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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+12:45: 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
-Chandler Street bookstore reopens after break-in
-Worcester bar celebrates 83rd anniversary
-Stuff yourself with cereal in front of your favorite cartoons at Pixels & Pints this morning
-Bicyclist seriously injured after car and bike collide in Leicester
-Companies to pay $500,000 for alleged illegal work in Worcester
-Worcester DPW Commissioner Paul Moosey dies
-Worcester has received more than 10,000 returned mail-in ballots
-Take a virtual tour of the Polar Park construction site
-Rosen's Roundtable #416 (28:20): Is a Ballpark Authority a good idea?
-Worcester to start rental assistance program
-Bill Shaner: Worcester will be hit hard by an entirely avoidable wave
-Group opposing evictions, foreclosures marches in Worcester
-ICYMI: Troubling times for Lincoln Plaza
-Reminder: Trash and recycling delayed a day in Worcester because of the holiday
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston Chief bashes town's trick-or-treating ban
-Grafton residents’ video captures attempted car break-in
-Woman dies in Southbridge house fire
-Cars: The whole team at Bertera Nissan looks forward to serving you
-CMS touts lower premiums and benefits of Medicare Advantage plans this year
-NOAA predicts what winter will look like for New England
-TV/Streaming: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Homes: 4 open houses for you in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Wisconsin woman bikes 70 miles to celebrate 20th anniversary of heart transplant
-Meanwhile, in Rochester, N.Y., Zamboni bursts into flames at ice rink
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Quinsigamond CC to stay with remote learning for spring semester
-Worcester Public Schools facing another budget loss of $860,000 after previous cut of $15.5 million
-7 Worcester firefighters quarantined
-Second Auburn Public Schools student tests positive
-ICYMI: More than half of Worcester’s 137 new cases came from people under age 40 as city remains ‘high-risk’
-Mass. reports 702 new cases, 30 additional deaths (:18)
-Patriots cancel practice Friday after another positive test
-Massachusetts unemployment rate drops to 9.6% (:22)
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Family buys RV, travels country amid pandemic
-U.S. sees its highest daily number of cases since July as fall surge continues
-WHO: Study finds 4 drugs have little to no effect on COVID-19
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:18). High of 22 today in Worcester
-Black ice warning Monday morning
-Parking ban lifted in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester is about to get 360 new apartments. It starts with demolition Monday
-Water main break in area of 429 Salisbury Street in Worcester
-Worcester among housing markets that will deliver better value than pricey neighbors in 2026
-How 20 customers can win free Raising Cane’s for a year in Worcester
-From homelessness to hope, a haircut at a time
-Worcester Free Care Collaborative student organization expands to meet community need for medical care
-U.S. News: UMass Memorial Medical Center named No. 1 maternity hospital in Central Mass.
-Here are the odds of winning $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
>DINING OUT: Secret Santa Sweepstakes is back at Peppercorn's
-ICYMI: "Waiting for the next child to die": Former Worcester judge calls for federal probe of Mass. child welfare system
-Worcester schools release new data looking at assaults on staff
-Worcester man's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables attracts visitors from around Mass. (2:40). Article
-Worcester doesn’t have enough supermarkets. Some people blame the city’s tax rate
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police introduce newest officer, Amgad Nashawi
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston looks at possible interim administrator
-Dudley man, 56, arrested on second default warrant after allegedly strangling girlfriend
-Man arrested for attempting to sell vehicle with forged I.D., title at Shrewsbury dealership
-Leominster woman arrested for ransacking neighbor’s room, pouring bleach on her clothes over suspected affair
-Man arrested after disturbance at Leominster Verizon store disputes police account
-Lancaster property tax increase to average $901
-Northbridge's Shining Rock Golf Club purchased by Alliance Golf
-Grafton resident awarded for contributions to local watershed education
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Clark graduate Padma Lakshmi on new CBS series "America's Culinary Cup" (:56)
-100 FM The Pike (12:27): James Jones and Shelly Wolfe from "Love On The Spectrum" on dating, music and flamethrowers
>OPINION: Shaun Connolly: Chowder Fest Shmowder Fest
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 337 (29:21): Jay Givan
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:15:23)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifetime member of the Brown Square Civic Club
>SPORTS: Patriots blow 21-0 lead, fail to clinch AFC East title
-Patriots vow not to dwell on missed opportunity in loss to Bills
-Pats’ tough loss "falls on the defense"
-Where Patriots stand in AFC after loss to Bills
-Bruins lose to Wild, 6-2
-Bravehearts name Joe Galvin manager
>CARS: Dodge, Mercedes Benz among nearly 8,000 recalled
>NATIONAL: Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
-Holocaust survivors and children among the 15 victims of Australia mass shooting
-Tragic: Children starved, beaten in meth-filled house of horrors
>NEW ENGLAND: Person of interest in Brown University shooting to be released, officials say (5:44). Article
-Earlier: 2 killed, 9 hurt in Brown University shooting (9:49)
-Woman, 26, found dead in Quincy apartment, suspect charged with murder
>COLLEGES: Clark student gets down in the mud for marine research
-WPI researcher receives $542,500 award to identify what makes Lyme disease tick
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Gen Z, Millennials more likely to travel for food than older generations
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-State approves on-site cannabis use rules
-Auxilium announces first group of Innovation Studio participants, inks partnership with Venture Forum
>SHOPPING: Radio Worcester (8:29): 12 scams of the holidays, Part 2
>HEALTH: Different symptoms of brain disorders
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix game show, "What's in the Box?" (2:11)
>MOVIES: "Zootopia 2'' fastest PG movie ever to clear $1 billion at box office
>CELEBRITY: Beloved actor/director Rob Reiner, wife, die in apparent homicide
-Rob Reiner's best movies: "Princess Bride," "Spinal Tap," "Misery," "Stand By Me"
>ANIMALS: Couple realizes coyote following them isn’t what it seems (2:17)
>HISTORY: Historic photos: Shrewsbury Street time capsule from T&G archives
>GOOD NEWS: Community rescues grieving widow — by harvesting their late pal's crops
-Meanwhile, wild fight breaks out at wedding over dessert shortage (1:50)
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