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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 (:41). High of 90 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Amazon crews prepare former Greendale Mall facility to open by holiday shopping season
-Scope of Worcester rental registry reduced after landlord revolt
-Holden man accused of attempting to enter Leominster hospital with gun
-Suspect in theft of fragrances from Auburn Mall theft tries to swim for it before arrest
-Leicester police want to identify suspect in theft from family restaurant
-Back to sobriety, local advocate returns to helping others
-Drone footage of demolition of Doherty High (2:07)
-Earlier: Old Doherty High School being torn down
-Worcester survey seeks input to lower speed limit to 25
-Worcester kicks off Fitness in the Parks summer series Thursday
-UMass Memorial’s first-year nurse program works to keep high retention rates
-Radio Worcester's Radio Roundtable (47:37): Worcester schools budget & Mill St. decisions
-Chefs at the Table: Niche Hospitality's Stephen Champagne
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Burgers You Need to Try (5:30)
-ICYMI: Child struck by car on Lincoln Street in Worcester
-Employee of Worcester nursing home charged with ripping off residents, facility
-Worcester bike network ranked among poorest on earth
-Worcester County Wonders: A pleasant trip to Purgatory
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Strawberry Festival at Senior Center
-See Why People Buy 30 Cars and Trucks at Lamoureux Ford (3:32)
-UMass Memorial buys Holden facility for $4.3 million
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Man wanted for homicide in Dominican Republic arrested in West Boylston
-Auburn police swear in new officer
-TODAY! SHREWSBURY D.E.I.B. Committee Pride Event at 4
-$9 million in student scholarships awarded to B.V.T. students
-Baldwinville man with 8 bags of crack, fentanyl, & open nips arrested for O.U.I. & drug distribution
-Southbridge's Leonide J. Lemire Road Race still going strong
-Grafton resident honored by MIT
-Clinton Middle School announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-TODAY! Speed Dating Wednesday at Courthouse Brew Company
-TODAY! Jazzed Up Trio at 961 (Union Station) 6 to 9
>SHOWTIME: Arrows in Action takes aim at the Palladium's upstairs stage
-TODAY! Main South C.D.C. Concert 5:30 to 7:30 at University Park
-Worcester Queer AF season begins with banned book drag show
-Creature Rock Feature set to play lesser known hard-rock gems
-Rising country star Mason Ramsey set for Off The Rails Country Fest
-Listen Up: Young Man Winter captures local vibe with "Leading Light"
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 425 (28:31): Avital & David Grunwald
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor's Forum No. 42 (27:52): Ron Waddell, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Legendary Legacies
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 36 (28:21): David DeHaas
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a Worcester woman who was a "Jaki of all trades"
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Toronto, 9-4
-Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis will have surgery soon, miss Olympics
-Assumption's Cody Smith shows he's worth the late invitation from Worcester Bravehearts
-Bravehearts fall to Norwich, 7-6. Next home game: 6:30 p.m. today
-Holy Cross Practice Report: Kaitlyn Flanagan (:43)
-WooSox beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6-5
-Howie Kahn, Scholastic Sports Zone bring high school sports to radio
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has your next car, truck or SUV! (:42)
-Toyota recalls 145,000 Grand Highlander, Lexus TX S.U.V.s
>NATIONAL: WikiLeaks' Assange pleads guilty in deal with U.S.
-is Mount St. Helens about to blow? Washington volcano 'recharging'
-Tragic: Child dies while swimming at day camp
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial (20:23) — Jurors begin to deliberate after closing arguments
-17-year-old dies as SUV packed with 7 teens crashes into tree on Cape Cod
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria women on the frontlines of emergency response
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 most-visited tourist destinations in the U.S.
>BUSINESS: Mass. unemployment rate increases for first time in 3 months
-LPL Research: Artificial intelligence — The antidote to Fed policy?
-Central Mass. business by the numbers
>SHOPPING: Staples introduces backpack, school supply recycling program
>HEALTH: Treating those hot weather skin rashes and when to worry (3:08)
-City of Worcester Stay Connected With Your Health (43:28)
>FOOD: Mediterranean diet or not, eating seasonally can be good for you
>MOVIES: The summer box office crisis — Is the sky really falling this time?
>CELEBRITY: Judge Judy makes rare comment on 1990 Jerry Sheindlin divorce
>HISTORY: George Frisbie Hoar monument in Worcester
>ANIMALS: Meet the world's clingiest cat (1:00)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Premature baby, born less than 2 pounds, finally goes home
-Meanwhile, in California, bear interrupts man washing his dishes
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