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🌱 How a Maynard mom says free school meals changed everything

Hi Maynard! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Maynard mom says free school meals changed everything

Also on today's calendar: Music Sunday: Our One Precious Planet - With First Parish of Sudbury and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 56, low: 43.
  • Sunday: Cloudy, showers; cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How universal free school meals became a ‘game-changer' for Mass. families (masslive.com) — A Maynard resident credits Massachusetts’ universal free school meals with giving her crucial financial breathing room as she raised her daughter and pursued a law degree. The statewide program, now permanently funded, has increased student participation in school breakfasts and lunches, reduced lunch debt and stigma, and is cited by advocates as a key reason severe childhood hunger has not worsened despite rising food insecurity.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Middlesex Savings Bank posted a job opening for Teller, Part Time in Maynard. Apply here.
  • Hub Group posted a job opening for Delivery Manager (M-F 5am-Close) in Hudson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maynard here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stow

  • Stow native who risked never walking again after having tumor removed will compete in Boston Marathon - Boston News, Weather, Sports (whdh.com)
  • Mass. firefighter upgraded to stable condition after academy fall (firerescue1.com)

Sudbury

  • Sudbury To Honor Late Teen With Annual 'Be Like Zach Day' (patch.com)

Acton

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Maynard

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Maynard

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.