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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
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man charged with manslaughter in Dorchester stabbing
+6:00: Remembering Gloria Steinem's visits to Central Mass.
+6:00: WCCA-TV continues streaming at wccatv.com while working on restoring cable transmission
+6:00: Old Sturbridge Village to mark America’s 250th with Special Muster Day
+6:00: Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to face Maine at DCU Center
+Noon: Meet Shrewsbury's new educators, ready to inspire students this fall
+Noon: Things to Do: Pike Hairfest, Dustin Ybarra and Spencer Fair
+Noon: Detour Music Fest goess off beaten path at Fuel America Grove Street
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Low-tech, high- engagement games for littles
-Sutton woman charged with photographing jurors says she was trying to get a picture of Lindsay Clancy (1:00). Article. Arraignment (11:37)
-Developer revives stalled apartment project on Worcester’s Chandler Street
-Worcester apartments sale signals shift in real estate investment, broker says
-Fatal overdoses down in Worcester, but much work remains to be done
-Worcester police respond to jackknifed tractor-trailer near Burncoat Street and I-290 on-ramp
-Traffic advisory for Park Ave. at Sagamore Road
-Worcester startup gets $8 million NASA grant to make medicine in space
-Worcester hosts first ever Dominican Festival
-Local students to contact International Space Station
-Worcester School Committee to consider recognizing June and September as Pride Months
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers
-Should there be a national primary Election Day? Clark Professor Robert Boatright thinks so
-Radio Worcester (23:05): Why primary voters don’t represent the broader electorate
>DINING OUT: Shake Shack delays plan to open first local location
-Wonder food hall opens this week in Shops at Blackstone Valley
-ICYMI: Worcester rehab participants were used as unpaid workers: A.G.
-Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Worcester pedestrian crash
-Police hunt for suspect after Worcester stabbing
-Fleeing driver crashes near Kelley Square; bolts scene on foot
-Incumbents Mary Keefe, Jim O'Day secure Democratic nominations for state Rep.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Openings on Zoning Board of Appeals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek public’s help locating missing 38-year-old man
-West Nile virus detected in Shrewsbury; spraying today
-Store manager helps thwart $1,500 gift card scam, Sturbridge police say
-Officials look at drone policy as Spencer police build new program
-UMass Memorial opens new urgent care outpost in Northborough
-Dudley’s electricity aggregation program introduces new rates for 2026-27
-Oxford sets bulk item drop-off dates for October, November
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at The Vue 6 to 9 Friday
>SHOWTIME: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker deliver new sound on "Code Red"
-Jason Homer: What I’m reading now
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1390 (30:03): Shab, Dolly Parton and more
-Last Call: Isiah Tucker, executive director, Inner Voice for Outer Change for Youth
>OPINION: Christine Shustak: When Mero-Carlson's service, allegations collide
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 505 (28:38): Paul Matthews
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:25): Worcester primary turnout, police oversight and I.C.E. questions
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Holy Cross professor
>SPORTS: Pushing back on idea Patriots are doomed by depth issues
-Bill Belichick used "diabolically clever" field goal trick to gain Patriots edge in shocking reveal
-Red Sox fall to Mariners, 8-3
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox game in Buffalo postponed
>NATIONAL: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
-Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
-6 months into the Iran War, gas prices are up 37%
-Tragic: Mom of 2 killed in freak accident as plane making emergency landing hits her car
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:39): What to know about judge's last-ditch effort to avoid mistrial
-Mass. median net wealth is $370,000, racial gaps persist
>COLLEGES: WPI’s transfer pathways open doors for more S.T.E.M. students
-Assumption named to Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): America’s most (and least) stressed cities
-This U.S. airline will let you pay for an empty middle seat
>BUSINESS: W.B.D.C. helps Worcester transportation company buy $1.75 million property
-LPL Financial Research: The cash flow case for value
-Uber slashing over 3,000 jobs as rise of robotaxis dents ride-hailing business
>HOMES: Lottery opens for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
>SHOPPING: Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 252 (28:50): Water Safe Worcester
-Alert warns parents about appeal of "upper deckies" among teens (3:23)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:30): White bean hummus
-Taco Bell debuts nostalgic Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing with the Star" Season 35 cast and partners released
>MOVIES: Every "Spider-Man" movie villain, ranked
>CELEBRITY: Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospitalization in I.C.U.
-Madonna, 68, shows off fresh-faced freckled look and ultra-smooth complexion
>ANIMALS: Watch: Bear booted out of car, leaves with a watermelon (1:18)
>HISTORY: Boston gravestone changing what we know about colonial life (2:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Delivery drivers save woman's life
-Meanwhile, in Maine, bigfoot sightings prompt police response
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