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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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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
-"Super" El Niño winter impacts on New England
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Worcesteria: Time travelers' tales unfold in tour of Bancroft Tower
+Noon: Listen Up: Sunday Junkie eyes life's messiness on "Daisy St. Patience"
+Noon: Author Matt Landry to present Mount Wachusett's trails and history at Webster, Dudley libraries
-Karen Solomon, wife wanted in connection with Worcester police officer's death, found dead (2:54). Article
-Related: Family, police react to Karen Solomon case (1:21)
-Related: Full press conference (7:12)
-Services to be held for Worcester police officer Kurt Sololmon (1:28). Article
-Auburn joins wave of Mass. communities dropping Flock cameras
-Paxton man appears in court after fiery crash killed father, daughter (3:05)
-Historic Worcester "Octagon House" for sale
-Boston Bruins free Fan Fest coming to Worcester
-Massport announces new director of Worcester Regional Airport
-Small plane lands at Fitchburg airport with no landing gear (:18)
-Aislinn Doyle: WPS in Brief for August
>DINING OUT: Popular Worcester eatery reopens
-Radio Worcester (13:36): Cyprian Keyes welcomes public back to its restaurant
-ICYMI: Paxton man charged in fiery O.U.I. crash that killed father, 8-year-old daughter (2:50). Article
-Worcester man charged in 2012 killing found not guilty of prison assault
-Police: Worcester man shouted "suicide by cop" while brandishing scissors
-Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty: The next generation is taking over
-Area woman avoids prison for stealing $110K of dead person's benefits
-15th Worcester District debate Wednesday: Mary Keefe vs. Ron Waddell
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): September Among Friends senior newsletter
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
-Val's hiring for all positions
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Public meeting set ahead of Dudley-Charlton school borrowing vote
-Man walking near Simple Man Saloon in Clinton arrested on warrant
-2 arrested after fight leaves man unconscious at Webster dog park
-2 men held without bail following Auburn police investigation
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Porch Concert Series Thursday at The Village
-Aquanett brings '80s rock spectacle to Auburn's Summer in the Park Concert Series
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam Country No. 245 (1:00:00): Ben Gallaher, Dasha and more
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Cherry picking politics in the face of tragedy
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 936 (27:28): Amy Vogel Waters
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an area private investigator
>SPORTS: Patriots trade Kayshon Boutte to Texans for safety Jaylen Reed, pick
-Mike Vrabel addresses candid comments about Patriots’ lack of depth
-Red Sox beat Marlins, 4-3
-Holy Cross men's ice hockey 2026-27 season ticket memberships on sale
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
>NATIONAL: Sean Grayson, deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, dies in prison at 32
-Traumatic brain injury patient denied insurance coverage
-Watch: Humanoid robot breaks Usain Bolt’s 100 meter dash record at 9.39 seconds
-Tragic: Girl dies after contracting suspected brain-eating amoeba linked to lake swim
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:16): Breaking down defense's mistrial request
-Poll: All but 2 Mass. ballot questions likely to pass in November (1:15). Article
>COLLEGES: This is how WPI does move-in day (:34)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The tiny nation that’s an unexpected hot dog capital
>BUSINESS: Business Starts
-LPL Financial Research: Stock market tug of war: Earnings vs. rates
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers
>SHOPPING: How to save money on back-to-school shopping (3:01)
>HEALTH: What too much TV really does to your brain — and how much is too much
>FOOD: These back-to-school lunchbox hacks could save your mornings
-Daily Dish: Fast chicken stir fry
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 3 of "Conan O'Brien Must Go" on HBO (1:19)
>MOVIES: "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" set to sink "Titanic" at box office
>CELEBRITY: "The Office" star Jenna Fischer exposes the grueling reality that forced her off TV
-Anna Faris reveals sobriety, took a "step back" from drinking to stop the "self-sabotage"
>ANIMALS: Rescued baby sparrow becomes one of the family (2:46)
>HISTORY: 1911 heat wave took over 1,000 lives in Mass.
>GOOD NEWS: Dad walks daughter down aisle thanks to hospital staff
-Meanwhile, in Boston, iconic CITGO sign draws laughs with temporary shape of middle finger
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