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+NEW (5:30): No bail for woman accused of fatally stabbing boyfriend
+NEW (5:30): Worcester man gets life in prison for murdering woman in 2015
+NEW (5:30): Downtown restaurant now open for lunch weekdays
+NEW (5:30): Chamber provides COVID-19 [coronavirus] information and resources for businesses
+NEW (5:30): It's Fri-YAY! Here are Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW (5:30): Worcester Spring Home Show this weekend. See list of exhibitors and get free tickets
+NEW (5:30): 10 Great Events We're Looking Forward to in March in Worcester
+UPDATED (5:30): WATCH Douglas K9 Officer Finn Featured on 'Good Morning America'
+NEW (8:00): Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - March 6
+NEW (8:00): Leadership Worcester Now Recruiting Class of 2021
+NEW (8:00): Worcester Culture Watch podcast (42:43) — Electoral Politics and How Bernie Throws Best Parties
+NEW (8:00): Troopers Escort Woman Off Jet At Logan After Fight (1:04)
-Worcester company fined $400K for ripping off workers
-Merged Catholic High School to be at Holy Name, will be named Saint Paul Diocesan Jr.-Sr. High
-Fentanyl, heroin dealer gets 5 years; will be deported after prison term
-Closed nearly 3 years, Great Wall reopens in downtown Worcester
-Apartments for rent in Worcester: What will $1,600 get you?
-ICYMI: Park Ave. bar about to get 3rd owner in 9 months
-School bathroom practice questioned at Worcester school board meeting
-'Call to action' to battle poverty at Worcester forum
-Shrewsbury Fire, Hazmat Crews Battle Fire at Supercon On Route 9
-Here's How to Get a Dairy Queen Blizzard for Just 80 Cents
-Labor Secretary Rosalin Acosta, at Holy Cross chamber breakfast, cites aging and automation challenges
-Voice of Business podcast (42:49): MI-Box of Greater Worcester, Worcester Women's Leadership Conference
-This Week in Holy Cross Athletics presented by JMB Financial Advisors
-Gambler threatened Edelman, Gronk
-Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones return to Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre
-Today's Deal: Here's how to get your free Dunkin’ donut today
-Uh oh! Mass. has one of the biggest drinking problems in America
-Revolutionary War re-enactor shows up drunk at Mass. school (:52)
-North Carolina woman spends 100th birthday in jail
-Trailer drops for season 3 of Netflix series 'Ozark' (2:23)
-Today's Heroes (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): S.C. college students raising $75,000 for Wendy’s employee who lost home in fire
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Top Posts
-64 people who work in Auburn will be laid off at the end of March
-Iconic Boston-area eatery eyes Worcester for expansion
-Worcester area plummets in job market rankings
-Worcester accountant sentenced for tax fraud
-State accepting proposals for new Worcester RMV location
-Road rage leads to fight with baseball bats in Worcester
-Worcester robbers were feeding their drug habits
-Webster man indicted in Sept. shooting death at Auburn warehouse
-Motor vehicle stop in Oxford leads to 3 arrests
-Buyer Beware: This Worcester 'deal' will cost you
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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