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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 53 today
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Popular Park Ave. restaurant closing for good
-Family who lost son to heart condition pushing for A.E.D.s at Worcester baseball fields
-Burncoat Middle School educator to be honored for her leadership in music education
-Burncoat Center ties together arts and wellness
-Rosen's Roundtable No. 493 (28:25): City Manager and police body camera
-Ray Mariano: City Council watches as proverbial pitches on housing, police body cams sail by
-Christopher Condon, behind-the-scenes giant of Worcester politics, dies at 46
-Laurel: Special deliveries for Valentine's Day
-5 cheapest places to get gas this weekend in Worcester
>HISTORY: How Worcester put the Valentine in Valentine's Day
>BARS & BANDS (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (26:23): Ryed Around the World
>SHOWTIME: 5 great ways to spend your weekend in Worcester
-Nine Things To Do: Orchids, Frederick Douglass reading, Shane Profitt
-Worcester artists honor the memory of Michael Foley
-WCCA-TV's Close to Home No. 543 (28:26): Sister Michele Jacques
>OBITUARIES (brought to you by G9 Financial): Tribute to local 21-year-old who passed away unexpectedly
-IYCMI: Worcester murder suspect on the loose, W.P.D. asks for help
-Worcester store closing its Canal District location
-W.P.D.: Woman wanted for questioning in bar incident
-Worcester restaurant named most romantic in Massachusetts
-Radio Worcester (10:20): Worcester School Committee member Sue Mailman on voke school admittance lawsuit
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>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford, Brilla Coffee Roasters and Speciality Sandwich Company): Holden police back again with humorous Valentine's Day "special"
-Specialty Sandwich Company going all out for Super Bowl
-Holden D.P.W. has new home (12:06)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): What’s the highest use for Lancaster Memorial School?
-Man leads police on chase, fires gun into air in Dudley: Police
-Shrewsbury police looking for owner of dog picked up by Good Samaritan
-Soccer registration is open in Wachusett area
-Boylston election papers available February 13th; voting is May 8th
-Athol man accused of attempted murder will await trial behind bars: D.A.
>SPORTS: Caps edge Bruins, 2-1
-No surgery expected for Jaylen Brown after facial fracture
-H.C. men's basketball upends American. Women fall in overtime; postgame interview (1:02)
-Holy Cross women's hockey sets program record with win over No.15 UConn
-Holy Cross men's hockey shuts out Army
-ICYMI: Bob Cousy reflects on his long friendship with Bill Russell (3:51)
-Railers lose to Reading, 4-2
-Central Mass. road race calendar
>CARS: NEW! Bertera Nissan has a great car for you (4:39)
-RVs at Clearance Prices at Fuller RV Rentals and Sales (1:07)
>NATIONAL: Rescues continue in Turkey, Syria as earthquake death toll nears 26,000
-F.A.A. briefly closes airspace over part of Montana to investigate radar "anomaly"
-Tragic: 17-year-old falls to death hiking Moab Rim Trail in Utah
>COLLEGES: "Father of Tamoxifen" to give inaugural lecture on cancer drug discovery at UMass Medical School
-Anna Maria Scholarship Spotlight: Jarred L. Grant-Spann
>SHOPPING: Amazon Fire TV deals -- Save up to 40% on Fire TV sticks
>NEW ENGLAND: Manchester airport evacuated after Spirit Airlines bomb threat
-State, Toyota reach $7 million settlement on illegal loan allegations: A.G.
>BUSINESS: Fed explores equity amid shifting work patterns
-Mass. bill would reimburse subscribers to local newspapers with tax credit
>HEALTH: U.S. spends most on health care but has worst health outcomes among high-income countries, new report finds
-UMass Medical School (23:29): Physician-scientist Jeremy Luban reflects on lessons learned from the pandemic
>HOMES: 10 most expensive homes sold in city of Worcester January 29th to February 5th
>FOOD: McDonald’s Shamrock Shake is coming back. Here’s what we know
>TV/STREAMING: Super Bowl commercials to feature Boston, New England favorites
-Super Bowl commercials to watch for and schedule
>CELEBRITY: Michael Jackson changed the Super Bowl halftime game in 1993
>MOVIES: New movies on streaming -- "Skinamarink," "Empire Of Light," and more
>ANIMALS: Wobbly baby goat finally runs with her best friend (3:13)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Veteran anonymously paid for people's medicine for decade (2:42)
-Meanwhile, in Illinois, minor league hockey team doesn't show up for home game in "weird" scene
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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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