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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 (:34). High of 86 today in Worcester
+6:00: Central Mass. drought status ends thanks to summer rain
-August 2026 was the hottest on record: N.O.A.A.
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Pulse Magazine Weekend Guide (:22)
+6:00: Stephen DiRado’s Bell Pond photos are subject of N.Y.C. show, new book
+6:00: Worcester Arts Council opens grant application
+6:00: Gateway Players announce October dates for "The Outsider"
+Noon: A brief tour of Worcester's "Main Street USA"
+Noon: Worcester Pride returns downtown Saturday for one of city’s largest cultural celebrations
+Noon: Auburn Fire Department hoping its fire-damaged truck not beyond repair
+Noon: Things to Do: Armadi Tsayn, Infinite Alien, Chet Williamson and more
+Noon: Art in spirit: Clinton's Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years
+Noon: First Person: For Wayne-Daniel Berard, poetry requires a poet's work
-Renovated apartment building in Main South to welcome families in crisis
-Worcester faith leaders prepare for 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Worcester events mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
-Mount Washington 9/11 tribute to feature twin light beams visible from over 100 miles away
-Worcester market sells $50,000 lottery ticket
-Michael Jackson impersonator moonwalks, sings at City Council meeting (2:04)
-Worcester by gaslight: Gas lantern stroll a trek into history
-City View Discovery School awarded $2.73 million for heating system
-W.C.A.C. to offer eviction record sealing assistance
-WCCA-TV back on the air on cable channel 194
-Radio Worcester (21:36): Mayor Petty addresses racist mural incident, police oversight and A.L.P.R. policy
>DINING OUT: Big E Preview: All the new foods coming this fall (1:09)
-Table for Woo: Simple Man Saloon and Grill
-ICYMI: "Every day is 9/11": Loss endures after 25 years for 3 local families
-Tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames on I-84 in Sturbridge
-Miss Massachusetts returns to police work after Miss America pageant
-Artists painting Worcester mural targeted by racial slurs
-Earlier: Worcester NAACP condemns racist, sexist harassment directed at Wall of Women Artists
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: Holden police introduce newest officer
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster man pleads guilty to illegally dealing 3D-printed guns
-Southbridge’s Wellsworth Hotel to be auctioned, as part of Norton bankruptcy
-Spencer selectmen appoint interim treasurer/collector
-Tackle the Stigma 5K at Shepherd Hill to support mental health awareness
-Meet Leo Waible, the 2026 Applefest Grand Marshal
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Trio at Uxlocale Friday and Val's on Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Jane & the Archivists pen "love letter to Worcester" on new album
-"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" actor Lauren Adams visits Clark for improv workshop, film screening
-Taylor Swift back at top of country radio chart for first time in 13 years
-Harmonica maestro Chet Williamson to play in FrontRoom at WCUW
>OPINION: Tom Marino: The police reform plan Worcester government refuses to produce
-Last Call: Aileen Lovejoy, substance use awareness advocate
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 343 (27:52): Jay Givan and Fred Nathan, 250th anniversary of America
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:31): Racism in Worcester, examining primary results
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to former senior aide at Friendly House
>SPORTS: Drake Maye's interceptions cost Patriots in crushing season-opening loss
-A.J. Brown exits first game with Patriots in injury concern
-NFL Week 1 schedule, TV and announcers
-"It’s about finding a way to get better": Holy Cross aims to fix red zone woes
-Red Sox lose to Angels, 6-4
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 8-3
>NATIONAL: Flock cameras are surveilling hundreds of public school campuses across the country
-New Apple C.E.O. unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
-Tragic: Dad dies after suffering spinal injury on cruise while celebrating son’s wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: "Harsh" Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who "snapped": jurors
-Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel
-Mass. D.O.T. scrapped overtime tracking tool years before suspected fraud (2:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI Podcast, Episode 43 (31:43): Journey to industrial engineering in themed entertainment
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): National Geographic names "most iconic New England town" (:20)
-How flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years
>BUSINESS: Worcester County spared the worst of state's employment drop
-LPL Financial Research: Signs point to a normalization, not a crisis
-North Worcester Business Association kicks off season September 16th
-What Canada's retaliatory tariffs mean for American consumers
>HOMES: People are taking advantage of the Mass. Save brand (1:52)
>SHOPPING: Consumer Reports: September is a good time to shop for appliances and outdoor equipment (1:53). Article
>HEALTH: Flu and COVID vaccines rolling out, but 1 shot is delayed
>FOOD: Beef prices hit record highs: How families can save money (2:19)
>TV/STREAMING: Norah O'Donnell returns to "CBS Mornings" after evening news stint
>MOVIES: When Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first made magic: Flashback
>CELEBRITY: Cardi B wears her most daring backless suit and more star snaps
-Pamela Anderson was given 10 years to live after hepatitis C diagnosis
>ANIMALS: Stray Boxer follows hikers down mountain, chooses her person (11:13)
>HISTORY: Remembering Spag Borgatti’s passing, 30 years later
>GOOD NEWS: Man uses money from returned cans to win $500,000 lottery
-Meanwhile, in Italy, airport authorities find crocodile head in man’s luggage
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