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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+7:00: Saint Vincent Hospital nurses to present proposal to Tenet in negotiations Wednesday on 59th day of strike
+7:00: Shrewsbury seeks federal funding for Route 20 safety improvements
+7:00: Adopt a pet from Worcester area shelters: New pets added this week
+1:00: May the 4th be with you: Star Wars Day gets MassDOT tribute
+1:00: Related: Every Star Wars movie, TV show and special on Disney+
+1:00: How to watch, listen to Worcester Red Sox Games
+1:00: As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, Table Talk Pies is giving away free snack-size pies to educators
+8:30: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - May 4
+8:30: DPW&P shuts off water on parts of Vernon Street and Jackson Street in Worcester for repairs
+8:30: $100,000 lottery winner sold in Westborough on Monday night
-Worcester company in hot water years after Ch. 4's I-Team exposed heating oil problems (2:56). Article
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (4:33)
-Worcester man held after allegedly stabbing girlfriend in neck with crack pipe in Shrewsbury
-Worcester woman, 34, arrested on 5 warrants, motor vehicle charges
-24-year-old Worcester man arrested for home invasion
-Worcester to be featured on Ch. 5's 'Chronicle' tonight
-It’s Worcester Week on Streetsblog MASS
-3 Worcester colleges make list of 25 best in Mass.
-UMass Medical School graduation to be held June 6 at Worcester State
-Gaps seen in Worcester students returning to classrooms full-time
-Worcester Public Schools Superintendent’s Artist of the Week
-POW! WOW! Worcester returns in August with Main South in the picture
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (27:39): Rosie Fayard and Kim Wright, Learning First Charter Public School
-Worcesteria: Spring, pandemic have made driving worse, TJ Maxx exciting
-ICYMI: Mass. Pirates officials, players from Worcester were inside Wisconsin restaurant during double murder 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): Driver loses control of car, crashes into Holden car dealership
-2 cars broken into over the weekend at Trout Brook in Holden
-Drone video update of Shrewsbury school construction (1:47)
-BVT pins 2021’s Practical Nursing Class
-WooSox release Opening Day roster
-WooSox, city release ballpark parking plan ...
-... and then the Bravehearts release theirs
-Last chance: Bravehearts' Design-A-Jersey Contest ends tomorrow
-Tenet hospital proposes UMass staffing language to striking Saint Vincent nurses
-Fuller RV Rental and Sales has opening for carpenters and cleaners
-Cars: Warmer Weather Means Hot Pricing at Bertera Nissan, says Mike Demers (5:05)
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Tragic: Father holding 9-month-old daughter jumps off dam in shocking murder-suicide
-National: Colorado officers resign after outrage over rough arrest of woman with dementia
-Overnight: 23 dead, 70 hurt in Mexico City after train overpass collapses
-Homes: Kitchen of Worcester Victorian oozes traditional charm after a major makeover
-Food: Secret menu at Dunkin' decoded? (1:08)
-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)
-History: 'Bloomingdale Insane Assylum' in Worcester
-TV/Streaming: The best TV shows of April
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Nurses, doctor help ‘lucky’ mom who gave birth on flight to Hawaii
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, brave police rescue skunk with head caught in a cup
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:00: WPI researchers says medicinal herb may impede COVID from replicating
+7:00: Pandemic anxiety is changing our dreams, local experts say
+1:00: Walmart offering walk-in vaccination appointments at its 48 Massachusetts pharmacies
+9:30: UMass Memorial vaccination site in downtown Worcester accepting walk-ins today
-Massachusetts will 'soon' allow walk-ins at mass vaccination sites
-Gov. Baker: 4 Of 7 mass vaccination sites will close by the end of June (1:39)
-Free testing in Worcester this week
-Worcester State University's 'The Beat' (17:55): Interview with Dr. Michael Hirsh (Part 2)
-Vaccination appointments are available this week in Holden
-Vaccination clinic for high school students Saturday in Westborough
-Radio Worcester (21:47): Dr. Satya Mitra makes an emotional plea for help with the deadly COVID crisis in India
-ICYMI: Worcester K-8 students return to full-time, in-person learning on Monday (1:19)
-Mass. reports lowest number of new cases since Oct. 8
-Mass. officials announce 481 new cases and 18 deaths with a positivity rate of 1.5 percent
-FDA is expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for kids as young as 12 years old by next week
-Some vaccine side effects may indicate you were once infected, study suggests
-Not reaching herd immunity by the fall could have dire consequences, medical expert says
-Many Americans anxious about returning to 'normal' after pandemic
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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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