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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+8:30: 82 new cases in Worcester, 2,071 total. Press conference video (31:20)
+8:30: 18 cases identified at Worcester’s Albion rooming house
+8:30: Central Mass. city and town cases as of Thursday
+8:30: Social media postings tipped off Worcester officials to outbreak at Walmart
+8:30: Worcester closes city dog parks until further notice
+8:30: WCCA-TV's Daily Breaking (19:53) -- Hank von Hellion, Managing Director, Worcester PopUp & Olivia Scanlon, Managing Director, Worcester BrickBox
+8:30: State totals: 2,101 long-term are deaths, 3,562 total, 1,940 new cases, 62,205 total, 275,647 tested. Story
+8:30: Nearly 9 in 10 Americans worry economy will collapse: poll
+9:00: More than 70,000 in Mass. file for unemployment last week
+9:00: More than 3.8 million Americans applied for unemployment last week
+8:30: Worcester Together fund tops $5.8M, $1.1M in grants given
-'Those are not just numbers. Those numbers are people. They have families, they have loved ones, they have lives, they have stories,' Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. (2:08)
-76 new cases in Worcester, 1,986 total. Press conference video (39:35)
-Cases for every Central Mass. city, town as of Wednesday
-Worcester pastor reverses course, limits 9 parishioners (2:18)
-Related: Worcester church holds in-person service, believed to be first in state to break with guidelines
-City forces Worcester Walmart to close after 23 employees test positive
-Delta has been flying out of Worcester with just 1 passenger for past month
-UMass Memorial doctors find success using alternative to traditional ventilator
-Worcester Palladium cancels, postpones over 30 events
-Pandemic cancels Worcester Public Schools’ proms
-Worcester may open 2nd round of Small Business Resiliency Grants Friday
-Radio Worcester's Voice of Business (47:28): Tim Murray, Jeff Turgeon, Ed Manzi and Naomi Sleeper
-WCCA-TV's Daily Breaking (13:14): Colleen Sullivan, Barbers Crossing in Leicester
-State totals: 1,982 long-term care deaths, 3,405 total, 1,963 new cases, 60,265 total, 265,618 tested. Story
-U.S. economy takes biggest hit since Great Recession
-Day cares face permanent closures
-Death toll at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home increases to 82
-There may be more than 15K ‘excess deaths’ linked to coronavirus in U.S.: study
-Nationwide meat shortage poised to get worse
-Researchers testing vaccine that could be ready soon (:26)
-Six reasons your $1,200 check may not be in the mail
-As beer sales soar, these brands are winning booze battle
-Help To Retire offering remote consultations to those nearing retirement (1:00)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Wahlburgers donates more than 300 lunches to Worcester area firefighters, police and EMS personnel
In Other News
+8:30: Who's open for take out or delivery (updated)?
-Latest weather: Take a wild guess ... :(
-1 in custody after ShotSpotter activation on Providence Street in Worcester
-Worcester man gets 11 years for dealing heroin, cocaine
-Yet another Worcester restaurant set to reopen for take out, delivery
-George's Coney Island reopens for take out. BirchTree Bread reopens
-Worcester's crazy intersections like you've never seen them before
-Police substation to open this week at Union Station in Worcester
-Check out this amazing video of Tuesday's sunset viewed from Old Stone Church in West Boylston (:50)
-Fentanyl seized in Mass Pike traffic stop
-ABC sets ‘Disney Family Singalong: Volume II’ for Mother’s Day
-Homes (brought to you by Ross Mortgage): What will $1,400 a month get you in Worcester?
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:34). High of 86 today in Worcester
+6:00: Central Mass. drought status ends thanks to summer rain
-August 2026 was the hottest on record: N.O.A.A.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Pulse Magazine Weekend Guide (:22)
+6:00: Stephen DiRado’s Bell Pond photos are subject of N.Y.C. show, new book
+6:00: Worcester Arts Council opens grant application
+6:00: Gateway Players announce October dates for "The Outsider"
+Noon: A brief tour of Worcester's "Main Street USA"
+Noon: Worcester Pride returns downtown Saturday for one of city’s largest cultural celebrations
+Noon: Auburn Fire Department hoping its fire-damaged truck not beyond repair
+Noon: Things to Do: Armadi Tsayn, Infinite Alien, Chet Williamson and more
+Noon: Art in spirit: Clinton's Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years
+Noon: First Person: For Wayne-Daniel Berard, poetry requires a poet's work
-Renovated apartment building in Main South to welcome families in crisis
-Worcester faith leaders prepare for 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Worcester events mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Mount Washington 9/11 tribute to feature twin light beams visible from over 100 miles away
-Worcester market sells $50,000 lottery ticket
-Michael Jackson impersonator moonwalks, sings at City Council meeting (2:04)
-Worcester by gaslight: Gas lantern stroll a trek into history
-City View Discovery School awarded $2.73 million for heating system
-W.C.A.C. to offer eviction record sealing assistance
-WCCA-TV back on the air on cable channel 194
-Radio Worcester (21:36): Mayor Petty addresses racist mural incident, police oversight and A.L.P.R. policy
>DINING OUT: Big E Preview: All the new foods coming this fall (1:09)
-Table for Woo: Simple Man Saloon and Grill
-ICYMI: "Every day is 9/11": Loss endures after 25 years for 3 local families
-Tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Miss Massachusetts returns to police work after Miss America pageant
-Artists painting Worcester mural targeted by racial slurs
-Earlier: Worcester NAACP condemns racist, sexist harassment directed at Wall of Women Artists
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Holden police introduce newest officer
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster man pleads guilty to illegally dealing 3D-printed guns
-Southbridge’s Wellsworth Hotel to be auctioned, as part of Norton bankruptcy
-Spencer selectmen appoint interim treasurer/collector
-Tackle the Stigma 5K at Shepherd Hill to support mental health awareness
-Meet Leo Waible, the 2026 Applefest Grand Marshal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Uxlocale Friday and Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Jane & the Archivists pen "love letter to Worcester" on new album
-"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" actor Lauren Adams visits Clark for improv workshop, film screening
-Taylor Swift back at top of country radio chart for first time in 13 years
-Harmonica maestro Chet Williamson to play in FrontRoom at WCUW
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The police reform plan Worcester government refuses to produce
-Last Call: Aileen Lovejoy, substance use awareness advocate
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 343 (27:52): Jay Givan and Fred Nathan, 250th anniversary of America
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:31): Racism in Worcester, examining primary results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former senior aide at Friendly House
>SPORTS: Drake Maye's interceptions cost Patriots in crushing season-opening loss
-A.J. Brown exits first game with Patriots in injury concern
-NFL Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-"It’s about finding a way to get better": Holy Cross aims to fix red zone woes
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 6-4
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 8-3
>NATIONAL: Flock cameras are surveilling hundreds of public school campuses across the country
-New Apple C.E.O. unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
-Tragic: Dad dies after suffering spinal injury on cruise while celebrating son’s wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: "Harsh" Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who "snapped": jurors
-Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel
-Mass. D.O.T. scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud (2:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 43 (31:43): Journey to industrial engineering in themed entertainment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): National Geographic names "most iconic New England town" (:20)
-How flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years
>BUSINESS: Worcester County spared the worst of state's employment drop
-LPL Financial Research: Signs point to a normalization, not a crisis
-North Worcester Business Association kicks off season September 16th
-What Canada's retaliatory tariffs mean for American consumers
>HOMES: People are taking advantage of the Mass. Save brand (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports: September is a good time to shop for appliances and outdoor equipment (1:53). Article
>HEALTH: Flu and COVID vaccines rolling out, but 1 shot is delayed
>FOOD: Beef prices hit record highs: How families can save money (2:19)
>TV/STREAMING: Norah O'Donnell returns to "CBS Mornings" after evening news stint
>MOVIES: When Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first made magic: Flashback
>CELEBRITY: Cardi B wears her most daring backless suit and more star snaps
-Pamela Anderson was given 10 years to live after hepatitis C diagnosis
>ANIMALS: Stray Boxer follows hikers down mountain, chooses her person (11:13)
>HISTORY: Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
>GOOD NEWS: Man uses money from returned cans to win $500,000 lottery
-Meanwhile, in Italy, airport authorities find crocodile head in man’s luggage
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