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In The News
-Latest forecast: Springlike weather this week with mild temps (50s and 60s) and plenty of sunshine
-Remember to "spring forward" and also check the batteries in your smoke detectors
-TODAY! Worcester County St. Patrick’s Parade: Parking, start time and everything you need to know
*Worcester road closings for St. Patrick's Parade
*See the Bravehearts and Jake the Lion in the front of the pack at parade
*Mass. Lottery giving out promotional items at retailers near parade
-$2,800 specialty stroller stolen from Worcester family
-City man arraigned on motor vehicle homicide charge
-Millbury firefighter accused of raping 15-year-old high school student,
-Fitchburg man heads to Eastern Europe to help daughter, 8-month-old grandson flee war
-Worcester custodian becomes viral sensation for hilarious videos
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-New owners of Nick’s won’t make drastic changes to favorite Worcester bar
-Worcester's spending of ARPA's $150 million still at a trickle
-Radio Worcester (18:08): Worcester City Councilor Sean Rose talks nuclear disarmament & making history
-History made at UMass Memorial with hospital’s first IVF baby, who also saved his father’s life
-$100 million needed to restore Worcester Memorial Auditorium
-Related: Inside Worcester Auditorium (40 photos)
-First free indoor skate park ollies into Worcester doubling space with City Light Church
-Advocates want Worcester to decriminalize, embrace psychedelics
-Tribute to a woman who worked for more than 45 years for the Worcester Gas Light Company, remaining through 3 company name change
-ICYMI: Worcester police seek assistance finding missing 14-year-old girl
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (8:02)
-After a federal audit, Worcester may have to return some Hurricane Maria money
-Mercantile Center owner planning hotel, 150 apartments for Downtown Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): State Police involved in search for missing Sturbridge man, 71
-Dudley parish to take collections for Ukrainian refugees
-Ukrainian living in Lancaster worries for family in the capital city
-Michael Vulcano, Holy Cross football staff member, to run for state rep in Northborough
-Mother of Fitchburg soldier who died wants answers about his death
-Fitchburg man the 11th to plead guilty in trafficking case
-Sports: Unbeaten Wachusett girls' basketball team advances to Division 1 Final Four
-Millbury girls advance to Division 4 Final Four
-Algonquin in Division 2 girls' hockey state semifinals
-Are Celtics legit NBA title contenders? "100 percent," this NBA insider says
-Bravehearts to hold youth clinic April vacation week
-HC prof: MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
-NEW: Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Mass. Pirates win home opener, 30-27, with field goal as time expires (:58)
-Bruins beat Coyotes, 3-2
-Revolution fall to Real Salt Lake, 3-2
-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: Russia bombards Ukrainian cities, blocks civilian evacuation routes
-New England: Owner of Mount Washington Cog Railway proposes lodging near summit
-Man in line for lunch in Northampton stabbed in the throat unprovoked attack
-Business: Care Central VNA CEO to retire, be replaced by Worcester exec
-Working from home easier for men than women: study
-Colleges: Nichols taps Bryant dean as new provost
-TV/Streaming: An Adele concert special is coming to NBC later this month
-Movies: New movies on VOD
-Celebrity: Ukrainian girl wows Idina Menzel with "Let It Go" in bomb shelter
-Shopping: Walgreen's latest update is annoying some shoppers
-Health: Playing your favorite music can ease your anxiety, new study suggests
-History: Worcester Art Museum in 1906
-Animals: Dog had been through so much, people couldn’t tell her breed (3:13)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Target shopper finds love in chat with customer service rep
-Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, border agents seize boxes of blood-sucking Bulgarian leeches
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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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