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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Damp and dreary Memorial Day
-A year after Worcester protest, only one faces criminal charges
-Worcester police boat has maiden voyage
-Pouring rain doesn’t stop Worcester Water Ceremony
-Ray Mariano: On Memorial Day, we honor real heroes, true patriots
-History: Memorial Day at Washington Square in 1945
-Honor the fallen at the Shrewsbury Memorial Day virtual ceremony
-Auburn marks Memorial Day with multiple ceremonies across town
-Holden Memorial Day Parade at 11 this morning
-Memorial Day observances in Central Mass.
-Memorial Day: What's open, what's closed in Massachusetts
-Trash and recycling in Worcester will be delayed one day because of holiday
-No Worcester Public Schools Grab n Go meals on Monday
-No WRTA fixed route or paratransit service today
-ICYMI: Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Bill Shaner: The restaurant worker shortage is real but not in the way you're reading about it
-Radio Worcester (12:52): Spread the Love with the Mary Beth Benison Foundation (Katie Benison Camell & Steve Haberstroh)
-Edward M. Augustus Jr.: Polar Park project has been a boon for city of Worcester
-SeltzerTime #121 (1:37:37): Risking her life to make the best ice cream
-Memorial Day truck savings at North End Motor Sales
-Tribute to renowned Worcester artist who recently passed away at 91
-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): Shrewsbury scientist give Mass Audubon half million dollars
-Black bear treks 50 miles to from Barre to New Hampshire in 10 days
-Paxton police find sleeping whitetail deer fawn
-Auburn Young Scientists: "STEM Beginnings" at library through June 16
-Bravehearts rained out again. Home game at 1 p.m. today. Buy tickets
-WooSox win rain-shortened game
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Runners tackling all of Worcester's streets
-New England: Tree falls on New Hampshire hiker in hammock, killing him, officials says
-Tragic: Minneapolis girl dies after being shot while on trampoline
-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: Academy delays Oscars ceremony to March
-Homes: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
-Celebrity: Where would food be without Clark University graduate Padma Lakshmi?
-Shopping: The 11 best deals of HP's Memorial Day Sale 2021
-Animals: Woman rescues very angry feral kitten and earns her love (4:53)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Taps Across America prepares for Memorial Day tradition (2:37)
-Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, restaurant owner celebrates birthday with 510-foot-long cheesesteak
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-‘Get Vaccinated Worcester’ to use physicians to speak 1-on-1 with residents still hesitant about vaccine
-UMass Medical School's role in Moderna TeenCOVE study
-Free testing on Thursday in Worcester
-ICYMI: Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School on dropping the last COVID restrictions (3:06)
-Mass. officials announce 146 new cases and 4 deaths with a positivity rate of .7 percent
-Grocery shoppers still adjusting as Massachusetts drops mask mandate
-Pandemic brings backlog of divorce cases in Mass. (1:50)
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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