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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 (:23). High of 75 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing girl
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old
-Shrewsbury shooting victim ID'd as Kevin Doherty, 56; suspect arraigned
-Related: New details revealed in deadly shooting of Shrewsbury dad (3:03)
-Related: Suspect’s criminal history includes machete attack, fights
-Related: Machete attack victim says suspect should have been in jail (2:46). Article
-Related: Suspect who allegedly killed Shrewsbury father is held without bail (2:32)
-Earlier: Shrewsbury father shot to death after walking 6-year-old child to school (2:58). Article
-Firefighters battle blaze at scrap metal site in Worcester
-Webster woman in court after allegedly causing bomb scare at convenience store (:32). Article
-Worcester motorcyclist killed in crash with tractor-trailer remembered
-Goodbye trash, and pounds: City D.P.W. crews make clean sweep of streets
-Spotted lanternfly detected in 13 Worcester County cities and towns: How to stop the spread
>POLITICS: Meet the candidates: Jermoh Kamara on health, schools, community
-The016.com announces political ad packages
-WCCA-TV's WCCA-TV Primary Candidate Forum (41:14)
>DINING OUT: New Worcester Mediterranean restaurant announces official opening date
-ICYMI: Worcester man charged with killing his toddler son in Ohio ordered held without bail
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old
-Traffic delays after tractor-trailer gets stuck under bridge in Worcester
-State Police recruit from Worcester died from blunt force injuries, family attorney says (2:21). Article
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden recreation fields formally opened
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-September Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): It’s the Spencer Fair!
-It's the first year at the new David Prouty High. Here's what it looks like
-Dudley man arrested after shoving officer during intoxicated dispute at home
-Man charged after crashing into pole and tearing through yards in West Boylston
-Sample ballot for September 8th Paxton vote
-Leominster residents urge council to reverse Orchard Hill zoning to block apartment project
-D.J. or band needed for Rutland Sock Hop
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Pinecroft Dairy 5 p.m. Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Chainsmokers at Breakaway Festival, KC and the Sunshine Band and more ...
-"Whirlwind": Worcester fans raise money for movie about cycling legend Major Taylor
-King Richard's Faire opens new location in Carver for 44th season
-Design a bookmark for this Worcester Public Library contest
>OPINION: Stacey Kenneally: Finding our way — Wins with my sensory child
-First Person: In matters of faith, Joe Fusco Jr. looks for "returns"
-WCCA-TV's What It’s Worth No. 478 (28:59): Movie Reviewers
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to nurse who worked at UMass Memorial for 33 years
>SPORTS: Patriots release veteran safety Jabrill Peppers in surprise move
-Patriots unveil new alternate uniform for Week 13 game vs. Jets
-Red Sox lose to Pirates, 4-2
-Red Sox release Walker Buehler to end $21 million debacle
-WooSox lose to Durham, 5-3
-Worcester Academy basketball legend joins athlete advisory board for Boston Legacy FC
>NATIONAL: Middle schoolers shielded younger students using buddy system during school shooting
-Radio Worcester (13:19): McGovern warns of capital militarization, vows to reintroduce Epstein files amendment
>TRAGIC: Bullfighter gored to death in shocking arena attack in Portugal (2:01)
>NEW ENGLAND: State Police enforcing Move Over law over Labor Day weekend
-I.C.E. has arrested more noncriminals than criminals in Mass. this year: See stats
>COLLEGES: Assumption welcomes its newest Hounds
-WPI biomedical engineering professor receives $630,000 grant for fibrosis study
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 8 of the world's biggest natural arches
>BUSINESS: New inflation data factors into the Fed's interest rates decision
-LPL Financial Research: Grand ideas at the Grand Tetons
-Can a resolution be reached at Market Basket next week? (17:15)
>SHOPPING: Wayfair Labor Day sale | Save up to 80%
>HEALTH: CVS restricts COVID shots in 3 states, including Mass.
-Caffeinated coffees are mostly free of toxins, with a few exceptions
>FOOD: Kellogg's becomes first company to sign binding agreement removing toxic dyes from cereals
>TV/STREAMING: New shows & movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES:New movies on streaming: "Together," and more
>CELEBRITY: Bruce Willis' wife reveals his "scary" symptoms pre-dementia diagnosis
-Idris Elba admits he's never watched "The Wire"
>ANIMALS: Dumped neglected dog learns to be a puppy again (1:49)
>HISTORY: What is gerrymandering? You can trace its history back to Mass.
>GOOD NEWS: Needham girl's book about cancer journey features police pup who escorted her home
-Meanwhile, Bermuda Triangle mystery solved? This scientist’s theory is making big waves (4:53)
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