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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 (:41). High of 95 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Court docs reveal disturbing new details behind viral video involving ex-Southbridge McDonald’s manager (2:21). Article
-Cost to fix Worcester police station put at $20 million over 3 years\
-Tiny home village for homeless seniors breaks ground in Worcester
-Emergency closes Worcester bistro until Friday
-Railers owner buys Pulse Magazine, CM Pride Magazine
-Worcester State nursing program welcomes first group of Anna Maria nursing students
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday's School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Worcester organizations get $425,000 for affordable housing efforts
-Back-to-back national honors spotlight Worcester Public Library’s evolving role
-Radio Worcester (23:08): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista discusses city’s first-ever $1 billion budget
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Small Plates (5:56)
-ICYMI: Worcester police honor fallen officers, former chief Gary Gemme
-Assumption graduates 304 students at DCU Center
-Anna Maria College closing comes as disappointment for Molly Bish's family (2:17). Article
-Area woman admits forging 84 checks worth over $110,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police holding second annual Cruiser Cup Golf Tournament June 12th
-Wachusett Echo: Internship and employment at the school bank
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Tree crash leaves Southbridge home uninhabitable
-Westborough police continues to investigate shots fired on Research Drive
-Man with spiked-bat, drugs arrested in Leominster after 911 report of impaired driver
-Seeing double: Shrewsbury High School graduating class boasts 17 sets of twins
-Dudley candidates' night to be held June 8th
-Webster Town Meeting approves budget, drone bylaw, Pine View Liquors petition
-Shrewsbury teachers no longer need COVID vaccine
-Blackstone Valley Regional named distinguished school
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Radio Worcester (19:15): Greater Worcester Opera brings “1776” to Central Mass.
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 23 (28:52): Meatball, Part 1
>OPINION: Ann Artuso: Depression in motherhood
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Why Puerto Rico still doesn’t receive S.N.A.P. benefits
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. No. 164 (29:35): The Museum of Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:08): Viral McDonald’s video, city budget hearings and public safety concerns
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former UMass Medical School professor and Physician of the Year
>SPORTS: Tom Brady takes dig at Bill Belichick during Georgetown commencement speech
-Jason Varitek's wife takes shot at Red Sox G.M. after coaching ouster
-Red Sox beat Royals, 3-1
-Bravehearts release 2026 season promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Holy Cross Varsity Club announces 2026 class in Athletic Hall of Fame
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 32
>CARS: Gas prices climbing— What frustrated drivers can expect next (4:12)
>NATIONAL: San Diego mosque shooting: 3 men killed, suspects found dead (1:37)
-American who was on doomed cruise reveals what it's like under 42-day hantavirus quarantine
-Tragic: Toddler crushed to death by antique dresser as she climbed it to reach a toy
>NEW ENGLAND: Pilot dies in small plane crash in Rhode Island (:52)
-Pipe bomb found in Mass. pond, police investigating (1:12)
-Video shows Good Samaritans rushing to pull 2 people from car following rollover on I-495
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Cheer scores at national championships
-Clark honors Worcester student, staff members for inclusion and equity work
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 top trending U.S. summer destinations
-The first thing you should do in a hotel room
>BUSINESS: Banks find ways to finance nonprofits, despite their lending and revenue challenges
-LPL Financial Research: Energy shock expected to hit prices harder than the economy
>HOMES: Homes are older than ever—but local permitting systems could slow down essential renovations
>HEALTH: Discussing ebola outbreak with infectious disease specialist (3:14)
-What no one tells you about egg freezing
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Oven-roasted turkey parmesan over spaghetti
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Jennifer Lopez movie on Netflix, "Office Romance" (2:42)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Steven Spielberg's new movie, "Disclosure Day" (2:38)
>CELEBRITY: Carrie Underwood rejected L.A. glamour to live on Tennessee farm
-William Daniels, 99, and wife Bonnie Bartlett, 96, detail "rules" of "open marriage"
>ANIMALS: Playful puppy from local shelter looking for active family (3:09)
>HISTORY: Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
>GOOD NEWS: School principal retires, but returns as a handyman (2:34)
-Meanwhile, Pope Leo does "6-7" hand motion at the Vatican
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