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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today

In The News
-Latest weather: Worcester hits record high of 70
+6:30: Mom facing charges after her child is struck by car at Spencer apartment
+6:30: Worcesteria: Everybody polka with the WPD!
+6:30: Artist Spotlight: The Distorted Worlds of John Wesley Small
+4:15: Worcester man rolled himself in a rug to hide from cops, Mass. State Police say
+4:15: Former Worcester resident ordered to pay quarter-million dollars in restitution for phone scam
+4:15: Signs of spring as city to begin Indian Lake refill next week
+Noon: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
+Noon: Holy Cross 'Sader Stories (40:47): It's Family Week!
+8:00: Mother, daughter nurses join picketers in St. Vincent strike
+8:00: Mass. Nurses Association (3:32): Pre-Strike Rally and First Day Highlights
+8:00: Worcester's Brendan Sargent to appear on 'Jeopardy!'
+8:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – March 11
-2-year-old in Spencer expected to recover after being struck by car possibly driven by mother
-8-10 years in prison for string of Worcester bank robberies
-2 arrested for prescription drugs in Worcester
-Rollover crash in Sterling sends person to hospital with serious injuries
-Memorial installed in Worcester to remember life of Gabriella Lowell
-How Union Station got its shine back
-Worcester is booming with housing but why aren't condos downtown?
-Worcester City Council votes to support use of crime forecasting tech
-Bill Shaner: The cops get what they want
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (17:14): Return to School and ShotSpotter Connect
-Radio Worcester (8:50): Retiring School Committee Member John Monfredo on not running for re-election
-Complete Easter Meal Packages are available at Peppercorn's
-ICYMI: In Grafton, it was a perfect day for a car wash — and then this happened
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person injured in Northborough armed home invasion
-Southbridge man faces federal charges for drug distribution
-Truck gets stuck under bridge in Westborough
-Holy Cross announces broadcast schedule through March 26
-QCC receives millions to help drive student success
-Charter/Spectrum ups company’s minimum wage to $18 an hour
-Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce newspaper winter edition
-Shaw's 'Pygmalion' becomes an online production by West Boylston theater
-WCCA-TV's next TV production class starts on Saturday, March 20
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tribute to 34-year-old area man killed in hit and run
-Cars: The all-new Nissan Rogue is at Bertera Nissan (5:41)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Town in Pennsylvania surprises its UPS driver with a $1,000 gift thanking him for his hard work during the pandemic
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:30: Here's the ‘little bird’ who tipped off officials that Bob Cousy hadn’t gotten a vaccine
+6:30: Worcester Senior Center vaccination site will shut down at the end of the month
+6:30: President will direct states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1
+6:30: Medical breakthrough could help 'long haulers'
+4:15: Will the coronavirus ever go away?
+Noon: All 40,000 first-dose vaccine appointments at mass sites booked for next week
-‘The day the world stopped’: The 413 Worcester residents who died of COVID remembered on state of emergency anniversary
-DCU Center down to 5 patients
-UMass Medical School infectious disease expert Robert Finberg: reinfections rare, but caution still urged
-Preregistration for mass vaccination sites set to launch on Friday
-Free testing in Worcester this week
-Here’s how many doses of vaccine will be available this week in Mass.
-Ch. 5 visits Fuller RV to discuss how RV sales are soaring as people hit the road during pandemic (1:42)
-Mass. officials announce 1,413 new cases, 53 deaths, 7-day positivity rate rises to 1.8 percent
-4 days to be teachers-only at Massachusetts mass vaccination sites
-When does full-time in-person learning for Massachusetts students start? Here’s the state’s timeline
-Biden to announce plans to purchase 100 million more Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses, reports say
-Tragic: Man in Ohio died from after trying to get vaccine twice, wife says
-A guide to what you can expect to get from the $1.9 trillion stimulus package
-Meanwhile, during quarantine, this husband built a full-on video rental store in his basement
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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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