Highlights in The 016 Wednesday, August 11th

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  Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today

  In The News

  -Latest weather: Uncomfortable stretch of hot weather begins

  +6:00: Worcester police seek to ID man for in-store assault

  +6:00: Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (17:23): ARPA money, COVID, schools and more

  +6:00: Multiple agencies involved in search for fugitive in Webster

  +6:00: Webster police searching for missing 57-year-old man

  +6:00: Former Lunenburg woman sentenced for stealing Social Security

  +Noon: Worcester City Council approves jet ski ban on Indian Lake

  +Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 11

  +Noon: Worcester Summer Jam returns to Crompton Park on Saturday

  +Noon: Five Things: "ABBA the Concert," Leather Lung, the Central Mass. Jazz Festival and more ....

  +Noon: Shrewsbury police warn of car break-ins

  +Noon: Disney on Ice returning to Worcester

  +Noon: Princeton filmmaker Trey Nelson's documentary in the running for awards

  -Worcester Public Library, senior center to be open as cooling centers this week

  -JetBlue returns to Worcester Regional Airport August 20th after nearly yearlong hiatus

  -Worcester company moving headquarters to Oxford

  -Family remembers Worcester gunshot victim with rally against gun violence on his birthday

  -Councilor Bergman calls on city to do more to clean up trash around Polar Park, Canal District

  -Former Worcester firefighter is reunited with baby girl he saved in 1972

  -Worcester "Out to Lunch" festival back on Common

  -Worcester bakery plans fundraiser for barber hurt in motorcycle crash

  -2 ice cream shops in Worcester, 1 in Millbury make viewers' list of best 50 shops in the state

  -ICYMI: 3 Worcester restaurants competing for best brunch in Massachusetts 

  -Food (brought to you by Flashfood): Want a week's worth of produce for just $5? Stress-free savings are just a few clicks away.

  -Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday 

  -New Episode: Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (36:14): Honey Whiskey Past and Present

  -John DiPietro (9:06): We have found a new hero in Worcester, Net of Compassion

  -Worcester Green Corps program collects over 3,000 pounds of trash this summer

  -Radio Worcester (20:07): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus talks ARPA money, Doherty High and COVID-19

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Silver Lake Beach ends season early after algae discovery

  -Grafton Select Board attempts to smoke out a solution for Nature’s Remedy 

  -Bravehearts roll in Pittsfield as playoff race heats up. Next home game at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Buy tickets

  -Free hat, ticket to Bravehearts game with vaccination card

  -WooSox pull out 7-6 win in 9th

  -Chris Sale offered to pay for WooSox to spend an extra night in a hotel

  -Cars: Lots of great high line cars at Bertera like BMW and Infinity (5:00)

  -RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry

  -Colleges: QCC highlights Worcester high demand careers at virtual event

  -HC professor: What is a cult?

  -Health: Antibody shot could soon provide a season of immunity from Lyme disease, UMass prof writes

  -Business: Confidence among Mass. employers back to pre-pandemic levels

  -Tragic: Georgia boy killed in drive-by shooting while asleep in bed

  -National: Las Vegas "mom" who got over $200,000 in donations for rent admits she's just the sitter

  -Less than a year after $2 million lottery win, Oklahoma man kills wife, daughter in murder-suicide

  -Shopping: Back to school laptop and tech sales

  -Food: Nearly 60,000 pounds of chicken products sold at Aldi, other stores recalled 

  -Animals: Adopt from Worcester area shelters: New dogs, cats added this week

  -Homes: Boston's infamous "skinny house" listed for $1.2 million 

  -Celebrity: "Modern Family" star helps woman who passed out on Utah hiking trail 

  -History: Highland Military Academy, Worcester, early 1900s 

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): World’s smallest known baby at birth, who weighed 7.5 ounces, leaves hospital  

  -Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear opens 8 car doors in 1 night

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  +6:00: Nintendo Switch, iPad Air, TVs all prizes in Worcester’s Youth Vax Giveaway

  +6:00: UMass Memorial reopening command center as Delta cases spread amid bed shortage related to service cuts at St. V's

  +6:00: UMass Medical School requiring faculty and staff to be vaccinated by September 7th

  +6:00: Related: UMass Medical School's statement

  +6:00: Nurse in Germany accused of swapping vaccines for saline solution

  +Noon: Badly saught restaurant recovery in jeopardy as delta variant rages

  -City of Worcester to require masks in municipal buildings

  -Worcester health leaders want vaccine numbers higher in certain populations

  -Upcoming vaccination clinics in Worcester

  -ICYMI: Demand for testing at downtown Worcester site quadruples (1:50). Article

  -Mass. health officials report 1,109 new cases, 13 more deaths as positivity rate climbs 

  -Mass. DPH reports 2,232 new breakthrough cases

  -Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped

  -Dr. Fauci hopeful vaccines get full OK by FDA within weeks

  -COVID-19 or the common cold? How to tell if your child contracted coronavirus as school starts

  -Can’t find your vaccination card? Here’s how to get a new one