In and around The 016 - Monday, October 17th

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  In The News

  >WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's updated 7-day forecast (:30); high of 56 today

  >TOP OF THE NEWS  

  +6:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - October 17th

  +6:00: Worcester lists actions it’s taking to address toxic culture racial equity audits

  +6:00: Assumption University names its 17th president

  +6:00: Photos: Haunted Speakeasy at Bull Mansion gets Halloween season

  +6:00: Don Landgren: Rotmans furniture store goes out of business

  +6:00: Holy Cross football team moves up to 6th in national poll

  +6:00: Former Bravehearts gets start for Cleveland in winner-take-all game vs. Yankees

  +6:00: The Faces of Worcester: Desiree Demos
  
  

  -23-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured in Green Street crash

  -$100,000 ticket sold in Worcester Saturday

  -For a great time, ride your bike from Worcester to Providence

  -Vocero Hispano: 10-14-2022 al 10-20-2022

  -Mercedes catches fire on Mass Pike in Southborough 

  -What you need to know about election deadlines; Worcester early voting starts October 22nd 

  -First Worcester Superintendent Listening and Learning Forum with Dr. Rachel Monárrez set for Wednesday

  -John Monfredo: Ideas for the Worcester Public Schools and our students and families

  -SEE THE LIST: The 25 Most Popular Halloween Costumes of 2022

  -Joe Pagano: CPA tax increase could bring damaging fiscal storm to Worcester

  >GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Good News Garage donates car to Worcester woman who runs nonprofit

  >HOMES: 1888 brick row house selling for $600,000 in Worcester
   

  >BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Monday

  -Making Bourbon cocktails with great value Bourbons (47:31)

  >SHOWTIME: Worcester Chorus sings Verdi's "Requiem" at Carnegie Hall in New York

  -All Saints, Pakachoag deliver Halloween fun with "Tunes, Tricks, and Treats!"

  -Wonder Years leads joyful, high-energy show at Palladium in Worcester

  -Oktoberfest and Halloween events in and around Worcester

  -What's Up Worcester's The Sitdown (1:06:58): 14-year-old fashion designer Finn Santora

  -The Faces of Worcester: Charles Luster

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to a woman married 72 years who was a devout church-goer

  -ICYMI: 6 shot during after-hours party at Worcester warehouse, police say

  -Customers flock to Rotmans Furniture as Worcester mainstay plans to shut its doors

  -Worcester enters electricity supply contract it hopes will blunt steep winter price increases

  -Robert Stuart Jr. identified as man killed in Leicester equipment accident

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news
   

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Former Whittier Farms farmhouse in Sutton sacrificed for firefighter training

  -Holden Special Town Meeting will be held 7 p.m. Monday

  -Shrewsbury Special Town Meeting at 7 p.m. Monday

  -Grafton Fall Town Meeting on Monday

  -Community gathers to tour Tufts’ Cummings School for open house

  -Millbury Board of Selectmen consider 40B, 40U, but yield on Howe and Millbury Ave. changes

  -Leicester police log October 6th to 12th

  -There’s a moose on the loose in Sterling
   

  >SPORTS: 8 takeaways from the Patriots 38-15 victory over the Browns

  -Bailey Zappe becomes first NFL rookie QB to achieve this feat 

  -Enter to win a Mac Jones jersey, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Worcester Bravehearts hosting Jake-O-Treat with Trax and Arthur

  -South High runs past Doherty for first victory over Highlanders since 1994
   

  >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: "Multiple" remains found in Oklahoma river after 4 friends vanish, authorities say 

  >NEW ENGLAND: Classes canceled in 2 Mass. cities with teachers strikes expected

  -Groton Elementary School closed Monday after 215 students sickened by virus 

  >SHOPPING: The reason TJ Maxx is able to offer discounted merchandise
  
  

  >BUSINESS: Worcester Business Connect No. 36 (17:42): Sara’s Auto Sales

  -Nearly every CEO bracing for recession over next 12-18 months: survey 

  >COLLEGES: WPI to hold talent and inclusion job fair on 11-3 on Tuesday

  -New UMass Medical School $2.75 million grant to help provide wraparound services for 250 people in Worcester

  >HEALTH: UMass Medical School researchers study Paxlovid in teens and children

  -Long COVID and smell: How to get the treatment you need
  
  

  >FOOD: "Food at home" prices are up 13% from last year: Here are 4 ways to save on groceries

  >TV/STREAMING: "Bridgerton" season 3 opening narration, episode title revealed 

  >MOVIES: "Halloween Ends" renews streaming debate amid big box office win 

  >CELEBRITY: How Angela Lansbury saved her daughter from Charles Manson

  >ANIMALS: Duck and dog brothers are inseparable (1:00)

  -This eye-catching optical illusion will leave your head spinning 

  -Meanwhile, in California, video shows doctor removing 23 contacts from woman's eye 

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