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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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>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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