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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Rain on the way, but not a lot
+5:00: Motorcyclist dies in morning crash in Leicester
+5:00: Worcester releases city employee salaries for 2020
+5:00: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
+5:00: Song to Get You Through the Week: Molly-Jane Gain delivers raw 'What You Never Had'
+5:00: Shopping: Score 45% off must-have HP products during spring sale
+Sunday Funday! Check Dining Out for the latest specials
-UPDATE: 25-year-old man accused of shooting 2 men during fight in Worcester
-Polar Park builder admits giving city inaccurate reports
-600 volunteers help clean up Worcester to celebrates Earth Day
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Shrewsbury St. restaurant closes for the weekend because of a lack of staff
-Group claims hospital owner has spent $33.5 million on strike
-Efforts to 'Save Duffy Field' continue
-Worcester nonprofit shares in $14 million state grant for homeless housing
-The April issue of Pulse Magazine is out
-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): Holden street sweeping starts April 12
-West Boylston looking for vendor to serve at the Wachusett Reservoir triangle picnic area
-Clark to hold in-person graduations June 12-13
-UMass wins NCAA men's hockey championship
-Remember a no-frills 1960s Central Mass. football trailblazer
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tragic: Dorchester grandmother killed in shooting while sitting on her front porch
-Homes: See inside this rural church selling for $400,000 in Leicester
-Video: View the Boston skyline from Worcester over 50 miles away (:26)
-TV/Streaming: New movies on demand
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Shopping: Best Buy launches a new $200 membership program to fight Amazon
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Animals: Monster 12-foot gator in South Carolina was a serial dog murderer
-History: The Old South Church in Worcester
-Meanwhile, in North Carolina, goat who tried breaking into home placed on house arrest
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Mobile vaccination clinic held in Worcester
-25% of Mass. residents fully vaccinated
-Holy Cross Economics Professor says vaccine distribution is key to restoring economic stability in the U.S.
-Why are more Massachusetts children coming down with COVID?
-ICYMI: Worcester's cases in schools among highest in state in March
-Mass. officials announce 2,107 new cases and 3 deaths with a positivity rate of 2.3 percent
-Sunday last days reserved for teachers only at mass vaccination sites
-More Black Americans open to getting vaccines after outreach efforts
-Mass. to see big drop in Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Here's why
-Wearing masks could save at least 14,000 people from deaths by August, model predicts
-Doctors: Variant causes more severe symptoms
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Retired nurse who barely survived COVID-19 is now administering vaccines
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Motorcyclist seriously injured in Rutland crash
+Noon: Mass Indie Film Fest returning to Worcester, Southbridge and online
+Noon: Listen Up: Dan Gabel finds big band sound on upswing with new album
+Noon: Last Call: Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson, dean of WPI Business School
+Noon: Bravehearts introduce 2025 coaching staff
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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