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>Latest weather: Cloudy, high of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Construction worker injured in fire at Doherty High School (2:12)
+6:00: Foam roofing insulation fueled fire at new Doherty High construction site
+6:00: Don Landgren: Who is against the Indian Lake jet ski ban?
+6:00: Fitchburg High School locked down for student with knife
+6:00: Crews put out fire on 2-story home in Fitchburg
+6:00: Song to Get You Through the Week: Charley Carrozo charms with joyous "Namaste"
-Worcester police ask for help locating nonverbal 18-year-old
-Worcester firefighters gather outside stations on 21st anniversary of 9/11
-Local singer Cara Brindisi set to compete on NBC's "The Voice"
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - September 12th
-Three of our kind: Worcester's iconic three-deckers endure, enchant across centuries
-City of Worcester to offer updated COVID boosters, monkeypox vaccines with AIDS Project Worcester
-Vocero Hispano: 09-09-2022 al 09-15-2022
-Enter to win a Mac Jones jersey, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
>HOMES: See 5 new properties for sale in Worcester
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Nominate your favorite artists, venues, and more for Worcester Music Awards
-Queer AF fashion show a celebration of LGBT style and culture
-Pride Worcester Festival brings the proud — and persecuted
-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)
-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
-Is this Worcester restaurant is the best beer bar/gastropub in the state?
-Healthcare company with Worcester facility settles discrimination case with DOJ
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Fran and Judy Polito named grand marshals of Spirit of Shrewsbury
-American Legion Post 42 is holding a meeting at 4 p.m. September 13th in Holden
-1 person dead, another injured in single-car crash
-City of Leominster receives $25,000 to spruce up downtown business facades
-Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority improves energy efficiency at Putnam Place
-Dorchester, Shirley investors buy 62 Fitchburg condo units for $6.3 million
-Inclusive gym in Lancaster expanding into new location, opening Rick Hoyt Research Lab
-Heywood Healthcare property The Quabbin Retreat in Petersham sold for $3.3 million
>SPORTS: What went wrong for Patriots in loss to Dolphins
-Mac Jones injured in season opener against Dolphins
-10 takeaways as Patriots stumble out of the gate
-Highlights of Holy Cross' upset of Buffalo (4:01)
-Related: Holy Cross celebrates win with family 4-pack discount available Monday only
-Red Sox beat Orioles, 1-0
-Former Red Sox turned cop dies in car crash on way to 9/11 event
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-8 players who will make an impact in Central Mass. field hockey this season
>CARS: Bertera Nissan has the SUV you need this fall for back to school and sporting events (4:48)
-Why your car's speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can't)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral: How the royal family will say goodbye
-Prince William, Harry reunion needed "extended negotiations"
-Calls to suicide prevention lifeline rose 45% after changeover to 988 number
>FOOD: Public health alert issued for ground beef products due to E. coli concerns
>NEW ENGLAND: Banned waste filling Mass. landfills, incinerators, says environmental report
-Vermont WWII soldier's remains finally returned home after being missing for nearly 80 years
>COLLEGES: Free coffee to the first 100 students this mornings at QCC's main campus
-Clark’s "COVID Posse" links racial disparities to the pandemic’s impact
>HEALTH: Tough flu season expected for New England, study suggests (2:27)
-Walk this number of steps each day to cut your risk of dementia. It's probably fewer than you think
>BUSINESS: The worst of inflation finally might be over
-FBI reveals 10 ways to stop smartphone hackers
>CELEBRITY: Comedian and Netflix star David A. Arnold dead at 54
>ANIMALS: 50-foot "megalodon" detected in Atlantic Ocean stuns scientists
>HISTORY: Worcester in the 1940s trough the '70s (11:14)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Amazon delivery driver saves 3 puppies from burning home
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, family finds coyote hiding in bathroom
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>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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