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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Pick of the weekend
+5:30: Man arrested in Worcester after violent confrontation in Canton
+1:00: It's Saturday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+1:00: Shrewsbury's Edgemere Drive-In Theater enters new era
-71-year-old Worcester woman stabbed to death, male relative arrested
-13-story, 318-apartment development proposed for Green Street
-Registry of Motor Vehicles moving from downtown Worcester to former Big Y location
-Worcester police identify officer who fired shots during Grafton Street standoff
-Related: WPD asks for drone operator to come forward
-Raging blaze rips through home in Worcester
-2 in Worcester charged with drug trafficking after search of home on Alsada Drive
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-$10 of free groceries for new Worcester customers. Save money and square off against food waste with Flashfood - now at Stop Shop!
-Rosen's Roundtable #437 (28:04): Outdoor Dining in Worcester
-SeltzerTime Podcast #115 (1:06:52): Ricky’s Getting Married?!?!
-'I Am Worcester' photo project on display May 8
-How Worcester is celebrating Earth Day
-Seasonal jobs in Central Mass. stay open as young people stay home
-St. Vincent, nurses agree to resume talks after 7-week strike stalemate
-ICYMI: 'High level discussions' with JetBlue about resuming service 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’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force continues work
-27-year-old Fitchburg man sentenced for fentanyl charges
-WooSox among few teams not yet selling single-game tickets
-Enter to win 2 tickets to the WooSox, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Cars: Swing into spring with huge savings and selection at Bertera Nissan (6:47)
-New England: Man arrested after head-butting staffers at restaurant, fleeing crash with trash bags full of marijuana, police say
-Animals: Black bear cubs wander into North Carolina nursing home
-Shopping: Americans are about to get hit with diaper sticker shock
-Homes: 5 open houses to stop by in Worcester
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-TV/Streaming: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Celebrity: George Clooney's 'ER' reunion: 'A disaster for my marriage'
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boy helps his mom deliver baby brother at home in Pennsylvania
-Oops. Meanwhile, in Florida, bride and groom invite guests to their 'dream home' for a wedding. The problem? They didn't own it
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-Worcester to end weekly coronavirus briefings — a positive sign
-Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School on J&J pause, hesitancy and herd immunity (3:31)
-U.S. has more than 9 million Johnson & Johnson doses ready to go now that pause is lifted
-ICYMI: Officials confident Worcester can ‘beat back the tide’ with numbers plateauing as vaccinations increase
-Mass. officials announce 1,452 new cases and 13 deaths with a positivity rate of 2 percent
-Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito gets first vaccine shot at Worcester State
-Further reopening state not top priority for Baker
-U.S. drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses
-Scientists find human-to-cat COVID transmission
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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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