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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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Classifieds
-Servers, cooks and grill staff at George's Coney Island
-Line Cook at Canal District Restaurant
-Home Care Case Managers at ESWA
-Part-time busser at 122 Diner
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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>HELP WANTED
+Full-time firefighter/paramedics, Town of West Boylston
-Multiple positions, Holden D.P.W.
-Part-time maintenance position, Canal District bar/restaurant
-Hosts, wait staff & bussers, Worcester restaurant
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