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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Today's high in upper 50s
+6:15: Worcester woman killed in Northborough crash ID'd
+6:15: Worcester Board of Health: Gun violence is a persistent public health threat
+6:15: Radio Worcester (10:30): City Manager Ed Augustus responds to reports that minority companies got peanuts in Polar Park project
+6:15: Princeton St. closure in Holden through April 23
+6:15: 15 Crusaders earn All-Patriot League football honors
+6:15: Artist Spotlight: The photography of Scarlett Hoey
+6:15: Worcester adoptable pets: Meet Flora, Benzo, Chico & more
+Noon: Ricky Duran's 'Selfish Love' video to premiere on CMT
+Noon: Watch the teaser trailer for locally filmed movie 'The Investigators'
+Noon: Worcester ranked among top 10 cities for urban gardening profit potential
+8:15: Worcester DPW&P will be shutting down the water main on Bourne Street
-Saturday's double-shooting in Worcester caught on video, authorities say
-T&G honored for defending 'public’s right to know' in suing Worcester for secret records
-WBJ wins 11 New England journalism awards, honoring economic, diversity, design and podcast work
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 13
-Worcester-based online cheesecake business takes off
-Filming for George Clooney's 'The Tender Bar' continued in downtown Worcester
-More parking coming to Canal District
-Saint Vincent Hospital nurses strike enters week 6
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (26:45): Lucy Hale, President & CEO, EcoTarium
-Worcesteria: Sam James talks 'Voice,' Tik Tok and upcoming Hanover show
-21-year-old Worcester woman killed in rollover crash on Route 9 in Northborough (:16)
-Worcester superintendent’s Artist of the Week: Kahlia Parker
-ICYMI: Worcester city employee salaries for 2020. Spectrum News 1. Top 500 list: This Week in Worcester
-See all the day's Worcester news
-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): Shrewsbury entrepreneur sells coffee, empowers women
-Grafton's Cancuns and Pub 122 approved for outdoor dining
-Tony Hawk's Foundation donates $10,000 to Leominster skatepark that honors teen killed in hit-and-run (1:08)
-MBI wins $252,000 to spur biomedical entrepreneurship
-Shaping the Future: Holy Cross Athletics unveils five-year strategic plan
-Men's golfer Juan Suan named Crusader of the Week
-Patriots legend Julian Edelman retires
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Food: Ground turkey sold at Wegmans, Stop & Shop and Hannaford linked to salmonella outbreak
-Video: View the Boston skyline from Worcester over 50 miles away (:26)
-Homes: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Shopping: Jordan’s to give away free furniture, mattresses if Red Sox pitcher throws no-hitter
-Celebrity: Oscars 2021 reveals A-list roster of presenters
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-History: Hall in the old State Mutual Building in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Anonymous thank you note leaves Mass. veteran feeling grateful
-Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, humongous snake found slithering in tree along park trail
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:15: Cases are rising in more than half the states, despite vaccinations
+8:15: U.S. will pause use of J&J vaccine after rare complications
-Worcester pharmacist proud to 'restore a sense of normalcy' (1:54)
-Mobile clinics help deliver vaccine to hard-to-reach people
-Gov. Baker: Mass. to reach 2 million people fully vaccinated (1:09)
-Free testing in Worcester on Thursday
-Radio Worcester (10:25): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks vaccines, variants and the state of COVID
-Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School explains latest reports about vaccines
-Drive-through vaccination clinic in Holden next week
-Valley Tech students assist at Uxbridge vaccination clinic
-Mass. officials announce 1,376 new cases and 19 deaths with a positivity rate of 2.3 percent
-16 percent of parents consider holding child back a grade, poll shows
-Officials: 28% of American adults are fully vaccinated
-More young people are getting hospitalized as a more infectious strain becomes dominant
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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+Full-time firefighter/paramedics, Town of West Boylston
-Multiple positions, Holden D.P.W.
-Part-time maintenance position, Canal District bar/restaurant
-Hosts, wait staff & bussers, Worcester restaurant
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