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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: Uncomfortable stretch of hot weather begins
+6:00: Worcester police seek to ID man for in-store assault
+6:00: Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (17:23): ARPA money, COVID, schools and more
+6:00: Multiple agencies involved in search for fugitive in Webster
+6:00: Webster police searching for missing 57-year-old man
+6:00: Former Lunenburg woman sentenced for stealing Social Security
+Noon: Worcester City Council approves jet ski ban on Indian Lake
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - August 11
+Noon: Worcester Summer Jam returns to Crompton Park on Saturday
+Noon: Five Things: "ABBA the Concert," Leather Lung, the Central Mass. Jazz Festival and more ....
+Noon: Shrewsbury police warn of car break-ins
+Noon: Disney on Ice returning to Worcester
+Noon: Princeton filmmaker Trey Nelson's documentary in the running for awards
-Worcester Public Library, senior center to be open as cooling centers this week
-JetBlue returns to Worcester Regional Airport August 20th after nearly yearlong hiatus
-Worcester company moving headquarters to Oxford
-Family remembers Worcester gunshot victim with rally against gun violence on his birthday
-Councilor Bergman calls on city to do more to clean up trash around Polar Park, Canal District
-Former Worcester firefighter is reunited with baby girl he saved in 1972
-Worcester "Out to Lunch" festival back on Common
-Worcester bakery plans fundraiser for barber hurt in motorcycle crash
-2 ice cream shops in Worcester, 1 in Millbury make viewers' list of best 50 shops in the state
-ICYMI: 3 Worcester restaurants competing for best brunch in Massachusetts
-Food (brought to you by Flashfood): Want a week's worth of produce for just $5? Stress-free savings are just a few clicks away.
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-New Episode: Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (36:14): Honey Whiskey Past and Present
-John DiPietro (9:06): We have found a new hero in Worcester, Net of Compassion
-Worcester Green Corps program collects over 3,000 pounds of trash this summer
-Radio Worcester (20:07): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus talks ARPA money, Doherty High and COVID-19
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Silver Lake Beach ends season early after algae discovery
-Grafton Select Board attempts to smoke out a solution for Nature’s Remedy
-Bravehearts roll in Pittsfield as playoff race heats up. Next home game at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Buy tickets
-Free hat, ticket to Bravehearts game with vaccination card
-WooSox pull out 7-6 win in 9th
-Chris Sale offered to pay for WooSox to spend an extra night in a hotel
-Cars: Lots of great high line cars at Bertera like BMW and Infinity (5:00)
-RV rentals and sales, including at Fuller RV in Boylston, are shaking up the travel industry
-Colleges: QCC highlights Worcester high demand careers at virtual event
-HC professor: What is a cult?
-Health: Antibody shot could soon provide a season of immunity from Lyme disease, UMass prof writes
-Business: Confidence among Mass. employers back to pre-pandemic levels
-Tragic: Georgia boy killed in drive-by shooting while asleep in bed
-National: Las Vegas "mom" who got over $200,000 in donations for rent admits she's just the sitter
-Less than a year after $2 million lottery win, Oklahoma man kills wife, daughter in murder-suicide
-Shopping: Back to school laptop and tech sales
-Food: Nearly 60,000 pounds of chicken products sold at Aldi, other stores recalled
-Animals: Adopt from Worcester area shelters: New dogs, cats added this week
-Homes: Boston's infamous "skinny house" listed for $1.2 million
-Celebrity: "Modern Family" star helps woman who passed out on Utah hiking trail
-History: Highland Military Academy, Worcester, early 1900s
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): World’s smallest known baby at birth, who weighed 7.5 ounces, leaves hospital
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, bear opens 8 car doors in 1 night
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:00: Nintendo Switch, iPad Air, TVs all prizes in Worcester’s Youth Vax Giveaway
+6:00: UMass Memorial reopening command center as Delta cases spread amid bed shortage related to service cuts at St. V's
+6:00: UMass Medical School requiring faculty and staff to be vaccinated by September 7th
+6:00: Related: UMass Medical School's statement
+6:00: Nurse in Germany accused of swapping vaccines for saline solution
+Noon: Badly saught restaurant recovery in jeopardy as delta variant rages
-City of Worcester to require masks in municipal buildings
-Worcester health leaders want vaccine numbers higher in certain populations
-Upcoming vaccination clinics in Worcester
-ICYMI: Demand for testing at downtown Worcester site quadruples (1:50). Article
-Mass. health officials report 1,109 new cases, 13 more deaths as positivity rate climbs
-Mass. DPH reports 2,232 new breakthrough cases
-Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped
-Dr. Fauci hopeful vaccines get full OK by FDA within weeks
-COVID-19 or the common cold? How to tell if your child contracted coronavirus as school starts
-Can’t find your vaccination card? Here’s how to get a new one
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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