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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 (:37). High of 32 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-UMass Medical School Professor: New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases
-Worcester man pleads guilty after nightclub gun report, foot chase through Worcester Common
-Professor reflects on service work with Ukrainian refugee students
-UMass Medical School student Jaein Jung launches Lantern Project to help refugee teens
-City education advocate to address MLK Day Breakfast at Assumption
-Swim school to occupy former party store in White City
-Wondering why your gas bill is still so high? Mass. has taken little action on change (4:22)
>DINING OUT: Fatima's Cafe, Pampas Churrascaria among region's hidden dining
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy
-Worcester police make arrest in fatal Main Street stabbing (1:23). Article
-Earlier: 2 injured in Downtown Worcester stabbing, police say (:11). Article
-Worcester veterans services director out amid dispute over academic credentials
-City Councilor Rosen blasts Spectrum over senior discounts
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): January Senior Center events
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
-Holden targeted? A.G. threatens action against towns not complying with M.B.T.A. Act
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Clearing the way for construction on Route 12
-How a food truck turned into a full-on cafe...
-Sutton health teacher honored at Blackstone Valley Tech
-Clips of the past: Longtime Shrewsbury barbershop Perrone's recalled
-TODAY! Pay It Forward Card Show in Leominster
-Leominster City Council meets behind closed doors to discuss lawsuit against Mohawk Drive cannabis facility
-Dudley man arrested for O.U.I. after stop of construction van for obstructed plate
-Following shutdown attempt, Job Corps in Devens calls for new applicants
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Musician Troy Mercy, comedian Brian Glowacki, and more ...
-Anna Maria "All Student Art Show" opening reception on Wednesday
>OPINION: Laurel: On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a jump for joy
-Shaun Connolly: Your family are a bunch of monsters
-WCCA-TV's Coffee with Konnie No. 541 (29:32): Bill Wallace
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:06): Defamation lawsuit sparks debate over press freedom in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:53): Lawsuit against This Week in Worcester spurs press freedom debate
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career educator from Worcester
>SPORTS: Vrabel, Patriots bring confidence into divisional round
-Patriots-Texans Tale of the Tape: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-Patriots-Texans: Which team has the edge on paper? (7:40)
-Old Grumbly Fan's Divisional Playoff Patriots preview
-NFL Divisional Round schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Hawks, 132-106 (2:03). Article
-Bruins beat Blackhawks, 5-2
-Holy Cross women's basketball pulls away from Lafayette, 70-48
-Holy Cross women’s hockey downs B.U., 4-2
-Holy Cross men’s basketball falls at Lafayette
-Auburn's Kellen Looney borrows Thomas Gale's Holy Cross goalie gear
-Railers grab point in 3-2 overtime loss in Portland
>NATIONAL: D.O.J. says Congressmen can't intervene in release of Epstein files
-A look at what happened in the U.S. government last week
-Tragic: Day care worker accused of fatally suffocating baby days before his first birthday
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 charged following prostitution sting at hotel
-Documents reveal intense pressure in Mass. service plaza saga (3:53)
>COLLEGES: Hal Jurist, longtime supporter of WPI, awarded honorary degree
-Clark honors Martin Luther King Jr. with faculty panel, day of service
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Chile announces Cape Froward National Park "on the edge of the world" will be built in 2 years
>BUSINESS: That Verizon $20 credit text is real, here's how to claim it
-Former Flexcon C.E.O. re-joins former employer
-OpenAI plans to introduce ads for ChatGPT users
>HOMES: MassHousing to rollout financing program for A.D.U. home construction
>HEALTH: Cheering for the Patriots can be good for your mental health (2:15)
-Doctors in Scotland may have found new way to treat eczema (1:38)
>FOOD: McDonald's 2026 menu changes include giant burger and "secret menu"— though U.S. rollout remains uncertain
>TV/STREAMING: How to watch the Golden Globes winners
>MOVIES: "Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon" full movie (1:36:19)
>CELEBRITY: Michael Keaton is named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
-Mel Brooks was with Carl Reiner when he collapsed and died
>ANIMALS: Shelter Beagle hides in a corner until 1 guy takes him home (4:25)
>HISTORY: Looking back at the Patriots' history in Foxborough (2:14)
>GOOD NEWS: Patriots coach Mike Vrabel visits young patient, lifts family’s spirits (1:51). Article
-Meanwhile, Irish town "shell-shocked" after thousands of live crustaceans spill from overturned truck
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