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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 (:27). High of 51 in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Plane goes off Worcester Regional Airport runway into grassy area
-Downtown Worcester café closes for good
-Jack Teixeira, accused of leaking classified docs, to appear in Worcester courtroom next week
-Framingham police arrest Worcester man on assault with knife charge
-Lawyers for wrongfully imprisoned man seek to garnish wages of 2 Worcester cops
-Earth Day in Worcester: See local eco-activities
-See the 17 Worcester County locations for National Prescription Drug Takeback Day on Saturday
-Worcester banker appointed to M.B.T.A. Board of Directors
-Worcester-area Muslims celebrate Eid as Ramadan ends
-Radio Worcester (8:14): City Manager Eric Batista on Worcester municipally owning infrastructure
-Bill Shaner: The City Council doesn’t make decisions, it launders them
-Ray Mariano: Cowardice of elected officials fuels gun violence
-Kids help MassWildlife restock trout at Lake Quinsigamond
>SHOPPING: WICN's 4th annual Vinyl Sale on Saturday
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Ten Things To Do: Pottery Invitational, Woodstock, Biking While Black
-The show must go on: Worcester couple headlines concert on night after losing home to fire
-Bancroft School announces return of Young Writers Conference
-View from new center at Holy Cross looking good for arts and inclusion
-WCCA-TV's Close to Home No. 547 (28:42): Linda Thayer, Part 2
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 900 (28:57): Joy of Music
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Albanian woman who escaped communist persecution and made Worcester her home
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help to find missing 15-year-old
-Victim of Easter shooting in Worcester dies from injuries
-A ceremony will honor 5 women slain in Worcester in the early 1990s
-Worcester man charged with vehicular homicide in June Street head-on crash
-George’s Coney Island listed among the top 5 best Coney dogs in U.S.
-FlyORH: What's next for Worcester Regional Airport
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford and Brilla Coffee Roasters): Holden spring chipping, composting begins Saturday
-John DiPietro (9:05): Holden Fire Department is ready for the future
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Electronic recycling event comes to Shrewsbury on Saturday
-Shrewsbury police host Autism Awareness Touch-a-Truck Event on Saturday
-Anna Maria College chapter of the American Cancer Society to hold Relay for Life on Saturday
-Rabid fox found in Sturbridge prompts potential health warning from police
-2 contests head to West Boylston ballot June 6th
-Gardening time is coming at the Lee Knowlton Community Garden in Grafton
-Stelmach returns to Sterling to head light department
-Clinton students get a chance to keep history alive
>SPORTS: Bruins reclaim home-ice edge, top Panthers, 4-2
-Hawks beat Celtics, 130-122
-Red Sox beat Brewers, 5-3
-NFL suspends 5 players for violating gambling policy
-Parking advisory at Holy Cross on Saturday because of numerous athletics events and an expected high volume of visitors
-WooSox lose to Iron Pigs, 4-3
-Pirates make first trip to Moline on Saturday
>CARS: The all new all electric Ariya has arrived at Bertera Nissan! (5:43)
>NATIONAL: Supreme Court preserves access to abortion drug while legal case continues
-Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches presidential bid
-Tragic: 12-year-old Connecticut girl dies after drive-by shooting
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. reports 1,242 new COVID cases, 15 deaths this week
-Teen badly injured when pickup truck strikes rock formation, rolls over multiple times
>FOOD: Dunkin’ makes butter pecan swirl coffee a permanent menu item
>HEALTH: Swapping soda for coffee can reduce risk of early death: study
-Mass. doctor on new COVID boosters in immunocompromised people
>BUSINESS: Netflix to bring down the curtain on its DVD-by-mail service
-My remote job has been outsourced -- is this a trend?
>COLLEGES: Clark senior makes TRACKS throughout Main South
-New fire science scholarship at Anna Maria honors Barre Fire Chief
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): What travelers do when a trip doesn't go as planned: survey
>HOMES: Mortgage rates rise to 6.39% -- first increase in a month
>TV/STREAMING: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand: "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" and more
>CELEBRITY: Ray Romano had heart surgery for 90 percent blockage in artery
>HISTORY: WPI, 1908
>ANIMALS: Puppies won't let go of their pacifiers (5:17)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Heart recipient meets organ donor's parents
-Meanwhile, in Duxbury, car gets caught in tide behind "no parking" sign
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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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