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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: High of 71 today!
+4:45: Polar Park builder admits giving city inaccurate reports
+4:45: 30-year-old man shot Thursday night on East Worcester Street
+4:45: See inside this rural church selling for $400,000 in Leicester
+4:45: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
+4:45: Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50
+Noon: Shrewsbury St. restaurant closes for the weekend because of a lack of staff
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out for the latest specials before your weekend making plans!
+Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+8:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 9
+8:00: Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
-'Inside job': Worcester spent more than $100 million building Polar Park. Minority companies got peanuts
-Worcester's newest affordable apartments start leasing
-Academy Award winner tells Conan O'Brien how he spent childhood birthdays at Higgins Armory
-Worcester Police Officer bitten during pursuit, 2 arrested
-4 displaced after fire damages home in Greendale
-I Love Frankie's aims to expand locations, menu
-These 24 Mass. billionaires are among richest in U.S.
-Learn 10 Free Ways to Market Your Small Business from GEM Marketing Solutions
-Sports and recreation fields opened to public in Worcester
-The April issue of Pulse Magazine is out
-Worcesteria: The unbearable anxiety of the lapsed inspection sticker
-508, A Show About Worcester (28:17): Happy Easter (COVID is over)
-Worcester Garden Club funds Newton Square beautification
-ICYMI: Gun, machete found and 2 arrested after loud music call at South Plaza on Grafton Street
-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): Meet K-9 Riggs, a valuable asset to Auburn Fire and Rescue
-Paxton points finger at Wachusett school budget for creating deficit
-Rep. Kane responds to Route 20 traffic concerns after school bus crash
-33-year-old Southbridge man arrested on drug charges
-UMass men's hockey team advances to national championship game
-Ex-Patriots player Phillip Adams killed 5 people, then himself, authorities say
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Transformative Healthcare seeks to fill 200 positions in Worcester
-Pedestrian bridges down at UMass Medical School
-Homes: 5 new open houses in Worcester
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Shopping: Huggies diapers, Pull-Ups and Scott toilet paper may soon get more expensive
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-TV/Streaming: Best movies on Peacock Max in April
-Animals: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Fuzzy
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Shaq caught in act of kindness paying off engagement ring
-Meanwhile, in Moscow, dog steals TV reporter's microphone during live broadcast
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+4:45: Some employers still face major tax increases due to COVID-related unemployment claims
+Noon: Was your business affected by COVID-19? Federal grants are now available
-City of Worcester launches vaccine dashboard
-New weekly cases in Worcester increase, but officials remain optimistic
-Vaccine to be offered at Massachusetts Walmart stores
-Vaccination clinic in Worcester Saturday will focus on homeless, disabled individuals and others
-Gov. Baker: Let's keep focus on getting people vaccinated
-Mass. officials announce 1,938 new cases, 8 deaths, 7-day positivity rate drops to 2.3 percent
-Most spread happening in Massachusetts homes (1:22)
-Number of Mass. communities at high risk increases to 77
-What's required for a vaccine in Massachusetts?
-Are some vaccines more effective than others?
-Can your employer require you to get a vaccine?
-Experts urge people to wait their turn for vaccine
-Tragedy, a miracle, and the power of a promise: How COVID impacted a California family
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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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+Prep cook and wait staff, Shrewsbury Street bistro
-Public safety communications, town of Auburn
-Part-time barista, Downtown Worcester bakery
-Part-time busser, Worcester restaurant
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