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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+1:30: Welcome to a long weekend! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands for the latest specials before your weekend making plans
+1:30: UPDATED: These Worcester restaurants will be closed for the holiday
+1:30: 2 19-year-old men face drug charges in Worcester
+1:30: St. Vincent nurses head to Dallas to confront hospital corp.
+1:30: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - July 2
+1:30: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-West Boylston nurse sentenced for tampering with opioids
-Travelers leave early to beat July 4th holiday weekend traffic
-Worcester's Vegan Nest Café gets $25,000 Celtics Foundation Grant
-Saint Vincent nurses: Tenet got $850 million in stimulus. Where did it go?
-St. V's nurses strike delays modernization of hospital's record system to 2022
-UMass Memorial Health officially merges with Harrington Healthcare
-City asks judge to dismiss Doherty lawsuit
-Fireworks in focus, from illegal firecrackers to Polar Park displays
-Worcester to host "Movies on the lot" at Worcester Public Library
-Clark honors 4 for service to Worcester
-Jack Foley brings his 45-year Clark career to a close
-Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - July
-Five Things to Do: Greater Worcester Opera, moe. and more
-Poetry Town: "Galleria Mall Rats" by Robert Eugene Perry
-Artist Spotlight: Gregory Barry's "Shadow and Gravity in Wood Sculpture"
-ICYMI: Man serving time for swindling Worcester ordered to pay $1.9 million
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including city appeals judge's finding that it broke the law
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List for Friday
-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 police officer released from hospital after being hit vehicle
-Millbury to regulate live entertainment with new license
-Millbury to meet third-year goals of the MS4 stormwater permit
-Bravehearts blanked by Pittsfield. Next home game is a doubleheader at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Buy tickets
-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: Hundreds believed dead in Pacific Northwest heat wave
-New England: Six Flags New England set to reopen Friday after storm cleanup (1:16)
-Animals: Bold bear caught wandering inside California home
-Shopping: The 30 best 4th of July appliance sales at The Home Depot
-Celebrity: Is Bill Cosby returning to his western Massachusetts home?
-Movies: See Amazon's "The tomorrow war," courtesy of the WooSox. Here's how
-9 Must-See Movies Being Released in July
-TV/Streaming: New on Paramount Plus in July
-WATCH: Full episodes 1 and 2 of AMC series set in Worester (1:28:59)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): New England Purple Heart recipient travels country to help fellow veterans
-Meanwhile, in Iowa, cops says man threatened to blow up a McDonald's because he got no sauce for his McNuggets
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Worcester health leaders "worried" about unvaccinated residents
-Updated cases for every city and town
-Gala Food Supermarket will give away gift certificates twice in July during vaccine clinics
-"All for it": Worcester officials, healthcare workers support "VaxMillions" lottery (2:07). Article
-The odds of winning VaxMillions giveaway are better than you might think (2:11). Article
-Register for giveaway open now. Register at vaxmillionsgiveaway.com
-ICYMI: Vaccination clinics next week at Worcester Public Schools summer school sessions
-Mass. confirms 93 new cases, 1 more death
-Early data shows Johnson & Johnson vaccine works against Delta variant
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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