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 (1:07). 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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