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>Latest weather: Cloudy, high of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Construction worker injured in fire at Doherty High School (2:12)
+6:00: Foam roofing insulation fueled fire at new Doherty High construction site
+6:00: Don Landgren: Who is against the Indian Lake jet ski ban?
+6:00: Fitchburg High School locked down for student with knife
+6:00: Crews put out fire on 2-story home in Fitchburg
+6:00: Song to Get You Through the Week: Charley Carrozo charms with joyous "Namaste"
-Worcester police ask for help locating nonverbal 18-year-old
-Worcester firefighters gather outside stations on 21st anniversary of 9/11
-Local singer Cara Brindisi set to compete on NBC's "The Voice"
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - September 12th
-Three of our kind: Worcester's iconic three-deckers endure, enchant across centuries
-City of Worcester to offer updated COVID boosters, monkeypox vaccines with AIDS Project Worcester
-Vocero Hispano: 09-09-2022 al 09-15-2022
-Enter to win a Mac Jones jersey, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
>HOMES: See 5 new properties for sale in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Nominate your favorite artists, venues, and more for Worcester Music Awards
-Queer AF fashion show a celebration of LGBT style and culture
-Pride Worcester Festival brings the proud — and persecuted
-The Faces of Worcester: Wairimu Macharia
>POLITICS: Rosen's Roundtable No. 486 (28:02): Schools
-Radio Worcester: First Worcester District State Senate primary wrap-up with Robyn Kennedy (14:42) and Joe Petty (2:54)
-ICYMI: 9-story high-rise proposed at former Canal District site of Fairway Beef
-Developer plans 218 apartments behind Shrewsbury Street restaurants
-Layoffs, furloughs hit Family Health Center of Worcester; branches outside city closed
-Is this Worcester restaurant is the best beer bar/gastropub in the state?
-Healthcare company with Worcester facility settles discrimination case with DOJ
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fran and Judy Polito named grand marshals of Spirit of Shrewsbury
-American Legion Post 42 is holding a meeting at 4 p.m. September 13th in Holden
-1 person dead, another injured in single-car crash
-City of Leominster receives $25,000 to spruce up downtown business facades
-Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority improves energy efficiency at Putnam Place
-Dorchester, Shirley investors buy 62 Fitchburg condo units for $6.3 million
-Inclusive gym in Lancaster expanding into new location, opening Rick Hoyt Research Lab
-Heywood Healthcare property The Quabbin Retreat in Petersham sold for $3.3 million
>SPORTS: What went wrong for Patriots in loss to Dolphins
-Mac Jones injured in season opener against Dolphins
-10 takeaways as Patriots stumble out of the gate
-Highlights of Holy Cross' upset of Buffalo (4:01)
-Related: Holy Cross celebrates win with family 4-pack discount available Monday only
-Red Sox beat Orioles, 1-0
-Former Red Sox turned cop dies in car crash on way to 9/11 event
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-8 players who will make an impact in Central Mass. field hockey this season
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the SUV you need this fall for back to school and sporting events (4:48)
-Why your car's speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can't)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral: How the royal family will say goodbye
-Prince William, Harry reunion needed "extended negotiations"
-Calls to suicide prevention lifeline rose 45% after changeover to 988 number
>FOOD: Public health alert issued for ground beef products due to E. coli concerns
>NEW ENGLAND: Banned waste filling Mass. landfills, incinerators, says environmental report
-Vermont WWII soldier's remains finally returned home after being missing for nearly 80 years
>COLLEGES: Free coffee to the first 100 students this mornings at QCC's main campus
-Clark’s "COVID Posse" links racial disparities to the pandemic’s impact
>HEALTH: Tough flu season expected for New England, study suggests (2:27)
-Walk this number of steps each day to cut your risk of dementia. It's probably fewer than you think
>BUSINESS: The worst of inflation finally might be over
-FBI reveals 10 ways to stop smartphone hackers
>CELEBRITY: Comedian and Netflix star David A. Arnold dead at 54
>ANIMALS: 50-foot "megalodon" detected in Atlantic Ocean stuns scientists
>HISTORY: Worcester in the 1940s trough the '70s (11:14)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Amazon delivery driver saves 3 puppies from burning home
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, family finds coyote hiding in bathroom
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:27). High of 48 today in Worcester
-How much total snow is Massachusetts forecast to get this winter? (6:11). Article
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Neighbors shocked after woman killed in Worcester shooting; man also injured (1:46). Article
-Earlier: Woman dead, man injured in Worcester shooting (:59). Article
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: "Compassionate care" is front and center at UMass' Maternity Center
+Noon: Stolen stained-glass window returned to Worcester Art Museum
+Noon: Magic of "The Nutcracker" ballet is returning to Worcester
+Noon: Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making weekend plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
-John Piccolo, popular Worcester restaurant owner, charged in City Hall attack
-Earlier: Activist sprayed with paint outside City Council meeting; suspect is Worcester restaurateur (2:10). Article
-Tensions boil over as Worcester board grills developer over Polar Park project delays
-Earlier: Worcester councilors frustrated by stalled plans for development around Polar Park
-To meet housing crisis, report finds Gateway Cities need twice as much construction
-Former District 1 City Councilor Sean Rose announces at-large run
-18 months after surprise inspection, Community Healthlink not back to normal operations
-76 become new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Worcester
-Losses mourned, lives celebrated at emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
-Mass. says some police officers have been bypassing required training (3:06). Article
-Earlier: Worcester probing 27 officers state says fast-forwarded mandatory online training
-Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury woman rescues raptors one feather at a time
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:35): Breaking down the Polar Park deficit
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:19): Polar Park, tax rolls and deportation debate
>DINING OUT: Brazillian Burguer to open at former Shrewsbury Street donut shop
-ICYMI: Worcester-area Stop & Shop inventory limited after cyberattack
-David Crowley, part of family that runs Wachusett Mountain, dies at 69
-Man in late 60s, 2 cats killed in early morning condo fire in Leominster
-Charles Luster, co-founder of Uncommonwealth Group, running for Worcester City Council
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden tax rate drops, bills rise
-Long-term employees make it fun to own a car or truck from Lamoureux Ford (3:50)
-Wachusett Echo Teacher Profile: Chelsea Blasco
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks plow drivers for winter season
-Grafton tax rate down, values up for fiscal 2025
-Board approves single tax rate for all types of property for Sutton
-The Item's calendar of events
-Clinton E.L.P.A.C. hosts holiday family potluck
-2 Berlin firefighters graduate from academy
-Nashoba Class of 2004 to hold 20-year reunion on November 29th
-Organization gets federal grant for new grocery store in Winchendon
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: African Talent, "Songs of the Season," and more
-Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
-Hunting phantoms, talking puppets bring humor to stage Friday and Saturday
-Jim & Val bring Second Saturdays to Apple Tree Arts
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1354 (28:06): Mark Henderson, Founder, The 016
-39th annual meeting of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (54:58)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a longtime kindergarten teacher
>SPORTS: Boston Celtics visit the White House (12:33)
-Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid (2:22). Article
-Bruins beat Utah, 1-0
-2004 Boston Red Sox ring and World Series trophy owned by Larry Lucchino featured in upcoming auction
-Joe Nugent steps up for Crusaders men's basketball team
-Holy Cross women’s basketball announces 3 signings
-Check out the schedule for upcoming road races in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Are future Social Security benefits in peril?
-Up to 20 human skulls found in New Mexico home
-Tragic: Missing boy with autism found dead
>NEW ENGLAND: Worker injured during "supermove" in medically induced coma with third-degree burns
>COLLEGES: Assumption names new chief financial officer
-Worcester State Magazine’s special 150th anniversary issue hits the stands, goes live online
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the most beautiful places to visit in the Pacific Northwest
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. unemployment rates remain higher than 2023
-LPL Financial Research: Trade, tariffs and inflation
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:40)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, November 10th to 16th
>SHOPPING: Amazon Haul — What to know about Amazon's new discount store
>HEALTH: Health officials track increases in whooping cough, pneumonia (2:31)
-A few hours of activity a week can lower your risk of A-fib (:58)
>FOOD: How to stay safe during foodborne illness outbreaks (2:16)
>TV/STREAMING: "Jeopardy" contestant’s heart-wrenching interview leaves Ken Jennings speechless
>MOVIES: Matthew McConaughey reveals why he turned down $15 million role
>CELEBRITY: Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
>HISTORY: Founded in Boston, Staples ushered in era of office supply superstores
>ANIMALS: Cyclist finds puppy in the middle of nowhere (2:08)
>GOOD NEWS: Man discovers owner of his favorite bakery is his birth mother
-Meanwhile, in Miami, woman delivers baby at airport in American Airlines ticketing area
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