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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Today's high in upper 50s
+6:15: Worcester woman killed in Northborough crash ID'd
+6:15: Worcester Board of Health: Gun violence is a persistent public health threat
+6:15: Radio Worcester (10:30): City Manager Ed Augustus responds to reports that minority companies got peanuts in Polar Park project
+6:15: Princeton St. closure in Holden through April 23
+6:15: 15 Crusaders earn All-Patriot League football honors
+6:15: Artist Spotlight: The photography of Scarlett Hoey
+6:15: Worcester adoptable pets: Meet Flora, Benzo, Chico & more
+Noon: Ricky Duran's 'Selfish Love' video to premiere on CMT
+Noon: Watch the teaser trailer for locally filmed movie 'The Investigators'
+Noon: Worcester ranked among top 10 cities for urban gardening profit potential
+8:15: Worcester DPW&P will be shutting down the water main on Bourne Street
-Saturday's double-shooting in Worcester caught on video, authorities say
-T&G honored for defending 'public’s right to know' in suing Worcester for secret records
-WBJ wins 11 New England journalism awards, honoring economic, diversity, design and podcast work
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 13
-Worcester-based online cheesecake business takes off
-Filming for George Clooney's 'The Tender Bar' continued in downtown Worcester
-More parking coming to Canal District
-Saint Vincent Hospital nurses strike enters week 6
-WCCA-TV's 'Daily Breaking' (26:45): Lucy Hale, President & CEO, EcoTarium
-Worcesteria: Sam James talks 'Voice,' Tik Tok and upcoming Hanover show
-21-year-old Worcester woman killed in rollover crash on Route 9 in Northborough (:16)
-Worcester superintendent’s Artist of the Week: Kahlia Parker
-ICYMI: Worcester city employee salaries for 2020. Spectrum News 1. Top 500 list: This Week in Worcester
-See all the day's Worcester news
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Shrewsbury entrepreneur sells coffee, empowers women
-Grafton's Cancuns and Pub 122 approved for outdoor dining
-Tony Hawk's Foundation donates $10,000 to Leominster skatepark that honors teen killed in hit-and-run (1:08)
-MBI wins $252,000 to spur biomedical entrepreneurship
-Shaping the Future: Holy Cross Athletics unveils five-year strategic plan
-Men's golfer Juan Suan named Crusader of the Week
-Patriots legend Julian Edelman retires
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Food: Ground turkey sold at Wegmans, Stop & Shop and Hannaford linked to salmonella outbreak
-Video: View the Boston skyline from Worcester over 50 miles away (:26)
-Homes: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-Shopping: Jordan’s to give away free furniture, mattresses if Red Sox pitcher throws no-hitter
-Celebrity: Oscars 2021 reveals A-list roster of presenters
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-History: Hall in the old State Mutual Building in Worcester
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Anonymous thank you note leaves Mass. veteran feeling grateful
-Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, humongous snake found slithering in tree along park trail
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:15: Cases are rising in more than half the states, despite vaccinations
+8:15: U.S. will pause use of J&J vaccine after rare complications
-Worcester pharmacist proud to 'restore a sense of normalcy' (1:54)
-Mobile clinics help deliver vaccine to hard-to-reach people
-Gov. Baker: Mass. to reach 2 million people fully vaccinated (1:09)
-Free testing in Worcester on Thursday
-Radio Worcester (10:25): Dr. Michael Hirsh talks vaccines, variants and the state of COVID
-Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School explains latest reports about vaccines
-Drive-through vaccination clinic in Holden next week
-Valley Tech students assist at Uxbridge vaccination clinic
-Mass. officials announce 1,376 new cases and 19 deaths with a positivity rate of 2.3 percent
-16 percent of parents consider holding child back a grade, poll shows
-Officials: 28% of American adults are fully vaccinated
-More young people are getting hospitalized as a more infectious strain becomes dominant
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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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