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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 27 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Worcester elementary school library desert: Volunteers bringing "book nooks" (2:00). Article
+Noon: Worcester City Council rejects resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza
+Noon: Poetry associations seeks entries for O'Hara prize, for Kunitz medal
+Noon: Last Call: Scott Nelson, cartoonist, illustrator and arts instructor
+Noon: Jazzed Up 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 Restaurant & Lounge
-Price Chopper location in Worcester will close January 31st
-Child, 2 women hospitalized after car crash in Worcester
-$280,000 settlement reached for man who sued Worcester after murder charge was dropped
-Family to hold candlelight vigil for Brittany Tee on Friday
-As Central Mass. hospitals struggled, audit claims state watchdog agency failed
-UMass Memorial expansion adds patients beds to Worcester campus
-Family, community remembers 13-year-old killed in pedestrian crash (1:37)
-Aislinn Doyle: January 9th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Radio Roundtable (47:07): Will the Gaza cease-fire resolution be filed or discussed?
>DINING OUT: Shrewsbury Street restaurant announces winter hours
-ICYMI: Popular Worcester night spot closes for renovations
-Worcester man accused of killing former employee with baseball bat, appears in court
-"Why!?": Victim's family lashes out after Worcester man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
-Fires prompt closures at Worcester charter school and Leominster High School
-Worcester man with suspended license, crack, fentanyl and stolen power tools arrested in Shrewsbury
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): January Senior Center events
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-Holden family wins WooSox season tickets
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury awarded $58,000 to upgrade Edgemere Park
-Spencer/East Brookfield school building group reports on progress, talks about time capsule
-Millbury's Shaw School teachers honored
-Nashoba Valley fire chiefs warn E.M.S. system "on verge of collapse"
-Shrewsbury Police Department December stats
-North Central Massachusetts Chamber speaker will discuss new professional football team
-Southbridge plaza sold for $11 million by Burlington firm
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: 95 biggest concerts of 2025 — Tickets, prices, dates and more
-Otis is neurodivergent hero of Worcester State prof Megan Connerly's children book
-Listen Up: Staying in the game with Torbin Harding of LoZ Records
>OPINION: Giselle Rivera-Flores: Año Nuevo — The grapes that shape your year
-Jennifer Julien Gaskin: The post-January 6 world and the global shift against progress
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (53:31): Art as a reflection of life — A Bharatanatyam production
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (57:15): Musical performance by Marty Friedman Jazz Quartet
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man known as a "warrior" after surviving horrific car crash as a child
>SPORTS: Patriots complete 2 interviews as head coach search continues
-Robert Kraft updates Eliot Wolf’s status before Patriots offseason
-Updated list of Patriots picks in every round of NFL Draft
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball to face Navy
-Celtics beat Nuggets, 118-106
-Bruins lose to Oilers, 4-0
>NATIONAL: Massive wildfires rampaging in southern California (2:32)
-Medical debt being banned from credit reports (2:44)
-Tragic: 3 relatives dead after eating same Christmas cake, months after baker's husband died from food poisoning
>NEW ENGLAND: Passenger opens emergency door on taxiing plane at Logan (2:47)
-10 stories to follow in Massachusetts for 2025
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The noisiest seats on an airplane — and the quietest — revealed
>BUSINESS: Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District picks new executive director
-LPL Financial Research: Evaluating stock and bond market predictions from 2024
-Radio Worcester (13:09): 2025 B.B.B. preview — Events, workshops and scammer-prevention resolutions
>HOMES: What $800,000 can buy you in Worcester County, December 29th to January 4th
>SHOPPING: Market 32/Price Chopper gets their ducks in a row to support Cure Rare Disease
>HEALTH: Is everybody sick? Data shows Mass. is relatively healthy (1:13)
-W.S.C. Stay Connected (54:18): Understanding vascular disease
>FOOD: McDonald's "sustainable" move is ruining drinks, customers complain
>TV/STREAMING: Disney inks deal to combine Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo
>MOVIES: Tim Allen teases a "very, very clever" "Toy Story 5" script
>CELEBRITY: Zendaya and Tom Holland engaged after 2025 Golden Globes rumors
-Peter Yarrow dies: Peter, Paul and Mary singer dead at 86
>HISTORY: Worcester Memorial Auditorium, circa 1934
>ANIMALS: Couple builds igloo for husky who can't play in snow (1:59)
>GOOD NEWS: Boy rewarded after giving away his only dollar (2:46)
-Meanwhile, in Alabama, watch deputy chase escaped rooster around church parking lot
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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
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