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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Warm, dry weather returns, high of 73 in Worcester
+12:30: AWARE: Can Worcester taxpayers afford another aggressive budget?
+12:30: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - June 1
+12:30: Worcester summer programs face cuts if essential positions left unfilled (1:41)
+12:30: Neighborhood Watch Meetings in Worcester - June
+12:30: 9 Must-See Movies Being Released in June
-Man held in 2 brutal, unprovoked attacks in Worcester caught on video (1:39)
-Worcester bar with troubled past eyes move to troubled Canal District location
-Family reports 16-year-old missing from Worcester
-Worcester man honors fallen soldiers using bagpipes on Memorial Day
-Worcester honors lives lost in the Vietnam War with ceremony at Green Hill Park
-Worcester honors its only Black service member who died in WWI
-Worcester Memorial Day events remember sacrifice of nation's fallen soldiers
-After year off, Holden hosts annual Memorial Day Parade
-WPD issues traffic advisory for Plantation Street Bridge
-This Week’s Roadwork in Worcester – Week of May 31
-Closures, traffic delays on Mass Pike and I-290 this week
-ICYMI: Worcester police boat has maiden voyage
-Reminder: Trash and recycling in Worcester will be delayed one day because of holiday
-ICYMI: Partial wall collapse displaces 14 at historic downtown Worcester building
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including City Council agenda, and more
-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): 10th anniversary of deadly tornado outbreak across region (:32)
-Shrewsbury High’s graduation will be June 3
-Webster bookstore to host CPA turned author of Christian novels
-Bravehearts' bats come alive. Next home game June 8. Buy tickets
-WooSox to play 1st home game at full capacity
-New Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Mass. businesses growing more concerned about ongoing worker shortage
-Tragic: 13-year-old Oregon girl hospitalized in ICU after reportedly doing TikTok fire challenge gone wrong
-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)
-Food: Recall issued for beef jerky products
-Homes: 5 new houses for sale in Worcester
-History: Front Street from Harrington Corner, early 1900s
-Animals: Dog too delicate to be touched does somersaults now (4:32)
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Spencer man helps people in need
-Meanwhile, in California, parachutist suspended from power lines is rescued
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+12:30: Some COVID-19 survivors now face huge medical bills, and have no idea how to pay them
-"We're just not there yet": Some vaccinated Mass. residents still wearing masks inside (1:45)
-ICYMI: "Get Vaccinated Worcester" to use physicians to speak 1-on-1 with residents still hesitant about vaccine
-Clark will hold vaccination clinic 9-4 today
-Free testing on Thursday in Worcester
-Employers can legally offer incentives to workers to get vaccinated
-Do I need a third dose? (3:23)
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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