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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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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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