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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Warming up, high in mid 70s
+7:00: Worcester Airport service announcement Wednesday
+7:00: Radio Worcester (14:41): City Manager Ed Augustus on Canal District parking, the budget and Duffy Field
+7:00: Caitlin McCathy and Shirish Korde of Worcester get Mass. Cultural Council awards
+7:00: Ecotarium reopens indoor July 9 with 2 new exhibits
+7:00: Worcester Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Rosie, Max, Wonder & more
+7:00: Proposed ‘get back to work bonus’ would pay unemployed residents $1,200 to get a job
+Noon: Former Roll On America sold to U-Haul for self-storage facility
+Noon: Massachusetts makes list of top 5 states for millennials
+10:00: Worcester man charged in machete attack
+10:00: Tickets on sale for Peppercorn's outdoor urban oasis party with Jimmy Buffett cover band "The Island Getaways!"
+10:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - May 25
-Worcester restaurant: Who stole our kegs?
-Worcester neighborhood rallies to protest fumes from business
-Worcester developers see new high-profile projects attracting more interest
-Worcester NAACP says it will continue to advocate for civilian review board
-Discrimination in mortgage lending has created a segregated Worcester
-Worcester planning several Memorial Day in-person events
-ICYMI: Worcester's oldest house finds buyer in just 1 day
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including City Council agenda, and more
-John DiPietro's "Worcester's Neighborhoods" Episode 8 (16:16): Belmont Street, Shrewsbury Street and downtown
-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): One hospitalized after truck crashes into tree in Holden
-Grafton High Principal Pignataro announces retirement
-Beaver dam break floods Warren
-Bravehearts introduce alternate jerseys that will be auctioned for charity
-Bravehearts single-game tickets on sale
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-New: Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (37:31): Bourbon not from Kentucky
-Shopping: Marlborough woman builds nationwide business with handcrafted candles (2:15)
-New England: Number of homeless students in Mass. at 'crisis' level (4:21)
-National: No injuries when car crashes through roof of Missouri home
-Tribute to Worcester 18-year-old who lost courageous battle with leukemia
-Cars: Warmer Weather Means Hot Pricing at Bertera Nissan, says Mike Demers (5:05)
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Homes: Median sale price in state is above $500,000
-History: Historic photo of Lake Quinsigamond boat house
-Food: Dunkin’ to surprise 6 people with free coffee for a year on Wednesday
-Celebrity: Kevin Spacey cast in first film since being accused of sexual misconduct
-TV/Streaming: New on Amazon Prime Video in June
-Animals: Experts band 2 young eagles with ID tag in West Brookfield
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. convenience store owners return $1 million lottery ticket to customer who tossed it away
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:00: Get vax’ed, win free Dunkin’ iced coffee
+10:00: Mass. vaccine preregistration system closes to new submissions
+10:00: Moderna says its shot works in kids as young as 12
-Some people in Worcester still not ready to remove masks
-Radio Worcester (8:25): Dr. Hirsh talks Lifting COVID Restrictions and masks
-Worcester to host vaccination clinic at Polar Park on Tuesday
-Worcesteria: Let's hit a home run for vaccine equity at Polar Park
-ICYMI: Officials: Nearly 50 percent of Massachusetts fully vaccinated
-Mass. officials announce 188 new cases and 2 deaths with a positivity rate of .9 percent
-Massachusetts doctor believes state, country has reached some level of herd immunity (1:56)
-Allergies or COVID? How to tell the difference
-Dogs might be able to sniff out COVID-19 infections, early research suggests
-Why is vaccine not on my medical records? (1:03)
-Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, officials hold pop-up vaccination clinic at strip club
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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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