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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 (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
-The 10 richest states in America
-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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