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In The News
+11:15: 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
-Here are 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-B.T’s Smokehouse's location in Worcester opens for business
-Family hopeful about new lead in Holly Piirainen murder case
-Earlier: Body exhumed in connection with 27-year-old unsolved kidnapping and murder
-Worcester city manager proposes new oversight board for $132M Polar Park
-Rosen's Roundtable #415 (28:02): 01602 is a HOT real estate market
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (31:37): Dr. Michael Lee, Associate Professor and breast cancer researcher, University of Massachusetts Medical School
-Clark prof's documentary wins award at film festival
-The bureaucrat vs. Mass. GOP star: Worcester Worcester County register of probate race
-ICYMI: Worcester market sells beer to underage man in police sting
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Reward offered as police investigate explosions in Blackstone neighborhood
-27-year-old man arrested for heroin possession in Dudley
-Authorities ID Sutton excavator accident victim as Sten Brote, 66
-Cars: The whole team at Bertera Nissan looks forward to serving you
-TV/Streaming: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Food: KrafTea Kombucha releases fall favorite, Apple Cinnamon. Curbside pickup available Saturdays
-Shopping: Amazon takes up to 40% off Fire TV devices for Prime Day deal
-CMS touts lower premiums and benefits of Medicare Advantage plans this year
-Murder hornets are back. Signs of nest found in Washington state
-Homes: 5 open houses to stop by in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Grieving mother hears son’s heartbeat again in organ recipient he saved
-Meanwhile, in Louisiana, gun-toting bandit in chipmunk costume caught on camera
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+11:30: Report: Patriots quarterback Cam Newton tests positive
-Worcester prohibiting all door-to-door trick-or-treating
-Here are the 10 Worcester neighborhoods with the most new cases
-4 Worcester school workers test positive: DESE
-Downtown Worcester office market vacancy rose to 20% in pandemic
-St. Vincent Hospital doc says cancer screenings down since start of pandemic
-Central Mass. manufacturers discuss impact of pandemic
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mix of sun and clouds, high of 79 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester remembers fallen service members on Memorial Day
-Shrewsbury police chief, fire chief respond to medical emergency at Memorial Day Parade
-Open for Business: Brussels Street Market to launch June 7th in Worcester
-Hearing on new trial bid for Worcester man convicted of 2015 killing resumes Tuesday morning
-Tatnuck Neighborhood Association to honor retiring airport director Andy Davis
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for May
-Worcester seniors receive scholarships from local bank
>DINING OUT: Here's why restaurant diners are ditching wine bottles for the table
-Phantom Gourmet visits Northborough restaurant (4:46)
-ICYMI: Hundreds of fish die in Worcester's University Park pond
-Former T.S.A. officer from Worcester gets probation for fraudulently collecting over $47,000 in unemployment benefits
-These new apartments in Worcester come at an eye-popping price
-Worcester vs. Worcester: Massachusetts and England's forgotten soccer matches, 100 years ago
-Report: English learners progressing faster in Worcester Public Schools
-Worcester Bishop's decree bars common practices for cremated remains
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leominster group home resident arrested for allegedly pushing staff member, kicking firefighter
-Templeton police detain suspect after work van stolen from Old Glory Solar
-Memorial Day ceremony fills chapel at cemetery in Winchendon
-Southbridge candidates debate affordable housing, rising rents
-A 3-sport standout in Shrewsbury, Lauren Albertson is a model Colonial
-300th anniversary celebration set to kick off in Uxbridge
-Paxton confronts "pink elephant" left by closing college
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>OPINION: Paul Umbrello: Racehorse fund shouldn't be scratched by lawmakers
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: The Borinqueneers fought for America. America took generations to fully tell their story
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1415 (14:18): Wayne Chauncey presents award to Mercadante Funeral Home
-WCCA-TV's Close To Home No. 602 (27:55): FAM JAM! Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former teacher's aide in Worcester
>SPORTS: Holy Cross baseball to compete at Austin Regional in Texas
-Bravehearts 2026 promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 33
>CARS: Ford F-150 + Bronco accessories Memorial Day sale: Save 20% now
>NATIONAL: Pope Leo delivers urgent message on A.I. (2:18)
-Officials say they believe risk of a catastrophic explosion has been eliminated at a damaged chemical tank
-Married tourists found stabbed to death in crocodile-infested river
-Tragic: Student texted family to say she was coming home — minutes later she was killed by drunk driver
>NEW ENGLAND: Husband charged after fatal shooting, family remembers woman (2:01)
-70-year-old man killed while cutting tree in Plymouth
>COLLEGES: At WPI, building a biosensor to detect harmful bacteria
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 Amtrak hacks that can save you money
-5 abandoned resorts that were once tourist hot spots
>BUSINESS: Ride share app drivers union wins recognition in Mass.
-On scale of one to 10, how high is Americans' financial stress? Credit counseling org voices cause for concern
>SHOPPING: Stop wasting money: Channel 25 exposes costly consumer traps (21:04)
>HOMES: Homeownership for Americans under 30 dropped 36% since 2005 (1:00)
>HEALTH: What most people misunderstand about sepsis
>FOOD: Consumer Reports offers tips to afford safe baby formula
-Popular snack gets patriotic makeover in time for America's 250th birthday
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Hanks talks revisiting WWII in epic new series
>MOVIES: 10 hottest movies to see in summer: "Spider-Man," "Odyssey" and more
>CELEBRITY: Beloved children’s YouTuber "Danny Go!" son has died of cancer
-How Meryl Streep's ex feels about actress' Martin Short romance: report
>ANIMALS: Emaciated senior cat found by the road gets a brand new life (2:25)
>HISTORY: Boomer phone bridges the gap between generations
>GOOD NEWS: World War II veteran gets high school diploma at 100 years old
-Meanwhile, in Nebraska, dog fires off multiple gunshots, hits driver near gas station: cops
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