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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
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>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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In The News
>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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