Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: Double-digits deaths at 8 Worcester long-term care facilities
+6:00: Stop & Shop extends 10% pay raise for workers through July 4th
+3:45: WCCA-TV 'Daily Breaking' (28:18): Most Rev. Robert McManus, Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester
+3:45: 103-year-old drinks beer to celebrate beating coronavirus (:19)
+11:50: 200th COVID-19 patient released from St. Vincent Hospital (:21)
+11:50: New testing site at CVS on Lincoln Street, Worcester
+11:50: Mass. sees another 38,000 unemployment claims; 41 million Americans have now applied for unemployment
-41 new cases in Worcester, 4,037 total; Shrewsbury, 270 (no new cases); Millbury, 215 (+1); Leicester, 133 (+1); Grafton, 80 (0); Holden, 76 (+1). Next press conference: Thursday
-WPI president helped create plan to get college students back to campus
-UMass Medical School researchers ramp up convalescent plasma study
-International students in limbo: Pandemic leaves many stranded and struggling to survive
-Worcester reports 'clean conditons' at Sam's Club with outbreak
-Radio Worcester Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Joe Petty (13:19): Memorial Day, Reopening, Speed Humps, and COVID
-State totals: 4,041 long-term care deaths, 6,547 total, 556 in ICU, 527 new cases
-Fraud detection causing unemployment claims delays in Mass.
-Mass. education officials working to have K-12 schools open in the fall
-Pandemic still getting worse in these 24 states
-At the office: You’ve hit a wall working remotely. Now what?
-Hit the road! RV sales see boost amid search for different vacation possibilities
-Help To Retire offering remote consultations to those nearing retirement (1:00)
In Other News
+6:00: Famed instructor Charlotte Klein, who trained thousands of dancers, dies at 86
-3:55: Who's open for take our or delivery? (updated)
+3:45: JetBlue and American Airlines expected to suspend flights out of Worcester
+3:45: Boston Marathon canceled
+3:45: Follo’s Food Review: Chicken Waffle Cone at Pixels & Pints
-Worcester woman arrested in fatal stabbing on Meade Street
-Two Worcester men arrested for selling cocaine on Main St.
-Worcester couple out $30K after popular wedding venue files for bankruptcy
-Wedding videographer facing criticism for mocking client who asked for refund after fiancé died may be notorious Worcester-area scammer
-Worcester man's car hits moose in Western Mass.
-Worcester evaluating consequences for Polar Park delay
-North High School Graduation (1:01:58)
-Here's an idea: Boston leaders discuss idea to pay restaurants for liquor licenses
-Message to fans from Bravehearts GM Dave 'Peterman' Peterson (1:37)
-Reminder: Trash and recycling in Worcester delayed a day because of Memorial Day
-Tribute to 26-year veteran of Worcester Police who recently passed away
-ICYMI: Worcester market announces new online ordering system, kitchen reopening
-ICYMI: Tragic end to search for missing person in Holden woods
-Homes (brought to you by Ross Mortgage): Worcester County homes sales down but median price up
-TV/Streaming: HBO Max, HBO Go and HBO Now: What is the difference?
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 4th grader’s letter to Boston ER doc ‘heartfelt and inspiring’
-Meanwhile, in California: Man breaks into bank to heat up Hot Pockets
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:37). High of 70 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Stolen Dutch master painting back in Worcester after nearly 47 years — to be shown at Worcester Art Museum
-Related: As Robert Stoddard slept, thieves made off with 9 valuable paintings, including recovered Avercamp
-UMass Memorial shutters 2 clinics, pauses all non-clinical hiring
-WPI lays off 24 employees, citing rising costs and federal uncertainty
-Suspect nabbed in 2024 Allendale Street killing, final unsolved homicide of 2024
-Man arrested after pursuit through Worcester Common
-Using slur, man admits throwing rocks at man, daughter on Central Mass. lake (2:23). Article
-Worcester electric bike sharing program hits restart in partnership with company, W.R.T.A.
-Radio Worcester (9:25): At airport, 44 acre solar farm planned and American Eagle flights return
-University Park Campus School graduation (1:02:35)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:00): Banned from City Hall — The boundaries of protest
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:22): Fallout from the State of the City protest
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Table Hoppin': Bella Pizzeria brings Brazilian pizza to Worcester
-ICYMI: Counterfeit ticket scam leads to parents missing Worcester high school graduation
-Facing eviction, Worcester's Boston Market owner plans a rebranding instead
-Worcester police arrest suspect in connection with shooting near University Park
-D.O.J. retracts investigations of 8 police departments. What about Worcester?
-Renters find relief at Worcester legal clinic to clear their eviction records
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden Woman's Club announces scholarship winners
-Jazzed Up Duo 5:30 to 8:30 Saturday at Val's
-Lamoureux Ford offers huge discounts! (2:53)
-June Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Item photos/video: West Boylston graduates class of 2025
-Shrewsbury High graduation. Gallery (32 photos)
-Sterling man arrested for child pornography following tip
-Spencer selectmen hear from Cataldo Ambulance, Spencer Rescue Squad about E.M.S. services
-Today's Bicycle Rodeo in Leicester postponed
-Raising the beam on a new Nashoba
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: James Oliver Band, M'bolo, Jay Sully and more ...
-100 FM The Pike (6:03): The Breakdown Lane
-Dollywood crowned "favorite theme park" again in 2024
-Radio Worcester (13:02): Greater Worcester Opera brings big voices to the heart of the city
>OPINION: Ray Mariano: Disaster on Eureka Street — What went wrong?
-Shaun Connolly: 5 things you need to do after college
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 56 (29:15): Olle Johansson
-Unity Radio's Black in Business (42:02): Latasha Hughes Thomasson, Your Favorite Neighborhood Girl Comedy
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to ordained Hindu minister
>SPORTS: Patriots could cut Stefon Diggs over pink powder fiasco: NFL insider
-Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson "thriving in people’s jealousy" after controversies engulf couple
-"It's an exciting time of year": Worcester Bravehearts begin 12th season brimming with local talent
-Bravehearts fall to Sea Unicorns, 6-3. Next home game: 6:30 next Friday. Get tickets here
-Holy Cross baseball falls to North Carolina in NCAA regional tourney opener
-Red Sox beat Braves, 5-1
-WooSox fall to RailRiders, 3-1
-210 Sports' Friday 4: Handshakes, USA Hockey, Touch the trophy, and Wienie racing
>CARS: Volkswagen recalls more than 170,000 Atlas vehicles over software error
>NATIONAL: Apple issues urgent warning to iPhone users to update iOS
-Supreme Court rules administration can restart deportation of more than 530,000 migrants
>TRAGIC: Aerial shows aftermath of glacier collapse in Switzerland (:36)
>NEW ENGLAND: Traffic nightmare on the Mass. Pike this weekend (2:54)
-Karen Read trial (21:23): Defense begins its case, posing first expert battle of many
>COLLEGES: Assumption School of Graduate Studies graduation
-Holy Cross Fenwick Scholar Rhiannon Hurst (2:27)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Logan Airport flights: 5 most popular summer flights out of Boston
>BUSINESS: Market Basket executives placed on leave speak out (2:18)
-LPL Financial Research: Can earnings catch up to this stock market rally?
-Radio Worcester (23:16): Trusts and Trustees — What you need to know before saying yes
>SHOPPING: Power banks sold on Amazon recalled due to fire concerns
>HOMES: Housing market shift — Sellers outnumber buyers in the U.S.
>HEALTH: Concern grows over a summer COVID surge (1:31)
-Mother's "warmth" during childhood impacts wellbeing later in life, study says (1:14)
>FOOD: Dunkin' summer menu
>TV/STREAMING: Lester Holt signs off as "NBC Nightly News" anchor after a decade
-New shows & movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Fight or Flight," "The King of Kings" and more
>CELEBRITY: Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Houlihan on "M.A.S.H.," dies at 87
>ANIMALS: Rescue dog was terrified of going outside until... (2:54)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Roadside marker in Ashby honors John Fitch, familiar to Fitchburg
>GOOD NEWS: 79-year-old earns degree at H.B.C.U. to honor 3 killed protesting segregation in 1968 (3:14)
-Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney is selling her bath water in Dr. Squatch soap
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