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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 (:35). High of 58 in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: North High hoop champs meet Gov. Healey, tour Statehouse
+6:00: Resident petition inspires City Council discussion of noise in parks
+6:00: Mayor Petty: City Council powerless to stop annual $1,300 stipend for police
+6:00: Radio Worcester (18:30): Mayor Joe Petty talks body cam stipend, municipal broadband and more
+6:00: Worcesteria: Sounds of Belanfonte, fighting opioids, city mysteries
+6:00: NEW! Unsolved: Worcester -- "Stabbed in the Heart - Bruce Wood". Video (17:43). Audio (19:15)
+6:00: North Brookfield Selectmen rescind restrictions on drag show for pride event
+6:00: Worcester-area poets share their joys, frustrations of poetry
+6:00: Listen Up: Charley Carrozo counters pain with love on "Blinded Times"
-Worcester police looking for missing 13-year-old girl
-Holden firetruck falls into sinkhole after Main St. gas leak
-Worcester teachers to confront School Committee over stalled contract
-Wrongful death suit filed against Cabela's for selling Worcester man, 20, revolver without F.I.D., license
-Vote on Worcester police body cam pay raise put on hole
-2 suspects in Worcester warehouse party shooting that injured 6 plead not guilty
-Worcester man is 14th person charged in large-scale drug bust
-Victim advocate honored for 20 years with Worcester D.A.
-Worcester broadband task force: $250 million cost for city network
-Field of potential candidates for Worcester School Committee continues to grow
-Unsolved: Worcester -- "Solved or Unsolved? - The Murder of Vicki Lehtinen". Video (17:13). Audio (18:40)
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Police warn of Taylor Swift ticket scam for Eras Tour at Gillette
-Photo book a Valentine for readers
-Bridging the gap: Worcester singer Elion Virtuoso crossing genres
-Janice Harvey: Road trip stirs memories of Worcester childhood
-First Person: The Library of Disposable Art — Drift Glass
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: The Results are in...I'm Afro-Latina
-Jennifer Julien Gaskin: Guns in America
-Shaun Connolly: Bad Advice
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 381 (22:47): Barrett & McCarthy, Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a woman who graduated from college in her 50s and "never met a slot machine she didn't like"
-ICYMI: Worcester K9 Boomer sniffs out employee gun theft in Auburn, police say
-Worcester eatery opening new location on Lincoln Street in Worcester
-Worcester police to get pay bump for body camera program: Contract
-Meet Robin, UMass Memorial's new pediatric robot
See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford and Brilla Coffee Roasters): Holden's Kosta Drosidis rewrites baseball record book at Anna Maria
-Holden water use restriction begins May 1st
-More than just great coffee at Brilla (:36)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Steve Boulay, Joseph Thomas to leave Shrewsbury Planning Board
-2 men arrested by Shrewsbury police on O.U.I., gun charges
-3-way race set for Clinton Select Board seats
-Auburn rallies around teen seriously injured in accident
-Auburn and Leominster locations are among the Bed Bath & Beyond locations closing
-Uxbrige man pleads guilty to theft from the Defense Department
-Sutton’s Owen Boyns performs in Spring Musical at Western New England University
-Family Fun Fishing Day to be held May 6th in Uxbridge
>SPORTS: Celtics falter late, fall to Hawks on last-second 3
-Red Sox beat Orioles, 8-6
-How Aaron Rodgers trade to Jets impacts A.F.C. East odds entering 2023 season
-Holy Cross' ’Sader Stories: Charlotte Wittstock
-Win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox drop series opener to Railriders, 8-6
-The 210 Awards for the Worcester Railers 2022-2023 season
-T&G Hometeam boys' hockey all-stars for winter 2022-23
>CARS: The all new all electric Ariya has arrived at Bertera Nissan! (5:43)
>NATIONAL: Authorities find 8 bodies in Cancun resort as drug cartel violence rages
-Cruise line let passenger's body decompose, lawsuit says
-Tragic: 4 children killed in hatchet attack at Brazil daycare
>NEW ENGLAND: Vermont man pleads not guilty to 14 charges following 3-day manhunt
-Small earthquake shakes Central N.H.
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): This might be the most popular summer travel destination
>FOOD: New Perry's Deli opens in Tatnuck Square
>HEALTH: This sleeping pill may be key to battling Alzheimer's
-Study suggests you don't really need to walk 10,000 steps a day to live longer (:44)
>BUSINESS: Gas price increases expected slow in May, fall through end of 2023
-SHOPPING: Wayfair Way Day sale -- Shop 40 best deals on furniture, decor, more
>COLLEGES: TODAY! ClarkFEST brings alive the Clark academic experience
-Anna Maria AMCAST (33:48): The Catholic Worker
>HOMES: Worcester area real estate roundup
>TV/STREAMING: Dick Van Dyke to make soap opera debut this fall — at age 97
>MOVIES: Scarlett Johansson says she’s done with Marvel films
>CELEBRITY: Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer with a "rebel heart," dies at 96
>HISTORY: The Food Farm was an early Shrewsbury supermarket
>ANIMALS: Worcester area adoptable pets -- Meet Finnegan and more
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Pug completes hiking feat known as the New Hampshire 48
-Meanwhile, in Israel, cow wanders into hardware store, spills paint
Latest obituaries | | Tuesday's highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
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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