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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Rain, snow forecast tonight into tomorrow
+7:00: Pay-by-plate parking goes live in Canal District April 20
+7:00: Worcesteria: Everybody's talking about Polar Park
+7:00: WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (27:22): Ann Gibbons-Smith, Rev. John Madden & Kevin O’Sullivan, 36th Annual Walk for the Homeless
+7:00: Weekly unemployment claims in state declined last week
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 15
+Noon: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
+Noon: Homes: How closing dates can impact Massachusetts winning home bids (3:11)
+Noon: Animals: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Aries
+Noon: Worcester ranked among 20 best cities to get stoned in U.S.
-Worcester man beaten to death at treatment facility
-Elderly woman in Worcester shot in the face with a paintball, 2 arrested (1:09)
-Northborough man gets more than 8 years in prison for fraud schemes targeting elderly
-Local billionaire's net worth nearly doubled in 2020
-Worcester teacher releases children's book, 'Andy the Anchor'
-Worcester Fire Dept., Red Cross install free smoke alarms
-Worcester to settle School Committee election discrimination suit
-Worcester Chamber Music Society's 'Horizons' concert April 25
-stART on the Street cancels 2021 festival
-Worcester plans to install 13 new electric vehicle stations downtown
-Radio Worcester Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (16:21): Voting equity, J&J vaccine pause and development
-ICYMI: Central figure in disappearance of Worcester’s Sabrina Hatheway shot in street violence
-See all the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Music will return to Reunion Tap & Table in Grafton
-Electronics recycling and household items donation drop-off in Shrewsbury this weekend
-Lilac Hedge Farm still dealing with impacts of last summer's drought
-Fur Friends, Town of Auburn announce new dog park grand opening
-Extended voter registration hours April 20 in Holden
-Park Place Technologies completes move to Westborough
-Radio Worcester (15:31): Fidelity Bank CEO Ed Manzi and Menkiti Group Founder & CEO Bo Menkiti talk Worcester Development
-At the office: Here's the most annoying workplace behavior in Massachusetts
-Registration remains open for WBJ’s Shecession webinar
-Chamber of Commerce Live 360 Pivot (8:49): EcoTarium
-Last Call with Eric Swedberg of Artistic Soapstone Incorporated
-Holy Cross men’s, women’s lacrosse cancel remainder of 2021 season
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Homes: 4 Worcester open houses to scope out
-Video: Big sky over Wachusett Reservoir (1:02)
-Animals: Watch these small dogs chase trespassing bear out of California home
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-History: Original Associated Press report of Lincoln’s assassination from April 14, 1865
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Dedham boy honored with parade after helping save mother's life (2:02)
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, woman tries to use a $1 million bill at a dollar store
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:00: Can we breathe easy after getting the vaccine? Holy Cross Biology Professor and Virologist weighs in
+7:00: Mass. officials announce 1,884 new cases and 5 deaths with a positivity rate of 2.3 percent
+7:00: Pfizer CEO says third vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months
+7:00: Experts weigh in on whether ‘herd immunity’ is possible
+Noon: I got the J&J vaccine; should I be worried?
+Noon: 'Fraud Alert' issued for COVID funeral reimbursement scams
-Mobile vaccination clinic held for grocery store workers
-As local schools return full-time, mental health issues are addressed
-Worcester to continue equity clinics with switch to Pfizer vaccine
-UMass Med students are helping translate vaccine info to Spanish, Portuguese
-About 1.7 million Mass. residents become eligible for vaccine on Monday (1:52)
-Free testing in Worcester on Thursday
-Vaccine clinic in Rutland adjusting after Johnson & Johnson pause
-ICYMI: Grafton family displays more than 17,000 flags for Massachusetts COVID victims (2:04)
-Mass. officials announce 2,004 new cases and 14 deaths with a positivity rate of 2.4 percent
-1.7 million people to become eligible for vaccines next week in Massachusetts
-‘It may take several weeks’ for newly eligible residents to book vaccine appointment, Gov. Baker says
-You can reduce your risk of severe COVID with regular activity, a study says. Here's how
-Couch potatoes more than twice as likely to die from COVID: study
-Moderna says new data shows its vaccine is more than 90% effective 6 months after second shot
-How to ask someone if they’ve been vaccinated without making things awkward
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In The News
>WEATHER: Warm and sunny, high of 79 today in Worcester (2:51)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester cut overdose deaths in half. Now it faces federal cuts
-Worcester man guilty of second-degree murder for killing friend after restaurant bill dispute
-Former Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme dies at 71
-Worcester's Stephen Nedoroscik - "Pommel Horse Guy" - to compete at U.S. Championships
-Proposal: West Boylston Walmart to become supercenter
-Data show boys falling further behind girls in Mass. classrooms. What can be done?
-Worcester's Out To Lunch festival brings the community together every week
-100 FM The Pike (9:41): Dom Mercurio & Bubb from Bubba Eats on Italian Festival
-Related: Food, music and dancing — Worcester's Italian Festival returns
-Family fun: Central Mass. fairs and festivals
-What to know about Worcester's new WooBins
-Radio Worcester's The Roundup (25:50): Voting power, city responsibility and a very big lizard
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:10): Trash trouble and campaign costs in Worcester
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Worcester Restaurant Week back for summer edition
-ICYMI: Heavy police presence on Fremont Street comes to end; suspect had left the scene
-Murder or mental illness? Jurors weigh fate of man who shot friend over restaurant bill
-Worcester store manager helps police arrest armed robbery suspect (2:47). Article
-Police Department welcomes neighborhood to National Night Out
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Officer Jon Bourget promoted to sergeant, pinned by his father
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
-August Among Friends senior newsletter
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Rutland woman charged after surveillance shows theft of coworker’s pills
-Webster woman arrested after leading officers on high-speed chase that ended in crash
-5 years after becoming police chief, Anderson touts Shrewsbury Police Department’s commitment to community
-Sterling recreation director leaves after resident "demands"
-Sutton Housing Production Plan approved by select board
-Check out the public art around Clinton
-Chances to catch up on Clinton library project
-The Item's calendar of events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-Kentucky's $9 billion whiskey industry in crisis as Gen Z drinkers shun bourbon, tariffs take toll
->SHOWTIME: Things to Do: "Eephus" screening, Summer School Tour, Sublime tribute and more ...
-Brad Williams brings "The Growth Spurt Tour" to Worcester
-Ecotarium hosts Interplanetary Symphony of Science on Saturday
-Roger Daltrey hopes to "make it through" The Who’s farewell tour
>OPINION: Lou Brady and Steve Kerrigan: The cure for chaos is community
-WCCA-TV's Intern Interviews No. 87 (3:50): St. John’s Food Bank
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 334 (29:03): Kathleen Roy
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who founded his own plumbing company
>SPORTS: What's in the box? 12-foot statue of Tom Brady to be unveiled Friday
-Will Campbell has "workmanlike" performance in Patriots practice
-NFL Hall of Fame Weekend and Preseason Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-Could Jayson Tatum play this season? Celtics’ Rich Gotham gives interesting answer
-Bravehearts fall to Vermont, 2-1. Next home game: 6:30 Saturday. Buy tickets here
-La Mega 106.1FM is taking over Fitton Field
-Holy Cross football adds matchups against Northwestern, Navy
-4 Crusaders named nominees for the Allstate Good Works Team
-WooSox beat Buffalo, 2-1
-Guidotti shines as Shrewsbury survives in Northeast Regional
-Joe Brady leaves alma mater Anna Maria for challenge as Rivier athletic director
>NATIONAL: Jeffrey Epstein accuser speaks out (2:07)
-Americans spend nearly half their day online — whether it's work or play — "eye-opening" poll shows
>TRAGIC: 5 best friends killed when S.U.V. hit by truck while they were heading on birthday trip
>NEW ENGLAND: Tenants say state's housing production not fast enough, call for rent hike limits
-Mass. announces grants for school literacy programs
-Officers attacked with hammer, rake during response to mental health crisis
>COLLEGES: SAVE student loan plans have a big change concerning interest
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): How to save big while traveling this fall (1:52)
>BUSINESS: How to help your kid land a first job in the A.I. era (2:36)
-LPL Financial Research: Seven takeaways from a dizzying week for markets
-How to embrace the job you have (2:49)
>SHOPPING: Amazon refund text scam: F.T.C. issues warning
>HOMES: 2 of the 3 hottest ZIP codes for home buyers are in Mass., 1 is in Central Mass.
>HEALTH: Health, safety advisory issued for some cannabis products
-Sleep apnea pill developed by Mass. startup could help 30 million Americans (4:11)
-Viral 6-6-6 walking challenge is a "simple but effective" exercise
>FOOD: Tropicale Foods recalls 14 ice cream products for undeclared milk
>TV/STREAMING: How to watch "Golden Girls." Iconic sitcom marks 40th anniversary
>MOVIES: "The Lost Bus" trailer: Matthew McConaughey saves children from wildfire
>CELEBRITY: Billionaire Tyler Perry reveals why he fired his aunt and financially cut off family members
-Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen to jointly receive humanitarian award at Emmys
>ANIMALS: Neighbor's cat demands to play with this woman every day (1:57)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: Do you know where this is?
>GOOD NEWS: "Extreme preemie" goes home after 151 days in N.I.C.U. (2:56)
-Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, watch "Seinfeld" fans compete in Elaine dance contest at minor league game
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