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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:04). High of 38 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Worcester lands on "Top housing markets for 2024" list
+Noon: Adoption Option: Tonka the dog seeks loving, permanent home
-Former Worcester restaurant, where 375 apartments were planned, is back on the market
-Worcester residential property taxes could decrease in 2024
-Worcester City Council to consider lowering speed limit to 25 mph
-Worcester moves closer to allowing in-law apartments by right
-Mike Bendetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview — In-law apartments, property transfers, zoning
-Channel 5 Wake Up Call from Venerini Academy in Worcester (:41)
-Judge tosses lawsuit against Holden for not following state housing law
-Police arrest woman who "forgot" to pay for over $400 in merchandise from Holden gift shop
-Worcester artist, teacher Jennessa Burks named 2024 Community Art Educator of Year
-Worcester lead hazards: Is the risk greater from pipes or paint?
-Hank Stolz: veteran local radio voice who listens
-Radio Worcester (18:48): Road Diets and Mill Street with Stephen Rolle & Todd Kirrane
-Tatnuck Neighborhood Association meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 — Restaurants off the beaten path (5:41)
-ICYMI: Wrong-way crash kills Auburn man, Conn. woman Saturday night in Webster
-Worcester Cold Storage Fire 24 year anniversary. Video (2:49)
-Drone video of the Worcester Canal District Tree Lighting Extravaganza (1:14)
-Hundreds stop by Union Station for massive craft sale
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mountview Middle School honor roll
-Merry Christmas greetings from the team at Lamoureux Ford (:50)
-Student study struggles post pandemic
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Following auction, former Becker College house in Leicester sold for $230,000
-Holiday season in Leominster is one of hope and rebirth after devastating floods
-Shrewsbury maintains AAA bond rating
-Grafton tax rate is down but property values are up
-Leicester winter parking ban in effect
-Henry Tencati named 2023 George Bailey honoree
-The Landmark's public safety logs
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Local makers on track with gift ideas at stART at the Station
-Michelle Willson brings some "Evil Gal" to Club 321 at Mechanics Hall
-"The Folk Revival" set for its annual holiday show on WICN
-Worcester's own ripple effect unveils genre-blending E.P. "Storm Rolls In"
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 21 (27:55): Susan Fama Tech Safe
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 517 (28:17): Breaking down election results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians
>SPORTS: Celtics out of NBA tourney
-Report: James Madison officials fly to Worcester amid football coaching search
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-“Pandemonium at the Palladium 2” shaping up as best 2023 top-to-bottom boxing card in New England
-Worcester Hockey Alumni 2023-24 highlights, NHL week 8
-Grafton repeats on top in the final Terrific 10 large schools football poll
>CARS: Christmas Greetings from Bertera Nissan (1:31)
>NATIONAL: 5 members of family found dead in alleged murder-suicide
-Tragic: Girl, 5, dies after she was swept into Pacific Ocean with grandfather
>NEW ENGLAND: Boston woman killed in shark attack in Bahamas
-Former Milford teacher pleads guilty to child porn
>COLLEGES: Clark alumni react to article on walk-out
-Holy Cross Class of 2024 steps out at Senior Ball
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the best lake towns in the U.S.
>BUSINESS: G.D.P. growth revised up despite high interest rates
-Abbvie to acquire Waltham cancer firm and its drug for $10 billion
>HEALTH: Got the winter blues? Some tips to boost your mood (1:47)
-How much sleep do you actually need? Here's why experts say you should stop stressing
>SHOPPING: Discounts can't save troubled U.S. retailers this holiday season
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, November 26th to December 2nd
>FOOD: Kraft introduces new mac and cheese option without the cheese
>TV/STREAMING: "Only Murders In The Building" to make ABC debut
>MOVIES: Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan will star in 2024 "Karate Kid" movie
>CELEBRITY: Sharon Stone, 65: Plenty of people want to have sex with me
>ANIMALS: Woman turns her aggressive rescue horse into a cuddlebug (1:00)
>HISTORY: Today in History for December 5th (1:35)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 6-year-old girl honored for rescue efforts after her mother had a stroke while driving
-Meanwhile, in Australia, drunken man lodges himself under a tractor-trailer that drove nearly 250 miles -- with him just 3 feet above ground
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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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