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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 80 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Demolition signs pop up at vacant former Big D property on Mill Street
+6:00: Police say man convicted on 43 felonies is back at it, facing 51 new charges
+6:00: 4-day Italian Festival set for Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Loreto Parish
+6:00: Main Street Reimagined offers a walkable tour of Worcester art, history
+Noon: Drunk driver from Worcester who crashed in Spencer had loaded machine gun in car, police say
+Noon: Mass Pike crash with fuel spill causing long backups
+Noon: Worcester police host National Night Out event to promote community ties
+Noon: India Day will be a double celebration at the DCU Center on Saturday
+Noon: Mosquito spraying in Worcester: 4 dates in August
+Noon: Listen Up: Gracie Day burns on beautiful, biting "Read the Room"
+Noon: Matt York set to deliver songs of the Highwaymen to Bull Run
+Noon: Writing Lines: Words, images, music and more in Worcester-area events
+Noon: Screen Time: Captain Kirk, Fonzie among guests at FAN EXPO Boston
-Worcester's most endangered structures (pictured)
-Residents, officials frustrated by behavior on Lake Quinsigamond
-2 Worcester men arrested after chase from Webster to Auburn
-TODAY! Worcester’s Coes Reservoir to receive herbicide treatment at northern end
-When does school start in Worcester County? Check the full list of school districts
-100 FM The Pike (7:05): Worcester Police Chief Steven Sargent on National Night Out
-Radio Worcester (7:35): Glass Tower welcomes upscale restaurant, Mercado continues through summer
-Radio Worcester (13:35): Worcester Community Action Council launches pilot program to provide universal basic income
-Jenny Pacillo seeks open District 1 Worcester City Council seat
-TODAY! Worcester School Committee candidates forum 6-7:30 at Boys & Girls Club
-West Boylston man announces retirement, hits lottery 3 days later
-Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion after no one hits the top prize
-NEW! Unsolved: Worcester -- Stabbed in the heart during house party brawl. Video (18:56). Audio (20:28)
-ICYMI: New eatery opens at DCU Center in Worcester
-Mrs. Mariconi's Ice Cream to open retail location in Worcester
-Worcester Mill Street road diet -- City details plans for residents
-Governor touts violence prevention grants at Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Giving wildlife a helping hand
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the Ford F-150 (5:49)
-Holden Cultural Council is looking for volunteers
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Baby boy born on side of I-495 with help from dispatchers
-Leominster man kicks in $1,500 glass door of police station, gets arrested
-Nipmucs approve confederacy of bands at powwow in Grafton
-11 Grafton locals cycling in the Pan-Mass Challenge
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, Dunkin cards and swag from North End Motor Sales
-Cindy Cannon goes to Washington
-Clinton reviews school building updates
-Nashoba project going "green"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gigs August 3rd and 5th
>SHOWTIME: TODAY! Free noontime concert at Mechanics Hall
-African Festival to celebrate a continent's many cultures
-Broadway in Worcester has Tony winners Jessie Mueller, Santino Fontana
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 511 (28:05): Crisis Pregnancy Centers/Mill Street Blues
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 172 (28:59): Guillermo Creamer Jr., candidate for councilor at-large and mayor
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime professor at UMass Medical School
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Mariners, 6-4
-WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts at top of standings with a week to go in regular season
-Bravehearts fall to Narwhals. Next home game: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
-WooSox lose to Mets, 5-4
-Holy Cross football single-game tickets now on sale
-Revolution head coach Bruce Arena on leave amid investigation
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
-General Motors starts shipping Chevy Blazer EV, reveals price and range
-NATIONAL: Phoenix ends record 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees
-Ukraine launches "main thrust" of counteroffensive against Russia
-Tragic: Boy, 5, dies after being run over by father in parking lot
>NEW ENGLAND: Treat Williams' cause of death revealed as Vermont man is charged in fatal crash
-Maine’s biggest newspaper group is now a nonprofit
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): What you didn’t know about airports
>BUSINESS: CVS is laying off 5,000 workers
-MedStar Ambulance pays $2.6 million for false MassHealth claims: A.G.
>SHOPPING: Worcester restaurant selling boys and men's brand name clothes and shoes at 50%-70% discount
>COLLEGES: Why employers love WPI students (2:31)
>HEALTH: What kind of activities are good for daily exercise? (:58)
-Ozempic and weight loss drugs officially probed over suicide risk
>FOOD: McDonald's to debut spinoff chain CosMc's in 2024
>HOMES: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
>TV/STREAMING: "The Righteous Gemstones" renewed for season 4 by HBO
>MOVIES: Every Christopher Nolan movie ranked from worst to best, including "Oppenheimer"
>CELEBRITY: Will Kevin Spacey resurrect his Hollywood career or is a low-budget “millennium phase” more likely?
>ANIMALS: Senior dogs keep escaping to visit grandparents (:59)
>HISTORY: Today in History for August 2nd (1:55)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 91-year-old man has gone to the same Y.M.C.A. for 84 years
-Meanwhile, Skittles’ newest flavor will make your nose hairs curl
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+3 positions with Holden D.P.W.
-Full-time, part-time bartenders at Worcester restaurant
-Waitstaff wanted at West Boylston restaurant
-Full-time and part-time bartenders at Worcester restaurant
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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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