Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+8:30: 82 new cases in Worcester, 2,071 total. Press conference video (31:20)
+8:30: 18 cases identified at Worcester’s Albion rooming house
+8:30: Central Mass. city and town cases as of Thursday
+8:30: Social media postings tipped off Worcester officials to outbreak at Walmart
+8:30: Worcester closes city dog parks until further notice
+8:30: WCCA-TV's Daily Breaking (19:53) -- Hank von Hellion, Managing Director, Worcester PopUp & Olivia Scanlon, Managing Director, Worcester BrickBox
+8:30: State totals: 2,101 long-term are deaths, 3,562 total, 1,940 new cases, 62,205 total, 275,647 tested. Story
+8:30: Nearly 9 in 10 Americans worry economy will collapse: poll
+9:00: More than 70,000 in Mass. file for unemployment last week
+9:00: More than 3.8 million Americans applied for unemployment last week
+8:30: Worcester Together fund tops $5.8M, $1.1M in grants given
-'Those are not just numbers. Those numbers are people. They have families, they have loved ones, they have lives, they have stories,' Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. (2:08)
-76 new cases in Worcester, 1,986 total. Press conference video (39:35)
-Cases for every Central Mass. city, town as of Wednesday
-Worcester pastor reverses course, limits 9 parishioners (2:18)
-Related: Worcester church holds in-person service, believed to be first in state to break with guidelines
-City forces Worcester Walmart to close after 23 employees test positive
-Delta has been flying out of Worcester with just 1 passenger for past month
-UMass Memorial doctors find success using alternative to traditional ventilator
-Worcester Palladium cancels, postpones over 30 events
-Pandemic cancels Worcester Public Schools’ proms
-Worcester may open 2nd round of Small Business Resiliency Grants Friday
-Radio Worcester's Voice of Business (47:28): Tim Murray, Jeff Turgeon, Ed Manzi and Naomi Sleeper
-WCCA-TV's Daily Breaking (13:14): Colleen Sullivan, Barbers Crossing in Leicester
-State totals: 1,982 long-term care deaths, 3,405 total, 1,963 new cases, 60,265 total, 265,618 tested. Story
-U.S. economy takes biggest hit since Great Recession
-Day cares face permanent closures
-Death toll at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home increases to 82
-There may be more than 15K ‘excess deaths’ linked to coronavirus in U.S.: study
-Nationwide meat shortage poised to get worse
-Researchers testing vaccine that could be ready soon (:26)
-Six reasons your $1,200 check may not be in the mail
-As beer sales soar, these brands are winning booze battle
-Help To Retire offering remote consultations to those nearing retirement (1:00)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Wahlburgers donates more than 300 lunches to Worcester area firefighters, police and EMS personnel
In Other News
+8:30: Who's open for take out or delivery (updated)?
-Latest weather: Take a wild guess ... :(
-1 in custody after ShotSpotter activation on Providence Street in Worcester
-Worcester man gets 11 years for dealing heroin, cocaine
-Yet another Worcester restaurant set to reopen for take out, delivery
-George's Coney Island reopens for take out. BirchTree Bread reopens
-Worcester's crazy intersections like you've never seen them before
-Police substation to open this week at Union Station in Worcester
-Check out this amazing video of Tuesday's sunset viewed from Old Stone Church in West Boylston (:50)
-Fentanyl seized in Mass Pike traffic stop
-ABC sets ‘Disney Family Singalong: Volume II’ for Mother’s Day
-Homes (brought to you by Ross Mortgage): What will $1,400 a month get you in Worcester?
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:06). High of 34 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester bar's liquor license suspended for 5 days for after-hours assault
+6:00: Indie horror film festival returning to Worcester’s Mechanic Hall for second year
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (8:12): Worcester film maker Tom Dwyer talks about Dead of Winter Horror Festival
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (14:26): Bull rider Marcus Mast on near death experience with a bull and growing up Amish
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: Guide to Dead of Winter Horror Film Festival in Worcester
+Noon: Mechanics Hall to host The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy
+Noon: "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" in Worcester will tell story
+Noon: WPI professor explores how Black artists helped transform opera
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "The Brutalist," "The Last Showgirl," and more
+Noon: 19 Carter in Berlin is a hub for both the arts and the community
-Hazardous ice lingers on Worcester streets days after storm. Video (1:18)
-Family of late state police trainee from Worcester speaks as state senators seek investigation update (2:49)
-Stop & Shop faces potential strike in Mass. over contract dispute
-Radio Worcester (40:20): Transformative plans for Worcester’s 51-acre Saint-Gobain site in Greendale
-West Boylston will fire Town Administrator amid police station flag conflict, lawyer says
-Earlier: Flag controversy discussed at Select Board meeting (1:49). Article
-Families fighting to keep funding for medical research meet at UMass Medical School (1:50). Article
-After sky-high hikes, state orders gas companies to reduce total bills by just 5 percent (:23)
-Related: What is the delivery fee on gas bills and why is it so high? (4:30)
-Police find cocaine, fentanyl during search in Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:32): Councilor's indefinite absence sparks debate
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (21:18): Media misrepresents Worcester's sanctuary city vote
-DINING OUT: New restaurant to open at site of former Compass Tavern
-ICYMI: City Councilor Thu Nguyen will not return to council indefinitely
-Worcester rolls out enforcement of new 25 mph speed limit
-Worcester schools eye 7.9% budget increase for coming year
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): March Among Friends senior newsletter
-Ice melt arrives at Holden hardware store for storm-weary residents
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Favorite breakfast spot plans expansion to Shrewsbury
-Sterling officer hit by car during traffic stop
-Police seek help locating 29-year-old missing person
-Drug bust at Westminster residence uncovers cocaine trafficking operation
-Clinton Project 351 ambassador gets involved
-Clinton School Committee honors students, staff
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Concerts, historical demos and more
-Orchids bring color to Botanic Garden
-One Act Play Festival to take center stage at the Singh Performance Center
>OPINION: Kenzie Landsittel: Remember Women's Rights Convention in Worcester
-City of Worcester's Ready Worcester (1:03): Episode 4, preparing for snow storms
-Unity Radio's Susanity Life (58:15): Melisa Ann, intuitive energy healer
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester matriarch who passed away at 100
>SPORTS: Canada beats U.S., 3-2, in overtime to win 4 Nations Face-Off championship
-Bravehearts' New England Sports Summit breaks records
-With a renewed focus on boxing career, Worcester's Khiary Gray ready for title bout
-'Sader Stories (29:47): Varsity Club Hall of Famer Sam Fregenti
-Holy Cross women’s hockey team travels to Maine for final regular season series
-2 Holy Cross athletes nominated for Allstate Good Works Team
>CARS: Toyota recalls over 160,000 Sienna minivans due to seat back issue
>NATIONAL: California woman chased, fatally shot in parking lot: video
-Brian Laundrie's parents pariahs in Florida over Gabby Petito's murder: neighbors
-Tragic: Mom charged with abuse after 3 kids left alone for years
>NEW ENGLAND: Timeline of activities of cultlike group tied to killing of Border Patrol agent
-Why ambulances are waiting nearly an hour to bring patients into some Mass. hospitals
>COLLEGES: This is biomedical engineering at WPI (:23)
-Clark student Isaac Tomeho shines in both the digital and tactile worlds
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 places you'll recognize from famous songs
>BUSINESS: Walmart shares tank on dismal forecast as retail giant warns of slowing sales
-LPL Financial Research: Tariffs ignite a metals melt-up
-How Gen Z can get on the right financial track
>HOMES: Worcester is one of the hottest real estate markets in 2025. See how it ranks
>HEALTH: Study: 3 conditions increase risk of liver damage if you drink
-How "lemonading" can help you better cope with stress
>FOOD: Dunkin' to end non-dairy upcharges after guest feedback
>TV/STREAMING: George Stephanopoulos is "miserable" at "GMA"
>MOVIES: Who won the best actor Oscar last year? See list of recent winners
>CELEBRITY: Laraine Newman says Barbra Streisand confronted her over "SNL" skit
>ANIMALS: Ducks ask woman to help their friend who isn't moving (1:38)
>HISTORY: Worcester's Bull Mansion has historical ties to a doctor, not an animal
>GOOD NEWS: Man's liver transplant denial reversed after story goes viral
-Meanwhile, in Thailand, monkey uses human-like hand signals to direct traffic (:43)
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