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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Another cold, raw, rainy day
-Overnight: 2 dead, more than 20 injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
-Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-History made in Worcester with first all-female Worcester Fire Department engine crew
-Wrecking ball will soon visit South High Community School
-Worcester shows interest in building new Burncoat High School​
-Audre Lorde School to offer summer programs for students in Worcester
-Worcester brewery CEO discusses movement to bring awareness to harassment
-ICYMI: Charges of harassment, sexism, racism rock Wormtown Brewery, ownership group 'steps back'
-Judge for Worcester confirmed despite concerns from Governor's Councilors
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Memorial Day truck savings at North End Motor Sales
-Rosen's Roundtable #442 (28:03): Save Duffy Field or Share Duffy Field?
-Worcester Election Countdown #5 (24:43): Bill Coleman - At-Large Candidate
-Edith Morgan: No skyscrapers for Worcester!
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor's Live & Streaming Music List
-New: Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday (37:31): Bourbon not from Kentucky
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Construction on Auburn's new Tuttle Post coming along
-Auburn apartments begin lottery pre-application period
-Shrewsbury gears up for summer at Dean Park
-Assabet Valley hosts rolling rally for Class of 2021
-Ashburnham man gets 5 years for selling “ghost” guns, including Uzi
-Bravehearts' bats quiet in loss. Home game at 4 today. Buy tickets
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Chamber of Commerce spring 2021 newspaper
-Tragic: More than 200 bodies found at indigenous school in Canada
-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)
-Movies: New movies on demand
-Homes: 5 open houses in Worcester
-Health: Evening workouts may best counteract high fat diet (:47)
-Celebrity: Gavin MacLeod, ‘Love Boat' Captain, dies at 90; B.J. Thomas, 'Hooked on a Feeling' singer, dies at 78
-Food: How the trucker shortage is fueling the meat crisis
-History: Worcester Academy, early 1900s
-Animals: 7 bears crash high school pool party in Tennessee
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. WWII veteran offers "one final salute" to man who saved his life
-Meanwhile, in California, watch as mountain lion crashes through window into a home
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-At Stop & Shop, masks no longer required for fully vaccinated (:58)
-Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School on dropping the last COVID restrictions (3:06)
-ICYMI: Local health experts say Central Mass. is ready for reopening
-Mass. officials announce 203 new cases and 9 deaths with a positivity rate of .7 percent
-As state reopens, there is still a state of emergency until June 15 (:33)
-Here's what we know about COVID-19 immunity -- and what it means for vaccine boosters
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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