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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Sunny, high of 52 today in Worcester
-Trial of dominatrix charged with murdering classmate to begin Monday
-Nurses strike at St. Vincent to reach 8 months on Monday
-Worcester-themed Monopoly game will be for sale at the Table Talk Pie Store
-Worcester Ballpark Commission gets its first members, tasked with overseeing operations at Polar Park
-Homes: 2 new Worcester foreclosures on the market
-Worcester Veterans Day Parade returns this month
-Worcester's Festival of Lights Returns on December 3rd
-Worcester's $2 million Crompton Park skateboard park gets off the ground
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Five Things to Do: Get the Led Out, Jessye DeSilva and more ...
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-New Episode of Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whisky Wednesday (14:46): American Single Malt - Virginia Distillery
-Next Open House at Saint John's on Tuesday, November 9th (:30)
-How is the School Committee elected in Worcester? Change is coming
-Tribute to longtime educator and coach who was a member of the Worcester State Athletic Hall of Fame
-ICYMI: Planet Fitness to become Lincoln Plaza's newest tenant
-Worcester teen still missing while another teen found in unrelated case
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn Fire Department dedicates training facility to late chief
-Westborough March of Dimes gets huge donation of diapers from N.H. Walmart
-Shrewsbury friends enjoy Lake Quinsigamond "adventure"
-Sturbridge community rallies around Old Village Grille chef after heart attack
-Sports: Holy Cross wins on Senior Day, plays for first place in league next week
-Everblades spoil Worcester IceCats Night as Railers fall, 4-2
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Celtics lose at buzzer; Bruins lose in Toronto
-National College Cornhole Championships Qualifier to be held in area
-Cars: Bertera Nissan in Auburn has a wide selection of new and preowned vehicles for you (5:38)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-Business: U.S. economy added 531,000 jobs in October
-Worcester jewelry store closing after 51 years
-Colleges: 30 Holy Cross students inducted into Jesuit Honor Society
-UMass Medical School partnering on vaccine clinics for people with disabilities and sensory-support needs
-National: Victims killed at Travis Scott music festival start to be identified
-What’s in the infrastructure bill?
-New England: Landlord says top town official used eviction ban to avoid paying rent
-Tragic: Oakland toddler killed by stray bullet while riding in vehicle on freeway
-Health: Hate exercise? Here are a few ways you can still enjoy working out
-Animals: 18 "friendly, social" sheep up for adoption in Mass.
-Celebrity: "Adele One Night Only" set list revealed for November 14th special
-TV/Streaming: Dolly Parton to reunite with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin on "Grace and Frankie"
-Movies: New movies on demand
-Shopping/Deals: Shipping scam ramps up ahead of holiday shopping season
-History: Opposite City Hall, aka Nobility Hill, 1835
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. salon owner helps people experiencing medical-related hair loss
-Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a woman donated her husband's body to science. It ended up being dissected in a hotel ballroom in front of a paying audience
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-Opportunities at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Worcester pediatric COVID vaccination clinics open
-Vaccines for kids 5 and up available Monday in Worcester schools
-Auburn man who almost died of COVID shares his story
-ICYMI: Outbreak at Worcester County Jail, 2 units quarantined
-Massachusetts reports 1,879 students, 339 staffers with COVID
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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