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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Another cold, raw, rainy day
-Overnight: 2 dead, more than 20 injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
-Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-History made in Worcester with first all-female Worcester Fire Department engine crew
-Wrecking ball will soon visit South High Community School
-Worcester shows interest in building new Burncoat High School
-Audre Lorde School to offer summer programs for students in Worcester
-Worcester brewery CEO discusses movement to bring awareness to harassment
-ICYMI: Charges of harassment, sexism, racism rock Wormtown Brewery, ownership group 'steps back'
-Judge for Worcester confirmed despite concerns from Governor's Councilors
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Memorial Day truck savings at North End Motor Sales
-Rosen's Roundtable #442 (28:03): Save Duffy Field or Share Duffy Field?
-Worcester Election Countdown #5 (24:43): Bill Coleman - At-Large Candidate
-Edith Morgan: No skyscrapers for Worcester!
-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
-New: Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (37:31): Bourbon not from Kentucky
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Construction on Auburn's new Tuttle Post coming along
-Auburn apartments begin lottery pre-application period
-Shrewsbury gears up for summer at Dean Park
-Assabet Valley hosts rolling rally for Class of 2021
-Ashburnham man gets 5 years for selling “ghost” guns, including Uzi
-Bravehearts' bats quiet in loss. Home game at 4 today. Buy tickets
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Chamber of Commerce spring 2021 newspaper
-Tragic: More than 200 bodies found at indigenous school in Canada
-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)
-Movies: New movies on demand
-Homes: 5 open houses in Worcester
-Health: Evening workouts may best counteract high fat diet (:47)
-Celebrity: Gavin MacLeod, ‘Love Boat' Captain, dies at 90; B.J. Thomas, 'Hooked on a Feeling' singer, dies at 78
-Food: How the trucker shortage is fueling the meat crisis
-History: Worcester Academy, early 1900s
-Animals: 7 bears crash high school pool party in Tennessee
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. WWII veteran offers "one final salute" to man who saved his life
-Meanwhile, in California, watch as mountain lion crashes through window into a home
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-At Stop & Shop, masks no longer required for fully vaccinated (:58)
-Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School on dropping the last COVID restrictions (3:06)
-ICYMI: Local health experts say Central Mass. is ready for reopening
-Mass. officials announce 203 new cases and 9 deaths with a positivity rate of .7 percent
-As state reopens, there is still a state of emergency until June 15 (:33)
-Here's what we know about COVID-19 immunity -- and what it means for vaccine boosters
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 20 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Suspects in fatal shooting on Dorchester Street in Worcester caught in Fitchburg
-Worcester reports fewer shootings in 2024, despite jump in homicides
-What nurses say must improve at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
-5 townhouse units planned for Austin Street in Worcester
-Why so many Mass. breweries are closing (and what you can do about it)
-Worcester Community Housing Resources taps established executive as new leader
-Holiday travel rush continues (2:08). Article
-Worcester forum explores M.C.A.S. results and educational equity
-Worcester wants input on where to put new trash/recycling bins
-Radio Worcester (24:05): Worcester Police Union leaders respond to D.O.J. report
-Earlier: Boston Globe: Federal lawsuits lay out D.O.J. allegations against Worcester police
-Radio Worcester (17:50): Mayor Petty addresses City Council meeting amid heated debate
-Radio Worcester (19:13): City Manager Batista addresses D.O.J. report, legal strategy
>FAITH: Holy Cross professor — At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from desert tabernacle to synagogues today
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Unique Eateries (5:13)
-ICYMI: Midday snow delivers string of crashes in Central Mass.
-Woman struck by a car in crosswalk in Worcester
-At court hearing, 2 different pictures of fatal Worcester shooting
-Worcester D.P.W. chief Robert L. Moylan Jr. to end interim stint
-Worcester's Union Station listed among 6 of the Most Beautiful Amtrak Stations in America
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo — Fantastic freshmen on varsity sports teams
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Mountview Middle School honor roll
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Southbridge day care worker admits to abusing child (2:01)
-Barre ambulance and Verizon utility truck collide on Route 62
-Botched drug deal at Leominster group home ends with arrest of 2 women
-Rutland police to hold car seat check-up on Monday
-Auburn wants feedback on possible regionalization of 911 services
-Shrewsbury Select Board updates (:35)
-Grafton Middle School teachers honored for "Promising Practices"
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Sunday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Candlelight tours, wrestling and holiday choral music
-Spotify's Top 10 most-streamed holiday tracks of all time revealed
-At Holy Cross, "Sojourners" captures the immigrant experience in 1970s America
>OPINION: Tom Marino: 9 years of Public Safety Committee ignoring police discipline
-Laura McCarthy-Ha: Simplifying gift-giving in a big family
-Laurelle Farrell: Lessons in a hair style…bangs
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester No. 211 (28:23): Sports, Sports, Sports!
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to an "accomplished and admired singer/ songwriter/ musician" born in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots fans will love Josh Allen’s take on Drake Maye’s future
-Van Pelt doubles down on not calling Maye runs after criticism
-NFL Week 16 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Bulls, 123-98
-Bruins beat Sabres, 3-1
-Rickey Henderson, Baseball Hall of Famer and league's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65
-Railers beat Maine, 5-1
>NATIONAL: 2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent "friendly fire" incident
-Grandparent caregiving declines amid pandemic changes
-Tragic: Grandmother, 80, dies after getting trapped in Sleep Number bed for 2 days: lawsuit
>NEW ENGLAND: State police say Friday's storm caused 200 crashes across state (:22)
-Hypothermic hiker rescued by helicopter in White Mountains (:27)
>COLLEGES: Assumption Professor Cinzia Pica named Visiting Scholar at Harvard
-Anna Maria AMCAST (50:10): Holiday Movies 2.0
-Clark professor gives lecture on what it means to be a feminist in wartime
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Waldorf-Astoria insists hotel will reopen in spring
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Financial planning for parents’ assisted living
>HOMES: Tips for moving
>SHOPPING: Cozy gifts your mom will love this holiday season (4:04)
-Holiday gift ideas from unique local businesses across Mass. (4:58)
>HEALTH: Expert explains possible risks, benefits of raw milk (2:49)
-Dr. Todd Ellerin on vaccines and their impact on children (3:40)
>FOOD: Taco Bell unveils new menu item
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" (2:21)
>MOVIES: "Barbie 2" in early stages with Greta Gerwig returning to write
>CELEBRITY: James Kennedy arrested for domestic violence weeks after getting fired from "Vanderpump Rules"
>HISTORY: City Hospital, circa 1907
>ANIMALS: Dog becomes mama to a litter of tiny rescue kittens (1:42)
>GOOD NEWS: Man with a rare tumor was told he had months to live. Now, he's cancer-free
-Meanwhile, Mariah Carey fans get into a wild fight at Christmas concert: "On the naughty list"
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