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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+8:45: Dramatic jump in number of new cases because of issue with state database. 206 new cases in Worcester, 1,445 total. Press conference video (33:28)
+8:45: Radio Worcester (11:46): Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty: School year done, COVID-19 and budget
+8:45: Radio Worcester Chamber Radio Blast with Tim Murray & Alex Guardiola (18:50): New financial relief for small businesses
+8:45: Mass. releases new town-by-town data
+8:45: UMass Memorial establishes COVID-19 triage unit
+8:45: State totals: 1,205 long-term care deaths, 2,182 overall, 1,745 new cases, 42,944 total, 180,462 tested
+8:45: Death toll at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home increases to 66
+8:45: Should haircutting businesses be essential? Baker responds (4:02)
+8:45: Many Mass. residents working from home are drinking on the clock, survey finds
+8:00: Boston mayor says lifting restrictions could be months away (1:25)
+8:45: WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (13:28): Paula Bushey, Treasurer, Mustard Seed Catholic Worker
+8:45: Most Americans want more economic stimulus
+8:00: CDC warns of a possibly worse outbreak this winter
+8:00: First COVID-19 death in U.S. now believed to have been on Feb. 6
+8:00: Hair salon owners petition to be essential business
-40 new cases in Worcester, 1,239 total. Press conference video (27:02)
-Central Mass. city and town COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday
-UMass Memorial nurses make tough phone calls to coronavirus-positive patients
-30% increase in ventilated patients at UMass Memorial since Friday
-UMass Memorial doctors desperate for plasma donors (1:37)
-Local mother taking precautions before giving birth during pandemic
-Worcester consolidating shelters for homeless population who do not have coronavirus
-UMass Medical School uses partnership with Chinese university to secure PPE donations
-CEO of St. V's owner touts focus on 'maximizing our cash position' amid furloughs
-Saint Vincent Hospital CEO shares thoughts, appreciation for hospital team, Worcester Community (6:41)
-Radio Worcester (16:42): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus gives a COVID-19 update (April 21)
-Radio Worcester (9:09): Chamber President & CEO Tim Murray talks expanded unemployment benefits
-ICYMI: Here's what reopening Worcester may look like
-Mass. schools closed for remainder of academic year
-State totals: 1,059 long-term care deaths, 1,961 total, 1,556 new cases, 41,199 total, 175,372 tested
-Baker leaves door open for Mass. businesses to reopen before end of June if cases, hospitalizations decline
-Number of child patients growing in Mass. (1:50)
-Man dies from coronavirus after calling it political ploy (:49)
-U.S. needs to 20M tests per day to fully reopen: report
-McDonald's offering free meals to healthcare workers as 'thank you
-Thinking of dyeing your hair during quarantine? Here's what stylists want you to know
-Not too early to start making plans for when this is over. 52 RVs for rent you can tour online at Fuller RV Rental & Sales
-At the office: North Carolina farm renting out animals to crash Zoom meetings
-On the lighter side: Here's what everybody needs to be doing right now (3:32)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Buck's Whiskey & Burger Bar donating 500 meals to frontline workers
In Other News
+8:45: Worcester County home, condo prices soar in March
+8:45: Worcesteria: The home team steps up
+8:45: Bravehearts launched third Piece of Our 'Hearts song scramble
+8:00: Peppercorn's introduces Family Meal Package
+8:10: Updated list of restaurants offering take out or delivery
-Reminder: Trash and recycling in Worcester will be delayed a day because of Patriot's Day
-Updated hours, senior hours for Worcester-area grocery stores
-Patriots trade Gronk to Tampa Bay
-Nova Scotia mass shooting: Death toll rises to 22 victims
-Shopping: Best Sephora Beauty Insider sale deals
-Homes (brought to you by Ross Mortgage): On the market, a Grand Chateau inspired by Versailles in Worcester
-On the lighter side: Lost pig sends Conn. police on 45-minute pursuit (Video)
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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