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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+5:00: State drops flu vaccine requirement for all Massachusetts students
+5:00: Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average U.S. life expectancy, study finds
+2:45: Can you still catch the virus after your first dose of vaccine?
+1:15: UMass Memorial lab's round-the-clock operation tests 5,000 samples a week in Worcester
+1:15: State explores new options to make vaccines more accessible
-1,219 new cases in Worcester last week, officials remain hopeful for a plateau soon
-ABC News takes an inside look at DCU Center field hospital
-Another Shrewsbury Street restaurant to hibernate
-ICYMI: Longtime Shrewsbury St. restaurant going into hibernation
-Cases for every city and town in Central Massachusetts
-Correction: The Grafton Senior Center is NOT offering vaccination
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-Nearly 2/3 of Mass. cities and towns in Red Zone
-Mass. officials announce 5,545 new cases, 74 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 6.7 percent
-Galvin proposes vaccines at Massachusetts voting sites in spring
-U.S. unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll
-Survey: Most Americans said they will get vaccination
-8 in 10 Americans plan to splurge when things return to normal
In The News
+2:45: Suspect wanted in shooting arrested after standoff at Westminster hotel
+2:45: HBO Max series inspired by Julia Child expected to cook up more episodes in Worcester
+1:15: Uno Chicago Grill lawyer pleads for mercy after COVID losses, gets warning for serving minors
+1:15: Worcester Bravehearts celebrate National Hat Day with $10 sale
+1:15: North End Motor Sales launches its own Economic Stimulus Package with huge sale
+1:15: What Boston Capital plans for Table Talk Pie’s Kelley Square bakery
+1:15: 46-year-old Worcester man arrested for drug distribution
+1:15: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Jan. 15
+1:15: Worcester named Community Award recipient for Stearns Tavern project
-Body found in Shrewsbury; Town, state police investigating, say no risk to community
-West Side gunshot brings unease, fear
-Worcester schools near finish of air system upgrades
-Table Hoppin': Che! Empanada offers taste of Argentina
-It's always darkest ...: Sunrise Worcester takes the climate advocacy stage
-Worcester’s Energy Athletics expands, now multi-sport compatible
-Rosen's Roundtable #424 (28:22): Is this Heaven? No, but it's the new Worcester
-No 'rumor' Worcester employees at Capitol, officials on lookout
-Radio Worcester (12:54): Congressman Jim McGovern talks about this week's events
-The Worcester Public Library’s most read books of 2020
-ICYMI: Worcester woman falls asleep in mother's stolen car, gets arrested
-Limited time only: $5 off your delivery order from Peppercorn's. See how
-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): Tesla barrels into Westborough bank
-55-year-old woman killed in pedestrian crash in Oxford
-Secret Service and Inspector General target Leicester building on Main Street
-Open air burning begins today in West Boylston
-Radio Worcester (12:08): Worcester Red Sox President Dr. Charles Steinberg discusses the cost of Polar Park
-Holy Cross Weekend Primer: Women's Hockey vs. Boston College (4:36)
-Grace Rett remembered one year after fatal Holy Cross crash near Florida bridge
-Food: Chobani reinvented yogurt. Its next target is coffee
-Health: Cancer deaths hit all-time low thanks to decrease in smoking
-TV/Streaming: The hottest winter TV of 2021
-Homes: 4 open houses in Worcester
-Cars: New Year Means Huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (7:04)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Police officer in Ohio rescues woman from burning car after she suffers a medical emergency
-Meanwhile, in India, leopard wanders hallway of medical school
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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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