{"id":2088,"date":"2022-03-26T04:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T04:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/something-to-smile-about-top-good-news-stories-of-2021-worcester-telegram\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T04:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T04:50:39","slug":"something-to-smile-about-top-good-news-stories-of-2021-worcester-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/something-to-smile-about-top-good-news-stories-of-2021-worcester-telegram\/","title":{"rendered":"Something to smile about: Top &#039;good news&#039; stories of 2021 &#8211; Worcester Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news. There was plenty of it in 2021.<br \/>Those among us offered reasons to smile, reasons to see good in people.<br \/>Here&#8217;s a look at some of the uplifting stories &#8211; good news &#8211; that appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">telegram.com<\/a> this past year:<br \/><a href=\"\/story\/news\/2021\/02\/16\/treasure-trash-route-warms-heart-city-sanitation-worker\/6746511002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Treasure on trash route warms heart of Worcester sanitation worker<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/news\/2021\/08\/10\/former-firefighter-reunited-baby-girl-he-saved-1972\/5519853001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Almost 50 years later, a baby rescued from a fire meets the man whose actions saved her<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/02\/marion-grundberg-reflects-78-years-singing-worcester-chorus\/8733033002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Sustained notes: Marion Grundberg, 92, reflects on 78 years of singing in Worcester Chorus<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/news\/2021\/10\/05\/afghan-family-welcoming-alliance-refugee-ministry-ascentria-care-alliance\/6003963001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8216;People need to help each other out&#8217;: Volunteers ready apartment for Afghan family of five<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/videos\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/soldier-surprises-son-school\/6467071001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Capt. Lee Pappas returns home for the holidays, surprises son, 7, at Holden elementary school<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/sports\/pro\/2021\/09\/10\/new-england-patriots-cheerleader-worcester-dr-munoz-dentist\/5767829001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">10 years later, Patriots cheerleader from Worcester now Dr. Mu\u00f1oz, a pediatric dentist<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/news\/2021\/12\/06\/total-blindness-no-obstacle-worcester-man-building-backyard-shed\/8752112002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ability at work: Total blindness no obstacle for Worcester man building backyard shed<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/story\/news\/2021\/05\/16\/dedicated-woosox-fan-uses-his-noggin-show-love-worcester-red-sox\/5074330001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Dedicated WooSox fan uses his noggin to show love of Worcester&#8217;s new team<\/a><br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>Restaurants:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/lifestyle\/food\/2021\/12\/27\/restaurants-top-stories-2021-central-mass\/9022204002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Top stories of 2021<\/a><br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>Business:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/business\/2021\/12\/28\/business-top-stories-2021-central-mass\/9033053002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Top stories of 2021<\/a><br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>Crime:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/crime\/2021\/12\/29\/crime-top-stories-2021-central-mass\/9043203002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Top stories of 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/story\/news\/2021\/12\/30\/something-smile-about-top-good-news-stories-2021\/9052657002\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news. There was plenty of it in 2021.Those among us offered reasons to smile, reasons to see good in people.Here&#8217;s a look at some of the uplifting stories &#8211; good news &#8211; that appeared on telegram.com this past year:Treasure on trash route warms heart of Worcester sanitation workerAlmost 50 years later, a baby rescued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}