Make the016.com a preferred choice with Google by clicking here 
Discover the heartbeat of Worcester with The016.com! Stay connected to the latest news, events, and stories that matter most to you. Don’t miss out—sign up today and be part of the community that keeps Worcester in the know. Your front-row seat to everything local starts here!
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:39). High of 36 today in Worcester
-"Warmest year in station history": 2024 annual climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Worcester police arrest man in theft from graveyard
+5:00: 210 Sports: Former Central Mass. college hockey players in the pros
+1:00: UMass Memorial welcomes first baby of 2025
+1:00: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+1:00: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+1:00: New movies on demand — "Wicked," "A Real Pain" and more
+1:00: Beyond the studio: Unique exercise classes across Central Mass.
-Fire at Worcester apartment complex displaces 28 people
-Worcester teen indicted for murder in Paine Street shooting
-17-year-old faces gun charges after fleeing traffic stop
-Man kidnapped and beaten by Assumption students, police say (2:56)
-Earlier: 5 local college students charged with kidnapping in "Predator" hunting attempt gone horribly wrong
-Owner of former Fallon HQ to partner with nonprofit to convert Worcester office building into affordable condos
-Candlepin bowling is the subject of a new exhibit in Worcester
-Worcester announces 2025 trash and recycling calendar
-ICYMI: Worcester officials sound alarm over CarMax auction site proposal
-Worcester Business Journal's 10 bold predictions for 2025
-As large retail spaces become vacant, landlords are finding immersive businesses can keep the crowds coming in
-As Worcester’s small multifamily market cools, property owners see promise in communities like Auburn, Fitchburg and Southbridge
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): "Best Class Ever" holds 30th reunion
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Public input meeting for zoning bylaw review January 16th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston completes A.R.P.A. spending plans
-Ladder truck contract approved in Grafton
-Man arrested after breaking into ex-girlfriend’s car, pouring urine on driver’s seat
-Despite millions spent, Northborough's White Cliffs estate remains empty
-Bank brings joy to Clinton with toy drive
-January hikes around Wachusett Reservoir
-The Item's Neighbor to Neighbor column
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
-Inside Worcester's Free Play Bar Arcade on Family Day (1:03)
>SHOWTIME: Radio play next up for Sterling Theater
-Millbury, Sutton artists in Small Stones Festival of the Arts
>OPINION: Safe Exit Initiative: Intersection of prostitution, substance use disorder and mental health disorders
-Manny Jae Media (44:27): Mayor Joe Petty
-Radio Worcester (21:34): Ronny LeBlanc explores U.F.O. theories and New Jersey drone mysteries
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who served 42 years in the military
>SPORTS: Patriots "100% focused" on beating Bills Sunday, coach Jerod Mayo says
-NFL Week 18 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Timberwolves, 118-115
-Rangers beat Bruins, 2-1
-Holy Cross men's basketball edges Loyola in Patriot League opener
-Holy Cross women's basketball beats Loyala in league opener
-Holy Cross women's hockey opens 2025 against nationally ranked B.U. and Northeastern
>CARS: Nearly 400,000 Ford pickup trucks, S.U.V.s and other vehicles recalled
>NATIONAL: U.S. launches multiple strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
-What we know about the timeline of the New Orleans terror attack
-Vegas Cybertruck bomber shot himself in head before explosion, police say
-Tragic: 13 people including children die in stampedes at charity events
>NEW ENGLAND: Fire in Vermont fire leaves 2 dead, 2 injured
>COLLEGES: Q.C.C. intersession courses open for enrollment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 winter festivals you need to experience at least once
>BUSINESS: Wachusett Brewing parent to merge with Harpoon’s owner in latest craft beer shakeup
-Directory: Business and industrial parks in Central Mass.
>HOMES: To rinse or not to rinse dishes, debate over dishwasher habits settled
>SHOPPING: If you hear "Code Brown" at a Mass. Walmart, leave immediately
>HEALTH: Do I need to take so many pills? (1:02)
-Experimental vax could help treat common form of lung cancer (:54)
>FOOD: You probably have 2025’s flavor of the year in your pantry
>TV/STREAMING: "Sesame Street" searching for new home as HBO pivots away from children’s programming
>MOVIES: "Up in Smoke," "Pride of the Yankees" among movies added to National Film Registry
>CELEBRITY: Why "Home Alone" star Daniel Stern left Hollywood to "raise cattle" and "grow tangerines"
>HISTORY: Former Women's Club, now Tuckerman Hall, in Worcester
>ANIMALS: 700-pound cow still thinks she's her mom's baby (2:39)
>GOOD NEWS: Steve Hartman's 2024 "On the Road" stories (1:58:15)
-Meanwhile, passenger blasted for bringing "emotional support" Great Dane on airplane
Latest obituaries | | Thursday's highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Experienced line cook, Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Cooks at Grafton Street restaurant
-Senior Working Foreman, Holden Municipal Light Department
See all Help Wanteds | | Job opening? Post it here for FREE today
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 86 today in Worcester
-August 2026 was the hottest on record: N.O.A.A.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: A brief tour of Worcester's "Main Street USA"
+Noon: Worcester Pride returns downtown Saturday for one of city’s largest cultural celebrations
+Noon: Auburn Fire Department hoping its fire-damaged truck not beyond repair
+Noon: Things to Do: Armadi Tsayn, Infinite Alien, Chet Williamson and more
+Noon: Art in spirit: Clinton's Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years
+Noon: First Person: For Wayne-Daniel Berard, poetry requires a poet's work
-Renovated apartment building in Main South to welcome families in crisis
-Worcester faith leaders prepare for 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Worcester events mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Mount Washington 9/11 tribute to feature twin light beams visible from over 100 miles away
-Worcester market sells $50,000 lottery ticket
-Michael Jackson impersonator moonwalks, sings at City Council meeting (2:04)
-Worcester by gaslight: Gas lantern stroll a trek into history
-City View Discovery School awarded $2.73 million for heating system
-W.C.A.C. to offer eviction record sealing assistance
-WCCA-TV back on the air on cable channel 194
-Radio Worcester (21:36): Mayor Petty addresses racist mural incident, police oversight and A.L.P.R. policy
>DINING OUT: Big E Preview: All the new foods coming this fall (1:09)
-Table for Woo: Simple Man Saloon and Grill
-ICYMI: "Every day is 9/11": Loss endures after 25 years for 3 local families
-Tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Miss Massachusetts returns to police work after Miss America pageant
-Artists painting Worcester mural targeted by racial slurs
-Earlier: Worcester NAACP condemns racist, sexist harassment directed at Wall of Women Artists
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Holden police introduce newest officer
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster man pleads guilty to illegally dealing 3D-printed guns
-Southbridge’s Wellsworth Hotel to be auctioned, as part of Norton bankruptcy
-Spencer selectmen appoint interim treasurer/collector
-Tackle the Stigma 5K at Shepherd Hill to support mental health awareness
-Meet Leo Waible, the 2026 Applefest Grand Marshal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Uxlocale Friday and Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Jane & the Archivists pen "love letter to Worcester" on new album
-"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" actor Lauren Adams visits Clark for improv workshop, film screening
-Taylor Swift back at top of country radio chart for first time in 13 years
-Harmonica maestro Chet Williamson to play in FrontRoom at WCUW
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The police reform plan Worcester government refuses to produce
-Last Call: Aileen Lovejoy, substance use awareness advocate
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 343 (27:52): Jay Givan and Fred Nathan, 250th anniversary of America
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:31): Racism in Worcester, examining primary results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former senior aide at Friendly House
>SPORTS: Drake Maye's interceptions cost Patriots in crushing season-opening loss
-A.J. Brown exits first game with Patriots in injury concern
-NFL Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-"It’s about finding a way to get better": Holy Cross aims to fix red zone woes
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 6-4
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 8-3
>NATIONAL: Flock cameras are surveilling hundreds of public school campuses across the country
-New Apple C.E.O. unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
-Tragic: Dad dies after suffering spinal injury on cruise while celebrating son’s wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: "Harsh" Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who "snapped": jurors
-Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel
-Mass. D.O.T. scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud (2:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 43 (31:43): Journey to industrial engineering in themed entertainment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): National Geographic names "most iconic New England town" (:20)
-How flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years
>BUSINESS: Worcester County spared the worst of state's employment drop
-LPL Financial Research: Signs point to a normalization, not a crisis
-North Worcester Business Association kicks off season September 16th
-What Canada's retaliatory tariffs mean for American consumers
>HOMES: People are taking advantage of the Mass. Save brand (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports: September is a good time to shop for appliances and outdoor equipment (1:53). Article
>HEALTH: Flu and COVID vaccines rolling out, but 1 shot is delayed
>FOOD: Beef prices hit record highs: How families can save money (2:19)
>TV/STREAMING: Norah O'Donnell returns to "CBS Mornings" after evening news stint
>MOVIES: When Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first made magic: Flashback
>CELEBRITY: Cardi B wears her most daring backless suit and more star snaps
-Pamela Anderson was given 10 years to live after hepatitis C diagnosis
>ANIMALS: Stray Boxer follows hikers down mountain, chooses her person (11:13)
>HISTORY: Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
>GOOD NEWS: Man uses money from returned cans to win $500,000 lottery
-Meanwhile, in Italy, airport authorities find crocodile head in man’s luggage
Latest obituaries | | Wednesday's Highlights | | Today's horoscope | | Local Sports
Classifieds
>HELP WANTED
+Director of Communications, WRECC
-Prep cook and wait staff, Shrewsbury Street bistro
-Public safety communications, town of Auburn
See all Help Wanteds | | Job opening? Post it here for FREE today
Quick Links: Personalize your news | | Browse members | | Advertise | | Blogs | | Invite friends | | Videos
Animals | | Boston Sports | | Business | | Cars | | Celebrity | | Colleges | | Commute & Travel | | Crime | | Faith | | Food | | Good News | | Health | | Help Wanted | History | | Homes | | Local Sports | | Lottery | | Movies | | National | | New England | | Politics | | Shopping & Deals | | SHOWTIME! | | TV & Streaming | | Weather
