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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester bank robbery suspect in standoff behind Denholm Building; ground covered with cash
-Worcester seeks to redevelop D.P.W. properties off Shrewsbury Street
-Group that fights Worcester's overdose crisis hit with funding cut
-Second Out to Lunch of the season brings arts, music, business and more to the Common
-State authorizes tax abatement for daughter of fallen Worcester firefigher
-Elevated cocktail lounge The 1885 coming to Worcester’s Canal District
-TODAY! Latin American Festival will feature music, arts, food, and more on Worcester Common
-Related: Traffic advisory for Latin American Festival in Worcester
-TODAY! Worcester Hot Dog Safari Saturday
-TODAY! Worcester Branch Naacp Community Cookout Saturday
-TODAY! Pride Worcester 2023 kicks off Saturday with a pageant
-Farmers markets in Central Mass.
-7 years later, Vanessa Marcotte's memory lives on through foundation in her name
-Why Larry Shetler is running for Worcester District 1 City Council seat
-Watch the full city councilor at-large candidate forum
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for August
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for help finding 17-year-old girl
-2 children taken by their non-custodial mother in Worcester found safe in upstate New York
-How a pair of Facebook posts prompted an outcry and roiled a Worcester City Council race
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (40:28): Political fallout from “hateful and harmful” social media posts
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Document shredding at regional recycling center Saturday
-TODAY! Composting 8-2:30 Saturday
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the Ford F-150 (5:49)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Flash floods dump rain into the region
-Salvation Army thrift store in Spencer closes after nearly 30 years
-Sutton playground fund growing by thousands
-Benefit for Grafton fire victims August 26th
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, Dunkin cards and swag from North End Motor Sales
-Natural gas line clears way for 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in Douglas
-Grafton Job Corps delivers a different kind of education
-Bolton and Lancaster officials move school questions forward
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Seven Things To Do: Pike Hair Fest, Pride Worcester Pageant, more ...
-Worcester Walks: The city's only flock of sheep say hello at Donker Farm
-Jazz at Sunset returns "All In" with Verve and beautiful melodies
-TODAY! Plastic City Comic Con brings comic conventions back to their roots
-First Person: The Library of Disposable Art — all in good "faith"
-Shaun Connolly: The Worcester Defense
-Ray Mariano: Clarence Thomas a disgrace to Supreme Court
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who married her childhood sweetheart
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Yankees, 8-3
-TODAY! Pandemonium at the Palladium fight card Saturday night in Worcester
-100FM The Pike (5:54): Steven Sumpter on his bout at Pandemonium at the Palladium
-Why Ezekiel Elliott may fit better for the Patriots than Dalvin Cook
-The 210 Awards for the Worcester Bravehearts 2023 season
-WooSox beat RailRiders, 3-1
-Assumption football team looks to repeat as league champion (4:05)
-Webster's Anh-Dao Tran joins women's basketball staff at Dartmouth
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
>NATIONAL: Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest
-British nurse guilty of murdering 7 babies, making her among U.K.’s worst child serial killers
-Tragic: Mass. woman, 21, dies after being pinned between 2 trucks in Maine
>NEW ENGLAND: Tornado confirmed in 4 Mass. towns (2:36)
-Vehicle's camera captures tornado crossing New England highway (1:34)
-93-year-old woman dies in apparent drowning off Castle Island
>COLLEGES: Clark climatologist: "There’s likely a climate change signal in everything we see"
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): A packing guide for fall travel
>BUSINESS: Affirmative action's removal from college admissions will impact corporate ladder
-Radio Worcester (8:53): Q.R. codes used in nationwide scams, B.B.B. warns
>HEALTH: Popular acid reflux medicine linked to higher risk of dementia: study
-Long COVID in U.S. adults is on the decline, but many still struggling with symptoms, studies show
>FOOD: Price Chopper/Market 32 issues voluntary recall of corner-to-corner pizzas
>SHOPPING: A second Prime Day is coming as Amazon announces Prime Big Deal Days
>HOMES: See 5 new houses on the market in Worcester
>TV/STREAMING: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand -- "No Hard Feelings," "Elemental," and more
>CELEBRITY: Michelle Pfeiffer, 65, shares makeup-free Instagram selfie: "You really don’t age"
>ANIMALS: Puppy abandoned on the road meets her new B.F.F. (:59)
>HISTORY: Today in History for August 19th (1:35)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Foster dog helps save family from boat fire
-Meanwhile, in Texas, hawk drops snake on woman, prompting both to attack her
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-Part-time servers at Holden Restaurant
-Administrative/Business Development Position at LEC Environmental
-Part-time servers at Shrewsbury St. 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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+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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