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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today:
In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:51). High of 72 today
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester holds wreath laying ceremony at Korean War Memorial of Central Mass.
-Worcester holds wreath laying at the Mass. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Green Hill Park
-Worcester soldier recognized for WWII service 77 years after death
-Restaurateur expands Canal District property holdings with $1.25 million purchase
-Defendant’s attorney will pursue insanity defense in case of murder at Worcester restaurant
-Preachers insist Worcester police officers be held accountable for stun gun arrest case
-Worcester cop accused of stealing $45,000 claims someone manipulated his detail records
-Local leaders and basketball players dunk cancer on Saturday
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Here are the 5 cheapest places to get gas this weekend in Worcester
-Boys & Girls Club of Worcester prepares for annual Jingle Bell Toy Drive
-Worcesteria: Worcester Public Library unveils card design winners
-Unsolved: Worcester - Episode 8 - "Gunned Down During Worcester's Fireworks". Audio (16:19). Video (14:01)
>HISTORY: Veterans Day in Worcester through the years (34 photos)
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday
-Ron Abuelo Rum (27:15)
>SHOWTIME: Comedian Kevin James spotted around city before Hanover shows
-"There's an embrace when you play it": Dinnerstein, Gerlach play Bach
-Holiday Handbook: Events to celebrate the holidays
-Holiday Handbook: The night the holiday lights went out
-Irish tradition, history, protest and fun as Derek Warfield returns
-WCCA-TV's Hidden Treasures No. 96 (28:32): Small Treasures
-NEW! The Faces of Worcester: Celeste Price
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a "proud dance and soccer mom, minivan and all"
-ICYMI: What's pushing restaurants out of the Canal District?
-Saint-Gobain sells half of its Greendale campus - 51 acres - for redevelopment
-$1 million lottery prize claimed in Worcester
-Channel 5's Wake Up Call from Venerini Academy in Worcester (:46)
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>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Reunion Tap & Table is eyeing a second location in Whitinsville
-Grafton fire, police could soon respond first when ambulance is delayed
-Shrewsbury police looking for owner of dog found wandering
-Scouts earn honors for work with Heritage Corridor on river walkway
>SPORTS: Celitcs beat Denver, 131-112
-Holy Cross football building positive momentum
-Related: Baseball lot closed to parking for today's football game
-Holy Cross Athletics' 'Sader Stories (27:57): Title IX reflection with Meg Galligan
-Bravehearts win league-high 3 FCBL awards
>CARS: NEW! Bertera has a wide variety of cars for your every need (3:08)
-GM recalls 340,000 big SUVs due to issue with daytime running lights staying on
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NEW ENGLAND: SWAT team called to Nashua shooting that left 2 critically injured
-Here’s how the 30 richest communities in Mass. voted on the millionaires tax
-Tragic: "I'm not leaving my wife": Couple dies in house fire
>HEALTH: Staff shortages, RSV surge lead to long wait times at hospitals
-Free COVID vaccinations on Saturday: Noon-5 at Worcester Public Library
>BUSINESS: Crypto firm FTX is headed for bankruptcy after failing to secure a bailout
-Twitter pauses paid verifications after users impersonate brands and people
>SHOPPING: The 25 best holiday gifts from QVC to buy online
>FOOD: Inflation making restaurants the best deal for Thanksgiving
>HOMES: U.S. housing market lost $1.3 trillion in home equity over 3 months
>TV/STREAMING: New movies & shows to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on VOD: "Amsterdam," "Ticket To Paradise" and more
-"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" sequel with Worcester scenes hits movie theaters this weekend
>CELEBRITY: Gallagher, watermelon-smashing comedian, dead at 76
>ANIMALS: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Prince
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): World War II veteran turns 99 years old on Veterans Day
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, woman cops to meat beating at Walmart
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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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