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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 (:31). High of 82 today in Worcester
-"Super" El Niño winter impacts on New England
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Karen Solomon, wife wanted in connection with Worcester police officer's death, found dead
+5:00: Related: Press conference (7:12)
+Noon: Historic Worcester "Octagon House" for sale
+Noon: Massport announces new director of Worcester Regional Airport
-The search for Karen Solomon: Where the investigation stands after 6 days
-Earlier: First H.E.L.P. issues statement amid search for Karen Solomon, the nonprofit's founder
-Earlier: Karen Solomon timeline: Surveillance, cellphone ping and 3 days searching Coes Pond
-Earlier: If Coes Pond produces nothing, search for Karen Solomon could shift from water recovery to fugitive hunt
-Earlier: True Crime Report (Steve Huff): The Hunt for Karen Solomon and "True Crime Brain"
-Paxton man charged in fiery O.U.I. crash that killed father, 8-year-old daughter (2:50). Article
-Worcester man charged in 2012 killing found not guilty of prison assault
-Police: Worcester man shouted "suicide by cop" while brandishing scissors
-Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty: The next generation is taking over
-Aislinn Doyle: WPS in Brief for August
-Worcester store sells $100,000 lottery ticket
-Worcester County Wonders: Hidden history in a Clinton optical illusion
-Under new federal rules, tens of thousands of Mass. residents have lost food assistance
>DINING OUT: Radio Worcester (13:36): Cyprian Keyes welcomes public back to its restaurant
-Table Hoppin': Sandwiches, cannoli a draw at Sturbridge's Mangia Bene
-ICYMI: Area woman avoids prison for stealing $110K of dead person's benefits
-Shooting suspect at Worcester County Jail extradited to Arizona
-Primary foes Mary Keefe, Ron Waddell clash over experience, criminal justice issues
-Related: 15th Worcester District debate Wednesday: Mary Keefe vs. Ron Waddell
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Val's hiring for all positions
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Disoriented man breaks into locked Shrewsbury residence during nighttime
-Man charged with sexually assaulting woman at Lions Club meeting in Leicester
-Tension at Grafton Select Board meeting over committee appointments
-Sturbridge historian to discuss Revolutionary War research at Jacob Edwards Library
-UP Academy Holland’s turnaround success offers a nuanced lesson on receivership
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: From Elm Park trash to vultures, ArtsWorcester grants become an exhibition
-Barry Manilow cancels more concerts at last minute after lung cancer battle
-Buckcherry tour bus involved in fatal South Carolina crash
-Boston Symphony Orchestra and musicians extend contract for 48 hours, delaying possible first strike (:33)
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Cherry picking politics in the face of tragedy
-Laurel: Entering play zone in Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Streetlights No. 6 (28:45)
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:32): Worcester charter review and police oversight
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Assumption professor
>SPORTS: Takeaways from Patriots' win over Eagles in NFL preseason (2:06)
-Eliot Wolf provides update on Christian Gonzalez contract talks
-Red Sox beat Giants, 5-4
-Halligan, Mila shine for Holy Cross women's soccer in win over Brown
-Holy Cross men’s soccer plays Merrimack to 2-2 tie
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Roman Anthony set to continue rehab in Worcester this week
-WooSox fall to Syracuse, 2-0
>NATIONAL: All about the 14 suspects in the alleged Penn State cocaine operation
-Why are Americans speaking 28% fewer words to each other?
-Tragic: October 7th survivor takes life on grave of lover Hamas murdered
>NEW ENGLAND: Analysis | What the defense established in Lindsay Clancy trial (2:56)
-Woman tells a Mass. officer she had just started a new insurance policy. He still had her car towed
>COLLEGES: How do I survive my first year in college? Here's advice from Clarkies
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The country that has more saunas than cars
>BUSINESS: D.O.J. and TikTok reach $400 million settlement amid child privacy violation
>HOMES: Worcester mid-year housing market review
>HEALTH: UMass Medical School professors: Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice
>FOOD: Easy Meals: 15-minute tacos
-Hidden cost of buying groceries at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and 99 Cent Store: study
>TV/STREAMING: Teaser for Season 3 of "The Pitt" on HBO (1:29)
>MOVIES: "National Treasure 3" in the works and has a script, director says
>CELEBRITY: Shelley Fabares, TV star who sang "Johnny Angel," dies at 82
-Harrison Ford, 84, shocks fans with new Indiana Jones announcement
>ANIMALS: New kitten sister won’t leave her sick brother’s side (2:23)
>HISTORY: The monkey wrench was invented in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: A construction crew uncovered a $10 million gold hoard
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear crashes couple's anniversary getaway, rummages through tea shop
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