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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:07). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester planning roof replacements at 2 elementary schools
+6:00: Worcester program gave needy families monthly payments for 2 years. Here's what was learned
+6:00: Full S.N.A.P. benefits to be paid to Massachusetts recipients (:30). Article
+Noon: Former top lottery seller in Worcester sells another $1 million winner
+Noon: A popular bakery is eyeing an opening in Worcester
+Noon: Tapas restaurant TapaVino! opens in Worcester
+Noon: Slow Down Brewing to open brick-and-mortar brewery in Grafton
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows & movies to watch this weekend: Netflix's "Frankenstein" and more
+Noon: "Turn It Down" All-Stars guaranteed to raise a smile with "Sgt Pepper" benefit performance
+Noon: Old Grumbly Fan road trip: This Week in Worcester levels up
-Death of bakery worker Joanna Brown remains under investigation in Worcester
-After arrest in '09 murder, Worcester police confront lengthy list of unsolved cases
-Witness recalls Gardner slay suspect saying, "Don’t ask things you don’t need to know"
-Developer plans restaurant, 44 apartments in historic Downtown Worcester building
-Legendary rock band coming to DCU Center
-Worcester City Council candidate calls for a recount
-Worcester council newcomers will reshape agenda on housing, police oversight
-WPI to lead $5.2 million state-funded effort to build Central Mass. BioHub
-Worcester assistant clerk magistrate Padraic Rafferty nominated for top Uxbridge clerk job
-Channel 5 Wake Up Call from Run4Veterans 5K Road Race in Worcester (:54)
-T&G This Week: Why our past is still a part of our present and future
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:56): Review of Worcester municipal election
>DINING OUT: Radio Worcester (8:34): Birch Tree Bread expands hours and offerings
-ICYMI: Worcester among best places to retire in Mass., U.S. News ranking says
-Voter turnout in Worcester election tops 22% for first time in over a decade
-WPI resident advisors are on strike: Here's why
-Holy Cross professor teams up with 3 students to cut down on litter in Worcester neighborhood
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Teacher Spotlight: David Lookwhy
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Wachusett Echo: How late bus cuts affect after-school activities
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): I.C.E agents take mother into custody during hostile arrest in Fitchburg (2:07). Article
-Webster man arrested after joint investigation leads to cocaine seizure at apartment
-eBikes now banned from Shrewsbury school campuses
-Shrewsbury Town Meeting to decide on 2-year mixed-use moratorium along Route 20 and Route 9
-Grafton budget workshop predicts difficult decisions for fiscal 2027
-Grafton awarded $100,000 for Fisherville Mill Feasibility Study
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Film "Shattered Ice" explores grief, reckoning left in suicide's wake
-Salisbury Singers beginning 52nd season with a choral concert "Songs of Solstice" November 16th
-Holy Cross composer Matthew Jaskot's new work marks loss and healing
>OPINION: WCCA-TV's Close To Home No. 599 (28:33): Teri Frykenberg
-Outdoor Cats Podcast (1:18:52): That is my file (featuring Heather Prunier, Tom Marino)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who lost his fight with A.L.S.
>SPORTS: Making the case for Patriots valuing draft picks over trade acquisitions
-Former Patriot Antonio Brown facing attempted murder charges in Miami shooting
-Bruins beat Senators, 3-2
-Holy Cross men’s basketball to battle No. 8 BYU, Utah
-Holy Cross announces coaching change in field hockey program
-Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to host Niagara
-Holy Cross women's hockey to face Merrimack this weekend
-Predicting the winner of every Week 10 high school football game in Central Mass.
>NATIONAL: Dashcam video shows moment UPS plane crashed in Kentucky (1:01)
-Jury awards $10 million to Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student
-Tragic: Cleaning woman fatally shot after arriving at the wrong house
>NEW ENGLAND: 3 firefighters hospitalized after Keene house fire rescue (1:33)
-Channel 7 anchor Kim Khazei announces departure after 25 years
>COLLEGES: WPI celebrates Native and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month
-Journalist Jonathan Martin discusses the state of American politics at Worcester State
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 3 music-themed U.S. road trips that hit all the right notes
>BUSINESS: A.I. wreaks havoc on jobs with 2-decade high 150,000 cut in October: report
-LPL Financial Research: From micro to macro — A busy week of market-moving data
-Financial freedom: Make these money moves after paying off debt (1:51)
>HOMES: Median age of first-time U.S. home buyer hits shocking new high
>SHOPPING: Shop Target's Black Friday sale, holiday deals and discounts
>HEALTH: Doctor on F.D.A.'s radio-frequency micro-needling warning (3:20)
-Study links long-term melatonin use to higher risk of heart failure and death
>FOOD: Fears of Thanksgiving turkey shortages grow amid avian flu
>TV/STREAMING: "CBS Saturday Morning" to get radical revamp -- Michelle Miller, Dana Jacobson are out
>MOVIES: Miss Piggy movie in the works with Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence producing
>CELEBRITY: Jimmy Kimmel leading celebs in addressing food insecurity
-Helen Mirren to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award
>HISTORY: The oldest restaurant in Mass. is over 300 years old. Here's how to eat there
>ANIMALS: 16-year-old dog abandoned at shelter gallops like puppy again (4:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Woman wins $154,168 after using same lottery numbers for 6 years
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, watch deputies free large bruin from "bear-icade" ide vehicle
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 70 today in Worcester
-Mass. could see warmer, wetter winter, National Weather Service says
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: How Worcester residents can sign up for 2027 health plans
+Noon: Gov. Healey sets 60% school breakfast goal; Worcester schools averaged 37.6%
+Noon: Early voting update: Nearly 10,000 ballots cast so far in Worcester
+Noon: Worcester man's Halloween display raises money for charity (2:57)
-Asbestos discovery closes Worcester Head Start facility
-Kelley Square and Mill Street were redesigned. Are they safer today?
-Worcester Human Rights Commission to review police policies, homeless encampment proposal
-Where is Aaron Pennington? Fugitive search enters third year (2:22)
-Max German of Shrewsbury a finalist in "Voice of Logan" contest
-Westborough police chief on leave following an incident in Shrewsbury (:20). Article
-Parents recall Uxbridge Officer LaPorta as community honors him
-Earlier: D.A.: Investigation into death of Uxbridge officer results in no charges
-Worcester County Wonders: The Phantom of the Palladium
-In historic company: Women of Worcester's past, present honored in new mural
-College closures derail students’ plans, leaving some unsure when they’ll return
>DINING OUT: Avvio Ristorante wins early buzz with home-made pasta and tasty pizzas
-Large audience, low price: Give your restaurant's social media a boost on The 016
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-ICYMI: Anna Maria weighs giving interested buyers more time after auction cancellation
-Worcester Homeowner Summit set for November 7th at DCU Center
-Worcester police, D.E.A. find fentanyl in Clover Street raid
-Worcester police seize 38 guns, ghost gun frames
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Wachusett Teacher Spotlight: Brian Lux
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Advocate Hometown Helper: Bernice Gero, animal advocate
-Warrant issued for man who broke into ex-girlfriend’s home in Barre while she was asleep
-Coolidge Elementary School's hidden staircase evokes Shrewsbury memories from decades past
-Meadows Montessori excited to open in Westborough
-New warehouse plans before Westborough Planning Board
-New Northborough fire chief says he has felt "truly welcomed" by town officials, community
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Gateway Players in Southbridge to hold auditions for "The Lifespan of a Fact"
-Dudley's first poetry slam brings community to the Fun Zone Playground wooded stage
-100 FM The Pike (20:41): Ken Casey from Dropkick Murphys on music as a force for change
>OPINION: Tommy Dorfman: Ticket prices are out of control. Gov. Healey’s bill will make them worse
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 510 (28:21): City clerks & state election
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown reacts to W.P.D. internal investigation in Toomey case (24:59)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who was a lauded poet
>SPORTS: NESN and NESN+ to broadcast select Holy Cross contests
-Railers lose to Maine, 3-1
-Radio Worcester (15:13): Worcester Railers celebrate 1,000 wins for city hockey
>NATIONAL: Christa Pike's executioners given ominous warning before botched lethal injection: court docs
-Devastated mom recalls horror of toddler being pronounced dead, before he's discovered alive in morgue
-Tragic: Nurse dies after shrimp allergy during honeymoon
>NEW ENGLAND: Sandra Birchmore's therapist back on the stand Monday (:59)
-Woman charged with manslaughter in 4-year-old daughter's fentanyl death (:22)
-Over 130 residents evacuated from Lexington nursing home (2:25)
>POLITICS: What does the Governor's Council do? Worcester candidates weigh in
-What is Mass. ballot Question 7? (8:52)
-Full debate on Mass. ballot Question 7 (29:03)
>COLLEGES: Clark campus conversation, McGovern visit examine America’s past and present
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airbnb making changes to guest cleaning requirements (1:39)
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-U.S credit card debt is on the rise. Here's how to keep yourself out of credit card debt
-Small businesses need to leverage home field advantage with S.E.O.
>SHOPPING: How inflation is hitting all parts of Halloween celebration (1:59)
>HOMES: The surprising places to never charge your phone, safety experts say
>HEALTH: "Circadian" depression may be the reason why you can't sleep
-How walking regularly can protect your brain for years to come (6:18)
>FOOD: Ina Garten reveals unique ingredient she uses in eggs
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Lupin: Part 4" on Netflix (2:30)
>MOVIES: The craziest horror villains compilation (42:09)
>CELEBRITY: "Office Space" star Richard Riehle dies at 78
-Kurt Cobain's death investigation takes new turn over cop's shocking claim casting doubt on suicide
>ANIMALS: Hound gets caught breaking all her friends out of daycare (1:54)
>HISTORY: The Old Yarmouth Inn on the Cape is still going strong after 330 years
>GOOD NEWS: Veteran sees brother face-to-face for first time in 40 years
-Meanwhile, in England, escaped emu wins wrestling match in middle of road
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