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>Latest weather: Mix of clouds and sun, high of 79 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Effects of drought conditions can be seen at natural landmarks in Worcester
+6:00: Weekend traffic advisory: Streets closed for Latin American Festival in Worcester
+6:00: Swimmer, 27, drowns in Brookfield pond
+6:00: 5 new Worcester properties on the market
+Noon: Worcester beaches, Crompton Park pool close for summer on Sunday night
+Noon: WPI researchers receive $347,843 U.S. Navy award for system to estimate underwater plumes in real time
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 18th
+Noon: Holy Cross football receives largest gift in program history
+Noon: Five Things to Do: Home Free, She's Busy, Pride Pageant and more ...
+Noon: WATCH: Worcester's Crompton Skate Park in action
+Noon: Writing on the walls: The cost and value of public art
+Noon: Dizzy Wright headlines TourForLife’s stop at Electric Haze
+Noon: First Person: Memories of neighborhood bonds, tinged by intolerance
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing teen
-REPORT: Affordable housing for renters in Worcester currently "out of reach"
-Popular Worcester restaurant plans to fix longtime parking woes
-Worcester staffing agency reports client’s 106 layoffs
-Layoffs at T&G parent company hit smaller Central Mass. newsrooms
-Worcester's new buses will have tracking technology (2:02)
-Worcester looking to hire more school bus drivers ahead of new school year
-Education leaders in Worcester share concerns about raised MCAS passing score
-John Monfredo: Summer slide can be prevented – with the help of parents
-Bill Shaner: Another camp eviction highlights the city's poor homelessness policy
-Worcester resident Amanda Shearstone petitioning to legalize raising chickens in city
-Barbershop living in Worcester
-The Faces of Worcester: Jamie Burke
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Authors share summer reading selections
-Crooked Coast comes to rock Terptown Throwdown at Spencer Fairgrounds
-Worcester-area LGBT teens join national designer, performers at Queer AF fashion show
-Jazzed Up Trio shows Thursday and Sunday
-Bad Advice: Pet proves catastrophic to otherwise perfect relationship
-Connecting the Dots No. 118 (30:00): Bemis Farm
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a woman who retired to become a caregiver to the elderly for more than 10 years
-ICYMI: Former Doherty, WSU hoop standout killed in I-290 hit-and-run Saturday leaves behind a 4-year-old son; GoFundMe seeks to help
-Fundraiser started to purchase headstone for 13-year-old victim of deadly Chandler Street crash
-Amazon building hiring center in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Firefighter injured in 2-alarm Grafton fire; neighbor came to aid
-Fire heavily damages single-family home in Fitchburg (:20)
-Holden animal control officer rescues owl
-Get ready for the return of Holden Days, slated for Saturday
-Feedback Earth seeks TIF from Grafton for company expansion
-Naked Athol man threatens police & cat with butcher knife
-Worcester County 4-H Fair set for August 26th to 28th with contests from poetry to poultry in Barre
-Insurance costs up for Sterling Fair
-Teen Whatever Book Club at Sutton Public Library
>SPORTS: Pats offense makes strides in Panthers joint practices
-Patriots, Panthers brawl again during joint practice
-2022-23 NBA schedule released: Here's when the Celtics play NBA's top players
-Red Sox beat Pittsburgh, 8-3
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Rochester, 2-1
-Holy Cross football team visits Polar Park (1:49)
-Revs tie Toronto, 2-2
-Golf camp for kids at Green Hill Golf Course not just puttering around
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has it all (5:05)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: The West’s historic drought is threatening hydropower at Hoover Dam
-Tragic: Alligator kills 88-year-old South Carolina woman who slipped into a pond while gardening
>NEW ENGLAND: Massachusetts named 2022's "best state to live in"
-Northern Lights may be visible to some in New England Thursday night
-Infant seriously injured in fall from fourth floor Boston window
>BUSINESS: Inc. magazine names 19 Central Mass. companies to fastest-growing list
-Former Cannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title launches think tank
>COLLEGES: QCC recognized as the best community college in Mass.
-Assumption's "Fast Track" program allows rising high school students to skip essays, references to get accepted
>HEALTH: Is COVID reaching the endemic stage? UMass Medical School virologist Jeremy Luban weighs in
-Free testing and COVID vaccinations on Thursday: 10-3 in Downtown Worcester, 11-2 on Worcester Common
>HISTORY: 300 facts for Worcester's tercentennial
>HOMES: Worcester real estate roundup
>TV/STREAMING: The future of HBO is riding on "House of the Dragon"
>MOVIES: "Top Gun: Maverick" is coming to digital: Here’s everything we know
>CELEBRITY: "Empire" actress Lindsey Pearlman died by suicide
-Priscilla Presley remembers Elvis on the 45th anniversary of his death
>FOOD: Dunkin', Goldfish to release Pumpkin Spice Grahams on September 1st
>SHOPPING: 30 best back to school sales of 2022
>ANIMALS: Abby the dog, missing for 2 months, found alive inside Missouri cave
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Father-son duo to bike 100 miles so sick children can go to camp
-Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg enters breakfast game with "Snoop Loopz" cereal that Master P calls "berry delicious fo shizzle"
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-Part-time cashier, stock clerk at West Boylston package store
-Full- and part-time civilian dispatchers, Town of Auburn
-Head Women's Volleyball Coach (Part-time) at QCC
-Holden Before & After School Program
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:40). High of 38 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Thieves stole gutters from Worcester house while owner was home
+5:00: Death of Bob Weir sparks memories of Worcester's part in long, strange trip
+5:00: Planning winter entertainment in Worcester
+5:00: Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 14
+Noon: 270-unit project at abandoned Spag's factory met with skepticism
+Noon: Central Mass. pizzeria reopens with explanation for abruptly closing
-No answers as cost of probe into death of State Police recruit from Worcester nears $700,000 (3:07). Article
-New year, new look, new amenities for W.R.T.A.
-Local restaurant makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Restaurant Legends (5:32)
-Worcester City Council returns with social media scrutiny, transit fights
-Worcester, Fitchburg aim for uniform, safe sober houses
-Worcester County Wonders: First state-run asylum dates back to 1832
-Newly obtained court docs detail what happened inside Leominster home after man murdered wife, autopsy findings
-$80,000 Keno ticket sold in Millbury
-Police oversight questions persist after Research Bureau report
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:33): Tom Marino defends reporting amid defamation lawsuit
>DINING OUT: Popular bakery chain seeks license for second Worcester location
-ICYMI: National Grid installs new underground cable to fix monthslong outage issues in Worcester
-"A very bad year": Here's what the flu numbers look like in Worcester
-Turtleboy factor: Aidan Kearney's influence on Karen Read case
-Venezuelan native in Worcester lauds capture of Maduro
-Some Worcester rents are falling ... really
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Brew Biscuits in Holden making nutritious dog treats out of grains previously used in breweries (2:05)
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
-Fundraiser to help rebuild Ten West Market
-Ten West Market owner optimistic about return
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Hope Chapel in Sterling dedicates new sanctuary
-Clinton buildings coming together
-Clinton Select Board hears Bates family request to explore right-of-way access at town dump
-Indigenous culture celebration day coming to Grafton this summer
-Spanish-language congregation to move into historic church in West Boylston
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Full list of winners and nominees at Golden Globes
-Golden Globes snubs and surprises
-Inside the Golden Globes: Everything you didn't see on TV
-World-renowned violinist to rehearse with J.O.M.P. students
>OPINION: Molly McCullough: For Worcester's schools, kids come first
-Maggie Calvetti: Someday they'll be grown & here's who i hope they become
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:18:34)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who had Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics
>SPORTS: Patriots defense shines in 16-3 Wild Card win over Chargers
-Patriots will play Steelers-Texans winner in AFC Divisional Round
-Bruins beat Penguins, 1-0
-Celtics star Jaylen Brown rips refs after loss to Spurs in Boston
-Holy Cross student-athletes record 3.39 G.P.A. during Fall 2025 semester
-100 FM The Pike (18:00): MassLive's Matt Vautour gives 2026 sports predictions
-Railers fall to Florida, 5-3
>NATIONAL: Ex-husband arrested in heinous double murder of slain dentist, wife
-Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as crackdown intensifies
-Tragic: Dad killed 5 of his children over a decade
>NEW ENGLAND: Deadly house fire in Burrillville, R.I.
-From Lindsay Clancy to Turtleboy: 5 Mass. criminal cases to watch in 2026
>COLLEGES: "We depend on fungi for absolutely everything"
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Disney quietly changes course on controversial meal plan changes
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
>SHOPPING: Samsung unveils "world's largest" TV of its kind at 130 inches
>HOMES: Laundry hacks you’ll wish you knew sooner
>HEALTH: Noom launches Proactive Health GLP-1 Program for long-term health
-Mass. mom fights for scalp cooling to be covered by insurance during chemo (2:06). Article
>FOOD: Your guide to a flavorful Dry January (4:34)
>TV/STREAMING: "The Simpsons" retires beloved character Duffman after 30 years
>MOVIES: 2026 new horror movie releases
>CELEBRITY: "High School Musical" star arrested on child pornography charges
-"Field of Dreams" and "West Wing" actor Timothy Busfield faces arrest warrant in child sex abuse case
>ANIMALS: Rescue dog does the cutest thing when she wants attention (2:00)
>HISTORY: Math, not myths: Inside the new search for Amelia Earhart
>GOOD NEWS: Lottery ticket rejected by another customer earns man $1 million
-Meanwhile, in Germany, watch 50 sheep escape shepherd, walk into grocery store
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