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In The News
>Latest weather: Mix of clouds and sun, high of 66 today in Worcester
-Category 4 Ian takes aim at Florida
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+7:00: Italian Heritage Parade marches in Worcester October 9th after 4-year absence
+7:00: 52-year-old Worcester man dies following Oxford motorcycle, truck crash
+7:00: Worcesteria: Brindisi a good representative for Worcester on "Voice"
+7:00: Noh Place Poetry Anthology reading to be held at Worcester State University
+7:00: Holy Cross 'Sader Stories (27:48): Get to know Holy Cross women's soccer coach Ben Graham
+7:00: WooSox season finale canceled
+1:00: Water main break at the intersection of Shrewsbury and Mulberry streets
+1:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - September 28th
+1:00: Hyped for Worcester show, Silverstein set to "put pedal to metal"
+1:00: Last Call: Ruth Rodriguez Fay, community activist
+1:00: Bad Advice: It's OK to be afraid of the dark
+1:00: WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 3 (27:45): Politics, election and state of news media
-WPD looking for 2 missing teens with infant
-Large fuel spill reported overnight on the Mass Pike in Auburn
-Westborough elementary school employee arrested for child porn
-Man arrested for stealing catalytic converters in Shrewsbury
-Family of Molly Bish wants new investigators assigned to her case
-Worcester bar's former owners sell building for $900,000, bar to remain
-Search for new Worcester city manager goes back to City Council
-WPI seeks to organize after Clark forms union amid Worcester labor push
-Local residents make recommendations for White House conference on hunger
>ANIMALS: Cats evacuated from Florida shelters land in Worcester (:27)
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
>MOVIES: Foul is Fair, Fair is Foul, and funny in Princeton filmmaker John Stimpson's "Ghost Light"
>SHOWTIME: Cara Brindisi sings Taylor Swift's "All Too Well" with country flair (4:49)
-Earlier: Shrewsbury singer Cara Brindisi joins Team Gwen in "The Voice"
-Rosen's Roundtable No. 488 (28:19): Jet ski ban, inclusionary zoning
-Radio Worcester (15:45): Yes on the Community Preservation Act with Ann Lisi
-How much would the Community Preservation Act tax increase cost you and how would Worcester benefit?
-Radio Worcester (7:01): City Councilor Khrystian King gives an update on the City Manager search
-The Faces of Worcester: Laura Marotta
-Janice Harvey: New Yorker's Andy Borowitz scores with new book
>OBITUARIES: Worcester woman helps write touching tribute with her family
-ICYMI: Worcester police on trial, man accuses department 16-year wrongful imprisonment
-New 45-day closure along I-190 in Worcester starts soon
-Quinsigamond Community College instructor sued over alleged racial remarks about Nigerians, blacks
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northborough orchard ranked among top 10 in the country
-Ashburnham, Gardner among 20 schools to receive bomb threats, officials say
-Former Brimfield animal control officer accused of stealing nearly $750,000 pleads not guilty
-Millbury staple for 23 years closes for good
-Millbury Planning Board recap
-Power outage in part of Holden on Wednesday
-Developer purchases former Gardner News, Bank of America buildings with plans to renovate
-WWII vet from Rutland rides in sidecar for 99th birthday
>SPORTS: Red Sox snap 6-game losing streak
-Janet Hourihan Brooks among first HC women's basketball stars to have jersey retired
-Interview with author of "Jack 'the Shot' Foley-A Legend for All Time" (23:49)
-Bravehearts to hold baseball clinic at Bancroft School October 17th-21st
-Enter to win a Mac Jones jersey, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Red Wings, 8-6
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the SUV you need this fall for back to school and sporting events (4:48)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Stunning images showing NASA's DART spacecraft’s intentional collision with an asteroid
>NEW ENGLAND: Here's how much slower traffic has gotten in Mass. after Labor Day
>COLLEGES: WPI grad brings plant-based hot dogs to the Fenway Faithful
-Visitors experience Holy Cross' Prior Performing Arts Center at Community Day
>BUSINESS: WuXi Biologics holds topping off ceremony for new Worcester manufacturing facility
-Worcester Business Connect No. 34 (14:02): Big Belly Barbecue
-bankHometown’s parent to finalize $4B Quincy merger October 7th
>SHOPPING/DEALS: Another Amazon Prime Day? Prime Early Access Sale preview, deals to shop now
>HEALTH: Walgreens customers in Mass. confused by mixed messaging over pharmacy availability
-Free COVID vaccinations on Wednesday: 11-7 at Worcester Public Library
>FOOD: McDonald's is selling Happy Meals to adults. Here's the twist
>TV/STREAMING: Hallmark Christmas movies: Countdown schedule and start date
>CELEBRITY: Roseanne Barr to premiere first stand-up special in 16 years
>HISTORY: WPI grad Elwood Haynes changed the way we travel
>HOMES: 10 most expensive homes sold in Worcester County September 18th to 24th
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Police officer adopts dog he helped rescue
-Only 15% of people can spot the hidden dice in under a minute
-Meanwhile, in California, surfer shoos otter who stole his surfboard
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Classifieds
-Kitchen positions + Line cooks at Downtown Worcester restaurant
-Assistant Council on Aging Director, Town of Shrewsbury
-Multiple openings at White Eagle
-Operations Ice Technician & Supervisor at DCU Center and Worcester Common Oval
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In The News
>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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Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Full-time firefighter/paramedics, Town of West Boylston
-Multiple positions, Holden D.P.W.
-Part-time maintenance position, Canal District bar/restaurant
-Hosts, wait staff & bussers, Worcester restaurant
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