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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 (:43). High of 40 today
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Iconic Owl Shop building in Downtown Worcester selling for $525,000
+6:00: Worcester superintendent will join Healey transition team committee
+6:00: Radio Worcester (16:16): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista on his appointment & the DOJ investigating into the WPD
+6:00: Food waste ban expected to hike expenses for local businesses
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: Tractor-trailer rollover causes shutdown of I-290 eastbound in Shrewsbury
+Noon: Worcester paid $275,000 to man allegedly assaulted by police outside Beer Garden
+Noon: Beechwood Hotel names new executive chef
+Noon: "Nutcracker" boasts youngest lead, home-grown Prince
+Noon: Poetry Town: "Hurry Back Before Cuco Gets You"
+Noon: New movies and shows to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on VOD: "Tár," "Moonage Daydream," "Smile" and more
+Noon: Adoption Option: Meet Joker
-Lodging house in Worcester’s Main South, site of 47 police incidents since July, shut down by city
-Worcester hotel may be converted into homeless housing
-Woman charged with motor vehicle homicide in crash that killed motorcyclist in Worcester
-As DOJ inquiry begins, key Worcester police lawsuit goes to mediation
-Worcester Police Department has paid out millions in lawsuits over the years
-Worcester restaurant set to close this weekend releases menu for final days
-Driver hospitalized in wrong way crash on I-395 in Oxford
-1920s diner on Route 140 in Boylston is selling for $40,000
-Cara Brindisi, Kara McKee headline Festival of Lights December 2nd on Common
-Worcester creates task force to explore allowing chicken keeping
-Worcester, Shrewsbury students to compete on GBH "High School Quiz Show"
-Worcester woman wins $1 million while buying Powerball ticket
-Unsolved: Worcester - Season 1, Episode 10: The Mysterious Murder of Nereida Melendez - Part 2. Audio (17:04). Video (14:37)
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: "Hip-Hop Health Summit" set for DCU Center
-Top Nine Things: Barre Players return, Master Singers, Rod Wave, more
-Ticketmaster cancels public sale for Taylor Swift's tour in response to overwhelming demand
-First Person: How riding a Harley helped exorcise a ghost
-Gift of Giving 2022: A look at what Central Mass. charities need
-What's Up Worcester's The Sitdown (1:03:13): Jennifer Hernandez of Gem Marketing
-WCCA-TV's This is Worcester No. 155 (28:45): Richard Pinto on the El Morocco
-The Faces of Worcester: Jonathan Pena
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who wrote many poems, novels, and plays
-ICYMI: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer coming to Worcester
-At Rotmans, customers & staff reflect on closing (1:46). Article
-Worcester Council laments lack of info on DOJ probe into city police
-Bill Shaner: The Feds take aim at the Worcester Police Department
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>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen arrested for throwing Sunkist cans at mother and strangling brother over use of shared car
-Turkeys are the freshest at Jordan’s Turkey Farm in Rutland (3:41)
-"Puffs" in the spotlight at Grafton High School this weekend
-Holden voters approve debt exclusion for Dawson recreation expansion
-Paxton veterans celebrate Veterans Day at PCS
-American Legion Riders, Sutton Lions team up to celebrate armed forces
-Sutton resident Owen Boyns performs in WNEU Fall Play
-Crime rate in Fitchburg decreases 41 percent over the past decade
>SPORTS: Bruins beat Flyers, 4-1
-Andrews' anticipated return should boost Patriots' offensive line
-Former HC coach Mark Duffner "couldn't be more excited" for these 10-0 Crusaders
-NCCA tourney-bound Holy Cross football to host selection show watch party on Sunday
-Sutton boys’ and girls’ soccer teams punch tickets to state finals
-Northbridge girls' soccer clinches spot in D4 state final
>COLLEGES: Clark prof speaks with Newsweek about the missile strike in Poland
-Assumption Sports Marketing students discuss big opportunity (5:35)
>CARS: Bertera has a wide variety of cars for your every need (3:08)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: Shootout leaves 1 U.S. Customs officer dead, 3 injured
-"Thundersnow" already walloping Buffalo with 3-inch-per-hour accumulation
-Tragic: Worker incinerated after falling into 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron
>NEW ENGLAND: Investigators monitoring ferries in search for Vineyard armed bank robbers
-Mass. school bus driver with students on board charged with OUI
>HEALTH: FDA approves first treatment to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes
-Free COVID testing and vaccinations on Friday: 9-4 at AIDS Project Worcester
>BUSINESS: More Twitter workers resign en masse after Elon Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum
-Worcester Business Connect No. 38 (21:02): Culture Redesigned
>FOOD: Massachusetts' favorite Thanksgiving side dish is easier to master than you think
>SHOPPING: Consumer watchdog group lists "10 worst toys" for holiday season
>HOMES: 5 newest houses to hit the market in the Worcester area
>TELEVISION: "Yellowstone" prequel "1923" releases first teaser starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren
>MOVIES: Millennial parents love to watch this film genre when sick: poll
>CELEBRITY: Robert Clary, "Hogan's Heroes" star and Auschwitz survivor, dead at 96
>ANIMALS: Wild crow has coffee with his rescuer every day (:43)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 9-year-old saves classmate with Heimlich maneuver
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear's popcorn theft from van caught on camera
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+Multiple positions at Downtown Worcester restaurant
-Police Officers, Town of Leicester
-Hosts, Servers and Bartenders at Shrewsbury Street restaurant
-Harm Reduction Specialist at AIDS Project Worcester
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 70 today in Worcester
-Mass. could see warmer, wetter winter, National Weather Service says
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: How Worcester residents can sign up for 2027 health plans
+Noon: Gov. Healey sets 60% school breakfast goal; Worcester schools averaged 37.6%
+Noon: Early voting update: Nearly 10,000 ballots cast so far in Worcester
+Noon: Worcester man's Halloween display raises money for charity (2:57)
-Asbestos discovery closes Worcester Head Start facility
-Kelley Square and Mill Street were redesigned. Are they safer today?
-Worcester Human Rights Commission to review police policies, homeless encampment proposal
-Where is Aaron Pennington? Fugitive search enters third year (2:22)
-Max German of Shrewsbury a finalist in "Voice of Logan" contest
-Westborough police chief on leave following an incident in Shrewsbury (:20). Article
-Parents recall Uxbridge Officer LaPorta as community honors him
-Earlier: D.A.: Investigation into death of Uxbridge officer results in no charges
-Worcester County Wonders: The Phantom of the Palladium
-In historic company: Women of Worcester's past, present honored in new mural
-College closures derail students’ plans, leaving some unsure when they’ll return
>DINING OUT: Avvio Ristorante wins early buzz with home-made pasta and tasty pizzas
-Large audience, low price: Give your restaurant's social media a boost on The 016
-Phantom Gourmet visits Worcester restaurant (5:02)
-ICYMI: Anna Maria weighs giving interested buyers more time after auction cancellation
-Worcester Homeowner Summit set for November 7th at DCU Center
-Worcester police, D.E.A. find fentanyl in Clover Street raid
-Worcester police seize 38 guns, ghost gun frames
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Wachusett Teacher Spotlight: Brian Lux
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community Advocate Hometown Helper: Bernice Gero, animal advocate
-Warrant issued for man who broke into ex-girlfriend’s home in Barre while she was asleep
-Coolidge Elementary School's hidden staircase evokes Shrewsbury memories from decades past
-Meadows Montessori excited to open in Westborough
-New warehouse plans before Westborough Planning Board
-New Northborough fire chief says he has felt "truly welcomed" by town officials, community
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Gateway Players in Southbridge to hold auditions for "The Lifespan of a Fact"
-Dudley's first poetry slam brings community to the Fun Zone Playground wooded stage
-100 FM The Pike (20:41): Ken Casey from Dropkick Murphys on music as a force for change
>OPINION: Tommy Dorfman: Ticket prices are out of control. Gov. Healey’s bill will make them worse
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 510 (28:21): City clerks & state election
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown reacts to W.P.D. internal investigation in Toomey case (24:59)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester native who was a lauded poet
>SPORTS: NESN and NESN+ to broadcast select Holy Cross contests
-Railers lose to Maine, 3-1
-Radio Worcester (15:13): Worcester Railers celebrate 1,000 wins for city hockey
>NATIONAL: Christa Pike's executioners given ominous warning before botched lethal injection: court docs
-Devastated mom recalls horror of toddler being pronounced dead, before he's discovered alive in morgue
-Tragic: Nurse dies after shrimp allergy during honeymoon
>NEW ENGLAND: Sandra Birchmore's therapist back on the stand Monday (:59)
-Woman charged with manslaughter in 4-year-old daughter's fentanyl death (:22)
-Over 130 residents evacuated from Lexington nursing home (2:25)
>POLITICS: What does the Governor's Council do? Worcester candidates weigh in
-What is Mass. ballot Question 7? (8:52)
-Full debate on Mass. ballot Question 7 (29:03)
>COLLEGES: Clark campus conversation, McGovern visit examine America’s past and present
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Airbnb making changes to guest cleaning requirements (1:39)
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-U.S credit card debt is on the rise. Here's how to keep yourself out of credit card debt
-Small businesses need to leverage home field advantage with S.E.O.
>SHOPPING: How inflation is hitting all parts of Halloween celebration (1:59)
>HOMES: The surprising places to never charge your phone, safety experts say
>HEALTH: "Circadian" depression may be the reason why you can't sleep
-How walking regularly can protect your brain for years to come (6:18)
>FOOD: Ina Garten reveals unique ingredient she uses in eggs
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Lupin: Part 4" on Netflix (2:30)
>MOVIES: The craziest horror villains compilation (42:09)
>CELEBRITY: "Office Space" star Richard Riehle dies at 78
-Kurt Cobain's death investigation takes new turn over cop's shocking claim casting doubt on suicide
>ANIMALS: Hound gets caught breaking all her friends out of daycare (1:54)
>HISTORY: The Old Yarmouth Inn on the Cape is still going strong after 330 years
>GOOD NEWS: Veteran sees brother face-to-face for first time in 40 years
-Meanwhile, in England, escaped emu wins wrestling match in middle of road
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>HELP WANTED
+Servers, West Boylston restaurant
-Prep cook and waitstaff, Shrewsbury Street bistro
-Full-time police officer, West Boylston Police Department
-Bartenders, Worcester Restaurant Group
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