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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: High of 74 today!
+4:00: Car slams into Worcester cruiser on Burns Bridge, backing up traffic into Shrewsbury
+4:00: Truck gets wedged under bridge on Sunderland Road in Worcester
+4:00: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
+4:00: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Maggie
+4:00: Artist Spotlight: Where do we go from here?
+4:00: Jessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ star, dies at 80
+11:45: Auburn ink spill spans nearly a quarter mile (:19)
+11:45: Man receives prestigious honor for saving woman from car submerged in Grafton river
+11:45: Street sweeping starts in Worcester on Monday
+7:45: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – March 25
-Nightmare Worcester intersection one of state's worst for delays
-2 guns found, 2 in custody, after van crash on Belmont Street in Worcester
-Man riding stolen dirt bike on Worcester streets arrested
-Worcester man gets 2 to 3 years after trying to Tase Southbridge officer with own weapon
-Pepe’s Italian Restaurant in Worcester is moving to Shrewsbury Street, expanding kitchen
-Community rallies around Worcester Police Officer diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
-Police union upset after DA drops charges against BLM protesters
-Councilors want makeover for Belmont Street bridge
-Nurses on picket line, inside St. Vincent address patient concerns during strike
-In stop at picket line, Mass. AG Maura Healey pledges backing of St. V's nurses
-Healey visits Worcester’s Main South to understand struggles of neighborhood businesses
-Worcester to open yard waste sites on Saturday, April 3
-Boys & Girls Club, 2Gether We Eat team up for hydroponic farm
-SeltzerTime Podcast #111 (1:15:46): A coffee shop worth dying for
-John DiPietro's Worcester Neighborhoods (11:51): Main Street from Lincoln Square to Webster Square
-New release date for Ryan Reynolds movie filmed in Worcester
-Robert Rossetti writing comedy screenplays with Worcester in view
-Last Call with Allison Hale, Founder of Ladies Night Out Worcester
-Travel the northeast on Amtrak for just $19 this summer
-Radio Worcester (10:01): City Manager Ed Augustus on Standing with the Asian-American community, SROs out of WPS & modernizing
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leicester police log March 11-17
-Grafton School Committee fights against MCAS this spring
-Spencer police officer charged, suspended after domestic incident following heated talk over stimulus check, records say
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: The all-new Nissan Rogue is at Bertera Nissan (5:41)
-Food: The Grape-Nuts shortage is over
-Tribute to former Worcester Public Schools teacher of 30 years who recently passed away
-TV/Streaming: New on Netflix in April (9:01)
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): School district in Virginia returns woman’s wallet almost 70 years after she lost it in her high school gym
-Meanwhile, in Nevada, groom drops ring into Lake Tahoe during wedding ceremony
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Popular Park Ave. restaurant closes temporarily because of positive test
-Worcester's request to delay full-time in-person learning for K-8 students until May approved by state
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (15:49): Return to school, vaccination effort & modernization
-ICYMI: More than 70% of Worcester parents in survey say they want 5-day per week in-person learning
-How to get vaccinated at CVS, Walgreens in Massachusetts
-WPI plans to return to in-person learning in fall
-Free testing in Worcester this week
-Mass. officials announce 1,865 new cases, 54 deaths, 7-day positivity rate holds at 2 percent
-More than 3 million vaccine doses administered in Massachusetts
-Brighter outlook for U.S. as vaccinations rise and deaths fall ...
-... but variant cases re-infecting people previously diagnosed
-Lockdowns spurred nearly 2 pounds of monthly weight gain
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man charged with manslaughter in Dorchester stabbing
+6:00: Remembering Gloria Steinem's visits to Central Mass.
+6:00: WCCA-TV continues streaming at wccatv.com while working on restoring cable transmission
+6:00: Old Sturbridge Village to mark America’s 250th with Special Muster Day
+6:00: Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to face Maine at DCU Center
+Noon: Meet Shrewsbury's new educators, ready to inspire students this fall
+Noon: Things to Do: Pike Hairfest, Dustin Ybarra and Spencer Fair
+Noon: Detour Music Fest goess off beaten path at Fuel America Grove Street
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Low-tech, high- engagement games for littles
-Sutton woman charged with photographing jurors says she was trying to get a picture of Lindsay Clancy (1:00). Article. Arraignment (11:37)
-Developer revives stalled apartment project on Worcester’s Chandler Street
-Worcester apartments sale signals shift in real estate investment, broker says
-Fatal overdoses down in Worcester, but much work remains to be done
-Worcester police respond to jackknifed tractor-trailer near Burncoat Street and I-290 on-ramp
-Traffic advisory for Park Ave. at Sagamore Road
-Worcester startup gets $8 million NASA grant to make medicine in space
-Worcester hosts first ever Dominican Festival
-Local students to contact International Space Station
-Worcester School Committee to consider recognizing June and September as Pride Months
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers
-Should there be a national primary Election Day? Clark Professor Robert Boatright thinks so
-Radio Worcester (23:05): Why primary voters don’t represent the broader electorate
>DINING OUT: Shake Shack delays plan to open first local location
-Wonder food hall opens this week in Shops at Blackstone Valley
-ICYMI: Worcester rehab participants were used as unpaid workers: A.G.
-Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Worcester pedestrian crash
-Police hunt for suspect after Worcester stabbing
-Fleeing driver crashes near Kelley Square; bolts scene on foot
-Incumbents Mary Keefe, Jim O'Day secure Democratic nominations for state Rep.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Openings on Zoning Board of Appeals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek public’s help locating missing 38-year-old man
-West Nile virus detected in Shrewsbury; spraying today
-Store manager helps thwart $1,500 gift card scam, Sturbridge police say
-Officials look at drone policy as Spencer police build new program
-UMass Memorial opens new urgent care outpost in Northborough
-Dudley’s electricity aggregation program introduces new rates for 2026-27
-Oxford sets bulk item drop-off dates for October, November
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at The Vue 6 to 9 Friday
>SHOWTIME: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker deliver new sound on "Code Red"
-Jason Homer: What I’m reading now
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1390 (30:03): Shab, Dolly Parton and more
-Last Call: Isiah Tucker, executive director, Inner Voice for Outer Change for Youth
>OPINION: Christine Shustak: When Mero-Carlson's service, allegations collide
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 505 (28:38): Paul Matthews
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:25): Worcester primary turnout, police oversight and I.C.E. questions
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Holy Cross professor
>SPORTS: Pushing back on idea Patriots are doomed by depth issues
-Bill Belichick used "diabolically clever" field goal trick to gain Patriots edge in shocking reveal
-Red Sox fall to Mariners, 8-3
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox game in Buffalo postponed
>NATIONAL: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
-Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
-6 months into the Iran War, gas prices are up 37%
-Tragic: Mom of 2 killed in freak accident as plane making emergency landing hits her car
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:39): What to know about judge's last-ditch effort to avoid mistrial
-Mass. median net wealth is $370,000, racial gaps persist
>COLLEGES: WPI’s transfer pathways open doors for more S.T.E.M. students
-Assumption named to Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): America’s most (and least) stressed cities
-This U.S. airline will let you pay for an empty middle seat
>BUSINESS: W.B.D.C. helps Worcester transportation company buy $1.75 million property
-LPL Financial Research: The cash flow case for value
-Uber slashing over 3,000 jobs as rise of robotaxis dents ride-hailing business
>HOMES: Lottery opens for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
>SHOPPING: Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 252 (28:50): Water Safe Worcester
-Alert warns parents about appeal of "upper deckies" among teens (3:23)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:30): White bean hummus
-Taco Bell debuts nostalgic Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing with the Star" Season 35 cast and partners released
>MOVIES: Every "Spider-Man" movie villain, ranked
>CELEBRITY: Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospitalization in I.C.U.
-Madonna, 68, shows off fresh-faced freckled look and ultra-smooth complexion
>ANIMALS: Watch: Bear booted out of car, leaves with a watermelon (1:18)
>HISTORY: Boston gravestone changing what we know about colonial life (2:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Delivery drivers save woman's life
-Meanwhile, in Maine, bigfoot sightings prompt police response
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