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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Treating COVID-19 in Worcester (7 photos)
-With Thanksgiving coming, cases expected to continue to rise, UMass Memorial Health Care CEO says
-ICYMI: Mass. officials say Worcester’s positive test rate is 2%, but city says it’s 15%; Here’s why
-Worcester will host 2 free testing clinics during Thanksgiving week
-Massachusetts reports 2,991 new cases, 19 additional deaths (:21)
-Pandemic pause in student loan payments may end soon. Here’s how to prepare
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Why an RV makes perfect home for the holidays
-Dr. Fauci, a Holy Cross graduate, recommends 'uniform wearing of masks'
In The News
+9:45: Earthquake reported in Massachusetts for second time in weeks
-18-year-old arrested for murder in shooting at Park Ave. Wendy’s in Worcester
-Officer Good Boy: Rutland K9 helps local police find missing elderly man stuck in Paxton swamp
-Here are 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Central Mass. restaurants welcoming diners on Thanksgiving Day
-Worcester superintendent's goals draw mixed review from committee
-2 file to run for Worcester City Council in 2021
-Worcesteria: Sunrise Worcester rains on Green Worcester Plan
-Clark professor: Election spending in 2020 doubled to $14 billion – 3 takeaways
-ICYMI: Molly Bish's family wants DNA submitted to ancestry websites on search for killer
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List by Jay Berman
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Millbury receives grant for new Woolie World playground
-Route 20 closed Sunday morning between South St. and Millbury St. in Auburn
-A Covid Kind of Wedding, outdoors in Leicester (1:14)
-Sturbridge police seek man wanted for questioning
-Video of cleanup from Friday's tractor-trailer rollover on Mass Pike in Auburn (10:13)
-Worcester's Isaac Yiadom could end New York Giants’ revolving door at cornerback
-Auburn's Tyler Beede on track to return to San Francisco rotation following Tommy John surgery
-Holy Cross women's hockey highlights (1:52); men's hockey highlights (1:08)
-UMass Medical School postdoctoral fellow named STAT Wunderkind
-Here are 6 great Italian white wines you may want on your Thanksgiving table, available at Wachusett Wine & Spirits
-Cars: Bertera Nissan has the best car for winter driving (8:06)
-Shopping: 7 best streaming devices of 2020 to gift this Christmas
-Health: Deadline for Medicare changes is Dec 7. Interesting video from Help2Retire (:41)
-TV/Streaming: New on Amazon Prime Video in December; Disney Plus; and Hulu
-Homes: Tour of colonial-style townhouse/half duplex condo for sale in Worcester (:50)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Ohio city celebrates Christmas early for 2-year-old battling terminal cancer
-Meanwhile, in China, watch as rampaging boar crashes through cafe
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:19). High of 37 today in Worcester
-Bundle up: Worcester area to get cold blast from the polar vortex
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester honors 6 firefighters who died in warehouse fire 26 years ago (:41)
-Final review clears officer in fatal March shooting in Boylston
-I-290 bridge over Lake Quinsigamond set for "massive resurfacing"
-McGovern Liquor Store building in Greendale sold for $1 million
-TODAY! Radio Worcester (8:06): Bank celebrates 1-year anniversary with 10-cent gas promo
-Road closure on Main Street 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday
-Plans to add bike lanes on Pleasant Street in Worcester
-Museum of Worcester taps arts leader with deep local roots
-T&G Santa's helpers for December 3rd
-Woman charged after allegedly accelerating S.U.V. at ex-husband’s wife in Charlton
-Aislinn Doyle: December 4th School Committee Meeting agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for November
-Worcester Public Schools Check-in: What families should know by December
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant to celebrate fourth anniversary on Saturday
-ICYMI: Worcester remembers 26th anniversary of deadly Cold Storage Warehouse fire
-Mpox cases confirmed in Worcester; 2 patients hospitalized at UMass Memorial
-Worcester pizza shop offers price paid in "Home Alone" 35 years ago
-Sprawling historic building could soon disappear from I-290 landscape
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holidays in Holden Friday and Saturday
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Holden police introduce new officer, Darian Spencer
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wild chase through Shrewsbury streets leads to fentanyl bust
-Scottish Highland bull has been on the lam in Uxbridge since August
-Gardner man sentenced to life in prison in 2017 murder
-Leicester woman arrested for violating restraining order at Cumberland Farms
-Worcester Walks: Westborough trails a relief from hectic holidays
-Sculpt Pilates has come to Sutton
-Spruce Street Golf League crowns champions
-Police logs for Shrewsbury, Grafton and Westborough
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-The Silverbacks return to rock out at the White Eagle
>SHOWTIME: "A Christmas Carol" gets a new look in Hanover production
-100 FM The Pike (15:21): Worcester's Alicia Witt on her new Christmas album and balancing music and acting
-Last Call: Art DuBois, poet and human services professional
>OPINION: Janice Lindsay: The thread of holiday meaning
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (57:21): Pamela Taylor, Realtor
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who passed away at age 100
>SPORTS: Why Patriots are the NFL’s best team despite easy schedule
-Patriots' Kraft, Belichick among Hall of Fame finalists
-NFL Week 14 schedule, TV and announcers
-Holy Cross men’s basketball cruises to home victory against Northeastern
-Holy Cross women's basketball falls to Harvard
-Holy Cross football team adds 10 during early signing period
-West Boylston primed for trip to Gillette Stadium to play in fourth straight Super Bowl
>NATIONAL: Florida speedboat crash leaves 3 Mainers dead
-America's most-used password in 2025 is one word
-Tragic: Parents accused of cutting baby out of daughter's womb
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe murder trial Day 3 analysis (29:45)
-Search resumes for man seen clinging to side of boat in Merrimack River
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Professor Playlists: André Isaacs
-Worcester State's Juan Davila is charting a path from Worcester to the world
-UMass Medical School students build equity, health and community at Worcester Earn-A-Bike
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 island getaways that won’t break the bank
-Escape to a Winter wonderland at Banff’s Sunshine Mountain Lodge
>BUSINESS: Saint-Gobain opens doors to new Worcester headquarters building
-How's the economy? Let W.B.J. know by taking the 2026 Economic Forecast survey
-LPL Financial Research: More keys for markets in 2026. LPL market outlook sneak peek
-Private employers cut 32,000 jobs last month – hiking odds of interest rate cut
>SHOPPING: A budget-friendly holiday. Managing gift expectations
>HEALTH: W.H.O. warns backsliding on measles elimination as coverage falls
-7 deaths, more than 700 serious injuries linked with diabetes glucose monitor errors
>HOMES: Can you afford a "starter home" in the Boston area? Housing report says only 15% of renters make enough
>FOOD: Ocean Spray investigating water-filled cranberry sauce cans
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "The New Yorker at 100" (2:14)
>MOVIES: The 100 best comedy movies of all time: Critics' pick
>CELEBRITY: Beloved HGTV star Hilary Farr breaks silence on "devastating" health rumors
>ANIMALS: Cat who can’t groom himself falls asleep during bath time (1:32)
>HISTORY: Author James Patterson makes bombshell claim about Marilyn Monroe's death
>GOOD NEWS: Army veteran, double amputee sets several world records
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Christmas tree farm ripped for selling "horrific" spray-painted firs
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