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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 (1:19). High of 37 today in Worcester
-Bundle up: Worcester area to get cold blast from the polar vortex
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-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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