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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:05). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester's city employee salary database for 2024: see the city's top earners and more
+6:00: Former Higgins Armory building is for sale
+6:00: Older adult, youth homelessness on the rise in Worcester, new report finds
+6:00: Radio Worcester (10:51): Worcester’s Angelo Gray shines in Hollywood & beyond
+6:00: On the wild screen with Wild & Scenic Film Festival's return
+6:00: John Keough: Police work hours, honorary street names and open meetings
+6:00: Sarah Connell Sanders: Ready for dazzle and shine at Silver Screen Soirée
+6:00: Worcester Walks: Get ready for spring with a visit to Leadmine Mountain's trails
+6:00: Last Call: Jetari Veal, Workers Credit Union
-Woman steals car, slams into Worcester cruiser, starts chase, gets arrested
-After 30 years, Worcester Cat Hospital and Bird Clinic will close at the end of March
-How WPI helped "Rule Breakers" bring Afghan girls' story to big screen
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:10): Where’s the outrage? Worcester stepped over for state crime lab
-Aislinn Doyle: March 20th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-City Council reviews homelessness efforts amid rising demand
-Republican State Senator Peter Durant considers 2026 gubernatorial run
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:45): Worcester police overtime debate & this week’s top stories
>DINING OUT: T&G readers say Joey's Bar & Grill is Best Date Night Restaurant
-ICYMI: Worcester has a lot of dirt roads. Residents say good luck driving on them
-Worcester payroll shows 98 employees made $200,000 in 2024
-Worcester schools project $38.2 million budget increase
-Area woman indicted for Social Security fraud
-Worcester police recover dirt bike stolen in 2000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Do you know this guy? Holden police would like a word with him
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
Wachusett Echo — Car crash chaos
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Spencer-East Brookfield teachers agree to contract
-Clinton library celebrating Women's History Month
-Clinton police arrest driver with suspended license, outstanding warrant
-Man arrested after breaking into ex-wife’s apartment, stabbing her roommate in the chest
-The Item's public safety logs
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
-Sterling papers must be requested by Thursday
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up Trio at 961 at Union Station on Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: The Silverbacks ready to rock with show at White Eagle
-Listen Up: Walter Sickert hits back with "BRICK"
-Screen Time: Super Retro Fest offers flashback fun in Danvers
-Dropkick Murphys say don't believe story of band's banned account on X
-35 years since notorious art heist at Boston museum (:35)
>OPINION: Janice Harvey: Of friendship, festivities and St. Pat's in Worcester
-Julie Bowditch: A love letter to my small business friends
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 455 (25:20): Boys & Girls Club
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career career educator in the Worcester Public Schools
>SPORTS: Why DK Metcalf, Davante Adams were not part of Patriots' plans
-Patriots sign veteran starting center and former first rounder
-Former Bravehearts Matt Shaw makes MLB debut
-Assumption wins sixth NCAA Division 2 regional championship
-Tickets on sale for Holy Cross in Atlantic Hockey Championship Game
-Play the Bravehearts' March Madness Bracket Challenge
>CARS: Is your new car spying on you? (1:56)
>NATIONAL: Splashdown of Crew 9 with Suni Williams after 286 days in space (1:19)
-At least 12 killed in Honduran plane crash
-Tragic: 9 students found dismembered by side of Mexico highway
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. D.O.T. successfully tests drones for medical delivery
-Karen Read judge: "I'm not going to tolerate false statements" (11:27)
>COLLEGES: Clark's Play-in-a-Day: Truth, justice and only 24 hours
-Anne F. Ackerley, senior advisor at BlackRock, to deliver Nichols commencement address
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 of the most interesting flights in the world
>BUSINESS: Google, OpenAI want "license to steal" from publishers with A.I. proposals, newspapers warn
-LPL Financial Research: Market correction perspective
-Unity Radio's L.A.B.O. News (57:37): Bladymar Porras, Blady’s Little World; Nidia Frias Cano, Restaurant Sabor; Nilsa Ocampo, ARC STEM Education
>SHOPPING: Amazon Big Spring Sale — Save up to 40% starting March 25th
>HOMES: Gardening Central Mass. — How to "bee" pollinator savvy this spring
>HEALTH: Women get serious about their health at this age: poll
-New test can help predict if people will develop addictions (1:17)
>FOOD: Eating this fruit daily can lower depression risk by 20%: study
>TV/STREAMING: "Ted Lasso" Season 4 is happening, Jason Sudeikis confirms — with 1 big change
>MOVIES: 10 movie endings almost no-one saw coming
>CELEBRITY: Tracy Morgan reveals reason for vomiting at Knicks game in post from hospital bed
>ANIMALS: Sheep living alone on mountain top for 5 years gets haircut (2:05)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Dead Horse Hill steeped in Worcester history
>GOOD NEWS: Photographer spontaneously captures viral proposal pic of Boston couple (1:56)
-Meanwhile, mysterious radio pulses are coming from the Milky Way
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:58). High of 45 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester police ask for help finding missing woman
+6:00: Worcester E.M.S. union warms of UMass Medical staffing levels
+6:00: Q&A with the MacArthur genius from Clark University
+6:00: Worcester holds info sessions on joining city boards, commissions on Wednesday
+6:00: Different setting, atmosphere at Trans Day of Remembrance
+6:00: Big Nate Allstar is the winner of WoMag's Digital Battle of the Bands
+6:00: Digital Battle of the Bands runners up Evil Felipe relish community support for musicians
+6:00: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL Week 6
-CBS Mornings to film at Worcester’s Boulevard Diner today
-Exchange Building transforms to "Hell": 'Walking Dead' returns to familiar streets (and alleys) of downtown Worcester
-Woman indicted for manslaughter, O.U.I. in crash that killed mother of 6
-3 loaded guns found in raid; Worcester man charged
-Area police department defends arrest of teen caught on video after he accuses them of excessive force. Video (2:40)
-62 animals, including horses, cats, dogs and goats removed from area home
-Man seriously injured after car crashes into U-Haul in Sturbridge Friday night
-This Week in Worcester exclusive: Administration has plan to raid churches over holidays
-Missing teen daughter of Worcester mother arrested by I.C.E. has been found, police say
-Related: Judge to provide update on charges against Worcester leaders in I.C.E. arrest case
-Related: New York Times: A councilwoman intervened during an I.C.E. arrest. Then she faced the voters
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Recount of councilor-at-large vote will begin this week
-Worcester Election Commission reviews recount petitions Tuesday
-Aislinn Doyle: November 20th School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Worcester police find dog with broken leg
-Dog found on Ward Street in Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:01): Worcester recount, I.C.E. arrest sparks debate
-ICYMI: Garage in Nortborough partially collapses after fire rips through (:16). Article
-Family of Higgins Armory founder has reunion to see new Arms and Armor Galleries
-Related: Arms and Armor Galleries set to open at Worcester Art Museum. Take a look inside
-Local star Angelo Gray, 12, shines in Hollywood debut at Millbury theater
-Related: What's Up Worcester interview with Angelo Gray (3:54)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden voters to face override decision
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Blue and Gold Star Memorial Fundraiser under way
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Yuletide Market & Light the Common returns to Shrewsbury Center
-Webster police arrest wanted man who jumped from bathroom window
-Athol man arrested on child sexual exploitation charges indicted by federal grand jury
-Wachusett Food Pantry faces increased need
-Grafton firefighter graduates from State Fire Academy
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Styx's Dennis DeYoung slams "shameful" Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
>OPINION: Shaun Connolly: Where we go one, Wegovy
-Unity Radio's Q.C.C. State of Mind (57:41): Director of Veteran Affairs Matthew Casaubon
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who worked at Grants
>SPORTS: Patriots will face Bengals without Ja’Marr Chase, multiple stars
-Patriots’ standing in AFC East, potential playoff matchups and more
-Bruins lose to Hurricanes, 3-1
-New England Sports Summit returns February 13th
>NATIONAL: F.E.M.A. chief steps down as administration prepared to oust him
-Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers steps down from public commitments after Epstein emails
-Tragic: New Jersey man is first known death from meat allergy triggered by tick bites
>NEW ENGLAND: 1 dead following a house fire in Maine, officials say
-Ex-officer charged with killing Sandra Birchmore's unborn child (:34)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 21 (29:44): Thinking with A.I. | Erin Solovey
-Worcester State awarded $1.3 million federal grant to launch student support services program
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 vacations that are more expensive than travelers realize
>BUSINESS: Worcester Business Journal's Movers & Shakers
-LPL Financial Research: Early keys to 2026
-Radio Worcester honored with Community Impact Award by Better Business Bureau
>SHOPPING: GameStop unveils Trade Anything Day. When is it and what is it?
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers
>HEALTH: Doctor's perspective on making GLP-1s more affordable (2:00)
>FOOD: Listeria recall: Ready-to-eat pastas linked to 6 deaths
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 5 of "Stranger Things" (2:55)
>MOVIES: "Moana" live-action trailer stars Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Laga'aia
>CELEBRITY: GQ Men of the Year red carpet: Sydney Sweeney, Hailey Bieber and more
-L.A. County Sheriff investigating new sexual battery claim against Sean "Diddy" Combs
>ANIMALS: Dog follows woman on a hike and ends up being her soul dog (2:14)
>GOOD NEWS: At 100, WWII veteran still inspires gratitude in his community
-Meanwhile, filmmaker declares existence of U.F.O.s "no longer a question" — as doc probes 80 years of secrets
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