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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: High in upper 60s, chance of showers
+5:15: Mass. Pirates players, officials were inside Wisconsin restaurant during at double murder Saturday
+5:15: Pirates game at Green Bay still on, to be played at 6 p.m.
-Earlier: 7 shot at Wisconsin casino restaurant; shooter in custody
+5:15: This Week’s Roadwork in Worcester – Week of May 3
+5:15: Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - May
+1:00: Sunday Funday! Check Dining Out for the latest specials
+1:00: WRTA free bus service advocates urge continued service
+1:00: Song to Get You Through the Week: My Silent Bravery delivers 'Bigger' pop anthem
+1:00: Here's the favorite Mother's Day brunch menu item in Mass.
-Worcester man, suspect in Shrewsbury stabbing, arrested in Sturbridge
-Earlier: 37-year-old woman stabbed at storage facility in Shrewsbury
-St. V's nurses say Tenet made proposal that opens door to ‘substantive discussion'
-2 Worcester high schools among state's top 60
-Becker College will lay off 329 people when it closes at the end of June
-Mass. economy is roaring back, which is good news for job-seekers
-'It's not acceptable': Worcester student left behind on school bus for 6 hours (1:55). Article
-Wall Street Journal: Small but compelling exhibit at Worcester Art Museum
-8 must-see movies being released in May
-ICYMI: City encouraging drivers to skip Kelley Square when going to Polar Park
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Project New Hope donates food to veterans in need Saturday
-See the rest of 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): Drone video of historic downtown Grafton
-Burditt Hill General Store opens on Main Street in Clinton
-Former Leominster High star drafted by Kansas City Chiefs
-ICYMI: Bravehearts to offer innovative all-you-can-eat ticket this season
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Fuller RV Rental and Sales has opening for carpenters and cleaners
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-WCCA-TV's 'Health Matters' (28:22): Drs. Armando Arroyo, Shaila Chauhan and Katherine Rotker, Introducing World-Class IVF Care to Worcester
-Tragic: 2 Indiana students die in crash on way to prom
-New England: Here's the most Googled ‘how do I’ question in Massachusetts
-Homes: Lumber is ridiculously expensive right now. Here’s why — and what you should do
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Animals: 2 puppies found on side of road reunite months later (3:31)
-Shopping: Rebates up to $1,700 on select KitchenAid® packages at Sclamo's
-Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis dead at 89
-History: Lake Quinsigamond in early 1900s
-TV/Streaming: The must-watch May TV shows
-Meanwhile, in England, golfer hits ball into moving car to break Guinness record
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Pre-K through 8th grade returns to full in-person learning Monday in Worcester
-Basketball, volleyball courts to reopen in Worcester next week
-ICYMI: Worcester's numbers have gone down by 141 cases over the past 2 weeks
-Mass. officials announce 1,115 new cases and 7 deaths with a positivity rate of 1.6 percent
-Some guidelines have been relaxed for fully vaccinated Americans. More could be coming, Dr. Fauci says
-Vaccination parties celebrate the end of lockdown
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:19). High of 37 today in Worcester
-Bundle up: Worcester area to get cold blast from the polar vortex
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester honors 6 firefighters who died in warehouse fire 26 years ago (:41)
-Final review clears officer in fatal March shooting in Boylston
-I-290 bridge over Lake Quinsigamond set for "massive resurfacing"
-McGovern Liquor Store building in Greendale sold for $1 million
-TODAY! Radio Worcester (8:06): Bank celebrates 1-year anniversary with 10-cent gas promo
-Road closure on Main Street 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday
-Plans to add bike lanes on Pleasant Street in Worcester
-Museum of Worcester taps arts leader with deep local roots
-T&G Santa's helpers for December 3rd
-Woman charged after allegedly accelerating S.U.V. at ex-husband’s wife in Charlton
-Aislinn Doyle: December 4th School Committee Meeting agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for November
-Worcester Public Schools Check-in: What families should know by December
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant to celebrate fourth anniversary on Saturday
-ICYMI: Worcester remembers 26th anniversary of deadly Cold Storage Warehouse fire
-Mpox cases confirmed in Worcester; 2 patients hospitalized at UMass Memorial
-Worcester pizza shop offers price paid in "Home Alone" 35 years ago
-Sprawling historic building could soon disappear from I-290 landscape
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holidays in Holden Friday and Saturday
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Holden police introduce new officer, Darian Spencer
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wild chase through Shrewsbury streets leads to fentanyl bust
-Scottish Highland bull has been on the lam in Uxbridge since August
-Gardner man sentenced to life in prison in 2017 murder
-Leicester woman arrested for violating restraining order at Cumberland Farms
-Worcester Walks: Westborough trails a relief from hectic holidays
-Sculpt Pilates has come to Sutton
-Spruce Street Golf League crowns champions
-Police logs for Shrewsbury, Grafton and Westborough
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-The Silverbacks return to rock out at the White Eagle
>SHOWTIME: "A Christmas Carol" gets a new look in Hanover production
-100 FM The Pike (15:21): Worcester's Alicia Witt on her new Christmas album and balancing music and acting
-Last Call: Art DuBois, poet and human services professional
>OPINION: Janice Lindsay: The thread of holiday meaning
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (57:21): Pamela Taylor, Realtor
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who passed away at age 100
>SPORTS: Why Patriots are the NFL’s best team despite easy schedule
-Patriots' Kraft, Belichick among Hall of Fame finalists
-NFL Week 14 schedule, TV and announcers
-Holy Cross men’s basketball cruises to home victory against Northeastern
-Holy Cross women's basketball falls to Harvard
-Holy Cross football team adds 10 during early signing period
-West Boylston primed for trip to Gillette Stadium to play in fourth straight Super Bowl
>NATIONAL: Florida speedboat crash leaves 3 Mainers dead
-America's most-used password in 2025 is one word
-Tragic: Parents accused of cutting baby out of daughter's womb
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe murder trial Day 3 analysis (29:45)
-Search resumes for man seen clinging to side of boat in Merrimack River
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Professor Playlists: André Isaacs
-Worcester State's Juan Davila is charting a path from Worcester to the world
-UMass Medical School students build equity, health and community at Worcester Earn-A-Bike
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 island getaways that won’t break the bank
-Escape to a Winter wonderland at Banff’s Sunshine Mountain Lodge
>BUSINESS: Saint-Gobain opens doors to new Worcester headquarters building
-How's the economy? Let W.B.J. know by taking the 2026 Economic Forecast survey
-LPL Financial Research: More keys for markets in 2026. LPL market outlook sneak peek
-Private employers cut 32,000 jobs last month – hiking odds of interest rate cut
>SHOPPING: A budget-friendly holiday. Managing gift expectations
>HEALTH: W.H.O. warns backsliding on measles elimination as coverage falls
-7 deaths, more than 700 serious injuries linked with diabetes glucose monitor errors
>HOMES: Can you afford a "starter home" in the Boston area? Housing report says only 15% of renters make enough
>FOOD: Ocean Spray investigating water-filled cranberry sauce cans
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "The New Yorker at 100" (2:14)
>MOVIES: The 100 best comedy movies of all time: Critics' pick
>CELEBRITY: Beloved HGTV star Hilary Farr breaks silence on "devastating" health rumors
>ANIMALS: Cat who can’t groom himself falls asleep during bath time (1:32)
>HISTORY: Author James Patterson makes bombshell claim about Marilyn Monroe's death
>GOOD NEWS: Army veteran, double amputee sets several world records
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Christmas tree farm ripped for selling "horrific" spray-painted firs
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