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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today:
In The News
-Latest forecast: Rain changing to snow, 1-2" possible today in Worcester
-Worcester police seek assistance finding missing 14-year-old girl
-Mercantile Center owner planning hotel, 150 apartments for Downtown Worcester
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (8:02)
-Worcester's St. Patrick's Parade returns after 2-year hiatus (2:08)
-Your guide to the Worcester St. Patrick's Parade
-Worcester road closings for St. Patrick's Parade
-See the Bravehearts and Jake the Lion in the front of the pack at parade
-Man who stabbed Bell Pond lifeguard sentenced to prison
-Nicaraguan couple open coffee shops in Central Mass.
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Chandler says Worcester voters will decide next state Senator
-Colorio says it would be "honor" to be mayor of Worcester
-Ray Mariano: Worcester City Council wants to negotiate nuclear weapons and world peace
-Clive McFarlane: We are all Ukranians
-Worcester library gives termination warning to online service over hate content
-QCC to hold virtual workshop on fair housing on Saturday
-Worcester Art Museum building $2.1 milion research library
-First Person: The highly unlikely tale of "Classical Pop"
-Tribute to man who worked for Wyman-Gordon for 49 years
-ICYMI: Worcester man gets time served for being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition
-Worcester's Chief Diversity Officer moving on to have "more of an impact" elsewhere
-Slew of new Worcester restaurants set to open soon
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn countertop business to move to $1.2 million Oxford location
-Sterling contractor fined $69,860 over asbestos
-Plans will decrease apartments, increase open space at Shrewsbury’s old Beal School
-Shrewsbury needs town meeting members in all precincts
-Ann Marie Foley plans run for Grafton Select Board
-Boylston police swear in new sergeant
-Ayer food manufacturer fined $20,000 over hazardous waste
-Homes: Remodeled Colonial in Holden Center lists for $725,000
-Sports: Defending league champion Mass. Pirates open season Saturday
-HC prof: MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
-Bravehearts to hold youth clinic April vacation week
-Channel 5: WooSox, Worcester community excited for start of new season
-NEW: Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Celtics beat Pistons, 114-103
-Railers beat Adirondack, 5-4
-Cars: March to Bertera Nissan for great values! (7:57)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-National/International: Under the hood of $1.5 trillion bill for Ukraine, pandemic, agencies
-Police are warning drivers to protect against gas thefts as oil prices soar. Here’s what they recommend
-New England: As prices skyrocket, heating oil stolen from Maine church
-Business: Fallon profits cut in half during investment-heavy year
-Curaleaf exceeds $1billion in revenue for the first time
-Inflation reaches 40-year high
-Colleges: Cantor Art Gallery to exhibit works by photographers rethinking the medium
-Free medical training courses starting soon at QCC
-Food: Walmart Issues Recall for popular brand of chips over metal concern
-TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
-Movies: New movies on VOD
-Celebrity: Alec Baldwin says in legal filing that Halyna Hutchins told him to cock the gun before it fired
-Shopping: Apple’s latest iPad Air, iPhone SE are here
-Health: Ready to "spring forward"? Ease into the time change with these 9 health tips
-History: Front Street and Harrington Corner in Worcester, early 1900s
-Animals: Adoption Option: Meet Toonie
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Cancer patient rings bell, proposes to girlfriend
-Meanwhile, Florida man asks cops to test his meth
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Free walk-up vaccination/booster clinic 11-5 today at Worcester Public Library
-Worcester to no longer require unvaccinated city employees to submit weekly tests starting in May
-China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases
-Updated criteria reduces deaths in Mass. by 3,700
-WHO says global anxiety and depression increased 25% due to pandemic
-Harvard expert says don’t assume COVID is "done with us" on pandemic’s 2nd anniversary
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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