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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:30: Massachusetts expecting 300,000 doses of vaccine by end of year
+7:30: Historic Moment: Approval of COVID-19 Vaccine, by Dr. Eric Dickson, President & CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care
+7:30: The 3 phases of vaccine distribution
+7:30: COVID levels in Boston’s sewers are higher now than at any point
+Noon: Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. tests positive
-State will move back to Phase 3 Step 1 amid surge (2:59)
-Gov. Baker's rollback already in effect in Worcester
-WPI pushes back start of spring semester
-UMass Memorial, Saint Vincent planning for vaccine by next week
-EXTENDED INTERVIEW: UMass Memorial President & CEO Dr. Eric Dickson on what's ahead with the vaccine
-Radio Worcester (13:44): City Manager Ed Augustus talks COVID-19, Pandemic Restrictions, tax rate and fallen firefighter Jon Davies
-'It's just terrible': Restaurants dealt another blow (1:53)
-Radio Worcester (11:46): School Committee member Laura Clancey talks remote & hybrid learning
-Worcester Schools offering flu shot clinics for students
-State wants students with special needs back in classrooms
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (30:54): Howard Steen, perspectives and insights from Germany and Europe on the pandemic
-Edith Morgan: Covid 19, again/still … Our Dr. Hirsch in the news!
-Local health leaders see pandemic as worsening health disparities
-Superintendent: Sutton has 'one of largest outbreaks' in Central Mass. per capita
-Mass. officials announce 3,627 new cases, 40 deaths, 6.2 percent positivity rate
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Why an RV makes perfect home for the holidays
-Survey: Majority of parents worried about children's mental health (2:13)
-Research shows surge may peak on inauguration day
-Nearly 90% of residents at New Hampshire care facility test positive
-'I’m it': As virus spreads, Kansas hospital runs out of staff
In The News
+7:30: Meryl Streep spilled the beans to Stephen Colbert about 'Don't Look Up' movie scene filmed at the DCU Center
+7:30: Radio Worcester Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Joe Petty (11:28): Tax rate vote & COVID restrictions
+7:30: Burns Bridge to be lit in memory of Sandy Hook victims
+12:15: Becker College police chief accused of crashing into car while driving drunk with gun, authorities say
+8:00: Woman struck by tractor-trailer in Worcester
+8:00: Worcester firefighters remember fallen colleague Christopher Roy
+8:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Dec. 9
+8:00: Here’s the most popular Christmas treat in Massachusetts
-Worcester police arrest man with assault rifle and drugs
-On 9th anniversary of fatal fire, Worcester remembers Firefighter Jon Davies Sr.
-Meryl Streep filmed inside DCU Center in Worcester
-Worcester sets 2021 tax rates: Residential down, commercial up
-The Fix among ‘Elite 8’ of Best Burger in Mass. Competition
-Holiday Gift Card Mega Deal is back at Peppercorn's
-WPI names new dean of Robert A. Foisie School of Business
-Janice Harvey: Cynicism is in the air this holiday season
-Call for nominations for Woman of Consequence Awards
-WBJ Podcast (23:35): What Amazon likes about Worcester
-ICYMI: Another new large warehouse coming to Worcester
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Santa Claus is coming to Millbury, on a fire engine
-Pickup truck barrels through building in Sturbridge
-Cars: The entire team at Bertera Nissan wishes you and your family a great holiday season (1:58)
-Holy Cross offering fans chance to 'sit' with Dr. Fauci, Bob Cousy at basketball, hockey games
-Homes: Most expensive U.S. home on auction at $160 million— is it worth it?
-Shopping: Dollar Tree candles recalled for possible fire hazard
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Texas school opens grocery store for struggling families where good deeds are payment
-Meanwhile, in South Carolina, 9-pound goldfish found swimming in lake
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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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