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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 (1:13). High of 30 today in Worcester
-Declared winter parking ban in effect in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-2 killed, 9 hurt in Brown University shooting (9:49)
-Related: Video shows man sought in Brown shooting (4:39)
-Related: Newest details on search for Brown shooting suspect (12:39)
-Related: Brown students describe aftermath of campus shooting (2:44)
-"Waiting for the next child to die": Former Worcester judge calls for federal probe of Mass. child welfare system
-Worcester schools release new data looking at assaults on staff
-Worcester man's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables attracts visitors from around Mass. (2:40). Article
-Worcester doesn’t have enough supermarkets. Some people blame the city’s tax rate
-Holy Cross buys off-campus student rental house for $2.2 million with plans for faculty housing
-A tropical escape blooms inside a historic Worcester building
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
-Powerball jackpot grows to colossal $1.1 billion after Saturday’s drawing
>DINING OUT: Raising Cane’s opening Worcester location next week
-ICYMI: Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police introduce newest officer, Amgad Nashawi
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): 2 stab victims found outside Thirsty Turtle Pub in Templeton
-Barre man charged with extortion after dispute with neighbor over $50 chicken dinner ticket
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-All charges dropped against unlicensed driver accused of evading Shrewsbury police
-Man arrested after entering Leominster Verizon store, charging at and threatening employee
-Police seek hit-and-run driver who was operating stolen vehicle
-Dickman receives honor for his work in fatal crash reconstruction
-Local pajama drive breaks records
-Lights in Common shines in Princeton
-Goings on from Grafton News, Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and The Landmark
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-Rebuilding the Higgins Collection: Successes, surprises and what’s still missing
-John Cena taps out to Gunther to lose final WWE match
-WCCA-TV's YAY ART No. 1 (21:51)
>OPINION: Laurel: Welcome to Green Hill Park, past and present
-Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 59 (28:55): Matthias Waschek and Jeffrey L. Forgeng
-Manny Jae Media (1:03:09): 508 Live! with Papee Paye
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who was a nurse for over 50 years
>SPORTS: Patriots can clinch the AFC East with a win today (1:43). Article
-Slowing down James Cook is pivotal for New England
-Will Patriots earn AFC’s No. 1 seed? Simulating the NFL’s final 4 weeks
-NFL Week 15 schedule, TV and announcers
-Caitlin Clark: WNBA labor talks "biggest moment" league has seen
-Bravehearts name Joe Galvin manager
-Railers beat Mariners, 4-2
>NATIONAL: Australian officials say 12 are dead in attack on Jewish event in Sydney
-New Epstein photos show presidents, more V.I.P.s
-Lionel Messi’s brief appearance at India soccer game sparks chaos as fans destroy stadium
-Tragic: Horrific moment teen mauled to death by zoo lion (1:48)
>NEW ENGLAND: Ballot question volume creating unease among top state officials
-N.H. mom charged with child endangerment after daughter ingested T.H.C. gummy
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 23 (51:11): Engineering a cultural connection
-Radio Worcester (9:10): Q.C.C. holiday initiatives & student support with Dr. Luis Pedraja
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airlines now exempt from covering costs during recall delays
>BUSINESS: This workplace benefit is the biggest reason people jump jobs: survey
-Community bank collects hundreds of food items for local veterans, military families
-ChatGPT chatbot's shocking response to alleged role in murder-suicide
-Dividing restricted stock units and stock options in divorces
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Gifts with ongoing fees and sneaking subscriptions: Consumer Reports
>HEALTH: Why experts say you should enroll in A.C.A. even if premiums spike
-W.S.C. Stay Connected with Your Health for December (37:51)
>TV/STREAMING: "New Year's Rockin' Eve" to feature Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone and Maren Morris
>MOVIES: Trailer for "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" (2:20)
>CELEBRITY: Peter Greene, "Pulp Fiction," "The Mask' actor, dies at 60
-Jane Seymour, 74, is "very sexually active" with rocker beau John Zambetti
>ANIMALS: Guy rescues teeniest Frenchie puppy who hops like a bunny (2:03)
>HISTORY: Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
>GOOD NEWS: Child turns little library into free food pantry for neighbors
-Meanwhile, Virginia's drunk raccoon exposed as serial offender
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