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Here's what's happening today in Worcester
+NEW (3:30): Merged Catholic High School to be at Holy Name, will be named Saint Paul Diocesan Jr.-Sr. High
+NEW (3:15): Closed nearly 3 years, Great Wall reopens in downtown Worcester
+NEW (3:15): Labor Secretary Rosalin Acosta, at Holy Cross chamber breakfast, cites aging and automation challenges
+NEW (3:15): Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones return to the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre
+NEW (3:15): Douglas K9 Officer to be Featured on 'Good Morning America'
+NEW (3:15): Uh oh! Massachusetts has one of the biggest drinking problems in America
+NEW (3:15): Trailer drops for season 3 of Netflix series 'Ozark' (2:23)
+NEW (10:30): It's Thirsty Thursday! Here are Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW (10:30): Here's How to Get a Dairy Queen Blizzard for Just 80 Cents
+NEW (10:30): Gambler threatened Edelman, Gronk
+UPDATED (10:30): Shrewsbury Fire And Hazmat Crews Battle Fire at Supercon On Route 9 This Morning
+NEW: Motor vehicle stop in Oxford leads to 3 arrests
+NEW: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Thursday, March 5
-Latest weather: Sunny, mild, high of 49
-Webster man indicted in Sept. shooting death at Auburn warehouse
-18-year-old Worcester man facing firearm charges
-Park Ave. bar about to get 3rd owner in 9 months
-Worcester area plummets in job market rankings
-508, a show about Worcester, Episode 362 (28:44): COVID Fever
-Southbridge man charged with home invasion
-State details coronavirus plans (1:46). Coronavirus latest in Health
-Does Your Name Start with a 'W'? Get a free 'Snozzberry' pie this week at Table Talk
-Two judges added to Worcester's 'New Voices' competition
-Manis nets 2,000th point in Holy Cross victory over Loyola
-Telegram & Gazette Hometeam podcast (30:48) -- Pros, cons of new state high school tournament
-Today's Deal: Get up to $200 when you buy an LG Wall Oven and Cooktop at Better Electric
-'Everybody stay calm!': You can get paid $1,000 to watch 15 hours of 'The Office'
-WATCH: Freeloading sea lion steals lunch, hitches ride on speedboat
-Alex Trebek talks battling 'great pain' after defying 1-year cancer prognosis
-Today's Hero (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Vermont basketball player scores his first points after car accident put him in coma
-Latest obituaries | | -Yesterday's highlights
Top Posts
-64 people who work in Auburn will be laid off at the end of March
-Iconic Boston-area eatery eyes Worcester for expansion
-Worcester man picked up, raped intoxicated woman near Faneuil Hall, prosecutors say
-Road rage leads to fight with baseball bats in Worcester
-Buyer Beware: This Worcester 'deal' will cost you
-Worcester accountant sentenced for tax fraud
-3-alarm fire ravages Sturbridge school
-Worcester woman, 70, accused of breaking into dying brother's safe; money and gun reported missing
-State accepting proposals for new Worcester RMV location
-Charlton man claims $1M lottery prize on birthday
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man charged with manslaughter in Dorchester stabbing
+6:00: Remembering Gloria Steinem's visits to Central Mass.
+6:00: WCCA-TV continues streaming at wccatv.com while working on restoring cable transmission
+6:00: Old Sturbridge Village to mark America’s 250th with Special Muster Day
+6:00: Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to face Maine at DCU Center
+Noon: Meet Shrewsbury's new educators, ready to inspire students this fall
+Noon: Things to Do: Pike Hairfest, Dustin Ybarra and Spencer Fair
+Noon: Detour Music Fest goess off beaten path at Fuel America Grove Street
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Low-tech, high- engagement games for littles
-Sutton woman charged with photographing jurors says she was trying to get a picture of Lindsay Clancy (1:00). Article. Arraignment (11:37)
-Developer revives stalled apartment project on Worcester’s Chandler Street
-Worcester apartments sale signals shift in real estate investment, broker says
-Fatal overdoses down in Worcester, but much work remains to be done
-Worcester police respond to jackknifed tractor-trailer near Burncoat Street and I-290 on-ramp
-Traffic advisory for Park Ave. at Sagamore Road
-Worcester startup gets $8 million NASA grant to make medicine in space
-Worcester hosts first ever Dominican Festival
-Local students to contact International Space Station
-Worcester School Committee to consider recognizing June and September as Pride Months
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers
-Should there be a national primary Election Day? Clark Professor Robert Boatright thinks so
-Radio Worcester (23:05): Why primary voters don’t represent the broader electorate
>DINING OUT: Shake Shack delays plan to open first local location
-Wonder food hall opens this week in Shops at Blackstone Valley
-ICYMI: Worcester rehab participants were used as unpaid workers: A.G.
-Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Worcester pedestrian crash
-Police hunt for suspect after Worcester stabbing
-Fleeing driver crashes near Kelley Square; bolts scene on foot
-Incumbents Mary Keefe, Jim O'Day secure Democratic nominations for state Rep.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Openings on Zoning Board of Appeals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek public’s help locating missing 38-year-old man
-West Nile virus detected in Shrewsbury; spraying today
-Store manager helps thwart $1,500 gift card scam, Sturbridge police say
-Officials look at drone policy as Spencer police build new program
-UMass Memorial opens new urgent care outpost in Northborough
-Dudley’s electricity aggregation program introduces new rates for 2026-27
-Oxford sets bulk item drop-off dates for October, November
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at The Vue 6 to 9 Friday
>SHOWTIME: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker deliver new sound on "Code Red"
-Jason Homer: What I’m reading now
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1390 (30:03): Shab, Dolly Parton and more
-Last Call: Isiah Tucker, executive director, Inner Voice for Outer Change for Youth
>OPINION: Christine Shustak: When Mero-Carlson's service, allegations collide
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 505 (28:38): Paul Matthews
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:25): Worcester primary turnout, police oversight and I.C.E. questions
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Holy Cross professor
>SPORTS: Pushing back on idea Patriots are doomed by depth issues
-Bill Belichick used "diabolically clever" field goal trick to gain Patriots edge in shocking reveal
-Red Sox fall to Mariners, 8-3
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox game in Buffalo postponed
>NATIONAL: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
-Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
-6 months into the Iran War, gas prices are up 37%
-Tragic: Mom of 2 killed in freak accident as plane making emergency landing hits her car
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:39): What to know about judge's last-ditch effort to avoid mistrial
-Mass. median net wealth is $370,000, racial gaps persist
>COLLEGES: WPI’s transfer pathways open doors for more S.T.E.M. students
-Assumption named to Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): America’s most (and least) stressed cities
-This U.S. airline will let you pay for an empty middle seat
>BUSINESS: W.B.D.C. helps Worcester transportation company buy $1.75 million property
-LPL Financial Research: The cash flow case for value
-Uber slashing over 3,000 jobs as rise of robotaxis dents ride-hailing business
>HOMES: Lottery opens for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
>SHOPPING: Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 252 (28:50): Water Safe Worcester
-Alert warns parents about appeal of "upper deckies" among teens (3:23)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:30): White bean hummus
-Taco Bell debuts nostalgic Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing with the Star" Season 35 cast and partners released
>MOVIES: Every "Spider-Man" movie villain, ranked
>CELEBRITY: Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospitalization in I.C.U.
-Madonna, 68, shows off fresh-faced freckled look and ultra-smooth complexion
>ANIMALS: Watch: Bear booted out of car, leaves with a watermelon (1:18)
>HISTORY: Boston gravestone changing what we know about colonial life (2:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Delivery drivers save woman's life
-Meanwhile, in Maine, bigfoot sightings prompt police response
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