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🌱 Westborough Gets Nearly $1M For Sewer Work, Route 495/9 Planning

Spotted on the Westborough calendar: Grafton Electronics Recycling Event ♻️

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Good morning to you Westborough! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Westborough secures nearly $1M for sewer upgrades and Route 495/9 planning
  • How did Westborough schools land a top-10 statewide ranking?
  • Inside Westborough's candy shop that's changing students' futures.

Also on today's calendar: Grafton Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warmer; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 83 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 70, low: 43.
  • Sunday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 64 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Westborough Gets Nearly $1M For Sewer Work, Route 495/9 Planning — Westborough residents can look forward to nearly $1 million in funding to improve local sewer infrastructure and advance planning work around the busy Route 495 and Route 9 interchange, aiming to support growth and reduce future congestion. (Westborough Patch)
   

2. Westborough Public Schools Among Best In MA, New Ranking Says — Westborough Public Schools just earned a top-10 ranking statewide from Niche, with Westborough High also placing highly, highlighting strong academics, teachers, and college prep that directly reflect on local students' educational opportunities. (Westborough Patch)
   

3. Westborough's BORO Sugar Shack teaches students job skills (wcvb.com) — Westborough's BORO Sugar Shack is giving local special education students real-world work experience in baking and customer service, helping 18- to 22-year-olds build confidence, independence, and job skills they can use well beyond the candy shop.
   

4. Westborough residents push back against Amazon's drone delivery plans (wcvb.com) — Westborough residents packed a community meeting to challenge Amazon's proposed Prime Air drone deliveries from the local distribution center, pressing the Select Board on safety, noise, and privacy as officials weigh how to regulate or potentially block the program.
   

5. Inside the Intense Training That Makes MA Firefighters Technical Rescue Specialists (fireengineering.com) — Westborough firefighters are among 27 from across Massachusetts completing an intensive 80-hour technical rescue training in Bridgewater, sharpening life-saving skills for structural collapses and heavy-object rescues that could directly benefit local residents in future emergencies.
   

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Ok Westborough! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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