Sentimental set of numbers nets Norwood father, son 8 winning lottery tickets

  -Meanwhile, in Florida, 6 nudists arrested for stripping down at the wrong beach

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