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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: A beauty today, highs in low 70s
+Noon: TGIF! Check Dining Out for the latest specials before your weekend making plans!
+Noon: Police: Impaired driver in Dudley struck guardrail, utility pole before coming to rest on lawn
+Noon: SeltzerTime Podcast #120 (46:31): What’s Next After Winning Jeopardy?
+Noon: At Worcester hospital, fiber optic technology reduces radiation during vascular procedures
+Noon: 5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
+Noon: New movies + shows to watch this weekend
-Fire destroys boat on Lake Quinsigamond
-Proposal made to demolish St. Peter-Marian building, build retirement community
-Worcester market faces 2nd violation in 6 months for selling alcohol to a minor
-Crews from ‘Dexter’ transform Colby Avenue in Worcester with snow, holiday lights and decorations
-16-year-old arrested for Crompton Park shooting
-Worcester man arrested for double shooting in April
-18 groups demand Worcester Civilian Review Board for Police
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - May 14
-City of Worcester offers seasonal, youth employment opportunities
-Holy Cross professor awarded over $400,000 from the National Science Foundation
-Worcesteria: LGBTQ students finally represented in health class
-Islamic Center of Greater Worcester celebrates end of Ramadan
-Artist Spotlight: Kayden LeBoeuf
-Sprinkler Factory Gallery staying active with exhibitions and "6.5th annual ArtRaiser"
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
-ICYMI: Video shows car that hit 11-year-old boy on Pleasant Street (1:52). Article
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including St. V's nurses, city water rate, and more
-John DiPietro's "Worcester's Neighborhoods" Episode 7 (5:39): West Boylston Street
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Reward offered for these dirt bikes stolen from Rutland
-Leominster video store owner accused of hiring shoplifters, selling stolen items online (2:03)
-Football field Shakespeare is canceled as Grafton Theatre returns… inside
-Holden seeking applicants for open School Committee seat
-Shrewsbury approaches Town Meeting following override vote
-Princeton looking to build new station for police and fire departments
-Bravehearts single-game tickets on sale
-Holy Cross football to play game at Polar Park
-Holy Cross Athletics End of The Year Moments (3:07)
-WooSox hit 2 homers in 7-4 win
-U.S. unemployment claims drop to 473,000, a new pandemic low
-New England: 9 wounded in Providence shooting (:51)
-Cars: Warmer Weather Means Hot Pricing at Bertera Nissan, says Mike Demers (5:05)
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (27:00): Ezra Brooks Bourbon
-History: Boat house at Elm Park
-Food: Uncle Ben’s rebranded products are now available in stores
-Animals: WARL Adoption Option: Meet Zach
-TV/Streaming: ‘Friends' reunion special arrives on HBO Max on May 27
-Homes: 5 Worcester open houses to stop by
-Celebrity: Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go’s among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Officers save Kentucky 3-month-old who wasn't breathing
-Meanwhile, Florida man arrested after argument about Tom Brady gets physical
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+Noon: Gov. Baker will update reopening plan ‘early next week’
-Keep those masks on! Mass. indoor mask mandate remains in place for now despite new CDC guidance
-CDC: Fully vaccinated people can go without masks indoors, outdoors (2:44)
-'We can feel comfortable' returning to normal once vaccinated, epidemiologist says (2:35)
-Unemployment in city of Worcester hits lowest level since pandemic began
-City leaders hopeful workforce will return, things go back to normal soon
-Worcester schools to offer vaccine to students over 12
-School districts mulling vaccine requirement (1:55)
-Vaccine walk-ins available 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday in downtown Worcester
-Webster grandmother shares struggle of raising grandchildren in pandemic
-ICYMI: Looking ahead as Worcester begins to contemplate life after pandemic
-Mass. officials announce 616 new cases and 9 deaths with a positivity rate of 1.2 percent
-6 communities considered high-risk, none in Central Mass. (:31)
-Pandemic highlighted healthcare workforce's fragility, shortages
-Nearly 2 million Americans will lose pandemic unemployment benefits early as more states drop relief
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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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