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>Latest weather: A spectacular summer day in store, high of 77 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Fairway Beef building in Worcester selling for $1 million
-Worcester lounge looking to rebrand itself as it works to reopen after May shooting
-Police make arrest after 18-year-old man tries driving away, dragging officer
-Highland Street auto shop converting to retail storefront
-New gig for former Worcester Superintendent Maureen Binienda?
-Acting Worcester city manager appoints Nguyen, Rolle to cabinet positions
-16th annual Worcester World Cup kicks off at Foley Stadium
-Masks remain optional for Worcester Public Schools
-The Faces of Worcester: Ronald Bernard Waddell Jr.
>SHOPPING: Massachusetts' tax-free weekend starts Saturday. Here's what to know
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Five Things do Do: Music Worcester series, Out to Lunch, art exhibit and more ...
-Worcester's Latin American Festival - 30 years of Latino pride, culture, music and food
-Peppercorn's hosting Jimmy Buffet cover band August 20th
-Artists' studio coming to The Grid in Downtown Worcester
-Deadline approaches for art submissions to the Small Stones Festival
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a man who worked at the Telegram & Gazette for 45 years
-ICYMI: Worcester man found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend
-Police arrest Fitchburg man for Cambridge Street murder of Worcester woman
-Restaurant and piano lounge with "Sopranos" theme coming to Stafford Street in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Police identify woman found dead in Spencer lake
-Holden special election will fill selectman’s seat during September primary
-Holden Bandstand concert 6-8 Sunday
-Auburn Police Honor Guard presents colors at last night's Red Sox-Yankees game
-Community helps with movie production
-Bootstrap Compost brings curbside composting to Grafton
-Millbury Fire Logs, week of July 31st-August 6th
-Exercise classes available at Millbury Senior Center
-Sutton Fourth Committee announces plans for Halloween celebrations
-Make a mosaic tray at Sutton Public Library
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Yankees, 3-2
-Tom Brady taking 11-day break from Bucs for personal reasons
-Worcester Bravehearts franchise records set in 2022
-Former St. John's football stars Matt Brunelle, Cam Nolan ready for next step at Holy Cross
-'Sader Stories S4E4 (18:34): Title IX Reflection with Women's Ice Hockey Alumna Stacey Hochkins
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox win, 14-5
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has it all (5:05)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Polio detected in New York City's sewage, suggesting the virus is circulating there
-Las Vegas slammed with more flash floods as iconic strip, casinos under water again
-Tragic: Woman dies after being impaled by umbrella in South Carolina
>NEW ENGLAND: When will sports betting start in Mass.? And how will it work?
-$11,000 worth of over-the-counter medicine found in shoplifter's SUV, North Attleboro police say
>COLLEGES: Worcester State and LEI students honored for community COVID vaccine and testing
-Collaboration creates shared learning for QCC Manufacturing and Respiratory Students
>BUSINESS: Walgreens is offering up to $75,000 to recruit pharmacists amid shortage
-BlueHive hires Designer of the Year to lead strategy
>HOMES: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
>FOOD: Egg, butter prices spike as food inflation persists: report
>HEALTH: FDA announces COVID recommendations based on new study led by UMass Medical School researchers
-U.S. will stretch monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses
-Free COVID vaccinations/boosters on Saturday: 10-2 at Gala Foods, noon-5 at Worcester Public Library
>HISTORY: Samuel Staples, founder of the Worcester Historical Museum
>TV/STREAMING: What to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand: "Elvis," "I Love My Dad," "Collide" and more
>CELEBRITY: Actress Anne Heche dead at 53 after horror car crash
-Salman Rushdie on a ventilator, likely to lose an eye after attack at lecture
>ANIMALS: 2 premie kittens save rescuer who suffered a stroke
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): "All right, we’re doing this": 911 dispatcher helps deliver baby
-Meanwhile, in California, man eats 17 ghost peppers in one minute for world record
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 30 today in Worcester
-Declared winter parking ban in effect in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-2 killed, 9 hurt in Brown University shooting (9:49)
-Related: Video shows man sought in Brown shooting (4:39)
-Related: Newest details on search for Brown shooting suspect (12:39)
-Related: Brown students describe aftermath of campus shooting (2:44)
-"Waiting for the next child to die": Former Worcester judge calls for federal probe of Mass. child welfare system
-Worcester schools release new data looking at assaults on staff
-Worcester man's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables attracts visitors from around Mass. (2:40). Article
-Worcester doesn’t have enough supermarkets. Some people blame the city’s tax rate
-Holy Cross buys off-campus student rental house for $2.2 million with plans for faculty housing
-A tropical escape blooms inside a historic Worcester building
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
-Powerball jackpot grows to colossal $1.1 billion after Saturday’s drawing
>DINING OUT: Raising Cane’s opening Worcester location next week
-ICYMI: Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police introduce newest officer, Amgad Nashawi
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 stab victims found outside Thirsty Turtle Pub in Templeton
-Barre man charged with extortion after dispute with neighbor over $50 chicken dinner ticket
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-All charges dropped against unlicensed driver accused of evading Shrewsbury police
-Man arrested after entering Leominster Verizon store, charging at and threatening employee
-Police seek hit-and-run driver who was operating stolen vehicle
-Dickman receives honor for his work in fatal crash reconstruction
-Local pajama drive breaks records
-Lights in Common shines in Princeton
-Goings on from Grafton News, Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and The Landmark
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-Rebuilding the Higgins Collection: Successes, surprises and what’s still missing
-John Cena taps out to Gunther to lose final WWE match
-WCCA-TV's YAY ART No. 1 (21:51)
>OPINION: Laurel: Welcome to Green Hill Park, past and present
-Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 59 (28:55): Matthias Waschek and Jeffrey L. Forgeng
-Manny Jae Media (1:03:09): 508 Live! with Papee Paye
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a nurse for over 50 years
>SPORTS: Patriots can clinch the AFC East with a win today (1:43). Article
-Slowing down James Cook is pivotal for New England
-Will Patriots earn AFC’s No. 1 seed? Simulating the NFL’s final 4 weeks
-NFL Week 15 schedule, TV and announcers
-Caitlin Clark: WNBA labor talks "biggest moment" league has seen
-Bravehearts name Joe Galvin manager
-Railers beat Mariners, 4-2
>NATIONAL: Australian officials say 12 are dead in attack on Jewish event in Sydney
-New Epstein photos show presidents, more V.I.P.s
-Lionel Messi’s brief appearance at India soccer game sparks chaos as fans destroy stadium
-Tragic: Horrific moment teen mauled to death by zoo lion (1:48)
>NEW ENGLAND: Ballot question volume creating unease among top state officials
-N.H. mom charged with child endangerment after daughter ingested T.H.C. gummy
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 23 (51:11): Engineering a cultural connection
-Radio Worcester (9:10): Q.C.C. holiday initiatives & student support with Dr. Luis Pedraja
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airlines now exempt from covering costs during recall delays
>BUSINESS: This workplace benefit is the biggest reason people jump jobs: survey
-Community bank collects hundreds of food items for local veterans, military families
-ChatGPT chatbot's shocking response to alleged role in murder-suicide
-Dividing restricted stock units and stock options in divorces
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Gifts with ongoing fees and sneaking subscriptions: Consumer Reports
>HEALTH: Why experts say you should enroll in A.C.A. even if premiums spike
-W.S.C. Stay Connected with Your Health for December (37:51)
>TV/STREAMING: "New Year's Rockin' Eve" to feature Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone and Maren Morris
>MOVIES: Trailer for "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" (2:20)
>CELEBRITY: Peter Greene, "Pulp Fiction," "The Mask' actor, dies at 60
-Jane Seymour, 74, is "very sexually active" with rocker beau John Zambetti
>ANIMALS: Guy rescues teeniest Frenchie puppy who hops like a bunny (2:03)
>HISTORY: Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
>GOOD NEWS: Child turns little library into free food pantry for neighbors
-Meanwhile, Virginia's drunk raccoon exposed as serial offender
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