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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 38 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Assumption students accused of "To Catch a Predator" assault push to drop charges
-Worcester restaurant warns of fake gift cards
-100 FM The Pike (5:42): Jay & Andrew from Broth Ramen
-Messages between Karen Read, Turtleboy discussed at hearing (1:45)
-At Clark University, student workers face union fallout
-The HeartWell Institute vacates building after sale, community mission remains top priority
-WoMag, T&G features editor Victor Infante honored with lifetime achievement award
-Deborah Packard to retire after 21 years at Preservation Worcester
-Human smuggling suspect to be transferred to Conn. jail for dialysis treatments
-Earlier: Man illegally in Worcester charged in large human smuggling ring
-Radio Worcester (19:47): Worcester police work limits under scrutiny: Is 96 hours too much?
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:19): Decorum debate and election battles
>FAITH: Service celebrating immigrants and Haitian culture with music and food Sunday morning
-Eid Mubarak! When is Eid al-Fitr? What to know about the festival
>DINING OUT: Best seafood restaurant in Mass. is Turner's Seafood, per Yelp. How to go
-ICYMI: Boston Market in Worcester seized by state over taxes as chicken franchise spirals
-Worcester native killed in Virginia crash
-Doherty senior named 2025 distinguished young woman of Mass.
-Charter closing Spectrum call center in Worcester, 174 jobs lost
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: The Menendez story hits Netflix, students react
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Holdenites headed for Boston Marathon
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Select Board sends D.P.W. facility project to Town Meeting
-Related: Timeline of Shrewsbury D.P.W. project
-Northborough firefighters honored after rescuing a woman and her dog from ice and mud
-Nominations open for the 46th annual Tribute Race honorees
-Bolton facing nearly $2 million override
-Millbury Women's Club annual pansy sale April 4th
-Grafton police to conduct alcohol compliance checks this year
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to do: Leon Trout, The Sphinx Virtuosi, craft markets and more
-100 FM The Pike (13:28): Tracii Guns on L.A. Guns’ new album, "Leopard Skin"
-Jeffrey de Caen named director of the Prior Performing Arts Center
-Clark Challenge. Change. podcast (17:39): Our enduring love and hate of "Twilight" with Clark Associate Dean Sarah Gallagher
-"Winter And Spring: A Prose Poem"
>OPINION: Tina Agostinelli: Explore the outdoors — Your guide to a spring scavenger hunt
-First Person: For Suzanna Parpos, a revelation in a T-shirt
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 51 (28:17): Dr. Magda Havas
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (58:38): Katelyn O'Brien, Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to woman who taught in Leicester for nearly 25 years
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rangers, 4-1
-100 FM The Pike (7:48): J.P. Ricciardi talks Red Sox with Mike Hsu
-WooSox lose season opener to Mets, 4-3
-Opening day at Polar Park: Local newborns dressed up for baseball
-Holy Cross football spring practice report: Linebacker Sam Boyer
-Railers beat Trois-Rivières, 3-2
>CARS: Mass. braces for impact of 25% car tariffs (1:30)
>NATIONAL: Myanmar earthquake death toll over 1,000
-U.S. health department cuts 10,000 jobs
>TRAGIC: Police: Missing Mass. woman found dead in shallow water (:23)
>NEW ENGLAND: 10 more men named in high-end brothel case (2:26)
-Police investigate death of baby found in New Hampshire pond (2:30)
-Man faces manslaughter charges after 3 workers struck, killed on I-91 (1:15)
>COLLEGES: Worcester House seeks to bring together Holy Cross and Worcester
-Clark biology student and avid rock climber plans her route to a Ph.D.
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 easy day trips by train from major U.S. cities
>BUSINESS: Worcester woman honored for leadership in banking
-Radio Worcester (12:55): Startup Week Worcester is 3 days of innovation, funding & growth
>SHOPPING: Why 1 Mass. mall is thriving despite rise in online shopping
>HEALTH: Microplastics may be creating antibiotic-resistance superbugs
-Best type of exercise to fight insomnia in older adults: study
-Worcester Senior Center's "Stay Connected with Your Health" (44:38): March update
>FOOD: Coffee drinkers can expect rising prices as perfect storm of factors impact supply chains
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Bring Them Down," "The Rule of Jenny Pen" and more
-Is "Snow White" a box office bomb?
>CELEBRITY: Sydney Sweeney calls off wedding to Jonathan Davino as they face "major issues": report
>ANIMALS: Emaciated beagle puppy is absolutely thriving now (1:44)
>HISTORY: "The shot heard round the world" celebrated in Lexington, Concord
>GOOD NEWS: Credit union erases lunch debt for low-income families in Shrewsbury
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, T.S.A. finds live turtle in traveler's pants at airport
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 32 today in Worcester
+1:00: Monster winter storm set to move across country. Boston meteorologists discuss latest forecast (12:38)
+4:00: How much did it snow in Central Mass.? See town-by-town totals
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+4:00: Vehicle buried in Shrewsbury Police Department lobby (:16). Article
+4:00: Declared winter parking ban in Worcester lifted
+1:00: West Brookfield woman, 73, dies after struck in Ware Walmart parking lot
+1:00: Worcesteria: Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a day of service
-City education advocate to address MLK Day Breakfast at Assumption
-Passing torch of MLK's legacy: Youth Breakfast held at Worcester State
-Related: When Martin Luther King Jr. preached in Worcester
-Related: MLK Jr. honored in Worcester, through the years (16 photos)
-A meal fit for royalty is coming to Worcester’s Mechanics Hall this month
-Worcester horror film festival moves to DCU Center for 2026
-Worcester foundation launches $125,000 grant program for community health
-UMass Medical School tapped by Department of Defense to test a better way of treating postpartum depression
-The community engine fueling Worcester County’s philanthropy
-Worcester city offices closed Monday, trash and recycling delayed
-Holiday reminders: What's open, closed on MLK Day
-Man steals $2,600 worth of goods from Shrewsbury store after posing as another person
>DINING OUT: Boston's first-ever Michelin star delivered to 311 Omakase (1:12)
-ICYMI: UMass Medical School Professor: New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases
-Worcester veterans services director out amid dispute over academic credentials
-Worcester man pleads guilty after nightclub gun report, foot chase through Worcester Common
-Professor reflects on service work with Ukrainian refugee students
-UMass Medical School student Jaein Jung launches Lantern Project to help refugee teens
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Rhubarb Pie Club Spotlight
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leominster project aims to prevent reprise of disastrous 2023 flood
-Sanitary line issue, topping off ceremony talked about by D.P.H.S. Building Committee
-Sterling Rail Trail entrance features new signage
-Sutton business pretties up porches with sustainable, locally made decor
-Introducing Grafton High's new gymnastic co-op
-Shrewsbury draft calendar keeps schools open on religious holidays
-Swim school to occupy former party store in White City
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Former Grafton resident pens first book
-Worcester Chamber Music Society presents "Shadow & Light" February 1st in Worcester
-100 FM The Pike (15:12): Virginia Madsen on her new movie filmed In Western Mass.
>OPINION: Robin Darling: What my laundry pile taught me about being a good mom
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:44:01)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:06): Defamation lawsuit sparks debate over press freedom in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:53): Lawsuit against This Week in Worcester spurs press freedom debate
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to doctor from Shrwewsbury
>SPORTS: Patriots top Texans, 28-16, to reach AFC title game
-Patriots defense proves it’s elite with masterclass vs. Texans
-Patriots’ win over Texans a big "program victory" for Mike Vrabel
-Drake Maye embraces wife in snowy scene at Patriots game
-Left-hander Ranger Suárez and Boston Red Sox agree to $130 million, 5-year contract
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Goalie of the Year Watch List
-Railers lose to Maine, 4-3
>NATIONAL: Iran protests death toll reaches over 3,000, rights group says
-High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21
-Tragic: Beloved pastry chef, 71, killed in freak accident with bread-mixing machine
>NEW ENGLAND: Driver suffers traumatic injuries in fiery Cape Cod crash (:27)
-Skiers rescued from deep snow in White Mountains
>COLLEGES: Assumption Fall Dean’s List
-Clark Career Exploration Week to feature sustainability panels, pop-up
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): American Airlines to offer new AAdvantage Rewards, free wifi in centennial year
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Here's how A.I. data centers affect the electrical grid
-You’re probably using this every day at the office, and it’s teeming with bacteria
>SHOPPING: Best portable chargers to keep your devices powered anywhere
>HOMES: Here's a winter checklist to save money and keep your house warm (1:56)
>HEALTH: Discussing the new A.I. health app
-New F.D.A. warning: possible seizure risk after flu vaccine in young kids (2:22)
>FOOD: Viral supermarket chicken hack sparks debate
>TV/STREAMING: One of the world's best climbers attempts to scale Taipei 101 live on Netflix (1:01)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Nate Bargatze movie, "The Breadwinner" (2:39)
>CELEBRITY: Melissa Leo gripes winning an Oscar was terrible for her career
-Timothy Busfield’s attorneys say an investigation undermines state’s child sex abuse charges
>ANIMALS: Dumped mama and 7 babies rescued from abandoned house (1:54)
>HISTORY: 107 years ago: The Great Molasses Flood, Boston's strangest disaster
>GOOD NEWS: 9-year-old boy honored fire department after saving family from fire
-Meanwhile, in St. Louis, multiple mystery monkeys on the move
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