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🌱 Shrewsbury Wins $3.6M For Route 20 Traffic Signal, New Development

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In today's newsletter:

  • Shrewsbury secures millions to revamp Route 20 traffic flow
  • Prison sentence for contractor highlights risks in home renovation deals
  • How is Shrewsbury's Ski Ward planning to beat warmer winters?

Also on today's calendar: Grafton Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Turning sunny; cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 62, low: 52.
  • Monday: Breezy with a stray shower, with a high of 65 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Shrewsbury Wins $3.6M For Route 20 Traffic Signal, New Development — Shrewsbury residents can look forward to a safer, smoother Route 20 thanks to a new $3.6 million grant that will fund a traffic signal upgrade and support nearby development plans. (Shrewsbury Patch)
   

2. MA Contractor Gets Prison Time For Home Improvement Scams, DA Says — A Massachusetts home improvement contractor has been sentenced to prison for scamming customers, offering a timely reminder for Shrewsbury homeowners to vet contractors carefully before starting renovation projects. (Dedham Patch)
   

3. Indoor snowmaking: Another effort by ski areas to stave off warmer winters (concordmonitor.com) — Ski Ward in Shrewsbury is using an indoor snowmaking system to open its bunny slope weeks earlier, showcasing how small ski areas adapt to warming winters. The article compares this technology with other creative snow-preservation strategies across New England.
   

4. UMass Cancer Walk raises more than $500,000 for cancer research (umassmed.edu) — Shrewsbury resident and two-time breast cancer survivor Debra Paciello helped drive the UMass Cancer Walk's more than $500,000 in fundraising, supporting local cancer research and clinical trials that benefit Central Massachusetts patients. Donations can still be made through December.
   

5. 3 charged with stealing used cooking oil from local restaurants, police say (nbcboston.com) — An attempted theft of used cooking oil at Imperial Buffet in Shrewsbury is tied to a wider scheme targeting New England restaurants, with three men now facing theft and receiving stolen property charges. Police say community tips were crucial to cracking the case.
   

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  • I'm looking for someone to do repair on an outdoor window casing.
    Can be a patch job. Part of the replacement is an arched window (Nextdoor Shrewsbury)
  • TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member - Crew (1267 - Shrewsbury) in Shrewsbury. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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