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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 66 today in Worcester
+6:00: Will New England skies cooperate for lunar eclipse? (:31)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester firefighter helps deliver baby of colleague
+6:00: New farmer's market to open May to October in Worcester
+6:00: Amtrak’s Lakeshore Limited now selling tickets between Worcester and Boston
+Noon: Search for Best Date Night Restaurant in Central Mass. down to a pair
+Noon: "She was kind of a Rock Star Nun": 4th Wall to stage "Searching for Galileo's Daughter"
+Noon: Listen Up: Elijah Divine comes home to hip-hop with "AMBUSH"
-Officials still mum on "fatal officer-involved shooting" in Boylston
-Earlier: Boylston neighbors describe "unsettling" incident that ended in person’s death
-Worcester Fire Department updates status of derailed train (:46). Article
-Earlier: Train cars full of ethanol derail and crash into Worcester building (2:52). Article
-Off-duty Worcester police officer charged in fight at youth soccer game (2:19). Article
-5 years later: Worcester professor researches COVID’s mental toll
-Related: 5 years ago, Mass. declared a COVID State of Emergency. Timeline of major events
-Housing alliance: Fixing homelessness in Worcester not as simple as it may sound
-Man sentenced for fracturing baby's skull in Hardwick
-Bobcat attacks police officer in Southbridge (2:18). Article
-Body cams show dogs attack Webster police officers during raid (2:37)
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester (21:06): Superintendent Monárrez on strategic plan & staff safety improvements
-Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-At winter's end: Most people give to charity at the holidays, but it's necessary all year
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant extends Restaurant Week until March 31st
-ICYMI: Documents detail health, safety violations during city official's time at Community Healthlink
-"The Parenting," filmed in Leominster, brings Hollywood to Central Mass. in Max debut
-Millbury's Destiny Fausta seeks to pave the way for Black women working in construction
-Worcester County Wonders: The tale of Bethsheba Spooner, the first woman executed in the U.S.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): American Legion Post 42 meeting Tuesday
-Sen. Durant, Rep. Ferguson to hold office hours on Tuesday
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbory Town Manager to hold Budget Roundtable Tuesday
-School budget cuts could eliminate 17 positions in Grafton
-Templeton town administrator resigns, citing legal costs and Select Board conflict
-West Boylston honors students of the month
-Nashoba names students to honor roll
-Mini golf returns to Clinton Library March 21st and 22nd
-Watershed group needs volunteers
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Ariana Falk to be Worcester Chamber Music Society's new exec director
-Grafton native designs costumes for the stage
>OPINION: Samara Ebinger: S.G.A.R. rodenticides place eagles, wildlife at risk
-Maggie Calvetti: Things I've accomplished this year — What really matters
-Manny Jae Media (1:55:40): Ella Poderosa Leadership Summit
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who worked at Saint Vincent Hospital for nearly 50 years
>SPORTS: Patriots keep acing offseason with $282 million free agency blitz
-Celtics beat Jazz, 114-108
-How Bruins captain Brad Marchand said goodbye after trade (1:49)
-Former M.V.P. Mo Vaughn admits to taking human growth hormone
-Holy Cross women's basketball beats Navy in Patriot League Tournament, 66-52
-210 Sports: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 22
>CARS: Lincoln, Ford among nearly 260,000 vehicles recalled
>NATIONAL: Trade war widens as tariffs from, against U.S. begin this week
-Gambling addiction "soaring since legalization of sports betting in most U.S. states"
-Tragic: Boy, 10, crushed to death when 340-pound foster mom sits on him because he was "acting up"
>NEW ENGLAND: Body found off Mass. coast likely burial at sea, investigators say
-D.I.S.A. data breach impacts hundreds of thousands in Mass. (2:12)
>COLLEGES: Worcester State relaunches its Pre-K-12 Center
-Radio Worcester (8:21): Q.C.C. President Pedraja on enrollment surge & the future of MassReconnect
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 places in U.S. cities that feel like small towns
>BUSINESS: Worcester’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is attracting more investors
-LPL Financial Research: Navigating strategic and tactical investment horizons: The differences
-Bob Paulhus closing out career at Clinton Savings Bank
>SHOPPING: Shop 24 Amazon Sleep Week deals with thousands of 5-star reviews
>HOMES: $50 discount on Mass. electric bills in April
>HEALTH: New kidney cancer vaccine puts 9 patients into remission
-Dr. Colleen Harrington on S.C.A.D. and danger to women's heart (3:35)
>FOOD: "Daughter & Pop" bakery in Charlton now 25 years strong (1:05)
>TV/STREAMING: What's new in March on Max (1:11)
>MOVIES: "Sound of Music" turns 60 — Christopher Plummer hated it, film saved Fox
>CELEBRITY: Alec Baldwin reveals one of "most regrettable things" about Kim Basinger divorce
>ANIMALS: Stray cat kept bringing woman flowers until she let her inside (2:14)
>HISTORY: WCCA-TV's Hidden Treasures No. 118 (28:41): Tiny Guns and Nick Zwirblia
>GOOD NEWS: 9-year-old invites special needs rec center where he volunteers to birthday party (2:39)
-Meanwhile, man busted smuggling cocaine under toupee in airport
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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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