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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:15: Assumption students spending spring semester training to be contact tracers
+6:15: The U.S. just saw its lowest daily case count since October — but experts are still worried
+6:15: Bars and COVID-19 safety rules don’t mix, study finds
+6:15: When will vaccines be available for next groups? (1:11)
-'It's a race': Worcester vaccine supersite opens as variant cases rise (2:09)
-Weather forces postponement of morning appointments at Worcester locations today; People will be rescheduled for Saturday
-Radio Worcester (10:45): Dr. Michael Hirsh on COVID-19 and the vaccination effort
-Free testing in Worcester this week
-DCU Center field hospital patient count nearly cut in half
-Rosen's Roundtable #428 (28:08): Have you gotten your shot?
-ICYMI: Here’s where you can get a vaccine in Worcester
-Here are the WRTA buses you can take to get to Worcester State vaccination center
-Ch. 5 visits Fuller RV to discuss how RV sales are soaring as people hit the road during pandemic (1:42)
-Mass. officials announce 1,480 new cases, 32 deaths, 7-day positivity rate holds at 2.2 percent
-Funeral workers push for access to vaccines (2:15)
-Symptomatic cases drop 94% with Pfizer vaccine, study shows
-7 new highly contagious variants found across U.S.
-CDC director: ‘We have work to do’ when it comes to reopening schools safely
-Dr. Fauci wins $1 million prize for ‘defending science’
-Meanwhile, here's everything you need to know about 'Fauci-ing,' the new dating trend
In The News
-Latest weather: Travel advisory through this afternoon
+6:15: Radio Worcester (7:13): City Manager Ed Augustus talks ice, COVID-19, vaccines and vandalism
+6:15: On this date in 1943, the coldest low temperature on record for Worcester, 24 below zero
+6:15: Doughnut Homies DIY decorating kits available this week
+10:30: Tracks in snow lead Worcester PD to domestic assault suspect with gun
+10:30: Crash knocks down pole, wires along Route 68 in Rutland, road closed
+10:30: Tractor-trailer loses load of steel beams on I-495 off-ramp in Westborough
+7:45: Worcester area battling icy surfaces (:46)
+7:45: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - Feb. 16
-Winter weather helps hardware stores, but few others
-L.A. firm pays $13 million to further expand downtown Worcester holdings
-Worcester car vandalism spree caught on camera
-Valentine's Day stabbing on Main Street under investigation in Worcester
-St. Vincent Hospital nurses in Worcester make plans before giving notice of strike
-Catholic priest sex abuse trial with Worcester ties to begin in December
-Worcester firefighters unaware of victim on 3rd-floor porch of Jaques Ave. home until he jumped, official says
-Worcester Fire Department distributes smoke alarms after fatal fire strikes neighborhood
-Paul Shea videos from Friday's fires on Williams Street (:55) and Jaques Ave. (1:09)
-Inside the Worcester warehouse full of props for Hollywood filmmakers
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (26:43): Travis Duda, Co-host, SeltzerTime, and Owner, Hunchback Graphics
-Reminder: Trash and recycling pickup in Worcester delayed one day this week starting Monday
-ICYMI: ‘The perfect spot’: Che! Empanada infuses Argentinian cuisine into Worcester’s Kelley Square
-February specials at Wachusett Wine & Spirits
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks developers to transform Town Center District
-Westborough pair to sleep in the cold to bring homeless issue to suburbs
-31-year-old Southbridge man faces drug trafficking charges
-Here are 4 great self-guided winter hiking spots in Central Mass.
-Makers Market at Burncoat Center for Arts a product of pandemic
-Music Worcester presents Rhiannon Giddens livestream concert Feb. 20
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Parade celebrates Mass. WWII veteran's 105th birthday (:36)
-Homes: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
-Cars: February is the month of huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (5:00)
-Meanwhile, in Arizona, woman finds rattlesnake guarding her food delivery
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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