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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 54 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: 16-year-old arrested for shooting driver who crashed into Worcester home, police say (:27). Article
+6:00: Jason Briddon, former Rutland cop, convicted of raping woman in 2007
+6:00: Here’s what Worcester’s new rules on cell phones in schools could be
+6:00: New bistro brings healthy food with Brazilian flair to Worcester
+6:00: 152-unit affordable housing project in Auburn met with opposition
+Noon: Mass. College of Pharmacy expands Worcester footprint with $12 million buy of 3 properties
+Noon: In Worcester, Gov. Healey, biz leaders talk housing and the high cost of living
+Noon: Six Things to Do: Sol y Canto, Kur, Mastersingers and more ...
+Noon: Kyle Smith set to bring "Unmanageable Tour" to Electric Haze
+Noon: Poetry up! We need the best of your verse
-Worcester seeks operator for Pickett Plaza adjacent to Polar Park
-Owner of Worcester auto lot planning 40-apartment redevelopment
-DCU Center to keep name for 3 more years in $1.8 million deal
-DCU Center preps for graduation season, adds Clark and WPI to ceremonies list
-Worcester, here's your high school graduation schedule
-Worcester police chief open to leaving civil service, but unions not so sure
-Batista, cable advisory panel at odds over renewing Worcester's contract with Spectrum
-City plans its first ever Green Worcester Summit
-Clark student's design wins Mass. D.O.T. Work Zone Awareness campaign
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (45:55): Debate on strong mayor vs. Plan E government
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Victim of Leominster apartment complex stabbing identified
-Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
-Marlborough man who worked as school bus driver accused of child rape
-Shrewsbury, Algonquin students visit Polar Park for "Senior Scoop"
-Rice Road development in Millbury sticks at 192 units
-Horse rescued after trail accident in Douglas State Forest
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
-Worcester’s Art Girl summer has begun
-WCCA-TV's The Magic of Hollywood - Mechanics Hall Concert (1:28:45)
-Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
-Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Ambitious Angelo's Stories from the Woo (59:35): Former Worcester City Manager Michael O'Brien
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1336 (20:22): Author Mal Wrenn Corbin
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career teacher in Worcester who also owned his own business
>SPORTS: Bruins lose Game 2 to Florida, 6-1
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 5-0
-Bravehearts to remain at Holy Cross through 2027
-Holy Cross athletics end of year highlights (2:51)
-WooSox split doubleheader with Buffalo
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
>NATIONAL: Cost of rebuilding Key Bridge in Baltimore pegged between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion
-School shooter aimed pellet gun at police before he was shot dead
-Tragic: Hospital worker killed by runaway steel cylinder from site
>NEW ENGLAND: The Karen Read trial (20:52): Friends of John O'Keefe testify
-Cape Cod man accused of stabbing father 6 to 10 times
>COLLEGES: Clark music prof one of the foremost authorities on composer Anton Bruckner
-Anna Maria Senior Profiles: Misha Z. Johnson and Kevin Henderson
-Award-winning engineer named Director of Systems Engineering at WPI
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 8 walking tours inspired by movies and TV shows
>BUSINESS: Over one third of working Americans more uninspired than ever: study
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, F.B.I. report says
>HOMES: $900,000 for a 5-bedroom home in Worcester
>SHOPPING: Inside the new Mass. store that only sells returned products (3:44)
>HEALTH: Study: Anger can harm your blood vessel function
-Largest study of its kind to investigate why Black women are more likely to die from most types of cancer
>FOOD: Planters nuts recall — See products pulled over listeria concerns
>TV/STREAMING: Discovery hiking Max price, mulling layoffs: report
>MOVIES: "The Breakfast Club" star Molly Ringwald admits certain “elements” of the ’80s classic “haven’t aged well”
>CELEBRITY: Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior
>ANIMALS: Guy found a dog on the side of the highway (1:00)
>HISTORY: The Channel nightclub was one of Boston’s top live music spots in the '80s
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Woman reunites with the heroes who saved her life as a baby
-Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, homeowner finds thousands of bees inside walls of house
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 70 today in Worcester
-Mass. could see warmer, wetter winter, National Weather Service says
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: How Worcester residents can sign up for 2027 health plans
+Noon: Gov. Healey sets 60% school breakfast goal; Worcester schools averaged 37.6%
+Noon: Early voting update: Nearly 10,000 ballots cast so far in Worcester
+Noon: Worcester man's Halloween display raises money for charity (2:57)
-Asbestos discovery closes Worcester Head Start facility
-Kelley Square and Mill Street were redesigned. Are they safer today?
-Worcester Human Rights Commission to review police policies, homeless encampment proposal
-Where is Aaron Pennington? Fugitive search enters third year (2:22)
-Max German of Shrewsbury a finalist in "Voice of Logan" contest
-Westborough police chief on leave following an incident in Shrewsbury (:20). Article
-Parents recall Uxbridge Officer LaPorta as community honors him
-Earlier: D.A.: Investigation into death of Uxbridge officer results in no charges
-Worcester County Wonders: The Phantom of the Palladium
-In historic company: Women of Worcester's past, present honored in new mural
-College closures derail students’ plans, leaving some unsure when they’ll return
>DINING OUT: Avvio Ristorante wins early buzz with home-made pasta and tasty pizzas
-Large audience, low price: Give your restaurant's social media a boost on The 016
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-ICYMI: Anna Maria weighs giving interested buyers more time after auction cancellation
-Worcester Homeowner Summit set for November 7th at DCU Center
-Worcester police, D.E.A. find fentanyl in Clover Street raid
-Worcester police seize 38 guns, ghost gun frames
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Wachusett Teacher Spotlight: Brian Lux
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Advocate Hometown Helper: Bernice Gero, animal advocate
-Warrant issued for man who broke into ex-girlfriend’s home in Barre while she was asleep
-Coolidge Elementary School's hidden staircase evokes Shrewsbury memories from decades past
-Meadows Montessori excited to open in Westborough
-New warehouse plans before Westborough Planning Board
-New Northborough fire chief says he has felt "truly welcomed" by town officials, community
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Gateway Players in Southbridge to hold auditions for "The Lifespan of a Fact"
-Dudley's first poetry slam brings community to the Fun Zone Playground wooded stage
-100 FM The Pike (20:41): Ken Casey from Dropkick Murphys on music as a force for change
>OPINION: Tommy Dorfman: Ticket prices are out of control. Gov. Healey’s bill will make them worse
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 510 (28:21): City clerks & state election
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown reacts to W.P.D. internal investigation in Toomey case (24:59)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who was a lauded poet
>SPORTS: NESN and NESN+ to broadcast select Holy Cross contests
-Railers lose to Maine, 3-1
-Radio Worcester (15:13): Worcester Railers celebrate 1,000 wins for city hockey
>NATIONAL: Christa Pike's executioners given ominous warning before botched lethal injection: court docs
-Devastated mom recalls horror of toddler being pronounced dead, before he's discovered alive in morgue
-Tragic: Nurse dies after shrimp allergy during honeymoon
>NEW ENGLAND: Sandra Birchmore's therapist back on the stand Monday (:59)
-Woman charged with manslaughter in 4-year-old daughter's fentanyl death (:22)
-Over 130 residents evacuated from Lexington nursing home (2:25)
>POLITICS: What does the Governor's Council do? Worcester candidates weigh in
-What is Mass. ballot Question 7? (8:52)
-Full debate on Mass. ballot Question 7 (29:03)
>COLLEGES: Clark campus conversation, McGovern visit examine America’s past and present
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airbnb making changes to guest cleaning requirements (1:39)
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-U.S credit card debt is on the rise. Here's how to keep yourself out of credit card debt
-Small businesses need to leverage home field advantage with S.E.O.
>SHOPPING: How inflation is hitting all parts of Halloween celebration (1:59)
>HOMES: The surprising places to never charge your phone, safety experts say
>HEALTH: "Circadian" depression may be the reason why you can't sleep
-How walking regularly can protect your brain for years to come (6:18)
>FOOD: Ina Garten reveals unique ingredient she uses in eggs
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Lupin: Part 4" on Netflix (2:30)
>MOVIES: The craziest horror villains compilation (42:09)
>CELEBRITY: "Office Space" star Richard Riehle dies at 78
-Kurt Cobain's death investigation takes new turn over cop's shocking claim casting doubt on suicide
>ANIMALS: Hound gets caught breaking all her friends out of daycare (1:54)
>HISTORY: The Old Yarmouth Inn on the Cape is still going strong after 330 years
>GOOD NEWS: Veteran sees brother face-to-face for first time in 40 years
-Meanwhile, in England, escaped emu wins wrestling match in middle of road
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