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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:30: Radio Worcester (6:45): City Manager Ed Augustus talks COVID-19 & reflects on 2020
+6:30: State orders most businesses to reduce capacity to 25%
+6:30: Mass. hospitals must postpone nonessential elective procedures, officials say
+6:30: QCC hosting walk-up testing prior to Christmas
+11:45: QCC’s practical nursing students help administer vaccines
+11:45: 335 new cases, 5 deaths reported in Worcester County on Monday
+11:45: Public school enrollment dips as coronavirus disrupts education
+11:45: Doctors, lawmakers and public health leaders calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to close indoor dining, implement more protections
+11:45: Americans' readiness to receive vaccine jumps: poll
+11:45: Dr. Fauci says new strain from U.K. is likely in U.S.
-Over 1,100 new cases in Worcester County over the weekend
-Radio Worcester (11:20): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks COVID-19 and vaccine (Dec. 21)
-Holiday schedule for free testing in Worcester
-Americans will get stimulus checks as soon as next week, Mnuchin says
-Local churches requiring preregistration for Christmas services; singing discouraged
-Vatican: OK to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines
-Grafton snapshot: 510 cases total, 208 since Dec. 1
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-Mass. officials announce 3,760 new cases, 41 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 5.9 percent
-Health care system under immense pressure, Gov. Baker says (1:51)
-New tool tells you when you may be able to get vaccine
-Amid pandemic, this N.H. college is cutting tuition in half next year
-CVS administering vaccines at more than 40,000 long-term care facilities
-Everything we know about the U.K.’s new strain so far
-Widow shares love letter husband wrote as he died of at Texas hospital
In The News
+6:30: Worcester couple charged after child, 8, inhales heroin smoke
+6:30: 7 Worcester area collaborative workspaces awarded grants
+6:30: Knowing the Difference: Therapist vs. Life Coach
+6:30: Iconic chain Legal Sea Foods sold
+11:45: 'SeltzerTime' podcast celebrates 100 episodes of Worcester love
+11:45: Janice Harvey: Class dismissed — Saying goodbye to 30 years of teaching
+11:45: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Dec. 22
+11:45: Worcester moves to remove deadly Coes Reservoir Beach
+11:45: Dunkin’ offering triple perks rewards to celebrate start of Celtics season
-Worcester man who left Blarney Stone before fatal crash arraigned on manslughter charge
-Worcester police arrest 28-year-old man for hatchet assault
-71-year-old Barre man indicted for murder
-Mother of Lockerbie bombing victim from Shrewsbury reacts to charges (1:25)
-No WRTA bus or paratransit service on Christmas and New Year's Day
-Worcesteria: Poetry, music and what makes Worcester special
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury Indian American group donates over 2500 pounds of food
-Dudley police arrest teen allegedly drinking, driving and planning to sell marijuana
-North Brookfield schools to shed Native American mascot
-Delaney family helps nearly 400 families with Christmas gifts
-Holy Cross Athletics 'Sader Stories (24:16): Football National Signing Day 2021
-Former David Prouty star Patrick Ricard earns second-straight Pro Bowl selection
-WBJ announces 21 people to meet in 2021
-Health: Saint Vincent oncologist developing geriatric program for Worcester residents
-Cars: The entire team at Bertera Nissan wishes you and your family a great holiday season (1:58)
-Food: Nestlé recalling Lean Cuisine meals for possible plastic contamination
-TV/Streaming: Discovery+ premiere: What it costs, what to watch
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 5 N.J. teens are being called heroes for saving 2 children from an icy pond
-Closest alignment of Jupiter, Saturn in nearly 800 years (:58)
-Meanwhile, in California, Santa and his 'sleigh' rescued after getting caught in power lines
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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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