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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+6:00: What to expect for Worcester Officer Familia's funeral on Thursday
+6:00: Worcester will open beaches, pools, splash pads in July
+6:00: Latest pets up for adoption at Worcester area shelters
+6:00: Mega, post-COVID concert planned for NYC's Central Park, Bruce Springsteen to reopen Broadway
+2:00: After 3 months, St. Vincent nurses and Tenet talking, just not to each other
+2:00: Doherty Memorial High School graduation
+2:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - June 8
+2:00: Radio Worcester (16:15): City Manager Ed Augustus talks about Officer Familia, parking and extreme heat
+2:00: Janice Harvey: Inside an anaphylactic nightmare
+2:00: College kids get an education in Worcester’s hip-hop scene
+2:00: 3 hurt in Westborough crash caused by deer
-Lincoln Plaza's impressive turnaround continues with new restaurant
-Showcase Cinemas North in Worcester closed permanently
-Clover Food Lab expanding meal box delivery to Worcester
-Worcester planning for large turnout for funeral of Officer Enmanuel Familia
-Worcester schools send students home early due to heat (2:05)
-Central Mass. companies struggle to hire new employees as recovery picks up
-WRTA buses now back to full capacity
-Radio Worcester (11:32): Worcester Public Market founder Allen Fletcher talks Canal District parking & business woes
-Burncoat High replacement retry, accumulating agenda items fill Tuesday council agenda
-Robotics program in Worcester provides unique opportunities
-How to celebrate Juneteenth this weekend in Worcester
-Worcester's Forest Quaglia is rounding out his film résumé
-Worcester theater company kicks off in-person performances
-Central Mass. Jazz Fest on June 14
-Worcester ranked in top 25 cities for LGBTQ singles
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List for Tuesday
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): "Ninja Warrior" tournament tests skills of competitors in West Boylston
-Children's lemonade stand in Auburn raises money for family of fallen Worcester officer (:23)
-Animals: Watch these unlikely furry friends take dip in Lunenberg lake
-What’s black and white and on the moove? Introducing The Mooving Cow
-Bravehearts return home tonight. Buy tickets
-Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-New: Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (29:18): Dewar's Smooth Lineup
-Cars: Get a worry free car for summer vacation at Bertera Nissan (4:47)
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Homes: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
-Tragic: 4 children, 2 adults die in wrong-way crash on Kentucky highway
-Health: 6 reasons why you feel exhausted even if you get sleep
-History: Worcester Masonic Center
-Shopping: Best Amazon Father’s Day gift ideas to buy in 2021
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Waffle House employees in Alabama rally to help co-worker attend high school graduation
-Meanwhile, in Texas, mom arrested after posing as her seventh-grade daughter at school
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-6 questions with a UMass Medical School doctor running COVID vaccine trials on kids
-Radio Worcester (10:21): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks COVID, vaccinations and heat
-Leominster High student misses graduation because of COVID-19
-ICYMI: QCC to hold second Moderna vaccine clinic on Tuesday
-Mass. officials announce 89 new cases, 4 deaths with a positivity rate of .5 percent
-Massachusetts schools ramp up vaccination efforts, opening clinics around the state
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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