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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Cloudy with high of 73 in Worcester today
-Worcester's newest apartments set to open in 125-year-old downtown building. Top price: $3,600 per month
-Breen's Cafe steak and cheese trending after flurry of Facebook posts
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Five Things to Do: Tyra Penn, Clock Out and more ...
-Worcester man held on $35,000 bail on child rape charges
-21 years after bystander shot in club, man convicted of murder
-17-year-old girl missing in Worcester
-Polar Park: Field of dreams or thorn in collective side of Canal District businesses?
-Saturday is a Household Hazardous Waste Day in Worcester
-OSV turns to Poe for Halloween with "Phantoms and Fire"
-Artist Spotlight: Elijah Johnson
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Gov. Baker weighs in on St. Vincent nurses strike
-Ray Mariano: It’s time to settle the strike at St. V's
-WCCA-TV's "Worcester Election Countdown" (28:42): Meet Dianna Biancheria and Laura Clancey, incumbent candidates for School Committee
-Worcester District 1 City Council race candidates spar over meeting attendance
-ICYMI: Worcester police K-9 Bolt helps locate man accused in carjacking from McDonald’s parking lot
-Phantom Gourmet visits Sturbridge restaurant (4:48)
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Today: Pumpkin Patch returns to Auburn's First Congregational
-Explosion sparked in Spencer when employee was changing a fuse, police say
-42nd annual Harvest Fair and Apple Pie Social tomorrow in Grafton
-Suspect indicted in the stabbing death of a man found in storage locker
-Sports: Confidence level high for Holy Cross football as Crusaders set to face No. 20 Monmouth
-WooSox fall to Rochester, 3-0
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: It's still summer at Bertera Nissan (3:03)
-RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry
-New England: Zipline accident at Stowe Mountain Resort leaves employee dead
-Man almost fights his way into airplane cockpit on flight from Boston, FBI says
-Business: U.S. jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
-Health: Millions missed cancer screenings at the start of pandemic
-Colleges: QCC to hold first-time home buying seminar
-Why do tiny animals like spiders and ticks have such a powerful bite? A Holy Cross professor explains
-Animals: WARL's animal adoption option: Meet Hazel
-Shopping/Deals: The price of Christmas trees and decorations are on the rise
-TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
-Chaos at "The View" as 2 hosts get positive COVID results live on air
-Movies: New movies on VOD
-Celebrity: Celeb chef and Clark grad Padma Lakshmi responds to "Top Chef" criticisms after production begins in Texas
-Homes: More than 1 out of every 10 Worcester County rental households are in arrears
-History: Former Women's Club in Worcester, now Tuckerman Hall
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Cambridge firefighter honored for challenging river rescue (1:23)
-Meanwhile, in the U.K., car flips while couple is having sex inside it
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Some Worcester parents shocked only 40% of middle school students got vaccine
-Boston Globe: Central Mass. hospital system runs out of ICU beds due to COVID, other factors
-Pfizer vaccine booster shots now available for millions of Americans (1:30)
-CVS, Walgreens will start offering Pfizer booster shots
-Your booster shot questions answered
-ICYMI: Roughly 60% of Worcester teachers union members are in favor of vaccine mandate
-Mass. officials report 1,784 new cases, 13 additional deaths
-These 18 states have still not vaccinated at least half of their residents
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:12). High of 37 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-TODAY! Guns to Gardens gun buyback
-Related: Radio Worcester (12:45): Dr. Michael Hirsch on Worcester’s “Guns to Gardens” program
-TODAY! The final Village Marketplace of 2025
-Worcester police officers honored at City Hall promotion ceremony
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
>DINING OUT: Table Hoppin': Bonchon, from owners of Gong cha, sees crowds, lines
-ICYMI: Couple arrested after 5-hour standoff in Worcester (1:37). Article
-Related: Worcester officers treated for hypothermia after standoff
-Water restored as crews continue work on Shore Drive in Worcester
-Winter homeless shelter to open at former Quality Inn near Lincoln Plaza
-Worcester woman wins Lucky for Life, takes lump sum of $390,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Chief Tim Sherblom sworn in as head of Central Mass. Chiefs of Police Association
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Pedestrian struck and killed on Providence Road in Northbridge
-Police determine threat at Sterling school not legitimate
-West Boylston town administrator, hired after flag controversy, headed to Rutland
-TODAY! Santa visits Paxton Fire Department
-Apple store opens in Millbury
-Disabled veteran tax exemption available in Shrewsbury
-Kindled Planning hopes to "spark" more for customers
-The Item's calendar of events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-"Sister's Christmas Catechism" coming to Worcester
-"Night Lights" named best holiday garden display in nation
-Anxious Taylor Swift was scared to continue Eras Tour after Vienna terror threat
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1399 (24:41): John Stanford, Executive Director, Incubate
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (59:28)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Professor Emerita at UMass Medical School
>SPORTS: What’s impressed Josh McDaniels the most about Drake Maye this season
-Jayson Tatum looks spry in latest workout videos amid injury recovery
-Holy Cross baseball, men's lacrosse announce schedules
-A banner day: St. Paul honors championship history of former high schools
>CARS: List of the most stolen cars in 2025 revealed
>NATIONAL: Terrifying gas explosion caught on doorbell cam (:49). Article
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-Tragic: 8 high school athletes injured during training run after car veers onto sidewalk in suspected D.U.I. crash
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe trial recap (21:57): After closing statements, the jury deliberates
-Driver shaken after alleged road rage shooting on I-495 (1:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI professor named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
-Assumption named peacebuilder and conflict-resolution expert Alice Nderitu Civic Friendship Fellow
-Late-night breakfast at Clark, in photos
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Where to go in Charlevoix, a French-Canadian snow globe
>BUSINESS: Lawmakers mull action on "dynamic" A.I.-powered pricing in wake of "shocking" Instacart report
-Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Conn. murder-suicide
-Radio Worcester (7:03): Holiday spending budgeting and scam-proofing advice
-Former Worcester City Councilor candidate founds organization to address systemic oppressions
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Shoppers say ’tis the season for inflation, poll finds
>HEALTH: Tips to protect your sleep during the holidays (4:56)
-Under 7 hours of sleep shortens your life — 5 tricks to snooze faster
>TV/STREAMING: How to stream Taylor Swift docuseries, "The End of an Era," on Disney+
>MOVIES: New movies on streaming: "Die My Love," "Christy," and more
>CELEBRITY: Jason Bateman makes eyebrow-raising remark about sister Justine
-Judi Dench believes Harvey Weinstein has "done his time" for sexual assault, says she forgives him
>ANIMALS: Bear cub runs across frozen Hubbardston pond (:37)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: 187 Washington St., Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: Steve Hartman’s 10 most memorable stories over the years (29:41)
-Meanwhile, escaped horse visits New York's J.F.K. Airport
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