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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Damp and dreary Memorial Day
-A year after Worcester protest, only one faces criminal charges
-Worcester police boat has maiden voyage
-Pouring rain doesn’t stop Worcester Water Ceremony
-Ray Mariano: On Memorial Day, we honor real heroes, true patriots
-History: Memorial Day at Washington Square in 1945
-Honor the fallen at the Shrewsbury Memorial Day virtual ceremony
-Auburn marks Memorial Day with multiple ceremonies across town
-Holden Memorial Day Parade at 11 this morning
-Memorial Day observances in Central Mass.
-Memorial Day: What's open, what's closed in Massachusetts
-Trash and recycling in Worcester will be delayed one day because of holiday
-No Worcester Public Schools Grab n Go meals on Monday
-No WRTA fixed route or paratransit service today
-ICYMI: Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester
-Bill Shaner: The restaurant worker shortage is real but not in the way you're reading about it
-Radio Worcester (12:52): Spread the Love with the Mary Beth Benison Foundation (Katie Benison Camell & Steve Haberstroh)
-Edward M. Augustus Jr.: Polar Park project has been a boon for city of Worcester
-SeltzerTime #121 (1:37:37): Risking her life to make the best ice cream
-Memorial Day truck savings at North End Motor Sales
-Tribute to renowned Worcester artist who recently passed away at 91
-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): Shrewsbury scientist give Mass Audubon half million dollars
-Black bear treks 50 miles to from Barre to New Hampshire in 10 days
-Paxton police find sleeping whitetail deer fawn
-Auburn Young Scientists: "STEM Beginnings" at library through June 16
-Bravehearts rained out again. Home game at 1 p.m. today. Buy tickets
-WooSox win rain-shortened game
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Runners tackling all of Worcester's streets
-New England: Tree falls on New Hampshire hiker in hammock, killing him, officials says
-Tragic: Minneapolis girl dies after being shot while on trampoline
-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: Academy delays Oscars ceremony to March
-Homes: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
-Celebrity: Where would food be without Clark University graduate Padma Lakshmi?
-Shopping: The 11 best deals of HP's Memorial Day Sale 2021
-Animals: Woman rescues very angry feral kitten and earns her love (4:53)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Taps Across America prepares for Memorial Day tradition (2:37)
-Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, restaurant owner celebrates birthday with 510-foot-long cheesesteak
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
-‘Get Vaccinated Worcester’ to use physicians to speak 1-on-1 with residents still hesitant about vaccine
-UMass Medical School's role in Moderna TeenCOVE study
-Free testing on Thursday in Worcester
-ICYMI: Dr. Finberg of UMass Medical School on dropping the last COVID restrictions (3:06)
-Mass. officials announce 146 new cases and 4 deaths with a positivity rate of .7 percent
-Grocery shoppers still adjusting as Massachusetts drops mask mandate
-Pandemic brings backlog of divorce cases in Mass. (1:50)
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:41). High of 95 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Court docs reveal disturbing new details behind viral video involving ex-Southbridge McDonald’s manager (2:21). Article
-Cost to fix Worcester police station put at $20 million over 3 years\
-Tiny home village for homeless seniors breaks ground in Worcester
-Emergency closes Worcester restaurant until Friday
-Railers owner buys Pulse Magazine, CM Pride Magazine
-Worcester State nursing program welcomes first group of Anna Maria nursing students
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday's School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Worcester organizations get $425,000 for affordable housing efforts
-Back-to-back national honors spotlight Worcester Public Library’s evolving role
-Radio Worcester (23:08): Worcester City Manager Eric Batista discusses city’s first-ever $1 billion budget
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant makes Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Small Plates (5:56)
-ICYMI: Worcester police honor fallen officers, former chief Gary Gemme
-Assumption graduates 304 students at DCU Center
-Anna Maria College closing comes as disappointment for Molly Bish's family (2:17). Article
-Area woman admits forging 84 checks worth over $110,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden police holding second annual Cruiser Cup Golf Tournament June 12th
-Wachusett Echo: Internship and employment at the school bank
-Lamoureux Ford wins record 29th Ford President's Award (4:16)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Tree crash leaves Southbridge home uninhabitable
-Westborough police continues to investigate shots fired on Research Drive
-Man with spiked-bat, drugs arrested in Leominster after 911 report of impaired driver
-Seeing double: Shrewsbury High School graduating class boasts 17 sets of twins
-Dudley candidates' night to be held June 8th
-Webster Town Meeting approves budget, drone bylaw, Pine View Liquors petition
-Shrewsbury teachers no longer need COVID vaccine
-Blackstone Valley Regional named distinguished school
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: Radio Worcester (19:15): Greater Worcester Opera brings “1776” to Central Mass.
-WCCA-TV's Chris's Corner No. 23 (28:52): Meatball, Part 1
>OPINION: Ann Artuso: Depression in motherhood
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: Why Puerto Rico still doesn’t receive S.N.A.P. benefits
-WCCA-TV's Connecting the Dots No. No. 164 (29:35): The Museum of Worcester
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:08): Viral McDonald’s video, city budget hearings and public safety concerns
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former UMass Medical School professor and Physician of the Year
>SPORTS: Tom Brady takes dig at Bill Belichick during Georgetown commencement speech
-Jason Varitek's wife takes shot at Red Sox G.M. after coaching ouster
-Red Sox beat Royals, 3-1
-Bravehearts release 2026 season promotion schedule
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Holy Cross Varsity Club announces 2026 class in Athletic Hall of Fame
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 32
>CARS: Gas prices climbing— What frustrated drivers can expect next (4:12)
>NATIONAL: San Diego mosque shooting: 3 men killed, suspects found dead (1:37)
-American who was on doomed cruise reveals what it's like under 42-day hantavirus quarantine
-Tragic: Toddler crushed to death by antique dresser as she climbed it to reach a toy
>NEW ENGLAND: Pilot dies in small plane crash in Rhode Island (:52)
-Pipe bomb found in Mass. pond, police investigating (1:12)
-Video shows Good Samaritans rushing to pull 2 people from car following rollover on I-495
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Cheer scores at national championships
-Clark honors Worcester student, staff members for inclusion and equity work
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 10 top trending U.S. summer destinations
-The first thing you should do in a hotel room
>BUSINESS: Banks find ways to finance nonprofits, despite their lending and revenue challenges
-LPL Financial Research: Energy shock expected to hit prices harder than the economy
>HOMES: Homes are older than ever—but local permitting systems could slow down essential renovations
>HEALTH: Discussing ebola outbreak with infectious disease specialist (3:14)
-What no one tells you about egg freezing
>FOOD: Daily Dish: Oven-roasted turkey parmesan over spaghetti
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Jennifer Lopez movie on Netflix, "Office Romance" (2:42)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Steven Spielberg's new movie, "Disclosure Day" (2:38)
>CELEBRITY: Carrie Underwood rejected L.A. glamour to live on Tennessee farm
-William Daniels, 99, and wife Bonnie Bartlett, 96, detail "rules" of "open marriage"
>ANIMALS: Playful puppy from local shelter looking for active family (3:09)
>HISTORY: Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
>GOOD NEWS: School principal retires, but returns as a handyman (2:34)
-Meanwhile, Pope Leo does "6-7" hand motion at the Vatican
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