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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+5:00: Radio Worcester (10:06): Dr. Michael Hirsh gives a vaccination update
+5:00: Patient count drops to 9 at DCU Center in Worcester
+10:45: Free testing this week in Worcester
+10:45: Westborough Public Schools are going fully remote for one week
+10:45: Dr. Fauci: ‘Possible’ Americans will be wearing masks in 2022
-Worcester City Councilor Rivera calls for vaccine sites in neighborhoods impacted by COVID
-Community Health Center will play a major role in vaccine education and distribution
-ICYMI: Dining at eateries' bars urged by Chamber of Commerce
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 1,316 new cases, 46 deaths, 7-day positivity rate drops to 1.9 percent
-People who had COVID-19 may only need one vaccine dose, Dr. Fauci says
-U.S. numbers are slowing but experts project tens of thousands more deaths in next 3 months
In The News
+5:00: Someone made a 'Dream Machine' twitter handle and it's rad
+5:00: 3 men arrested for armed break-in at apartment in Worcester
+5:00: Black History Month reflections from Worcester city councilor, human services leader
+5:00: 35 years after massive tire fire, site of Joe's Junkyard a vacant, unwanted parcel in Spencer
+10:45: Councilor asks for study on moving Worcester police station to former Mount Carmel site
+10:45: WPI robotics team makes it to final round of NASA competition
-New restaurant the most popular pizza place in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Worcester restaurant passes 3,000 donated meals to first responders
-Worcester fundraiser to help family of fire victims rebuild
-Person dies after truck crashes into pond off Route 146 (:20). Article
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - Feb. 22
-Rosen's Roundtable #429 (28:05): Back to the Classroom
-Worcester police forum collides with new police reform proposal
-Worcester Councilor says removing police from schools will allocate Resources Better
-Bill Shaner: The City Manager calls for cops out of schools
-Worcester History: Patricia Rainey: World-famous singer turned Worcester social worker
-'Rock bottom' in store clearance sale of great whiskeys at Wachusett Wine & Spirits' West Boylston store
-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): Tractor-trailer caught under low bridge, closes road in Northborough
-Swan rescued near Shrewsbury-Worcester line
-Drone video over the Blackstone River in Grafton, Farnumsville (2:39)
-ICYMI: Spencer man, 34, killed in snowmobile crash in Maine (:31). Article
-Quabbin group painting towns purple for substance abuse awareness
-Nichols adds entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, criminal psychology programs
-Holy Cross men beat Army on Senior Day
-Fifth time's a charm for Holy Cross women against BU
-Music Worcester presents Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi livestreaming to Worcester and beyond
-Song to Get You Through the Week: Gracie Day delivers a song to 'Sink' into
-Tragic: Veteran in Texas dies from hypothermia while looking for oxygen device after power outage
-John DiPietro (28:21): How Worcester helped launch Rush Limbaugh's career
-Food: A guide to the best food and beer pairings from Wachusett Wine & Spirits
-Homes: 5 latest homes to hit the market in Worcester
-Cars: February is the month of huge Savings at Bertera Nissan (5:00)
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man forgoes food for 46-day Lent 'beer diet'
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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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