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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:54). High of 72 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Woman violently attacked during Fitchburg home invasion (2:21)
+6:00: Early morning fire ravages Clinton home
+6:00: Nurse saves local woman twice in a week
+6:00: Worcester parking tickets are on the rise. Here are the hot spots
+6:00: Worcester hosts free block party on Saturday
+6:00: Vote now for the new name for Chandler Magnet School
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (8:03): The Pike Breakdown Lane
+Noon: Worcester police ask for help finding missing 15-year-old girl and missing 13-year-old girl
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "It Ends With Us," "The Front Room," and more
+Noon: Worcester Men of Song's 75 years of barbershop harmony
+Noon: Jon Taffer of Bar Rescue to meet fans, sign bottles in Shrewsbury
+Noon: Listen Up: TyShawn Dion, Rose Gold Glasses eye different heartbreaks
+Noon: For Greg Kottis, 95, lifting weights a constant in a remarkable life
+Noon: Turtle Rescue League offers haven for hard tops in need
+Noon: First Person: For Joe Fusco Jr., an M.R.I. scan means sounds of music
-Family of trooper from Worcester who died after police academy training speaks ahead of his funeral (2:21). Article
-Related: Calling hours Friday for Enrique Delgado-Garcia (1:01)
-Related: What we know about man investigating Enrique Delgado-Garcia's death (2:17)
-Teen stabbed in Wendy's lot on Park Avenue in Worcester
-2 teens charged after fight at Doherty-South High soccer game
-GoFundMe to pay for funeral of woman killed in Worcester crash
-Comedian Jon Stewart sets out to bring some pre-election sanity to Worcester
-Councilors ask for plans from higher ed schools after WPI hotel buys
-UMass medical students lead "Life Savers" program at Worcester area parish
-Safe Exit gets $300,000 to boost advocacy for sex trade survivors
-City of Worcester (:55): Ready Worcester, Episode 1, Alert Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:47): State Police recruit’s death, Bob Moylan’s return and city role in arts festivals
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:43): Housing affordability concerns loom large
>DINING OUT: Indian-Nepali restaurant planned for former barbecue spot in Worcester
-ICYMI: Channel 7 solves Worcester family's rental car runaround
-Get ready to smile October 4th — It's "World Smile Day" and the Harvey Ball
Worcester officer's foot run over in traffic stop, 2 arrested
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Main Street's final paving lauded
-Linda From Leicester Loves Lamoureux Ford (2:16)
-1891 image of Damon Memorial (Gale Free Library)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Number of homeless students in Shrewsbury falls
-Andrea Bresnahan resigns Grafton Planning Board seat
-TODAY! Vaccine clinic in Grafton
-Bylaw changes affecting accessory apartments on agenda in Spencer
-Robert Kraft’s company offloads Webster industrial building for $11.2 million
-Sterling police use new bikes on patrol
-Millbury's fall town-wide yard sale October 5th
-Take an agricultural education bus trip
-Field hockey is family affair for Johnsons
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Seven Things To Do: Chris Janson, The Menzingers and more ...
-How do you like them apples? Central Mass. has long apple history
-Mechanics Hall reports "a very good year" its at annual meeting
-Pawsitively 4 Pink benefit concert features Taylor Swift tribute band
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: The U.S prison system and its love of injustice
-Emily Otenti: Healing my generational trauma
-Manny Jae Media's Innerviews (53:12): Nikki Bell Pena and Wilmer Rivera, Hector Reyes House and Café Reyes
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (58:15)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime teacher from Shrewsbury
>SPORTS: "Huge week" for Jerod Mayo and Patriots culture
-How Larry Bird is motivating Jayson Tatum after championship season
-Money grab accusations fly after former Holy Cross quarterback's Matt Sluka's shocking exit at UNLV
-Earlier: The $100,000 promise behind Matt Sluka's shocking UNLV exit
-Holy Cross women's hockey opens season at RPI
-New football playoff plan hopes to find balance with postseason and Thanksgiving games
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the car for you (:43)
-GM recalling nearly 450,000 S.U.V.s, pickups over faulty warning light
>NATIONAL: Helene slams Florida as Category 4 hurricane then rapidly weakens as it moves inland
-Kentucky sheriff accused of killing judge enters not guilty plea
-Tragic: Passenger killed when horse smashes through windshield during crashes
>NEW ENGLAND: Logan flights delayed due to Hurricane Helene
-The Sandra Birchmore murder investigation recording you were never supposed to hear (4:51)
>COLLEGES: Crusader of the Week — Aidan Kostas, class of ‘26
-Clark Center for Gender, Race and Area Studies celebrates a decade of impact
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Holiday travel outlook — How to save while booking flights (2:26)
>BUSINESS: Social equity cannabis businesses navigate increasingly difficult industry as they await grants
-LPL Financial Research: Policy crosscurrents — Potential market impacts
-Neural Network podcast (24:42): Robotics and video games with Dr. Vasanth Sarathy
>SHOPPING: Target Circle Week deals include kitchen products
>HEALTH: Parents’ screen time impacts child’s mental health
-Transcranial magnetic stimulation (T.M.S.) therapy
>HOMES: Mass. home prices set August record as Worcester County median costs hits $476,000
>FOOD: Coffee could be more than a morning pick-me-up, according to new research
>TV/STREAMING: Hoda Kotb announces exit from "Today" show after 26 years with NBC
>MOVIES: Kate Winslet spills surprising fact about Leonardo DiCaprio's "Titanic" death scene
>CELEBRITY: Julia Roberts' brother Eric slams her "Steel Magnolias" acting
>HISTORY: The first to conquer Fenway's monster was a Worcester guy
>ANIMALS: Fearful basset hound finally initiates play with mom and... (3:19)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Bobby Orr calls 105-year-old Bruins fan on her birthday
-Meanwhile, in the U.K., this tiny town is the world's toe wrestling mecca
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-Petition for Termination of Parental Rights
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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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