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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+6:00: West Boylston nurse sentenced for tampering with opioids
+6:00: St. V's nurses: Tenet got $850 million in stimulus. Where is it?
+6:00: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List for Thursday
+6:00: Worcester's Vegan Nest Café gets $25,000 Celtics Foundation Grant
+12:45: Today's Bravehearts game to start at 4:30 because of weather. Fans unable to attend can exchange tickets
+12:45: See Amazon's "The tomorrow war," courtesy of the WooSox. Here's how
+Noon: Fireworks in focus, from illegal firecrackers to Polar Park displays
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - July 1
+Noon: Clark honors 4 for service to Worcester
+Noon: Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - July
+Noon: Five Things to Do: Greater Worcester Opera, moe. and more
+Noon: Poetry Town: "Galleria Mall Rats" by Robert Eugene Perry
+Noon: Artist Spotlight: Gregory Barry's "Shadow and Gravity in Wood Sculpture"
+Noon: 9 Must-See Movies Being Released in July
-Man serving time for swindling Worcester ordered to pay $1.9 million
-Shrewsbury police officer hit by a car while working detail (:19)
-SEE THE NUMBERS: Financial aid applications in Worcester are down. That could mean smaller freshman college classes
-Worcester set to open pools and beaches Thursday
-Worcester Public Schools leaders discuss swimming lessons for students
-Sean Scott Hicks seeks redemption from violent past
-Ribbon cutting for improvements to Hadwen Park
-More frequent service is on its way for WRTA riders
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (11:56): City Manager evaluation, 4th of July, and the Delta variant
-Governor appoints Worcester resident to board of Mass. Cultural Council
-Listen Up: Go local this Fourth with holiday playlist
-Nitro Circus' "You Got This" tour coming to Worcester
-Worcester marijuana dispensary sells for $13.5 million
-Rosalie Tirella (InCity Times): The girls club
-ICYMI: Worcester men who fired gunshots inside club after they were kicked out sentenced to prison
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-NEW Episode: Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (21:37): Bottled in Bond
-Derek Grimm serves up Very Good Beverages with local cocktail pop-ups
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury to study speeding on Maple Ave.
-Police increase presence on Lake Quinsigamond for holiday
-Northborough bakery deals with backlash for supporting LGBTQ community
-Sturbridge Fire Department keeps 2-alarm fire from spreading
-Millbury Fire Department promotes Belhumeur to Station 5's captain
-Possible developer donations could fund a Windle Field facelift
-Bravehearts rained out. Next home game 6:30 tonight. Buy tickets
-WooSox game suspended in 3rd inning, will resume at 4:05 today
-Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: Get a worry free car for summer vacation at Bertera Nissan (4:47)
-RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry
-National: Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
-Cosby's case explained: His arrest, conviction and release-
-Video shows water gushing into garage moments before Florida condo collapse
-Latest victims in Florida condo collapse include 2 children; death toll now up to 18
-U.S. companies hired 692,000 new workers in June: report
-Animals: Watch as deer crashes through window into closed Iowa business
-Food: Worcester 4th of July grocery store hours: Big Y, Price Chopper
-Shopping: The best deals from the Best Buy 4th of July sale
-Celebrity: Judge denies request to remove Britney Spears' father from her conservatorship: report
-TV/Streaming: Paramount Plus offers a free month trial in time for "A quiet place 2"
-WATCH: Full episodes 1 and 2 of AMC series set in Worester (1:28:59)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Massachusetts’ oldest resident celebrates 113th birthday
-Meanwhile, in Maine, man attempts to pay bail with counterfeit $100s
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Vaccination clinics next week at Worcester Public Schools summer school sessions
-How to protect yourself against the Delta variant, according to experts
-Wearing masks indoors could help stop spread of Delta variant (2:19)
-Johnson & Johnson vaccine: Will a booster shot be needed?
-The odds of winning VaxMillions giveaway are better than you might think (2:11). Article
-Register for giveaway open now. Register at vaxmillionsgiveaway.com
-Dr. Fauci warns there may soon be "2 Americas" as divide widens between vaccinated and unvaccinated areas
-Worcester Public Library will forgive lost book fees for those who received vaccine
-ICYMI: Vax bus mobile clinic visits Worcester, Fitchburg Thursday Friday
-Mass. confirms 93 new cases, 1 more death
-Feeling anxious as things return to normal? You're not alone, experts say
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 23 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester Public Schools will have 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 22nd
-Worcester Public Schools will deny immigration agents access without criminal warrants signed by a federal judge
-Worcester residents battle leaky pipes and cold temps; warming centers open (1:47). Article
-Related: City of Worcester opens warming centers Wednesday
-Worcester man charged with murder in death of former employee (:25). Article
-"Do better or step aside": Supporters rally for nonbinary Worcester city councilor
-Firm managing 2,700+ Central Mass. apartments facing second federal lawsuit over rents
-5 Worcester men arrested for fentanyl trafficking
-2 men in stolen car arrested on drug charges in Worcester
-Worcester County High School Club offers bowling to local high schoolers
-Trash & recycling pickup delayed by a day in Worcester
-Aislinn Doyle: A road map for improving literacy in Worcester. Part 2 of Worcester’s Literacy "Crisis"
-Related: Worcester's Literacy "Crisis" (Part 1)
-Radio Worcester (14:30): City Manager Eric Batista addresses allegations of transphobia
-Radio Worcester (16:49): District 3 City Councilor George Russell announces retirement, addresses council controversy
>DINING OUT: Worcester Restaurant Week will be back from February 24th through March 9th
-ICYMI: Worcester digs out from snow before cold sets in (2:10)
-Report, video show how Assumption "To Catch a Predator" case escalated
-King's teaching a reminder of conflict, unity at Worcester breakfast
-Worcester food hub fast-tracked to Union Station via fed, state funds
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holden Fire Department C.P.R. training February 2nd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Sutton swears in new police chief
-Hundreds pay respects to Auburn man killed in Vermont car crash
-Ernest Sawyer, owner of Northborough candlepin center for 70+ years, dies at 96
-Uxbridge School Committee names interim super after O.U.I. arrest (2:09)
-Woman with suspended license fails to stop for police, is released, then rearrested 2 days later
-Shrewsbury police and fire departments team up for Child Safety Day February 1st
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Sip & Shop and Candle Making Workshop at Flock & Flourish
>SHOWTIME: Listen Up: OK Go, Carlos Odria and Between the Waves offer new music
-Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest is back with 3 "outstanding" movies
-WCCA-TV wins award for production of Mechanics Hall concert
-Unity Radio's Talking Wellness (57:16): Jose Vargas Zapata
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to area man who passed away on his 57th birthday
>SPORTS: Josh McDaniels expected to be named Patriots offensive coordinator
-Ichiro leads 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class
-Crusaders record 3.40 G.P.A. during Fall semester
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Women’s Goalie of the Year Award Watch List
-Holy Cross men's basketball and women's basketball to face Army
>NATIONAL: Radio Worcester (16:39): Rich Rubino discusses unprecedented inaugural speech
-Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
-Tragic: Fire chief shot, killed after helping drivers who hit deer
>NEW ENGLAND: Border Patrol agent killed at Vermont-Canada border mourned
-Footprints in snow help police solve vandalism spree during storm
>COLLEGES: Nichols student Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 fascinating abandoned airports around the world
>BUSINESS: 10 Things I know about ... Estate planning
-LPL Financial Research: Q4 earnings preview — Mix of solid growth and policy uncertainty
-Cash App ordered to pay $175 million for weak security, feds say
>SHOPPING: Revolve sale — Save on Norma Kamali, Veja sneakers, Marc Jacobs
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, January 12th to 18th
>HEALTH: Ways to fight recent spike in viral infections (2:40). Article
-Fiber could help protect you against infections: Research (1:05)
>FOOD: New-style ham and cheese
>TV/STREAMING: Survey reveals best TV shows and movies of 2024
>MOVIES: Trailer for new John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri horror movie, "Opus"
>CELEBRITY: "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of Year
-Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
>HISTORY: Worcester's Isaiah Thomas — legendary patriot, printer, collector
>ANIMALS: Guy who rescued duckling from pool still gets visits (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Wellesley man grateful to first responders who saved self, dog from icy lake
-Meanwhile, Florida's 7-foot-9 center meets Shaq in epic video
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-Multiple positions, Holden D.P.W.
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-Hosts, wait staff & bussers, Worcester restaurant
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