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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:30: First responders will start getting vaccine next week
+6:30: U.S. air travel hits pandemic high over New Year’s holiday
-More than three-quarters of beds at DCU Center are full (:17)
-Students return to remote learning on Monday in Worcester
-Worcester Public Schools teachers with COVID concerns seeking accommodations ahead of hybrid learning, discrimination complaint filed
-Worcester restaurant closes for January, cites restrictions and 'level of confidence in dining out'
-These public figures, including Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus, had COVID. Here’s how it shaped their pandemic responses
-Mayor Joe Petty: It was a long, difficult year, but Worcester persevered – together
-Free testing this week in downtown Worcester
-Amid financial struggle from pandemic, DCU Center keeps sight on return of live entertainment
-ICYMI: Worcester restaurant converting to take-out only, closing dining room
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-Mass. officials announce 3,110 new cases, 105 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 8.4 percent
-Dr. Fauci says vaccinations are ramping up in a 'glimmer of hope'
-43 staff members test positive in outbreak at Calif. hospital
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): How some turned challenges of pandemic into something positive
In The News
+6:30: Worcester loses internet connection
+6:30: Child burned in fire at Oxford day care (:20)
+6:30: Person hospitalized following rollover crash in Millbury
+6:30: Neighborhood Watch meetings in Worcester – January
+6:30: 10 Great Events We’re Looking Forward to in January
+6:30: Hockey's Millie Sirum named Holy Cross Crusader of the Week
+12:30: With Internet down, Worcester Public Schools halt remote classes until service resumes
+9:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Jan. 4
+9:00: $100,000 Mass Cash winner sold in Webster
+9:00: Last Call with Maddie’s Dash Cams
-DA: Apparent murder-suicide under investigation in Charlton
-Worcester could explore potential locations for BMX, motocross park
-Bill Randell (FlyORH): 2021 prediction about Worcester Regional Airport
-Commuter rail slowdowns to continue this week
-Worcester's Fat Foot Films to release short 'There's a Ghost in the Bathroom'
-Song to get you through the week: Hunter Stone chills with 'Closed for Season'
-Habitat for Humanity is hosting a clothing drive in Worcester
-New inventory means price drop on every truck at North End Motor Sales
-WCCA-TV's 'Health Matters' (28:43): Guest Dr. Tina Runyan. Topic Skills to Sustain Caregiving
-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): Shrewsbury welcomes Boch auto dealerships land purchase on Route 9
-Northborough Library program discusses challenges of an older job seeker
-Fire in Uxbridge displaces 8 people, including 4 children
-ICYMI: Holden brewery gives fans first look at new home under construction
-Holy Cross professor awarded $650,000 in research grants
-Holy Cross men's basketball team opens season on Monday against BU
-Cars: New Year Means Huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (7:04)
-Homes: Video tour of home for sale on East Mountain Street in Worcester (2:06)
-Tragic: 3-year-old Ohio boy abandoned in cemetery two days before Christmas
-TV/Streaming: Alex Trebek's final 'Jeopardy!' episodes to air this week
-Meanwhile, in New Mexico, chairs taken from outside couple's home returned ... refurbished
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:10). High of 29 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Couple arrested after 5-hour standoff in Worcester (1:35). Article
-Earlier: Large police presence overnight in Worcester, Paxton ends with man in handcuffs
+5:00: Water restored as crews continue work on Shore Drive in Worcester
+5:00: Winter homeless shelter to open at former Quality Inn near Lincoln Plaza
+Noon: Worcester woman wins Lucky for Life, takes lump sum of $390,000
+Noon: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
+Noon: Music Worcester presents American Spiritual Ensemble at Mechanics Hall
+Noon: Indian Ranch fans sad at death of Mavericks singer Raul Malo
-4-year-old Worcester girl under D.C.F.'s watch suffered "chronic, cumulative" neglect before death: Report (4:03). Article
-2 people displaced after fire in Worcester home
-Man pleads guilty to arson in 2021 Worcester apartment fire
-Second major water main break in Shore Drive area of Worcester (1:12). Article
-Related: Aerial view of damage (:42)
-Lottery open for 22 affordable condos on Elm St. in Worcester
-California investment firm sells Worcester apartments to local landlord for $14 million
-Ceremony recognizes Firefighter Christopher Roy, who died in Lowell St. blaze in 2018
-Saint-Gobain expands its historic Worcester campus
-Radio Worcester (10:30): Planting the Seed Foundation Toy Drive celebrates 53rd year
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion
>DINING OUT: Central Massachusetts' favorite steakhouses? 8 crowd pleasers
-Dinky's Blue Belle Diner wins T&G's best diner in Central Mass. poll
-ICYMI: What will replace Buca di Beppo? Aging waterfront restaurant in Shrewsbury still vacant
-Developer seeks to create 77 residential units on Worcester’s Winter Street
-Demolition of Harrison Street bridge over I-290 begins
-Plan to create housing at former Worcester hotel hits financing snag
-Worcester nonprofit to close, transition to legacy fund following leader’s departure
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Pressure and Pushback: Holden’s high-stakes clash with the state
-NEW! Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-State Rep. Kimberly Ferguson will not run for reelection
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): New Clinton Middle School coming to life - beam by beam
-Ceremony marks end of deadly section of Route 20 reconstruction project
-Developer plans apartments at former Cherry Street fire station in Spencer
-Cataldo Ambulance outlines services; corrects typo on bid amount on Spencer R.F.P.
-Man charged with larceny, withholding evidence during Charlton overdose response
-Living Nativity returns to Mesa Farm
-5 B.V.T. seniors from Grafton earn Adams Scholarships
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Silverstein still rocks hard as it eyes 20th show at the Palladium
-Four Year Strong set to record first live album in Worcester
-Worcester punk faves Superjerk deliver rock 'n' roll blast on "welp."
-White Eagle new roost for Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market
-Last Call: Yvonne Toomey, artist
>OPINION: Lauren Cilley: An easy new Christmas tradition for kids
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1398 (22:52): Marina Abraham, Managing Attorney, Community Legal Aid
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (59:00): Shilo Lawrence
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who worked as an assistant medical librarian at Memorial Hospital for many years
>SPORTS: Mike Vrabel’s word choice shows the Patriots’ bar has been raised
-NFL Week 15 schedule, TV and announcers
-Railers fall to Adirondack, 3-2
-Worcester Cowboys continue playoff run, 28-7, in nationals
>CARS: Ford Maverick named MotorTrend's 2026 Truck of the Year
>NATIONAL: Judge grants request to unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case
-Sextortion scams led 38 U.S. teens to die by suicide over 5 years
-Tragic: Missing elderly man likely dragged away by bear or mountain lion after medical emergency
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe trial recap (21:42): Looking back at prosecution's case and ahead to defense's
-D.O.J. won't seek death penalty against Matthew Farwell in Sandra Birchmore case
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria podcasting and narrative class, Fall ’25
-Holy Cross prof asks, "Why do we stop and smell the roses?"
-WPI Podcast, Episode 22 (32:38): Athletics and academics, with Dana Harmon
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): More Americans are traveling for Christmas. Here's where they’re going
>BUSINESS: Financial expert believes rate cut should help the economy (3:25)
-Merger between DCU and California credit union finalized
-Mass. lawsuit ends federal suspension of wind power projects
-Australia's world-first social media ban for under 16 begins
>HOMES: 75% of U.S. homes out of reach for median-income buyers
>SHOPPING: Hanukkah gift ideas for the kids (3:25)
>HEALTH: UMass Memorial Health approved to bring first proton beam to Central Mass.
>FOOD: Instacart’s A.I.-enabled pricing may be inflating grocery bill (2:28)
>TV/STREAMING: Best Christmas movies on Prime Video
>MOVIES: Movie theaters dread any Warner Bros. merger
>CELEBRITY: Why was Richard Gere banned from the Oscars for 20 years?
-Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, "Mortal Kombat" star and legendary film villain, dies at 75
>ANIMALS: Couple finds out their new house comes with a cat (2:19)
>HISTORY: Edward Rowe Snow was the "Flying Santa" for New England lighthouses for 40 years
>GOOD NEWS: Stories about giving thanks from Steve Hartman (29:19)
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, deer breaks into Christmas store, gets stuck in chair
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