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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:52). High of 75 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+8:00: Worcester D.A. releases most recent photo of Gardner murder suspect, Aaron Pennington
+8:00: 28-year-old man arrested for robbery in Worcester
+8:00: Weeklong early voting session at main Worcester Public Library Saturday through November 3rd
+8:00: W.R.T.A. navigates providing services to newly-arrived migrants
+Noon: UPDATED: 18 killed, 13 injured in Maine shootings, governor says (1:06)
+Noon: 5 fun things this weekend: Costume dogs, Nirvana covers, foodfest
+Noon: Ten Things To Do: Costumes, creatures, crazy Halloween happenings
+Noon: Manny 267 Foundation introduces water safety and C.P.R. training for Worcester students
+Noon: Manny Jae Media (36:19): Casita Cultura Latina Día de los Muertos in the Woo Festival
+Noon: Good intentions go awry in the satirical "The Thanksgiving Play"
+Noon: What a tarot card reading told us about the November 7th Worcester election
-Dozens dead as gunman opens fire in multiple locations around Lewiston, Maine (4:14). Article
-Related: Maine mass shooting bowling alley was hosting a youth league
-"Put a hole in her head": Murder warrant issued for Gardner man in killing of wife (1:57). Article
-2 local breweries to close this fall
-Polar Beverages inks distribution deal with Johnny Damon, Bo Jackson drink company
-Celtics legend Bob Cousy dishes on his former team
-State funding to supplement Doherty High School construction
-Central Mass. unemployment rates dropped further in September
-Worcester's Bedlam Book Café marks 5 years with community party
-Central Mass. orchards offer pick your own apples
-Register of Probate Stephanie Fattman to pay record-high penalty to settle allegations that her husband schemed to boost her campaign (pictured)
-Radio Worcester (44:08): Radio Roundtable on the impact of local media on municipal election
-Candidates for Worcester mayor debate in Mechanics Hall
-Related: Video (1:15:19)
-How much $$ have Worcester mayoral candidates raised? Who are the donors?
-This Week in Worcester One-on-One: Candy Mero-Carlson, District 2 City Council candidate
-This Week in Worcester One-on-One: Rob Bilotta, District 2 City Council candidate
-Bill Shaner: There's really no reason to care. And that's exactly why we should
>DINING OUT: Fantastic dining at Worcester Technical High School (6:57)
-ICYMI: Worcester legal and civic luminary dies
-Days after license suspension, Downtown Worcester venue announces it's closing for season
-Q.C.C. president to remain in Worcester after California college chooses internal candidate
-Investigators continue to look for man sought in wife's death (1:41)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Flu clinic Thursday at Senior Center
-Holden police seek public's help in IDing break-in suspect
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the exciting BRONCO SPORT (1:47)
-Jazzed Up Duo Saturday at Val's
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Woman leaves Auburn enough money for new ambulance
-Auburn police looking for missing 62-year-old man
-Sutton town meeting rejects expanding center district
-Sterling community gathers to "pray for the future"
-Millbury Public Library will host a Halloween Parade on Friday
-Lancaster farm loaned $45,000 to improve operations
-Touchstone Community School Mess Fest November 4th
-Harvest Fair November 4th in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Hall Club celebrates 125-year history as influential women's group
-Brothers in horror: The writing and art of Jeffrey and Scott Thomas
-100FM The Pike (14:23): The Pike Mac-N-Cheese Off was a cheesy affair
-One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen helps launch new exhibit
-Listen Up: Singer Mali offers a magnetic "Lodestone"
-Last Call: Derek Rook
-TODAY! Don't Touch My Podcast Season 4 live event: “Bridging the Gap: The Black & Latin Legacy”
-NEW Unsolved: Worcester — Brandon Dirsa and Jazmin Rosario. Video (14:34). Audio (14:33)
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 404 (26:58): Amanda Wittman
-WCCA-TV's Perspectives No. 88 (29:46): Dr. Yaser Najjar on the Israel Palestine Conflict
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local golf pro who passed away at age 28
>SPORTS: Celtics open season with 108-104 comeback win over Knicks
-Dolphins could be without star Tyreek Hill vs. Patriots on Sunday
-Tim Wakefield's wife shares touching message from late pitcher
-Holy Cross quarterback Matthew Sluka named National Offensive Player of the Week
-Mic'd Up with Holy Cross men's basketball coach Dave Paulsen (2:36)
-Railers lose in Norfolk, 5-2
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
>NATIONAL: Nashville police chief's son wanted for cops' shooting, found dead
-Georgia woman wins $3 million settlement for hot coffee spill at Dunkin'
-Tragic: Woman returns from vacation to find her home demolished by mistake
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 bodies found in Vermont search for missing Mass. men
-Man conned 300 Mass. families to pay for his plastic surgery, vacations, gambling: Feds
>COLLEGES: Research, creative works showcased at ClarkFEST
-One government shutdown averted, but is there another ahead? Holy Cross professors weigh in
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 spots on the West Coast most tourists miss
>BUSINESS: Ford and United Auto Workers reach agreement that would end 6-week strike
-W.B.J.'s Outstanding Women in Business: Kim Dawkins turned a rape crisis center into a national model
>HEALTH: Boston brain cancer trial giving patients the gift of time (2:37)
-Restricting calories can help you live longer and healthier life, researchers say
>HOMES: 10 most expensive homes sold in Worcester County, October 15th to 21st
>FOOD: From before the revolution to now, cranberries are a seasonal favorite
>SHOPPING: Think you’ll save with a store credit card? What to know first
>TV/STREAMING: When are Rudolph and Frosty on TV? Here's the CBS holiday programming schedule
>MOVIES: Best Martin Scorsese movies ranked
>CELEBRITY: Meg Ryan talks acting "break" ahead of first film in 8 years
>ANIMALS: Donkey loses love of his life — then finds someone special (3:10)
>HISTORY: Today in History for October 25th (1:43)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Florida teen adopted day before 18th birthday
-Meanwhile, in British Columbia, bear walks into gas station, steals bag of gummy bears
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:19). High of 37 today in Worcester
-Bundle up: Worcester area to get cold blast from the polar vortex
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Cars line Kelley Square block for 10-cents-a-gallon gas (:18). Article
+6:00: Zombies seen on Main Street in Worcester for "Walking Dead" spinoff series filming (:18)
+6:00: Worcester's new climate-controlled self storage facility
+6:00: Thanksgiving sees many former Worcester pros at the top of their leagues
+Noon: Family identifies man who was struck and killed on Route 20 in Auburn
+Noon: Traffic foils shoplifting getaway in stolen sedan: Auburn P.D.
+Noon: Mixed response to plan for changes to Pleasant Street at Worcester hearing
+Noon: Things to Do: MaliFest, The Racky Thomas Band, "Messiah" and more ...
+Noon: Festival of Lights, visits from Santa and more at local holiday events
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: A gift list for the ages
-Worcester honors 6 firefighters who died in warehouse fire 26 years ago (:41)
-Final review clears officer in fatal March shooting in Boylston
-I-290 bridge over Lake Quinsigamond set for "massive resurfacing"
-McGovern Liquor Store building in Greendale sold for $1 million
-TODAY! Radio Worcester (8:06): Bank celebrates 1-year anniversary with 10-cent gas promo
-Road closure on Main Street 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday
-Plans to add bike lanes on Pleasant Street in Worcester
-Museum of Worcester taps arts leader with deep local roots
-T&G Santa's helpers for December 3rd
-Woman charged after allegedly accelerating S.U.V. at ex-husband’s wife in Charlton
-Aislinn Doyle: December 4th School Committee Meeting agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for November
-Worcester Public Schools Check-in: What families should know by December
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant to celebrate fourth anniversary on Saturday
-ICYMI: Worcester remembers 26th anniversary of deadly Cold Storage Warehouse fire
-Mpox cases confirmed in Worcester; 2 patients hospitalized at UMass Memorial
-Worcester pizza shop offers price paid in "Home Alone" 35 years ago
-Sprawling historic building could soon disappear from I-290 landscape
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holidays in Holden Friday and Saturday
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Holden police introduce new officer, Darian Spencer
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wild chase through Shrewsbury streets leads to fentanyl bust
-Scottish Highland bull has been on the lam in Uxbridge since August
-Gardner man sentenced to life in prison in 2017 murder
-Leicester woman arrested for violating restraining order at Cumberland Farms
-Worcester Walks: Westborough trails a relief from hectic holidays
-Sculpt Pilates has come to Sutton
-Spruce Street Golf League crowns champions
-Police logs for Shrewsbury, Grafton and Westborough
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-The Silverbacks return to rock out at the White Eagle
>SHOWTIME: "A Christmas Carol" gets a new look in Hanover production
-100 FM The Pike (15:21): Worcester's Alicia Witt on her new Christmas album and balancing music and acting
-Last Call: Art DuBois, poet and human services professional
>OPINION: Janice Lindsay: The thread of holiday meaning
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (57:21): Pamela Taylor, Realtor
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who passed away at age 100
>SPORTS: Why Patriots are the NFL’s best team despite easy schedule
-Patriots' Kraft, Belichick among Hall of Fame finalists
-NFL Week 14 schedule, TV and announcers
-Holy Cross men’s basketball cruises to home victory against Northeastern
-Holy Cross women's basketball falls to Harvard
-Holy Cross football team adds 10 during early signing period
-West Boylston primed for trip to Gillette Stadium to play in fourth straight Super Bowl
>NATIONAL: Florida speedboat crash leaves 3 Mainers dead
-America's most-used password in 2025 is one word
-Tragic: Parents accused of cutting baby out of daughter's womb
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe murder trial Day 3 analysis (29:45)
-Search resumes for man seen clinging to side of boat in Merrimack River
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Professor Playlists: André Isaacs
-Worcester State's Juan Davila is charting a path from Worcester to the world
-UMass Medical School students build equity, health and community at Worcester Earn-A-Bike
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 island getaways that won’t break the bank
-Escape to a Winter wonderland at Banff’s Sunshine Mountain Lodge
>BUSINESS: Saint-Gobain opens doors to new Worcester headquarters building
-How's the economy? Let W.B.J. know by taking the 2026 Economic Forecast survey
-LPL Financial Research: More keys for markets in 2026. LPL market outlook sneak peek
-Private employers cut 32,000 jobs last month – hiking odds of interest rate cut
>SHOPPING: A budget-friendly holiday. Managing gift expectations
>HEALTH: W.H.O. warns backsliding on measles elimination as coverage falls
-7 deaths, more than 700 serious injuries linked with diabetes glucose monitor errors
>HOMES: Can you afford a "starter home" in the Boston area? Housing report says only 15% of renters make enough
>FOOD: Ocean Spray investigating water-filled cranberry sauce cans
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "The New Yorker at 100" (2:14)
>MOVIES: The 100 best comedy movies of all time: Critics' pick
>CELEBRITY: Beloved HGTV star Hilary Farr breaks silence on "devastating" health rumors
>ANIMALS: Cat who can’t groom himself falls asleep during bath time (1:32)
>HISTORY: Author James Patterson makes bombshell claim about Marilyn Monroe's death
>GOOD NEWS: Army veteran, double amputee sets several world records
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Christmas tree farm ripped for selling "horrific" spray-painted firs
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