In and around The 016 - Sunday, February 19th

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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 (:41). High of 50 today

  >TOP OF THE NEWS

  -UMass Medical School says UMass Memorial owes it $40 million. The bitter legal fight could cost millions more

  -More Honey Farms will change name, brand after sale

  -Police end investigation into cheer staff at Worcester’s Abby Kelley Foster school

  -Sheriff's Office displays random acts of kindness

  -Black History Spirit Week at South High

  -Worcester nonprofit names new leader, moves out of Denholm Building

  -Bill Shaner: What are we to do with the Telegram & Gazette?

  -Ray Mariano: Disrupting children's "Drag Queen Story Hour" is cowardly

  -Radio Worcester (7:18): Mayor Joe Petty on sex education

  -5 cheapest places to get gas this weekend in Worcester

  >DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet visits Wright's Farm (4:10)
   

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

  -NEW! Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (33:42): Monteru French Brandy

  >SHOWTIME: 5 great ways to spend your weekend in Worcester

  -Six Things To Do: Maple Days, Almost Queen, Square Loop, and more

  -Laurel: A little reading as Worcester school vacation begins

  -American Heritage Museum debuts "Hanoi Hilton" exhibit

  -Resistance against oppression: Frederick Douglass reading at City Hall

  -WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 161 (27:57): 2Gether We Eat

  >OBITUARIES (brought to you by G9 Financial): Tribute to mother and 3-year-old son from Worcester found dead in Connecticut home 

  -ICYMI: GoFundMe created for family of Worcester mother and son found dead in Connecticut

  -Related: Police name 3rd Worcester victim found dead in Connecticut house

  -Kennie Mota-Cruz found guilty of second-degree murder in Everard St. shooting

  -Men wanted for using stolen credit card at Home Depot in Worcester

  -Worcester police confiscate replica gun from South High student

  -W.P.D. Vice Squad arrests suspect, seizes drugs and scales

   See the rest of the day's Worcester news
  
  

  >HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford, Brilla Coffee Roasters and Speciality Sandwich Company): Holden officer promoted to Sergeant

  -Minor injuries in 3-car wreck on Main Street in Holden

  -Holden D.P.W. has new home (12:06)

  -A wide selection of pre-owned cars and trucks at Lamoureux Ford (2:52)

  >THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): S.E.L.C.O. reflects on changes to cable over the past decade

  -Shrewsbury Knights of Columbus honor Special Olympics athlete Ryan Dixon

  -1 hospitalized, others displaced after Brookfield blaze

  -Leicester police warn residents after rash of car break-ins

  -Paxton officer helps out a motorist in need

  -Race shaping up for Lancaster Select Board as papers being taken out

  -Bolton eyes potential state land purchases
   

  >SPORTS: Bruins beat Islanders, 6-2

  -How Jason Tatum fared in NBA 3-point contest

  -Holy Cross men 's basketball team lose at Colgate

  -Holy Cross women's basketball team falls to Colgate. Highlights (1:25). Interview (1:56)

  -H.C. women's hockey falls to UConn on Senior Night. Highlights (2:09). Senior Night Highlights (:37)

  -Railers game in Norfolk postponed after Zamboni, ice issues

  -Saint John’s boys basketball victorious over Shrewsbury
   

  >CARS: NEW! Bertera Nissan has a great car for you (4:39)

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

  >NATIONAL: President Jimmy Carter, 98, enters hospice care at home

  -Gunman kills 6, including ex-wife, in Mississippi, sheriff says

  -Tragic: Young mom killed in front of kids after parking lot dispute on Valentines Day

  >NEW ENGLAND: 20 years after the Station Nightclub fire, families remember loved ones lost

  -Legendary Channel 4 reporter Bill Shields dies (8:10)
  
  

  >COLLEGES: Why do students leave Worcester after graduating college?

  -Anna Maria College and Molly Bish Center host legislative briefing

  >HOMES: Worcester Black homeownership gap rose 426% between 2010 & 2021, study shows

  >BUSINESS: New Gen Z workers already burned out and disconnected

  -Producer prices jump more than expected in January

  >HEALTH: Mass. doctor on C.D.C.'s new schedule of recommended vaccines

  -F.D.A. advisers vote in favor of making opioid overdose antidote available over the counter
  
  

  >SHOPPING: 21 Best Buy Presidents Day sales and deals to shop

  >TV/STREAMING: Teaser for "Bridgerton" spinoff "Queen Charlotte" (1:10)

  >MOVIES: "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" wins big at box office

  >CELEBRITY: Blake Lively gives birth to fourth baby with Ryan Reynolds

  >ANIMALS: This husky sits by her baby brother's crib every day (3:42)

  >GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Young man gets shot at redemption after attemped break-in (2:40)

  -Meanwhile, in Alaska, pig that "looked cold" gets a ride home in police cruiser

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