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Here's what's happening today in Worcester
+NEW: New Song by Worcester Artist Makes Premiere of ‘Criminal Minds’
+NEW: Worcester Police Neighborhood Response Team Arrests 12 in Main Street/King Street Neighborhood
+NEW: 24-Hour Crunch Fitness to Open on Grafton St. in Worcester
+NEW: Women-led YWCA construction project breaks ground in Worcester
+NEW: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - Jan. 9
+NEW: Ride the Woo purchases first trolley for downtown service
+NEW: Radio Worcester (11:30) -- Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus talks goals and priorities for 2020
+NEW: Westborough firefighters rescue man who fell through ice (:24)
+NEW: Former St. John's star Brunelle excited about becoming college student-athlete (1:08)
+NEW: It's Thirsty Thursday! Here's Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW: In the market? Check out this First Time Homebuyers Seminar, and learn all about homebuying process
-Downtown restaurant appears to have closed its doors for good
-4 best Mediterranean spots in Worcester
-Worcester chef takes 2nd place on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
-Worcester man accidentally shoots self in crotch, faces gun charges
-How a 10-year-old wish changed Haiti: Boston Globe on 10th anniversary of Worcester's Be Like Brit
-Worcester school receives national award for academic progress
-Radio Worcester (12:45) -- Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty: Fare-Free WRTA and 2020 Priorities
-'508, A Show about Worcester' No. 357 (23:45) -- Property taxes, Worcester Magazine and listener feedback
-Former Worcester economic development and Research Bureau head to lead Mass. Life Sciences Center
-Chamber's Women's Information Network to become Power of Women, focusing on self-awareness, giving back
-Niego scores career-high 16 points, but HC men fall at Lafayette; HC women 3-0 in league
-Lightning knocks out power in Leominster (1:46)
-Cancer death rates are dropping in US, report says
-Flu Season Shaping Up To Be Worse Than Last Year In Mass.
-Mass. Named 2nd Best State to Raise a Family
-Text messages trying to trick people into thinking they’ve been drafted
-Burglar takes nap after making himself food in Georgia Taco Bell
-Today's Hero: Restaurant owner mentors, employs group of teens who caused trouble
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Top Posts
-Local chef on Food Network's 'Chopped' Tuesday night
-Worcester restaurant's grand opening Monday
-Here's what's replacing Figs & Pigs in Worcester’s DCU Center
-Retail chain set to close hundreds of stores (:34)
-37-year-old held without bail in stabbing of Oxford teen
-Worcester's top 4 hair salons, ranked
-Woman found dead in Barre leaves 3 sons
-Worcester man accused of smashing restaurant’s glass door, stealing several items
-Worcester has momentum and outside developers are paying attention
-WGBH News plans to open news bureau in Worcester this spring
In The News
>WEATHER: Mix of sun and clouds, high of 80 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+4:00: List of 500 highest-paid Worcester employees includes zero teachers. Why?
+4:00: Worcester mayor joins drive against proposed rent control ballot item
+Noon: Brother of 4-year-old boy hospitalized after falling from seventh floor window in Worcester speaks to Channel 7
-Earlier: 4-year-old boy survives falls from seventh floor window of Worcester high rise (:28). Article
+Noon: Things to Do: Author Jose Enrique Delmonte Soñé, Alton Brown and more
+Noon: For National Poetry Month, a look back at the Worcester Poets' Asylum
+Noon: Poems by Tony Brown, Jenith Charpentier, Rush Frazier and Bill Macmillan
-Suspect in custody, victim in critical condition after shooting near Fitchburg State (1:07)
-13 charged with running Worcester-based drug ring
-Worcester unveils major redesign for busy street
-Worcester proposes $7 million Denholm demolition, $3 million sale to developer Menkiti
-168 students, staff honored at Worcester schools Special Education Celebration Of Success
-Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Message (1:42): Start of the fourth quarter
-Sian thanks his former Worcester teacher for 40 years of dedication (11:48)
-Aislinn Doyle: April 16th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Ex-Worcester food bank C.E.O. McMurray to receive social justice award
-"Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret Atwood to speak at Holy Cross
-Original development of Elm Park now digitized
-Worcester environmental group to hold 36th annual Earth Day clean up
-How Audra Doody of Safe Exit Initiative is helping to change our world
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet visits Nashoba Club Pizza & Taproom (5:15)
-ICYMI: Q.C.C. police officer has certification suspended after domestic violence charges filed
-Curtis Sliwa visits Worcester, and can't resist "glazing" local diner
-Think Derek Herman loves Worcester? He has the tattoos to prove it
-Inside the state's biggest office-to-residential conversion in Worcester (2:30)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Pet vaccine clinic 9 to noon May 2nd
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-Wachusett Echo: Project Adventure – not just a physical workout
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fire overnight in Oxford
-Tri-axle dump truck rollover shuts down road in Sutton
-Truck stolen in 1982 recovered from Leicester pond (:42)
-Mass. Pike traffic after semi crash on I-495 in Westborough
-Dudley police arrest Auburn woman after reports of vehicle crossing lanes and entering ditch
-Westborough café employs only people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries
-Southbridge native, Super Bowl champion John Fitzgerald dies at 77
-White’s Landing permit delay resolved after Board of Health review
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Could the old Dive Bar spot be pouring drinks again?
>SHOWTIME: A new arts epicenter: Creative Hub Worcester set to open at long last
-Joey Fatone reveals status of *NSYNC reunion
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (56:48): A Tribute to Elvis Presley
-Last Call: Samantha Bucci, poet and poetry slam organizer
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The Worcester City Council circles the drain, Part 1
-First Person: For Joe Fusco Jr., remembering Mom brings laughs, stings
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (58:56): Donna French, C.E.O., Animal Aura Yoga
-WCCA-TV's What It’s Worth No. 486 (28:41): Meghan Anchaukaitis, Generation Z
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:54): 5 big issues Worcester is talking about right now
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester who devoted over 40 years to serving others as a special education teacher
>SPORTS: Best safety fits for Patriots in NFL Draft
-Celtics vs. 76ers first-round playoff preview, odds, prediction
-Radio Worcester (14:53): Even Sean Grande didn’t see this Celtics season coming
-Bruins vs. Sabres first-round playoff preview, schedule and prediction
-Red Sox beat Twins, 9-5
-Know before you go: Numerous Holy Cross athletic events and special recognitions on Saturday
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox fall to Nashville, 5-3
-Railers beat Maine, 3-1
>CARS: Mercedes-Benz recalls over 24,000 vehicles due to drive shaft defect
>NATIONAL: Dashcam footage shows heroic rideshare driver saving toddler walking alone on busy road
-Ukraine captures enemy Russian position using only robots, no humans
-Tragic: Vet, her husband, and their son, 1, killed when truck smashes into cars
>NEW ENGLAND: Feds: How Farwell almost got away with murdering Birchmore (4:31)
-D.E.P. cracks down on illegal dumping across state (2:36)
-Ex-Cape Cod Community College president’s "inappropriate" conduct
>COLLEGES: Clark celebrates Spree Day
-S.T.E.M. Education Showcase at WPI celebrates collaboration across classrooms and communities
-Q.C.C. names new computing dean
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 8 of the best diners in America
-Do airlines have dress codes?
>BUSINESS: Jury finds Ticketmaster, Live Nation had anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
-Related: What does the Live Nation, Ticketmaster verdict mean for you
-LPL Financial Research: The economy takes multiple shocks in stride
-Snapchat parent Snap slashes 1,000 jobs in "A.I. efficiency" bloodbath
>HEALTH: Worrying about weight stigma at the doctor’s office (5:31). Article
-Study says fluoride has no impact on children later in life (3:38). Article
>HOMES: See how much home prices held steady in Worcester County recently
>SHOPPING: Whirlpool customers could get 75% back on their fridge. Here's how
>FOOD: Worcester cafe offers free coffee with every breakfast sandwich or entree
>TV/STREAMING: ABC News announces shake-up at George Stephanopoulos’ "This Week"
>MOVIES: First trailer for Jude Law as Vladimir Putin in "The Wizard of the Kremlin"
>CELEBRITY: Brandi Glanville rushed to urgent care for doing TikTok medical trend
-Anna Kendrick claims Katy Perry touched her cleavage in resurfaced interview
>ANIMALS: These baby squirrels never forgot who saved them (1:48)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Woman becomes U.S.'s third-oldest organ donor at age 97
-Meanwhile, drunk Disney guest arrested after banging on wrong hotel door in wild viral meltdown: video
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