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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 (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Motorcyclist seriously injured in Rutland crash
+Noon: Mass Indie Film Fest returning to Worcester, Southbridge and online
+Noon: Listen Up: Dan Gabel finds big band sound on upswing with new album
+Noon: Last Call: Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson, dean of WPI Business School
+Noon: Bravehearts introduce 2025 coaching staff
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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