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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: High of 65 today
+7:15: Sports and recreation fields opened to public in Worcester
+7:15: Worcester Garden Club funds Newton Square beautification
+7:15: Worcesteria: The unbearable anxiety of the lapsed inspection sticker
+7:15: 508, A Show About Worcester (28:17): Happy Easter (COVID is over)
+7:15: These 24 Mass. billionaires are among richest in U.S.
+7:15: Ex-Patriots player Phillip Adams killed 5 people, then himself, authorities say
+Noon: 'Inside job': Worcester spent more than $100 million building Polar Park. Minority companies got peanuts
+Noon: I Love Frankie's aims to expand locations, menu
+Noon: Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
+9:00: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 8
+9:00: Blasting today in Bleecker Street area of Auburn
-Gun, machete found and 2 arrested after loud music call at South Plaza on Grafton Street
-53-year-old man arrested after bank robbery in Shrewsbury
-Mayor Petty addresses lawsuit on construction of new Doherty High
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (17:35): Systemic racism, Doherty lawsuit, WPS, Polar Park & more
-City Councilor Moe Bergman shares his family's story on Holocaust Remembrance Day
-Worcester Police Chief accuses health board member of 'toxic rhetoric'
-St. Vincent says patient census up since strike
-ICYMI: Restaurant to open its second spot in city on Highland Street
-Learn 10 Free Ways to Market Your Small Business from GEM Marketing Solutions
-Worcester Earth Day returns with 50 cleanup events
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (23:50): Stephanie Williams, Chief Diversity Officer, City of Worcester
-City Council backs resolution supporting sex trade survivors
-Donate Life New England commemorates organ donor month
-Producers, recording engineers see talent, ambition in Worcester's music scene
-Worcester Youth Center members record their feelings in "HopeVid-2020"
-SeltzerTime Podcast #112 with Clock Out (1:19:09)
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury seeks federal money for police gear
-As ‘Dexter’ comes to town, a look at Grafton’s past starring roles
-Holy Cross football game Saturday canceled; Crusaders advance to Patriot League championship
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WBJ's 40 Under Forty nominations due in one month
-Worcester area's unemployment rate improves slightly
-Last Call with Tyler Lussier and Brandon Forsyth of Image Custom Designs
-Tragic: 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy drowns in stormwater tunnel
-Homes: 5 new open houses in Worcester
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Shopping: Macy's lowest price of the season sale is the event you must shop
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-TV/Streaming: ‘This is a robbery,’ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist now a Netflix series
-Animals: New pets up for adoption in the Worcester area
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Watch as students, staff in Oklahoma celebrate cafeteria manager who passed citizenship test
-Meanwhile, in Bangkok, gigantic lizard goes on supermarket sweep, wild video goes viral
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:15: Vaccine to be offered at Massachusetts Walmart stores
+7:15: Vaccination clinic in Worcester Saturday will focus on homeless, disabled individuals and others
+7:15: What's required for a vaccine in Massachusetts?
+7:15: Are some vaccines more effective than others?
+Noon: Can your employer require you to get a vaccine?
+Noon: Experts urge people to wait their turn for vaccine
-More than 4,500 cases in Mass. confirmed among children younger than 14 over the last two weeks as hospitalizations, active infections rise
-Underfunded public health system in Mass. hampers COVID fight
-ICYMI: Worcester schools see few cases from hybrid teaching
-Mass. officials announce 2,292 new cases, 21 deaths, 7-day positivity rate holds at 2.5 percent
-Big new push to vaccinate older Americans
-1 in 3 COVID survivors suffers ‘brain disease,’ study finds
-CDC says more virulent British strain now dominant in U.S.
-Doctor explains why young people are not safe from COVID
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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
-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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