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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 44 today
-November climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Here's what may finally replace the long-closed 5 and Diner (pictured) at Lincoln Plaza
+6:00: Ray Mariano: DOJ review of Worcester police opportunity for positive change
+6:00: See inside the deserted local farm on 20 acres that is selling for $450,000
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - December 2nd
+Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+Noon: First Person -- Finding one's self in the maze of libraries
+Noon: Musicians of the Old Post Road find forgotten gems for Trinity concert
+Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on VOD: "Savage Salvation," "The Eternal Daughter," and more
-New jeweler in Worcester promises "immersive shopping experience"
-Worcester's Festival of Lights Friday kicks off 3 days of holiday activities across the city
-Unofficial gathering Saturday marks 23rd anniversary of loss of "Worcester 6"
-On World AIDS Day, Worcester advocates say HIV remains a worry
-Worcester's permanent winter parking ban in now in effect
-Worcester home heating assistance forum on Monday
-Worcester hiring snow plows for winter
-Crash on Mass Pike on Westborough causes delays, injuries
-WRTA to host Q&A webinars to answer questions about public transportation
-Here's where Worcester will be leaf-sweeping on Friday
-December neighborhood watch meetings in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-Old Forester Barrel Pick (16:20)
>SHOWTIME: The Beat Goes On: Our favorite New England Albums of 2022
-Worcester art exhibit honors domestic violence victims, offers help
-Worcester's Ecotarium mourns Socks the fox, animal ambassador
-Discover Central Mass. podcast (23:06): Castle Cantina and Thyme Herbal Apothecary
-The Faces of Worcester: Monica Aryitey
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who was an avid and very good poker and pool player
-ICYMI: New Downtown Worcester bakery holds Grand Opening
-Staff shortages, long patient wait times plague Central Mass. medical centers
-Worcester homeowners in line for 9.6% tax increase; values up
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>HOLDEN: Holden Recreation looking for before/after school site coordinator
-Wachusett Homecoming hosts a record number of students
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Police report recent sighting of Fitchburg teen missing for 7 months
-Maple Street in Paxton (Route 31) closed on Friday
-Leominster man crawls into residence’s lawn over fence, strikes head, calls for wife, gets arrested
-Saint John’s student appointed to Shrewsbury DEIB Committee
-Mountainside Bakery & Café a Princeton destination
-Santa and pancakes come together for annual Clinton Rotary breakfast on Sunday
-Nashoba Neighbors looking for help to help older adults in Berlin, Bolton and Lancaster
-Mass. man wins $2 million lottery prize on ticket sold in Sterling
>SPORTS: 5 keys from Patriots loss to Bills on Thursday Night Football
-Mac Jones rips Patriots' play-calling during loss
-Holy Cross WR Jalen Coker is out to create more postseason memories
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories (39:19): Football playoff preview
-Tickets on sale for Holy Cross's December 3rd NCAA home playoff game
-3 Holy Cross basketball games to be broadcast on NBC Sports Boston
-Grafton prepared for challenge against undefeated Duxbury in D4 Super Bowl
>NEW ENGLAND: Prince and Princess of Wales meet with youth, staff of Chelsea nonprofit
-Third-time drunken driver charged in fatal crash in Chicopee
>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: Boy, 10, shot mom dead because she refused to make Amazon purchase
-Mexican woman allegedly killed for her organs after online courtship
>HOMES: Worcester area real estate roundup
>HEALTH: Free COVID vaccinations on Friday: 9-4 at AIDS Project Worcester
-Early detection key for men diagnosed with prostate cancer, doctors say
>BUSINESS: More Worcester developments becoming reality
-UMass Medical School named one of Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work
>COLLEGES: The AMCAST - Anna Maria podcast (20:04): eSports is ready for action
-Treatment developed at UMass Medical School shows promise for treating SARS-CoV-2 infection
>TELEVISION: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle share Netflix show trailer
>MOVIES: Here's your first look at the new trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"
>CELEBRITY: GMA hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes secret romance is revealed
>ANIMALS: Worcester area pet adoption -- Toby and more
>HISTORY: Institute Park in Worcester, 1907
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Woman wins $1 million thanks to low fuel light
-Meanwhile, in India, watch as a monkey wanders into train station
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+Before/After School Site Coordinator, Holden Recreation
-Finance Manager Assistant in Boylston
-Placement Coordinator/Case Manager/Shared Living Program
-Janitorial-Maintenance Personnel at Abby's House
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 56 today in Worcester
-April climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-1 dead, 1 critically wounded in stabbing on Northbridge Common (2:10). Article
-Related: D.A.'s press conference (7:52)
-On a path to becoming a career criminal: His mom and a Worcester judge haven’t given up on him
-Worcester nonprofit gives teens a sense of community in the wake of violence in the city (1:47). Article
-Series of Worcester bank robberies ends with man's guilty plea
-Wave of street sign thefts hits West Boylston and other towns
-Teens playing senior game mistaken for suspects with real guns
-21-year-old man with 9 warrants arrested in Worcester
-What you can’t see from the street — Inside the "The Walking Dead: Dead City" set in Worcester
-Mezcal Cantina will take over long vacant Worcester 99 restaurant
-Worcester's "Wormtown" nickname comes from an unlikely source
-TODAY! Worcester Knitty Council meeting 2 to 5 on Sunday
-2 nonprofits launch data platform detailing quality of life in Worcester County
-Nichols holds graduation at the DCU Center
-Armenian Community of Worcester commemorates genocide anniversary
-Radio Worcester (48:04): Radio Roundtable discusses Supreme Court's homelessness ruling impact on Worcester
-WCCA-TV (1:50:15): Supportive Housing — Solving homelessness in the Commonwealth
-ICYMI: Worcester cable committee chair: City now has no leverage with Charter
-Related: The Buzz with City Manager Batista — Cable Talk
-$100,000 Mass Cash prize won in Worcester
-204,000 travelers make it a record year for Worcester Airport
-Hundreds take part in pro-Palestinian rally at Worcester State
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Ice cream social noon-2 Monday
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Annual town election May 13th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Strand Theater drawing interest for lease
-Center of Hope Foundation in Southbridge gets $1.2 million in funding
-Several towns holding meetings Monday
-News from the field…and playground in Grafton
-Bigelow hosting forum on proposed library project
-Bolton voters face no contests; No contests on Berlin ballot
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
-Jean Syria running for Lancaster D.P.W.
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
-Outdoor Cinco De Mayo show in Worcester canceled
>SHOWTIME: Live Nation Concert Week offers $25 tickets. What to know
-100FM The Pike (8:51): Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Melissa Joan Hart, talks about the "I Identify As A Witch" show
-Worcester takes on all of Bach's works
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor's Forum No. 40 (27:53): Stamp Out Hunger May 11th
-This Week in Worcester podcast, Episode 6 (45:24): Local film production, gas price spikes, expensive Mass.
-Unity Radio (57:38): Talking Wellness
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who was an usher at Tanglewood for over 50 years
>SPORTS: Bruins beat Toronto in overtime of Game 7
-Jeremy Swayman was Bruins’ M.V.P. in first-round series win
-Dates, times and TV for Bruins series with Florida
-Brad Stevens named NBA’s Executive of the Year
-Red Sox lose to Twins, 3-1
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
>NATIONAL: Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate
-Blood-soaked spear found at California murder-suicide scene
-Tragic: Massive highway collapse kills at least 48 in China
>NEW ENGLAND: New data shows who's moving out of Mass. (2:19)
-Taunton man found shot to death in shed, police say (:20)
>COLLEGES: Clark student's private room gets a public exhibit
-Anna Maria launches A.I. course in collaboration with Rize Education
-Contract grading: The loss of quality in education
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Why 3 in 4 people prefer road trips over flying
>BUSINESS: "Privacy nightmare" — Your car is collecting info about you (3:40)
-Walmart to close 51 health clinics, stop telehealth service
>SHOPPING: rue21 closing all stores, going out of business sales coming
>HOMES: 3-bedroom home in Boston sells for $8.3 million
>HEALTH: Doc warns we're making "same mistakes" as 2020 with bird flu
-Mass. doctor on using midwives for post-partum care (2:25)
>FOOD: Video showing how McDonald's burgers are made ripped online
>TV/STREAMING: Sneak peek at new Jennifer Lopez action movie on Netflix, "Atlas" (1:42)
>MOVIES: Ryan Gosling's "Fall Guy" falls into top spot at opener
>CELEBRITY: Kentucky Derby red carpet: Martha Stewart, Wynonna Judd, Sheryl Lee Ralph and more
>ANIMALS: Dog falls in love with 4 blind foster kittens (1:00)
>HISTORY: Shrewsbury Historical Society presents "Denholms: The History of a Worcester Icon" (1:06:16)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 88-year-old man gets special graduation ceremony
-Meanwhile, runaway cows turn themselves in at rescue facility
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