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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:10). High of 76 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Hurricane Betty’s settles unpaid wages lawsuit brought by exotic dancers
+6:00: Worcester police warn of scammers pretending to be National Grid reps
+6:00: Shrewsbury’s Rainbow Motel demolished
+6:00: stART on the Street closes Park Ave. on Sunday
+Noon: E.E.E. risk rises to "high" in 6 Central Mass. communities
+Noon: BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
+Noon: Seven Things To Do: Funky Fungus Day, Shawna Shea Film Festival...
+Noon: "A little Brazil in America": Music, dance, food highlight festival
-National Guard helps as fire hits Red Roof inn in Sutton where migrants are being housed (2:27)
-Former Worcester City Manager Augustus shelved investigation that implicated police chief
-Some Charter cable customers will receive Disney+ and ESPN+ for free
-Omar Molina arraigned, accused of shooting during Worcester Caribbean festival
-Worcester church, Y.W.C.A. leaders appointed to state police commission board
-Worcester launches programs to aid first-time home buyers, preserve affordable rents
-Worcester City Council votes unanimously to take away Unum Group’s tax break
-After heated City Council debate, crisis pregnancy center ordinances survive another week
-Dan Kennedy — A nonprofit news outlet will launch in Worcester in an unusual partnership
-Related: Radio Worcester (18:44) — Chamber of Commerce launches nonprofit digital newspaper
-Earlier: Worcester chamber launches nonprofit digital news organization
-Nicole Apostola: City Manager’s Leave plan
>DINING OUT: Phoever Vietnamese restaurant opening on Park Avenue in Worcester
-ICYMI: $14,500 Rolex stolen from West Boylston store, police ask for help
-New England Patriots Foundation adopts Worcester school (:39)
-There’s something strange in the skies over Worcester, people have photos to prove it
-Worcester's "Heart-To-Hub" train won't be express anymore: Keolis
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Quinapoxet Street closed to all traffic through Friday afternoon
-TODAY! "Coffee and..." at Senior Center with Fire Chief Hall and Police Chief Sherblom
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the exciting BRONCO SPORT (1:47)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Police Department, Mass. D.E.P. crack down on illegal dumping
-New mural at Open Sky's Alternatives' Whitin Mill a community effort
-Route 13 bridge in Leominster opens near Cadillac dealership that saw sinkholes
-Crushing deluge damage in Leominster could take weeks to fully fix: Mayor
-Fitchburg man charged in 2013 cold case of man found shot dead on porch
-School of Rock to open Northborough location
-West Boylston police log September 4th to 10th
>BARS & BANDS: Cigar bar to hold clearance sale Thursday and Friday
>SHOWTIME: stART on the Street to return with arts, crafts, music and more
-Tickets for Trans-Siberian Orchestra on sale Friday
-Review of the Eagles Long Goodbye Tour at TD Garden
-Robert Englund tops list of groovy ghouls at this year's Terror Con
-Neoclassical metal pioneer Yngwie Malmsteen shreds the Palladium
-Phantoms by Firelight, Cyrkus Vampyr, coming to Old Sturbridge Village
-Listen Up: Death Over Simplicity delivers brisk, thought-provoking E.P.
-Dirty Gerund Poetry Series starts campaign to film concert movie
-TWIW podcast: Preliminary election results, W.P.D. chief resigns (1:07:14)
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 18 (29:28): Ken Gartner
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who took over his father's business and ran it until retirement
>SPORTS: Red Sox-Yankees rained out again
-NFL Week 2 schedule, TV and announcers
-Depth and young talent helping to fuel Holy Cross football's success
-Assumption football preparing for "Brian Kelly Bowl" vs. Grand Valley State
-How Duke freshman T.J. Power of Shrewsbury might look as an NBA draftee
-WooSox lose to Mets, 7-1
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
>NATIONAL: Escaped Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante captured
-5 former officers charged Tyre Nichols' death are now also facing federal charges
-Tragic: Little girl’s first-grade eye test reveals she has incurable disease
>NEW ENGLAND: State shelter system now caring for 6,300 families
-Mass. court says electric shock treatment can continue
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Unity Day set for September 26th with special events for students, faculty, and staff
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 places to make a wish around the world
>BUSINESS: America’s biggest trading partner is no longer China but this country
-With no tax relief in sight, business groups worried about complacent approach
>SHOPPING: The Blessing Barn Home Store and Sharing Center pays it forward
>HEALTH: A.D.H.D.'s link to 7 common mental disorders (3:08)
-Eye-tracking tool may help diagnose autism more quickly and accurately, new studies suggest
>FOOD: The weirdest pumpkin spice products of 2023
>HOMES: 5 newest homes for sale in the Worcester area
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing With the Stars" season 32 cast revealed
>MOVIES: How Madonna and Tom Hanks stirred up trouble on "A League of Their Own" set
>CELEBRITY: Jimmy Kimmel passed on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s offer to pay his out-of-work "Jimmy Kimmel Live" staff
>ANIMALS: This woman swears she won't adopt her blind foster puppy (3:15)
>HISTORY: Today in History for September 14th (2:19)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Lottery numbers inspired by husband bring Mo. woman "gift from heaven"
-Meanwhile, in Lakeville, loose emu captured after more than 2 weeks
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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