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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). Low of -13 today
-Worcester will open temporary warming center on Friday morning
-Worcester Public Schools cancels school on Friday because of arctic temperatures. School closings
-Fire officials urge safe use of space heaters, wood and pellet stoves during cold snap
-How to keep pets safe during extreme cold
-How to prepare your car for the bitter cold
-Item communities planning for warming centers
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: New bar in Worcester to celebrate opening Saturday
+6:00: Chef Zak Lindgren heads up WooTrucks catering team
+6:00: Updated: Worcester police investigating Aetna St. shooting that injured 31-year-old man
+6:00: 210 Sports Blog's Friday 4: The last Expo, the last game, the last straw, and last but not least
+Noon: After Downtown Worcester shooting, man charged with possession of machine gun
+Noon: Worcester Diocese finds 173 credible allegations of cleric abuse of minors since 1950
+Noon: Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: Monster Jam champ Linsey Read looking to "wow the crowd" at DCU Center
+Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on streaming: "Babylon," "House Party," and more
+Noon: Artist Spotlight: Evan Charney
-Police investigate shots fired in Downtown Worcester
-Worcester man caught breaking into cars on Paradox Drive
-Worcester U.S.P.S. supervisor gets prison time for stealing packages
-Boylston man sentenced in crash that killed Grafton man in wheelchair
-Situation with barricaded person in Clinton is de-escalated
-New barbecue restaurant opens on Chandler Street in Worcester
-W.C.A.C. seeing more first-time applicants for fuel assistance program
-Concern over growing number of homeless seniors and disabled people in Worcester
-Residents raise housing alarms at meeting on inclusionary zoning
-New lottery office opens on Gold Star Blvd. in Worcester on Monday
-Berkshire Bank appoints Karyn Polito to Board of Directors
-Worcester Academy plans expansion onto former St. Vincent Hospital site
-NEW! Unsolved: Worcester -- "Found Clobbered and Mutilated on Myrtle Street". Video (16:47). Audio (18:25)
>HOMES: Check out these homes for sale in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (29:58): Rum for Whiskey Drinkers
>SHOWTIME: Artist's talk precedes Spotlight Concert in Worcester
-Five Things To Do: Hearts and Crafts, Broadway Upside Down, and more
-Black History Month: Past, future highlight Worcester-area events
-Black dolls at Worcester PopUp tell the "history of what's going on"
-Radio Worcester (6:47): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista talks police body cameras and Civilian Review Board
>OBITUARIES (brought to you by G9 Financial): Tribute to an accomplished guitarist who played in several popular Worcester area bands
-ICYMI: New Worcester restaurant and bar celebrates grand opening
-Developers buy former Volvo showroom on Gold Star Blvd., plan new retail building
-COVID, flu shots ending at Downtown Worcester site
-Worcester ranked in top 10 worst cities to get married
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford and Brilla Coffee Roasters): Holden ice rink should be ready for skating this weekend
-Holden family displaced by Wednesday morning fire
-Holden Police hope to I.D. woman who took a walk with $200 boots
-Brilla Coffee Roasters opens long-awaited new Holden location (1:06)
-Lamoureux Ford wants to beat the snow (1:31)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn Park 'N Shop reopens with new look taking 100-year-old family trade into new era
-Leominster firefighter Vincent "Vinny" Alia competing on Team Ramsay in "Next Level Chef"
-Beloved Fitchburg firefighter dies after long battle with illness: Officials
-Shrewsbury School Committee approves school start time changes
-West Boylston police arrest Shrewsbury man for car break-in
-Here's the latest addition to the Shrewsbury Fire's fleet
-Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce to host Love Your Legislator Breakfast
>SPORTS: Robert Kraft wants Tom Brady to retire with the Patriots
-Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown become first ever NBA duo to achieve this feat
-Holy Cross men's hockey working for the weekend
-Bravehearts land 9 with local ties as first roster signings
-Worcester area high school sports fans: Beware of this likely scam
>CARS: Bertera has your winter car! (3:27)
-U.S. probes complaints of parts flying off of Ford Explorers
-Save $500 on select F150's and RAM trucks in stock at North End Motor Sales
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the U.S.
-Tragic: Baby killed when "acquaintance" steals, crashes mom’s car: cops
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross professor -- Canonizing popes is a long and politically fraught process
-Anna Maria Scholarship Spotlight with Jessica Clary of Leicester
>NEW ENGLAND: New documentary to retrace infamous texting manslaughter case
-Mass. vocational schools policy violates student civil rights, complaint says
>BUSINESS: Here's what the Fed interest rate hike means for you
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Holy Cross professor Victor Matheson on paying for Polar Park
>SHOPPING: Worcester’s Crompton Place hosting "Be My Galentine" event February 9th
>HEALTH: Cough syrups may be linked to more than 300 child deaths: W.H.O.
-Free COVID vaccinations on Saturday: Noon-3:30 at Worcester Public Library
>TV/STREAMING: A closer look at Paramount+ show "1923" (4:14)
>MOVIES: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence announce "Bad Boys" sequel
>CELEBRITY: Ozzy Osbourne retires from touring, cancels shows amid health woes
>HISTORY: 1880 ad from Ware, Pratt Clothiers in Worcester
>ANIMALS: Special home sought for abandoned 1-year-old pig that will weigh several hundred pounds
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): High school basketball announcer tells heckling fans to "shut up"
-Meanwhile, Canada's Punxsatawney Phil drops dead on Groundhog Day
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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