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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Warm, dry weather returns, high of 73 in Worcester
+12:30: AWARE: Can Worcester taxpayers afford another aggressive budget?
+12:30: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - June 1
+12:30: Worcester summer programs face cuts if essential positions left unfilled (1:41)
+12:30: Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - June
+12:30: 9 Must-See Movies Being Released in June
-Man held in 2 brutal, unprovoked attacks in Worcester caught on video (1:39)
-Worcester bar with troubled past eyes move to troubled Canal District location
-Family reports 16-year-old missing from Worcester
-Worcester man honors fallen soldiers using bagpipes on Memorial Day
-Worcester honors lives lost in the Vietnam War with ceremony at Green Hill Park
-Worcester honors its only Black service member who died in WWI
-Worcester Memorial Day events remember sacrifice of nation's fallen soldiers
-After year off, Holden hosts annual Memorial Day Parade
-WPD issues traffic advisory for Plantation Street Bridge
-This Week’s Roadwork in Worcester – Week of May 31
-Closures, traffic delays on Mass Pike and I-290 this week
-ICYMI: Worcester police boat has maiden voyage
-Reminder: Trash and recycling in Worcester will be delayed one day because of holiday
-ICYMI: Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including City Council agenda, and more
-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): 10th anniversary of deadly tornado outbreak across region (:32)
-Shrewsbury High’s graduation will be June 3
-Webster bookstore to host CPA turned author of Christian novels
-Bravehearts' bats come alive. Next home game June 8. Buy tickets
-WooSox to play 1st home game at full capacity
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Mass. businesses growing more concerned about ongoing worker shortage
-Tragic: 13-year-old Oregon girl hospitalized in ICU after reportedly doing TikTok fire challenge gone wrong
-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)
-Food: Recall issued for beef jerky products
-Homes: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
-History: Front Street from Harrington Corner, early 1900s
-Animals: Dog too delicate to be touched does somersaults now (4:32)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Spencer man helps people in need
-Meanwhile, in California, parachutist suspended from power lines is rescued
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+12:30: Some COVID-19 survivors now face huge medical bills, and have no idea how to pay them
-"We're just not there yet": Some vaccinated Mass. residents still wearing masks inside (1:45)
-ICYMI: "Get Vaccinated Worcester" to use physicians to speak 1-on-1 with residents still hesitant about vaccine
-Clark will hold vaccination clinic 9-4 today
-Free testing on Thursday in Worcester
-Employers can legally offer incentives to workers to get vaccinated
-Do I need a third dose? (3:23)
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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