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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 (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester police chief open to leaving civil service, but unions not so sure
+6:00: Victim of Leominster apartment complex stabbing identified
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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