In and around The 016 - Friday, November 18th

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  Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today:  

  In The News

  >WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:43). High of 40 today

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  +6:00: Iconic Owl Shop building in Downtown Worcester selling for $525,000

  +6:00: Worcester superintendent will join Healey transition team committee

  +6:00: Radio Worcester (16:16): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista on his appointment & the DOJ investigating into the WPD

  +6:00: Food waste ban expected to hike expenses for local businesses
  
  

  +Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans

  +Noon: Tractor-trailer rollover causes shutdown of I-290 eastbound in Shrewsbury

  +Noon: Worcester paid $275,000 to man allegedly assaulted by police outside Beer Garden

  +Noon: Beechwood Hotel names new executive chef

  +Noon: "Nutcracker" boasts youngest lead, home-grown Prince

  +Noon: Poetry Town: "Hurry Back Before Cuco Gets You"

  +Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend

  +Noon: New movies on VOD: "Tár," "Moonage Daydream," "Smile" and more

  +Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Joker
  
  

  -Lodging house in Worcester’s Main South, site of 47 police incidents since July, shut down by city

  -Worcester hotel may be converted into homeless housing

  -Woman charged with motor vehicle homicide in crash that killed motorcyclist in Worcester

  -As DOJ inquiry begins, key Worcester police lawsuit goes to mediation

  -Worcester Police Department has paid out millions in lawsuits over the years

  -Worcester restaurant set to close this weekend releases menu for final days

  -Driver hospitalized in wrong way crash on I-395 in Oxford

  -1920s diner on Route 140 in Boylston is selling for $40,000

  -Cara Brindisi, Kara McKee headline Festival of Lights December 2nd on Common

  -Worcester creates task force to explore allowing chicken keeping

  -Worcester, Shrewsbury students to compete on GBH "High School Quiz Show" 

  -Worcester woman wins $1 million while buying Powerball ticket

  -Unsolved: Worcester - Season 1, Episode 10: The Mysterious Murder of Nereida Melendez - Part 2. Audio (17:04). Video (14:37)
   

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

  >SHOWTIME: "Hip-Hop Health Summit" set for DCU Center

  -Top Nine Things: Barre Players return, Master Singers, Rod Wave, more

  -Ticketmaster cancels public sale for Taylor Swift's tour in response to overwhelming demand

  -First Person: How riding a Harley helped exorcise a ghost

  -Gift of Giving 2022: A look at what Central Mass. charities need

  -What's Up Worcester's The Sitdown (1:03:13): Jennifer Hernandez of Gem Marketing  

  -WCCA-TV's This is Worcester No. 155 (28:45): Richard Pinto on the El Morocco 

  -The Faces of Worcester: Jonathan Pena

  >OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who wrote many poems, novels, and plays 

  -ICYMI: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer coming to Worcester

  -At Rotmans, customers & staff reflect on closing (1:46). Article 

  -Worcester Council laments lack of info on DOJ probe into city police

  -Bill Shaner: The Feds take aim at the Worcester Police Department

  See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen arrested for throwing Sunkist cans at mother and strangling brother over use of shared car

  -Turkeys are the freshest at Jordan’s Turkey Farm in Rutland (3:41)

  -"Puffs" in the spotlight at Grafton High School this weekend

  -Holden voters approve debt exclusion for Dawson recreation expansion

  -Paxton veterans celebrate Veterans Day at PCS

  -American Legion Riders, Sutton Lions team up to celebrate armed forces

  -Sutton resident Owen Boyns performs in WNEU Fall Play

  -Crime rate in Fitchburg decreases 41 percent over the past decade
   

  >SPORTS: Bruins beat Flyers, 4-1

  -Andrews' anticipated return should boost Patriots' offensive line

  -Former HC coach Mark Duffner "couldn't be more excited" for these 10-0 Crusaders

  -NCCA tourney-bound Holy Cross football to host selection show watch party on Sunday

  -Sutton boys’ and girls’ soccer teams punch tickets to state finals

  -Northbridge girls' soccer clinches spot in D4 state final
   

  >COLLEGES: Clark prof speaks with Newsweek about the missile strike in Poland 

  -Assumption Sports Marketing students discuss big opportunity (5:35)

  >CARS: Bertera has a wide variety of cars for your every need (3:08)

  -RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)

  >NATIONAL: Shootout leaves 1 U.S. Customs officer dead, 3 injured

  -"Thundersnow" already walloping Buffalo with 3-inch-per-hour accumulation

  -Tragic: Worker incinerated after falling into 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron
  
  

  >NEW ENGLAND: Investigators monitoring ferries in search for Vineyard armed bank robbers

  -Mass. school bus driver with students on board charged with OUI

  >HEALTH: FDA approves first treatment to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes 

  -Free COVID testing and vaccinations on Friday: 9-4 at AIDS Project Worcester

  >BUSINESS: More Twitter workers resign en masse after Elon Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum

  -Worcester Business Connect No. 38 (21:02): Culture Redesigned

  >FOOD: Massachusetts' favorite Thanksgiving side dish is easier to master than you think
  
  

  >SHOPPING: Consumer watchdog group lists "10 worst toys" for holiday season 

  >HOMES: 5 newest houses to hit the market in the Worcester area

  >TELEVISION: "Yellowstone" prequel "1923" releases first teaser starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren

  >MOVIES: Millennial parents love to watch this film genre when sick: poll 

  >CELEBRITY: Robert Clary, "Hogan's Heroes" star and Auschwitz survivor, dead at 96 

  >ANIMALS: Wild crow has coffee with his rescuer every day (:43) 

  >GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 9-year-old saves classmate with Heimlich maneuver 

  -Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear's popcorn theft from van caught on camera 

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