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🌱 Patch AM: Chaplain’s 200 visits to Tewksbury Hospital could reshape Lindsay Clancy’s defense.
Make time for VFWA D18 MA Special Olympics Fun-raiser on the Tewksbury Patch calendar

Hey there, Tewksbury! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Chaplain's 200 visits to Tewksbury Hospital could reshape Lindsay Clancy's defense.
- Chaplain's Tewksbury Hospital visits highlight key 'voice' claim in Clancy case.
- Supporters rally at Tewksbury State Hospital during Lindsay Clancy's high-profile trial.
Also on today's calendar: VFWA D18 MA Special Olympics Fun-raiser and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 72, low: 63.
- Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lindsay Clancy Chaplain Details Emotional Hospital Encounter (lamag.com) — Lindsay Clancy remains hospitalized at Tewksbury Hospital, where a chaplain says she has visited her roughly 200 times and heard detailed accounts of grief and a persistent male voice. Jurors heard this testimony as lawyers sparred over how medications, mental illness, and possible intoxication should shape the jury instructions in the high-profile murder case.
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• Chaplain says Lindsay Clancy reported hearing 'voice' after killings (sentinelandenterprise.com) — A hospital chaplain testified that she continued meeting with Lindsay Clancy more than 200 times, including during her stay at Tewksbury Hospital, and repeatedly heard about a commanding male voice. Her account bolsters the defense's argument about Clancy's mental state as the judge weighs key jury instructions on criminal responsibility, intoxication, and possible lesser charges.
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• Hundreds gather to support Lindsay Clancy at her trial for killing her 3 children (kcra.com) — Supporters gathered outside Tewksbury State Hospital as Lindsay Clancy was transported to Plymouth Superior Court for her ongoing murder trial, drawing attention to mental health and postpartum psychosis. Testimony focused on a hospital chaplain's early visits with Clancy and her statements about her children, while lawyers clashed over whether her mental illness should relieve her of criminal responsibility.
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📸 Around Tewksbury
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tewksbury
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★ Featured events ★
- VFWA D18 MA Special Olympics Fun-raiser →
Mini-Golf on the Village Green, 315 Worcester St, Natick
10:30 am
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- OFFSITE: Touch-A-Truck at Livingston Park
Tewksbury Public Library Offsite , 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury
10:00 am - No Story Time Today
Tewksbury Public Library Meeting Room , 300 Chandler Street, Tewk - In Person: QUEEN BEAN COFFEE TRUCK at TPL
Tewksbury Public Library Outside Front Doors , 300 Chandler Street
10:00 am - Pokémon Club
Tewksbury Public Library Meeting Room , 300 Chandler Street, Tewk
10:30 am - VIRTUAL: Great American Songbook (Part #1)
Tewksbury Public Library Online , 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury\
2:00 pm - IN PERSON: Adult Craft Night
Tewksbury Public Library Meeting Room , 300 Chandler Street, Tewk
6:30 pm - VIRTUAL: Gun Control, The Second Amendment & School Shootings
Tewksbury Public Library Online , 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury\
7:00 pm - IN PERSON: Library Bingo Club
Tewksbury Public Library Meeting Room , 300 Chandler Street, Tewk
10:30 am - Bingo →
777 South St, Tewksbury
6:45 pm - Dine Out Free for a Week Raffle! →
Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler St, Tewksbury
9:00 am
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Monday August 31
📣 Tewksbury Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Drop-In Tech Help
Andover Memorial Hall Library Memorial Hall Library - Alcove 1
9:30 am - Needleworkers
Wilmington Memorial Library - Banda Room
10:00 am - Beach Towel Tote
Andover Memorial Hall Library Makerspace -
10:00 am - Charlotte's Web book Program Grades 2-5
Billerica Public Library Meeting Room Lower Level , 15 Concord R
10:00 am
Friday August 21
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- 128 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric — (781) 451-1017
- Champion Soccer School
- Partners In Rehabilitation LLC — (978) 447-1012
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Town Fair Tire posted a job opening for Sales Associate / Management Trainee in Tewksbury. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Andover
- Andover River Cleanup Pulls 3 Old Docks, 4 Truckloads Of Debris From Merrimack (patch.com)
Billerica
- Billerica's Danny's Cheese Bread turns Brazilian tradition into a local business (wcvb.com)
- Massachusetts doles out $27 million in tax credits to climate-tech firms (bostonglobe.com)
- Quest Diagnostics Executive Recruited to Quanterix's Senior Management Team (mpo-mag.com)
Wilmington
- THIS WEEKEND: Wilmington Youth Hockey To Hold 'Drop The Puck' Street Hockey Tournament Fundraiser On August 22 (wilmingtonapple.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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