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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Rain begins this morning, 3 to 4 inches due through Thursday morning
+6:00: Wet night ahead: Worcester had .21 inches of rain by 5 p.m. Its will have 4 to 6 inches by tomorrow
+6:00: Woman discovered dead in Clinton near Wachusett Reservoir ID'd
+6:00: Here's how Worcester pushes back again slum lords
+6:00: Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Joe Petty (12:41): WPS superintendent, Afghan refugees and opioid epidemic
+6:00: Channel 5's "Chronicle" visits Worcester to smash stuff
+6:00: Last Call with Liza French and Frankie Franco of "WooStories"
+6:00: Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - September
+6:00: Therapy dog Betty ready to welcome Northborough students back to school (1:33)
+6:00: DPH reports 1st human West Nile Virus case in the state this year
+Noon: Firefighters sent to Worcester Airport for plane engine problem
+Noon: Homicide victim found in Leominster ID'd as 19-year-old Worcester man
+Noon: "Rare, high impact flooding" possible wednesday in Worcester
+Noon: Radio Worcester (15:40): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus talks about COVID, Afghan refugees, airlines and development
+Noon: Today's Shrewsbury Farmers Market canceled because of rain
+Noon: Holden police warn about internet equipment swap out scam
+Noon: Mass. Pirates offer Buy 1-Get 1 ticket deal for home playoff game Saturday night
+Noon: Pet sounds: Country/pop singer and "Voice" finalist Billy Gilman
+Noon: Assumption duo launches public art project to end the stigma of mental illness
-Body found in woods near Wachusett Reservoir, police say
-60 new lofts planned for former industrial complex in Worcester
-Trans-Siberian Orchestra will play 2 shows at the DCU Center in November
-Worcester Mayor Petty filing School Committee order to consider search for new superintendent
-Worcesteria: Birdfeeders are back, and maybe the Hotel Vernon is, too ...
-Ziggy Bombs to pop up at Wormtown Brewery this fall
-Union files complaint in longest nurses strike in Mass. history
-Earlier: St. Vincent patients, employee claim poor care at hospital during nurses' strike
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - September 1st
-UMass Memorial remembers overdose victims with 2,100 purple flags
-Related: Residents of Hector Reyes House share their personal stories
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-Worcester artist takes expansive view for Worcester Art Museum initiative
-Central Mass. Jazz Fest launches its virtual "Main Event"
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (40:33): Orgeat Syrup — What do I do with it?
-Rosen's Roundtable #450 (28:17): What to do with ARPA money?
-District 5 candidates engage with neighborhood groups ahead of Sept. 14 preliminary election
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Pet Rock is returning to Grafton
-Millbury board gives "provisional acceptance" for OneSchool Global
-Sutton takes first look at bridge builder’s warehouse plans
-Water off in part of Holden for Western States water main connection
-Sturbridge police seek assistance in theft investigation
-Webster’s Rose Room to open beer garden
-Proposed $25 million equine center would bring horse racing, sports betting to Sturbridge
-Sports: Patriots release Cam Newton, Mac Jones named starting QB (2:15)
-Anna Maria football working towards building a winning program
-WPI football team gets back to basics after missing 2020 season
-Bravehearts and Open Sky Pen Pal Club update
-Worcester beats Rochester, 9-7
-Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-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
-Business: WBJ’s 40 under Forty includes 11 manufacturing professionals
-300,000 Massachusetts workers face end of unemployment
-Related: Ending benefits in New Hampshire did little to ease the worker shortage
-National: 5 missing after Navy helicopter crashes off California
-Grand Isle, Louisiana, is "uninhabitable," 100% of structures damaged after Ida
-Colleges: Aspiring nurse scientist driven to help teens overcome adversity
-Holy Cross names 2021-22 Fenwick Scholar
-Animals: Worcester area adoptable pets of the week: Layka, Kelsey, Chloe & more
-History: The old Boston and Worcester depot on Foster Street, Worcester
-Shopping: Macy's Labor Day Sale has Michael Kors, Ninja and more
-TV/Streaming: Mike Richards out as executive producer of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune"
-Movies: 2 "South Park" films will hit Paramount+ by the end of 2021
-Meanwhile, in California, brazen bear opens car door in California courthouse parking lot
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-UMass Medical School doctor who helped guide COVID-19 policy in Mass. dies unexpectedly
-Related: UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial statement about Dr. Robert Finberg
-Janice Harvey: For exhausted educators and health care workers, anti-vaxxers add insult to injury
-ICYMI: Radio Worcester (8:21): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks back to school, vaccinations and Delta
-Mass. reports 1,557 new cases, 17 additional deaths as positivity rate reaches 2.6 percent
-Mass. reports 3,704 new breakthrough cases, 13 more deaths among vaccinated residents
-Vaccine effectiveness against severe disease has not dropped much, CDC says
-White House says vaccine mandates working
-Variant found in South Africa could circumvent vaccine: report
-Celebrity: Gene Simmons tests positive, Kiss tour postponed
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Patient returns to Colorado hospital to serenade health care workers
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:29). High of 60 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: After fatal shooting, Worcester strip club must close at 8
+6:00: City custodians protest treatment by Worcester's new cleaning contractor
+6:00: Friends of Worcester Public Library mark 70 years with $50,000 gift to new branch
+6:00: Pulse Magazine's Weekend Guide (:22)
+Noon: Jury says it's deadlocked in Noel Inoa retrial; judge says keep trying
+Noon: Worcester airport sets record, but 500,000 goal looms
+Noon: Level 3 sex offender accused of trying to entice juvenile in Southbridge
+Noon: Things to Do: Día de los Muertos celebration, 'Ghosts in the Galleries
+Noon: Decade of ghouls and glamor: Haunted Speakeasy set for Worcester
+Noon: This is peak: Joe Fusco Jr. dreams about replacing a boiler
-Driver injured after car crashes through fence, lands on roof in Worcester (1:40). Article
-Child hospitalized after being hit by vehicle while riding bike in Worcester
-Worcester husband and wife die just 2 days apart
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-Worcester community seeks help after local designer’s bag, credit cards stolen
-Former Worcester police sergeant takes over National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division
-Worcester S.N.A.P. rolls drop 21% as advocates seek D.T.A. staff
-internal investigation clears officers of wrongdoing in Toomey crash
-Related: Advocates renew call for police review board after release of Toomey crash report
-Related: Read the full Worcester police review of city councilor's crash
-City to crack down on parking scofflaws during snow. But you'll be warned
-Central Mass. strip club to face license commission after deadly shooting
-Terror on Tory Fort: Check out Worcester family's Western take on Halloween
-Ché Anderson talks about roles at UMass Med School, Mass Cultural Council
-Nativity School opens applications for upcoming year
-Aislinn Doyle: W.P.S. In Brief: Realignment breakdown by school
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant expands to serve lunch
-ICYMI: State blocks out-of-state firm from buying nursing homes in Worcester, Fitchburg
-$51 million redevelopment brings 80 affordable senior apartments to Worcester's Lincoln Square
-Worcester's historic Heywood Boot building to receive $929K in state redevelopment funding
-Worcester lands record $5.5 million grant to remove lead hazards
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Midnight at the Masquerade mystery Thursday at Gale Free Library
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): What happens to Anna Maria College’s campus after bids fall short?
-Takeaways from latest Shrewsbury Select Board meeting
-Westborough police warn against "door kick" social media challenge
-Charlton voters approve data center restrictions, call for end to Flock cameras
-In stunning reversal, Westborough Town Meeting changes course on downtown zoning proposal
-Pastor Coates drops fraud claims against orchard developer and former Dunbar clients
-Southbridge man charged with armed robbery at Elm Street convenience store
-Dudley Town Hall access plan draws objections at Town Meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Val’s Restaurant in Holden Friday and Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic
-Get medieval: Autumn Knights Renaissance Faire set
-Celeste Ng headlines Worcester library fundraiser November 5th
-Suzanne Strempek Shea's popular memoir talk comes to Webster
-Charlton mom's book captures spirit of late son, paralyzed in 1997 crash
>OPINION: Sunita Razdan: Lend nature a hand - leave fallen leaves in yard
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 509 (28:27): Nativity School of Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Coffee with Konnie No. 545 (29:27): Hank Stolz
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:00): Journalists' superpower and Worcester media in 2026
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local woman who worked as a baking teacher
>SPORTS: Patriots-Bears preview: Keys to victory, prediction and more
-Drake Maye vs. Caleb Williams a battle of electric, maturing quarterbacks
-Patriots injured reserve activations explained: Decisions await
-Why Patriots cannot afford not to start Caleb Lomu each week
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-Mechanics Hall ready to rumble as boxing returns after long absence
-Holy Cross women's hockey team hits the road to face Dartmouth
-Holy Cross baseball announces Fall World Series
>NATIONAL: Nobel-winning A.I. pioneer warns: Befriend bots or "we're toast"
-How many Americans support second execution attempt for Christa Pike
-Ukraine's $500 drones slaughtered America's $25 million tanks in recent war game
-Tragic: Swimmer, 65, killed by shark despite wearing repellent band
>NEW ENGLAND: Officers say Matthew Farwell was agitated in days before Sandra Birchmore's death (2:49)
-Lawmakers reject Gov. Healey's gas tax suspension plan (:26)
-Massachusetts leads nation in lottery spending again
>COLLEGES: Clark Family & Friends Weekend 2026
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Half of Americans return home more drained than relaxed after a vacation, new survey says
>BUSINESS: Amazon hiring 6,000 seasonal workers in Mass.
-Radio Worcester (22:08): W.B.D.C. and Webster Five explain small business financing
-LPL Financial Research: Moats vs. inertia: Unpacking the personal A.I. agent threat
-Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users
>SHOPPING: Warning issued against 400,000 pressure cookers due to burn risk
>HOMES: Americans are abandoning a beloved tradition — and experts reveal 5 reasons why
>HEALTH: Sexually transmitted diarrhea is morphing into a superbug
-Medicare Advantage plan cuts: United, Humana reduce benefits for 1 million
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Baked salmon and rice
>TV/STREAMING: Elizabeth Holmes docs to watch before "You Can See Everything"
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Idris Elba movie, "Above the Below" (1:38)
>CELEBRITY: Selma Blair speaks out after mid-flight meltdown, arrest
-Judge tosses child sex abuse indictment against Timothy Busfield
>ANIMALS: Tiny cat loves swimming just as much as exploring the world (2:39)
>HISTORY: Building 19 author on nostalgia event this weekend (11:28)
>GOOD NEWS: Couple struck by lightning while walking hand in hand, hail Good Samaritan hikers for saving their lives
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear steals bag of gear from fire station
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