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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Sunny, high of 77 today in Worcester
+6:00: Demolition of Greendale Mall in Worcester underway
+6:00: 22-year-old man faces firearm charges after break-in report in Worcester
+6:00: A summer tradition, Worcester Hot Dog Safari is underway
+6:00: Beer and wine store OK'd for Midtown Mall
+6:00: New food vendor to open at Worcester Public Market
+6:00: Worcester schedules 3 meetings to seek input for use of federal funds
+6:00: POW! WOW! Worcester underway with artists, murals to paint in Main South
+6:00: Worcester Organ Concerts return to Mechanics Hall on August 18th
+1:30: Somerville developer wants Worcester's The Bridge site rezoned
+1:30: WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021
+1:30: See inside the renovated Worcester Public Library, with a new children’s center and entrance facing Worcester Common
+1:30: Spencer firefighter undergoing emergency surgery to remove massive brain tumor
-Third fire in 2 days: Worcester family escapes early morning house fire on Ferdinand Street
-Earlier: Separate early morning fires in Worcester Saturday displace several residents
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 16th
-ICYMI: State Rep., neighborhood continue push to get Worcester auto body shop to move
-Grassy strip is much more than a median to Summit residents
-Worcester's new Union Station center platform completion pushed ahead to 2025 by MBTA
-Hubbardston nonprofit Mission E4 helping victims of deadly earthquake in Haiti
-Girls Inc. of Worcester to launch equality project with portion of $10 million awarded to national office
-This Week’s Roadwork in Worcester – Week of August 16th
-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.
-Central Mass. Jazz Fest Pop-Up Concert Thursday in downtown Worcester
-Worcester Organ Concerts return to Mechanics Hall on August 18th
-Rosalie Tirella: Check out Art in the Park at Elm Park
-Lindsay Munroe releases second children's album produced by Raffi
-Group of Catholics stand with striking nurses at St. Vincent Hospital
-WCCA-TV's "Worcester Election Countdown," Episode 15 (27:55): Meet Sean Rose, incumbent candidate
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Monday
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (30:24): Rebel Bourbon Store Pick
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Road construction will affect area around Sunrise Avenue in Grafton
-Police seeking information about cat found abandoned in animal carrier in Westborough
-Holden Board of Assessors residential cyclical inspections this week
-Princeton Public Safety Building plans remain in flux
-Bravehearts' season ends with playoff loss
-Pirates win 7th straight with 51-16 blowout in Northern Arizona
-WooSox drop 5th straight at home
-Worcester's Demek Edmonds outpoints Rafael De Souza on Palladium boxing card
-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: UMass Medical School professor named president of American College of Physicians
-New England: 20 Massachusetts firefighters to help battle Northwest wildfires
-Health: How to treat cracked heels with help from Cows (2:05)
-At the office: Still struggling to focus while working from home? Here are the best ways to get your tasks done
-ICYMI: Tribute to 40-year Worcester Police Department veteran who recently passed away
-Animals: Southwick Zoo welcomes their biggest female baby giraffe
-Homes: See inside this 1720s Uxbridge estate listed for $800,000
-History: Alden Memorial, WPI
-Movies: "Free Guy" gives box office a lift, opening with $28.4 million
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): New England woman who donated bone marrow meets 3-year-old recipient
-Meanwhile, "Munchkin" the duck runs on Dunkin’
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: Radio Worcester (8:36): Dr. Michael Hirsh on the state of COVID-19, masks, Delta variant and vaccinations
+6:00: Gov. Baker "not considering" new mask guidance
-Dr. Robert Finberg of UMass Medical School: Vaccines key to stopping delta, pandemic (2:16)
-Upcoming vaccination clinics in Worcester
-"Bursting at the seams": ICUs fill up, create backlog in ERs and force hospitals to cancel surgeries
-Breakthrough risk may be much lower with Moderna than Pfizer, Mayo Clinic says
-Tragic: Eight grade student in Mississippi dies of COVID-19
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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