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>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:28). High of 59 in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Porsche slams into Worcester living room, police look for driver
-Worcester wages: 67 people topped $200,000 in 2022. A look at the payroll
-Infant mortality in Worcester remains high
-What is the message of Easter Sunday? Local clergy share perspectives
-Ramadan, Passover and Easter highlight conflicts, and shared values
-Laurel: Happy Easter!
-10 years after Boston Marathon bombings, survivor from Oxford is set to run race
-From principal to baker - how Grafton man started Bread Guy Breads
-Vocero Hispano: 04-07-2023 al 04-13-2023
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Six Things To Do: Brew Woo, Ladies Night Out, The Moth Mainstage
-A thought this Easter: Everyone deserves housing
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 899 (29:13): Holidays and Holy Books
-WCCA-TVs Soapbox No. 1306 (28:13): Ed Londergan
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local man who ran a business with his wife for 35 years
-ICYMI: Christians gather for "Way of the Cross" procession through Worcester on Good Friday
-Worcester bakeries busy ahead of Easter weekend
-Lawsuit claims Worcester police conduct stop and frisk
See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford and Brilla Coffee Roasters): Holden issues open burning reminder
-Laura Kirshenbaum running for W.R.S.D. Committee
-Lamoureux Ford has some amazing cars you would not expect (1:25)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Davis Farmland welcomes 2 baby lambs (:26)
-Decade later, notorious Sutton contractor accused of theft on lam - again
-Willard House and Clock Museum brings back Richard Potter’s "19th Century Magic Show"
-For the second time in 3 months, firefighters have fought a fire at FeedBack Earth
-Sterling Recreation releases its summer program list
-Goings on from the Grafton News
-Shrewsbury hires Casella Waste Systems for yard waste collection
-Youth are winners in Paxton dodgeball tournaments
>SPORTS: Bruins match league record with 62nd win
-Red Sox past Tigers, 14-5
-Bravehearts announce second sellout, announce third "You choose the rules" game
-Win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Buffalo, 13-4
-Railers beat Thunder, 6-2
-Revolution rolls to 4-0 victory over CF Montreal
-Local basketball star makes his dream come true by winning March Madness with UConn
>CARS: The all new all electric Ariya has arrived at Bertera Nissan! (5:43)
>NATIONAL: A teenager and 12-year-old arrested in 3 murders of teens
-6 people wounded in shooting on South Carolina beach, police say
-Tragic: Woman "torn apart" while trying to feed her brother's dog: reports
>NEW ENGLAND: Toddler dies after father loses him in brook while fleeing Mass. crash scene, police say
-Mass. S.N.A.P. benefits to increase for 3 months
>FOOD: Worcester Sweets Café a "dream bakery" for owners
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, April 2nd to April 9th
>COLLEGES: Clark students spend spring break working in Worcester community
-Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones to speak at Holy Cross on Wednesday
>BUSINESS: 3 Central Mass. organizations granted $1 million for November-April tourism
-Downtown Worcester B.I.D. names 2 business leaders to board
>SHOPPING: WPI research explains what drives consumers when a favorite brand goes away
>HEALTH: A.I. develops cancer treatment in 30 days, predicts survival rate
-C.D.C. warns doctors to look out for Marburg virus after Africa outbreaks
>TV/STREAMING: "The Night Agent" is Netflix's most viewed series premiere of 2023 — and biggest since "Wednesday"
>MOVIES: Easter movies for kids and where to watch them in 2023
>CELEBRITY: See photos of Jeremy Renner's blood-filled snowplow accident
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 21 cheap places to travel in 2023
>HISTORY: Worcester 1985 to the Present as photographed by Stephen DiRado
>ANIMALS: Animal rescue league hosts Easter egg hunt for dogs
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Teens help seniors learn how to use technology (2:37)
-Meanwhile, in New York, "creepy" Easter bunny haunts home sale listing: "Thing of nightmares"
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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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