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>Latest weather: Dry and quiet, high of 79 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-9/11 to be recognized in Central Mass. by firefighters and others
-Local students build sculpture remembering 9/11 by using steel from World Trade Center
-1 person dead, another injured in single-car crash
-Canal Diggers 5K raises money for charity, runs through Worcester's Canal District
-Pride Worcester Festival hosts hundreds downtown
-The Saint Spyridon Grecian Festival returns to Worcester next weekend
-Is this Worcester restaurant is the best beer bar/gastropub in the state?
-Healthcare company with Worcester facility settles discrimination case with DOJ
-Worcester Regional Airport hiring on-call snow removal help for winter
-Project Bread helps connect healthy food to those who need it
-Bob Kraft unveils mobile medical unit for substance abuse care
-As Worcester prepares to publicize its racial equity audits, top leadership hopes to improve structural supports
-5 great ways to spend your weekend in Worcester
-Here are the 5 cheapest places to get gas this weekend in Worcester
-Enter to win a Mac Jones jersey, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-Worcester beer garden extends operation downtown to October 28th
>SHOWTIME: Nominate your favorite artists, venues, and more for Worcester Music Awards
-The Faces of Worcester: Wairimu Macharia
>POLITICS: Rosen's Roundtable No. 486 (28:02): Schools
-Radio Worcester: First Worcester District State Senate primary wrap-up with Robyn Kennedy (14:42) and Joe Petty (2:54)
-Etel Haxhiaj: Inclusionary zoning right move for City Council
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a Worcester woman who was active in her church for decades and was awarded a key to the city of Worcester
-ICYMI: 9-story high-rise proposed at former Canal District site of Fairway Beef
-Developer plans 218 apartments behind Shrewsbury Street restaurants
-Layoffs, furloughs hit Family Health Center of Worcester; branches outside city closed
-JetBlue switches to larger plane for daily service between Worcester and Fort Lauderdale
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Prolific residential developers buy Shrewsbury plot for $740,000
-Former Nashoba wrestler turned Marine drops everything to help train Ukrainian army units
-West Boylston store sells 6 $100,000 lottery tickets in 1 day
-Poker on Quaboag Pond raises money for environmental efforts
-Millbury's new Shaw Elementary School opens to students for first time
-Events on the horizon at Shrewsbury Senior Center
-Lowell investment group expands Gardner holdings
>SPORTS: No. 15 Holy Cross football team beats FBS Buffalo on game's final play
-Related: Holy Cross' Hail Mary game-winning play (1:13)
-Could Patriots offense unveil Alabama influence in season opener vs. Dolphins?
-Expert predictions: Week 1 picks for Patriots at Dolphins
-Red Sox smash Orioles, 17-4
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox fall to Lehigh Valley, 9-5
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the SUV you need this fall for back to school and sporting events (4:48)
-Mass. inspection sticker changes start November 1st
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Royal family members moved to tears by outpouring for the Queen
-Zelensky gloats as Russia flees vital supply hub in Ukraine
-2 Georgia deputies "ambushed," killed serving warrant
-Tragic: Sisters who survived Holocaust die days apart in Alabama
>BUSINESS: The world's second largest movie theater chain files for bankruptcy
>NEW ENGLAND: Search continues for jumper who leapt off Cape Cod's Sagamore Bridge
-State launches website, map for sexual assault survivors
>FOOD: Kellogg's wants you to add water to its new cereal
>SHOPPING: Amazon has a secret warehouse section where you never pay full price for items
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria to hold groundbreaking October 1st for multipurpose athletic complex
>HEALTH: Mass. distributing 3.5 million free at-home COVID tests to residents
-Mass. reports 6,623 new COVID cases this week
-Over 31,000 kids battery-powered ear muffs recalled over burn risks
>TV/STREAMING: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: "Barbarian" slashes way to top of box office on Friday
>CELEBRITY: “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer opens new Taffer’s Tavern in Watertown
>ANIMALS: Here are the top 5 dog breeds in Mass.
>HOMES: The 10 most expensive houses sold in the city of Worcester, August 28th-September 3rd
>HISTORY: Worcester in the 1940s trough the '70s (11:14)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): "Heroic" nurse saves baby who stopped breathing on Spirit Airlines flight
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, watch as a bear gets caught on camera opening SUV door, climbing inside
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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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