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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+1:00: It's Saturday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List by Jay Berman
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+9:30: 2 dead, 14 injured in Rochester, N.Y., shooting
+8:00: 4.5 quake rattles Southern California overnight
-Victim ID'd after divers recover body from Auburn's Dark Brook Reservoir. Press conference
-Worcester lodging house fire displaces 17 residents. Photos
-Former Worcester priest gets 6 years for child porn
-Worcester police arrest West Boylston man for cocaine trafficking
-Southbridge man indicted for cocaine sent by mail
-TODAY! A chance to walk down the halls of St. Stephen’s one more time
-Good Worcester development news: $55M rehab of downtown building proposed
-Bad Worcester development news: Hotel, apartment development surrounding Polar Park shrinks and is delayed 2 years
-Earlier: Polar Park's looming uncertainties
-Ray Mariano: Readers respond to ‘Worcester is filthy’
-Bob Moylan: If the City Council wanted a cleaner Worcester, it would have acted on recycling bags
-Those missing in action remembered in Worcester on POW/MIA Recognition Day
-Holy Cross, WPI land in Wall Street Journal's top 120 colleges
-Congressman McGovern pushes for $120B in restaurant relief
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leaf and brush disposal today in Holden
-Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87. Photos. Her biggest cases
-Confused with your Medicare options? Help to Retire can help you! (1:07)
-Cars: The whole team at Bertera Nissan looks forward to serving you
-Holy Cross Athletics' Beat the Buzzer with Brendan McCabe (1:17)
-TV/Streaming: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Shopping: Up to $2,000 in rebates with purchase of select GE Profile appliance packages at Better Electric
-Homes: Don't miss these 5 open houses in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): First responders build handicap ramp for WWII veteran in Oxford
-Meanwhile, in Florida, city's new 'welcome' sign erected in the wrong city
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Area market closes 'immediately' because of COVID-19
-Worcester student athletes react to postponed fall season
-Worcester researchers part of nationwide plasma study
-ICYMI: 2 Worcester restaurants cited for COVID-19 violations
-Mass. reports 431 new cases, 8 additional deaths
-Mass. unemployment rate down to 11.3%, biggest drop in country
-Tufts doctor on what's a realistic timeline for vaccine
-U.S. case rates are ticking up after weeks of decline
-Tips to cope with seasonal depression during pandemic
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 37 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Will Worcester break longstanding policy to allow alcohol sales at more public parks?
+6:00: Hit-and-run crashes climb nationally; Worcester sees thousands
+6:00: See events to fit into your schedule this week in Worcester
+6:00: In its search for a Worcester headquarters, AlphaGraphics found a rare $1.2 million industrial building
+6:00: Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 24
+Noon: Down to Final Four in search for Best Fish and Chips in Central Mass.
-Holy Cross junior missing after canoe capsizes in Connecticut (:26). Article
-Venice Fouchard, Worcester's "One Love" cafe owner, dies
-Local coffee company brings flavor of Nicaragua to Mass. (4:03)
-What separates these local doughnuts from the rest? (:57)
-Girl Scout cookies get chef's twist at annual Fork it Over event
-Worcester police arrest 8 in Charlton Street fentanyl bust
-UMass Medical School best friends create guide for new immigrants navigating health care system
-Radio Worcester (17:04): Richard Moore, blinded during The Troubles, to speak in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Fun Restaurants (5:36)
-ICYMI: Keep it to yourself: Worcester shuts off commenting on social media pages
-Former local cop vacationing in Puerto Rico saves woman swept away in dangerous rip current (2:10). Article
-Worcester club regains liquor license after 40-day suspension
-Shrewsbury St. shop owner claims D.P.W. damaged property, merchandise
-"I feel like an alien": A man in Worcester restarts his life after 30 years in prison
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Winter snow brings great values at Lamoureux Ford (2:00)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Unified basketball is back in Shrewsbury, and positivity abounds
-Route 2 crash in Lancaster involved apparent wrong-way driver
-Leominster boy keeping snowballs in the freezer for July (1:08)
-Clark-led school project tops $1 million
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: From skin to small business, meet the tattoo artist behind new murals
-Top 20 things to do in Central Mass. this spring
-Peter Frampton to release "Carry The Light", his first album of all-new material in 16 years
>OPINION: Shaun Connolly: You can do "Somebody's Watching Me" at karaoke
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 338 (28:57): Kathy Roy
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:15): Worcester's $35 million sewer loss, 911 lawsuit raises concerns
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:28): Mental health response lawsuit, potholes and $25 million sewer borrowing plan
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to dedicated homemaker from Worcester
>SPORTS: Celtics lose to Minnesota, 102-92
-Patriots make local scouting stop at Holy Cross Pro Day
-'Sader Stories Podcast (35:25): Matt Schell
-Railers beat Adirondack, 4-3
-NCAA men's hockey tournament schedule
>NATIONAL: 2 people killed in collision between jet and vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
-F.B.I. turning attention to vacant house in Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood for connections to abduction: report
-Tragic: Mother, 3 children killed in house fire
>NEW ENGLAND: Police officer placed on leave amid criminal investigation
-Mass. police officer arrested, charged with O.U.I.
>COLLEGES: Benito Bowl: A beacon of hope and change for the Latine community
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 countries where it’s rude to make eye contact
-Enhanced role for immigration officers at U.S. airports as shutdown frustrates travels and screeners
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Grants to fund your workforce training
-Inheriting a house or other real property? Know the permitting laws before you sell
>HEALTH: Cancer doctor shares 5 key protective foods to eat
-Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers
>FOOD: Trying the viral fruit ice cream treats (:49)
>TV/STREAMING: How Taylor Frankie Paul's scandal may tank 2 TV franchises
>MOVIES: "Project Hail Mary" blasts off to huge $81 million box office opening
>CELEBRITY: Reality TV personality Joseph Duggar, wife Kendra each facing new charges
-Chadwick Boseman’s widow reveals his private cancer remission during "Black Panther" success
>ANIMALS: She saved a starving puppy — and found his brother too (2:28)
>HISTORY: Neil Armstrong's dramatic Gemini 8 splashdown shown in newly discovered pictures
>GOOD NEWS: Woman who lost her leg in boating accident meets emergency dispatcher who helped save her life
-Meanwhile, in New York City, $50,000 in walnuts swiped from trucks, baffling state cops
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