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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:30: Galvin proposes vaccines at Massachusetts voting sites in spring
+6:30: U.S. unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll
+6:30: 8 In 10 Americans plan to splurge when things return to normal
-Longtime Shrewsbury St. restaurant going into hibernation
-All Fix Burger Bar locations reopen after COVID shutdown
-DCU, Hanover hoping the show will go on. Maybe by fall, says Dr. Fauci
-Early education providers voice frustrations over exclusion from pooled testing
-Testing soon available at Grafton schools
-ICYMI: Worcester students facing year away from classroom (1:25). Article
-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 5,278 new cases, 86 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 7.1 percent
-Massachusetts surpasses 13,000 confirmed COVID deaths
-Massachusetts prisons, group homes, shelters to start vaccinations Monday
-Nearly 1,600 businesses receive new round of state grants
-Officials warn people not to mistake stimulus payment for junk mail
-Single-shot vaccine by J&J shows promising immune response in early trial
-The other virus that worries Asia has a death rate up to 75% and no vaccine
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): North Carolina nurse who works with COVID patients just won a $1 million lottery jackpot
In The News
+6:30: Secret Service and Inspector General target Leicester building on Main Street
+6:30: No 'rumor' Worcester employees at Capitol, officials on lookout
+6:30: Table Hoppin': Che! Empanada offers taste of Argentina
+6:30: It's always darkest ...: Sunrise Worcester takes the climate advocacy stage
+6:30: Worcester’s Energy Athletics expands, now multi-sport compatible
+6:30: Radio Worcester (12:08): Worcester Red Sox President Dr. Charles Steinberg discusses the cost of Polar Park
+6:30: 55-year-old woman killed in pedestrian crash in Oxford
+6:30: Tesla barrels into Westborough bank
+6:30: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List
+6:30: Radio Worcester (12:54): Congressman Jim McGovern talks about this week's events
+6:30: The Worcester Public Library’s most read books of 2020
-A year after being accused of driving onto railroad tracks while drunk, Worcester officer to return to duty
-Worcester woman falls asleep in mother's stolen car, gets arrested
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Jan. 14
-Worcester to examine traffic near new Amazon warehouse
-Accident on Route 146 in Millbury traps driver
-The 36th annual MLK Community Breakfast on Monday is going virtual
-Che Anderson, city's cultural officer, heading to UMass Medical School
-Worcester's independent cinemas trying to stay in the picture
-Last Call with Jenna Balestrini, the WPI grad treating cancer
-Pleasant Pawn Shop owner: Investment in gold top loans
-Donations needed for Boys & Girls Club of Worcester food pantry
-Bill Shaner: Do you think WooSox will treat us differently?
-ICYMI: Worcester City Council OKs loan order for Polar Park overruns
-Limited time only: $5 off your delivery order from Peppercorn's. See how
-Virtual Career Technology Information Night for Worcester 8th graders, parents
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Longtime Millbury police officer appointed as town's next police chief
-Millbury Recycling Center to accept furniture beginning Jan. 20
-Holden police create position assigned to traffic complaints and enforcement requests
-Food: Enormous cookie drop kicks off Girl Scout cookie season in area
-R.J. Johnson named Patriot League Rookie of the Week
-Worcester Business Journal's Best of 2021 in Business
-Animals: Pet food recall expanded after more than 70 dogs die
-Health: Where's the flu!? Mass. doctor on lack of influenza cases (2:56)
-TV/Streaming: 'Don't Look Up' (filmed partially in Worcester) and 9 other Netflix movies for 2021
-Homes: Mortgage refinance demand spikes 20% as borrowers fear missing out on record-low rates
-Cars: New Year Means Huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (7:04)
-Meanwhile, website seeks 'professional binge watcher' to watch Netflix, eat pizza
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 88 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Family of missing Worcester man seeking public’s help with finding him
-Worcester police mourn tragic loss of animal control officer at age 41
-Report on St. Vincent Hospital validates nurses' concerns
-Turtleboy alleges malfeasance by prosecutors in witness intimidation trial
-Radio Worcester (12:44): Worcester Business Journal's Eric Casey discusses stunning bankruptcy
-Earlier: Chip Norton, owner of Mercantile Center, files for bankruptcy amid lawsuits, $70 million in debt
-Officials celebrate opening of 18-unit modular apartment complex for formerly homeless
-Worcester to treat Indian Lake on Thursday
-A tradition grows: St. Mary's set for Mediterranean festival
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Back to school: Worcester 2025-26 school calendar
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:27): Meeting law violation, preliminary election, does any of it matter
>DINING OUT: Longtime home of Helen's Bakery to reopen as Quinsigamond Village Bakery & Cafe
-ICYMI: "This community used to be beautiful": Worcester neighbors upset about landscape business
-Trial set to begin of Millbury firefighter charged with child rape
-Mural honoring slain mother and daughter to be unveiled at Worcester school
-Rapper Joyner Lucas honored with street name in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Do you recognize these cats?
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board gives Beal Commons 60-day extension as questions linger
-Webster police investigating Pleasant Street gunfire between man in car and pedestrian
-Westborough firefighters respond to building fire & hotel fire concurrently
-Woman convicted of disorderly conduct after profane outburst outside pub
-Millbury baseball honored ahead of WooSox game for winning state title
-Collectibles Fair returns to Grafton in September
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: "New Heights" podcast with Taylor Swift returns — hours after "glitch"
-Leon Trout embraces a new change in direction with latest album, "Paradigm"
-Last Call: Andre Gaines-Roberson, tribal historic preservation officer
>OPINION: Unity Radio's Journey for EforAll (48:47): Michelle Memnon, Spiritually Fabulous
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to the former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court
>SPORTS: Drake Maye has better day than J.J. McCarthy at joint practice
-Takeaways from Patriots joint practice with Vikings (3:38)
-NBA approves sale of Celtics to Bill Chisholm, league announces
-Red Sox lose to Astros, 4-1
-Holy Cross (2:14): Get to know Coach Elliott
-Holy Cross Camp Report (:53): Running back Sam Slade
-WooSox lose to Iowa, 1-0
>NATIONAL: C.B.O.: Tax law hurts poorest Americans, benefits richest
-Uvalde police body camera video parents pleading to officers Robb Elementary School
>TRAGIC: Mom who begged for help finding missing 10-year-old son charged after his body is found
>NEW ENGLAND: Rock that hit Mass. home believed to be meteorite (2:08)
-Alien ship? Satellite? Strange glowing light spotted in skies above Mass.
-State Auditor Diana DiZoglio hires law firm to sue legislature over voter-approved audit
>COLLEGES: Less than half of student loan borrowers are current on $1.6 trillion in debt
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 airlines with the best in-flight food
>BUSINESS: Worcester County C.E.O.s elected to board of statewide advocacy organization
-LPL Financial Research: Stocks sailing smoothly through policy crosscurrents so far
-Women’s Executive Academy applications due in early September
>SHOPPING: Are you paying more than your neighbors for the same item? You might be (2:39)
>HOMES: How to fight a denied homeowner's insurance claim (1:45)
>HEALTH: Bacteria that can cause rare "flesh-eating" disease infects swimmer at Cape Cod beach
-Creating small gains with Barre (2:04)
>FOOD: Skittles, Hershey and Nestle are removing artificial colors
>TV/STREAMING: Jennifer Aniston will star in series inspired by Jennette McCurdy's memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died"
>MOVIES: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" turns 50. Cult classic does time warp
>CELEBRITY: Cheryl Hines breaks silence on RFK Jr. marriage rumors a year after his alleged affair
-Rebecca De Mornay slams double standard of aging in Hollywood
>ANIMALS: Couple moves to new home that comes with a stray cow (1:49)
>HISTORY: Talk radio fans have fond memories of Larry Glick
>GOOD NEWS: How a teen is using fashion sense to help shelter pets (1:55)
-Meanwhile, wild brawl breaks out between Carnival Cruise passengers (1:01)
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