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
+2:45: Officers carry elderly woman out of burning building in Worcester
+2:45: Jim Ford's newest project, filmed in West Boylston, available on Amazon
+2:45: Shrewsbury locals plan to restore Edgemere Drive-In sign
+11:00: Not cooking tonight? Check Dining Out for the latest specials
-Area restaurant introduces outdoor dining huts lined with lighting and heaters
-Meat market at former Crown Bakery on Gold Star Blvd. opens
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Man gets 5 years in prison after guilty plea in federal cocaine distribution case
-Ray Mariano: St. Vincent Hospital nurses are on the side of the angels
-Amid COVID-related enrollment drop, Worcester Public Schools asks state to hold budget to previous year’s enrollment numbers
-Radio Worcester (10:56): Ricky Duran talks about his new single 'Selfish Love'
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewswbury says good-bye to Town Clerk after 35 years of service
-Worcester's D’Errico’s Market will open third location in Leominster, scouting for fourth
-GEM Marketing Solutions: 5 Reasons Why Everyone is Not Your Client
-At the office: 'Zoom fatigue' is a real thing now, according to science
-Holy Cross Athletics announces broadcast schedule through March 12
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Spirits: Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (21:44): Whiskey Bracket Challenge Play-In Tasting
-Homes: See inside the Grand Worcester Tudor that hit the market for $480,000
-TV/Streaming: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Cars: February is the month of huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (5:00)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Worcester nurse recognized for clothing homeless patients
-Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, man reports vehicle stolen, googles ‘How to set your car on fire and make it look like an accident’
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:15: DCU Center hospital to scale down patient capacity next week
+6:15: DCU Center hopeful to start steps soon towards reopening for events
+11:00: Here's what you could get from the $1.9 trillion House stimulus
-Worcester teachers say they’re being forced to choose between health and paycheck
-Edith Morgan: Worcester Public School Students – Back to School! When, How, Who ...
-Despite looming strike, St. Vincent commits to staffing Worcester State vaccine center
-CDC head says Massachusetts, other states shouldn’t relax restrictions yet
-Here’s what’s not reopening in March when Massachusetts begins Phase 4
-Dr. Fauci says vaccinated people could soon socialize
-ICYMI: Half of Worcester Public Schools students opt in for hybrid learning starting in March
-Ch. 5 visits Fuller RV to discuss how RV sales are soaring as people hit the road during pandemic (1:42)
-Mass. officials announce 1,734 new cases, 46 deaths, 7-day positivity rate holds at 1.9 percent
-Almost half of Americans 65 and older have gotten first shot
-Advisers endorse single-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson
-Arthritis drugs can help critically ill COVID patients, study suggests
-When will the U.S. reach herd immunity and what will it look like?
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