Good morning, Worcester.

Hill‑O‑Ween, a Worcester Police–led Halloween event now in its 12th year, will be held Oct.

31 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 121 Providence St., expanding to about 85 candy tables with partner groups including Worcester Academy and St. John's Food for the Poor (and a Touch a Truck).

A $200,000 winning ticket from the $15,000,000 Magnificent Millions scratch game was claimed after being sold at Summit Mobil in Worcester, the game debuted March 31 and one of three $15 million grand prizes has been claimed, leaving two still unclaimed.

Northbridge native Phil Vandersea, 84, who played for the Green Bay Packers on the team that won Super Bowl I, died Saturday, Oct.

24; a celebration of life will be held noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 8 at AJ Tomaiolo's Restaurant in Northborough.

Ten West Market will reopen on Nov.

16 at 2443 Main St. after a Dec. 30 fire gutted the shop; owner Darlene Walsh and her sons rebuilt with insurance and community support and will hold an open house, add a food pantry fridge, and expand the menu.

Closing Auburn furniture store Harte’s Home will auction more than 500 items online at 10 a.m. Thursday, including living, dining, bedroom and office pieces plus nearly 100 new mattresses.

Buyers can preview items Wednesday noon–6 p.m. at the store (771 Washington St.), and the store says it will fulfill existing orders.

EyePoint plans to lay off 105 workers at its Northbridge and Watertown sites between Dec.

31 and Jan. 31, 2027, after a late-stage trial of its eye drug Duravyu missed its primary goal; the cuts remove about 53% of jobs and are expected to save roughly $30 million a year (company filing).

Residents raised concerns at an Oct.

26 forum about possible changes to University Park Campus School during Worcester Public Schools’ quadrant realignment discussion, and the district says it has no plans to close UPCS. A follow-up forum is scheduled for Nov. 7 at noon at Goddard Elementary School (14 Richards St.), with draft scenarios on Nov. 16 and a committee vote set for Nov. 30.

Holy Cross graduate Nico Corporan launched WiseDine after a college health scare to give students personalized campus meal recommendations based on dietary needs, allergies, and performance goals.

The platform also connects campus dietitians and dining teams with real-time feedback and aims to partner with large dining providers to scale to hundreds of campuses.

Worcester's new Zero Waste Master Plan would aim to divert 30% of city trash to reuse, recycling, or compost within 10 years and start by removing food waste from public schools; it could cost about $4 million over five years and will seek City Council approval (this winter).

Two UMass Memorial hospitals and three other nonprofit hospitals sued Eli Lilly on Oct.

27 in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, saying the drugmaker cut off lower-priced 340B outpatient medicines unless hospitals handed over patients' claims data and seeking reinstatement of discounts and damages because higher prices harm patients.

Holy Cross sophomore running back Jojo Williams is powering the Crusaders' offense with quick, hard-to-tackle runs, and WPI freshman kicker Nathan Napier set program kicking records this weekend.