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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 (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man charged with manslaughter in Dorchester stabbing
+6:00: Remembering Gloria Steinem's visits to Central Mass.
+6:00: WCCA-TV continues streaming at wccatv.com while working on restoring cable transmission
+6:00: Old Sturbridge Village to mark America’s 250th with Special Muster Day
+6:00: Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to face Maine at DCU Center
+Noon: Meet Shrewsbury's new educators, ready to inspire students this fall
+Noon: Things to Do: Pike Hairfest, Dustin Ybarra and Spencer Fair
+Noon: Detour Music Fest goess off beaten path at Fuel America Grove Street
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Low-tech, high- engagement games for littles
-Sutton woman charged with photographing jurors says she was trying to get a picture of Lindsay Clancy (1:00). Article. Arraignment (11:37)
-Developer revives stalled apartment project on Worcester’s Chandler Street
-Worcester apartments sale signals shift in real estate investment, broker says
-Fatal overdoses down in Worcester, but much work remains to be done
-Worcester police respond to jackknifed tractor-trailer near Burncoat Street and I-290 on-ramp
-Traffic advisory for Park Ave. at Sagamore Road
-Worcester startup gets $8 million NASA grant to make medicine in space
-Worcester hosts first ever Dominican Festival
-Local students to contact International Space Station
-Worcester School Committee to consider recognizing June and September as Pride Months
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers
-Should there be a national primary Election Day? Clark Professor Robert Boatright thinks so
-Radio Worcester (23:05): Why primary voters don’t represent the broader electorate
>DINING OUT: Shake Shack delays plan to open first local location
-Wonder food hall opens this week in Shops at Blackstone Valley
-ICYMI: Worcester rehab participants were used as unpaid workers: A.G.
-Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Worcester pedestrian crash
-Police hunt for suspect after Worcester stabbing
-Fleeing driver crashes near Kelley Square; bolts scene on foot
-Incumbents Mary Keefe, Jim O'Day secure Democratic nominations for state Rep.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Openings on Zoning Board of Appeals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek public’s help locating missing 38-year-old man
-West Nile virus detected in Shrewsbury; spraying today
-Store manager helps thwart $1,500 gift card scam, Sturbridge police say
-Officials look at drone policy as Spencer police build new program
-UMass Memorial opens new urgent care outpost in Northborough
-Dudley’s electricity aggregation program introduces new rates for 2026-27
-Oxford sets bulk item drop-off dates for October, November
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at The Vue 6 to 9 Friday
>SHOWTIME: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker deliver new sound on "Code Red"
-Jason Homer: What I’m reading now
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1390 (30:03): Shab, Dolly Parton and more
-Last Call: Isiah Tucker, executive director, Inner Voice for Outer Change for Youth
>OPINION: Christine Shustak: When Mero-Carlson's service, allegations collide
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 505 (28:38): Paul Matthews
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:25): Worcester primary turnout, police oversight and I.C.E. questions
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Holy Cross professor
>SPORTS: Pushing back on idea Patriots are doomed by depth issues
-Bill Belichick used "diabolically clever" field goal trick to gain Patriots edge in shocking reveal
-Red Sox fall to Mariners, 8-3
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox game in Buffalo postponed
>NATIONAL: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
-Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
-6 months into the Iran War, gas prices are up 37%
-Tragic: Mom of 2 killed in freak accident as plane making emergency landing hits her car
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:39): What to know about judge's last-ditch effort to avoid mistrial
-Mass. median net wealth is $370,000, racial gaps persist
>COLLEGES: WPI’s transfer pathways open doors for more S.T.E.M. students
-Assumption named to Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): America’s most (and least) stressed cities
-This U.S. airline will let you pay for an empty middle seat
>BUSINESS: W.B.D.C. helps Worcester transportation company buy $1.75 million property
-LPL Financial Research: The cash flow case for value
-Uber slashing over 3,000 jobs as rise of robotaxis dents ride-hailing business
>HOMES: Lottery opens for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
>SHOPPING: Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 252 (28:50): Water Safe Worcester
-Alert warns parents about appeal of "upper deckies" among teens (3:23)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:30): White bean hummus
-Taco Bell debuts nostalgic Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing with the Star" Season 35 cast and partners released
>MOVIES: Every "Spider-Man" movie villain, ranked
>CELEBRITY: Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospitalization in I.C.U.
-Madonna, 68, shows off fresh-faced freckled look and ultra-smooth complexion
>ANIMALS: Watch: Bear booted out of car, leaves with a watermelon (1:18)
>HISTORY: Boston gravestone changing what we know about colonial life (2:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Delivery drivers save woman's life
-Meanwhile, in Maine, bigfoot sightings prompt police response
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