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>Latest weather: Another hot one, high in the upper 80s today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Family owned Worcester pub & restaurant to close after 52 years
-Area postal worker busted for stealing packages, feds says
-Weekend traffic advisory: Streets closed for Saturday's Latin American Festival in Worcester
-WRTA expects delays, detours because of Latin American Festival
-Searching for a destination? Follow the new sidewalk decals in Downtown Worcester
-West Mountain Street water main leak in Worcester to be fixed by "Monday the latest"
-Ray Mariano: Most part-time legislators should be embarrassed to collect full-time checks
-Rosalie Tirella: Yes to community preservation and transitioning kids
-Worcester School Committee votes to raise pay for substitute teachers to $110 a day
-Worcester School Committee does away with rule only allowing students to carry mesh or transparent backpacks
-Dudley fire could have resulted in injuries, deaths if not for first responders, fire chief says
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things to Do: Home Free, She's Busy, Pride Pageant and more ...
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Blues guitarist Joanna Connor to perform in Worcester, Shirley
-Artist Spotlight: George Hancin
-Poetry Town: "Bask in Love When It Arrives"
-Pride Worcester Pageant kicks off September celebration
-ICYMI: UMass Medical School may expand with regional campus in Burlington
-Table Talk Pies "almost didn’t make it"; Group helps save Worcester pie company from collapse
-Worcester beaches, Crompton Park pool close for summer on Sunday night
-Popular Worcester restaurant plans to fix longtime parking woes
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Celebrate Grafton’s Indian community Saturday
-Leominster PD searching for man who offered child candy in portable toilet
-Cornhole tournament to benefit Bill Martin Scholarship fund for Millbury students
-Shrewsbury police support local lemonade stand
-Composting and brush chipping 8-2:30 today in Holden
-Learn about the "Sutton Beauty" and other historic New England apples
-Sterling Police add Princeton officer to their roster to fill patrol vacancy
-Sterling Fire Department smokes police at mini golf
-Paxton Center School third-quarter honor roll
-Check out the chicken eggs at the Millbury Public Library
>SPORTS: Mac Jones solid in Pats’ 20-10 win
-4 keys from Patriots preseason win over Carolina
-Tom Brady's return is still a Buccaneers mystery
-Holy Cross star Jacob Dobbs named Preseason All-American by HERO Sports
-Red Sox lose to Baltimore, 15-10
-Bill "Spaceman" Lee collapses while warming up for exhibition
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox beat Rochester, 9-3
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has it all (5:05)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: As Colorado River dries, western states face water, energy and farming crisis
-After getting shot at parade, child feels "hopeless" and angry
-Apple's security flaw warning: What it means and what you need to do
-Tragic: Iowa woman attacked and killed by her 5 Great Danes
>NEW ENGLAND: Month-long closure of MBTA Orange Line begins
-Murder/suicide investigation in Wareham
-Radio Worcester (14:13): Candidate for Lt. Governor Dr. Tami Gouveia
>BUSINESS: Buttigieg warns airlines to help travelers or face new rules
-Wayfair is cutting 5% of its global workforce, nearly 900 jobs
-Worcester brewery teams with Harpoon to benefit Rett Syndrome Angels
>COLLEGES: QCC lands $500,000 grant to boost nursing labs
-Worcester State virtual walking tour (21:15)
>HEALTH: Swapping salt for a substitute may reduce risk of heart attack or stroke, research finds
-"We are seeing things in kids we have never seen before", doctor speaks on post-COVID diagnoses in kids
-Free testing and COVID vaccinations on Saturday: Noon-5 at Worcester Friendly House
>HOMES: Mass. housing prices set record, even as market cools
>TV/STREAMING: What to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on VOD: "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank," "Spin Me Round," "Vengeance" and more
>CELEBRITY: Alec Baldwin says he still thinks about "Rust" shooting every day
>FOOD: Recall issued for brand of chocolate truffles
>SHOPPING: Want to save money on back-to-school shopping? Here are some tips
>ANIMALS: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Ollie
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Neighbors "adopt" elderly woman after she lost husband, home (2:20)
-Meanwhile, meet the top kid's finalists at the USA Mullet Championship
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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
-The 10 richest states in America
-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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