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🌱 Patch AM: How Wrentham’s regional 911 center is hiring and expanding its services
And check out Watermelon Festival on the Wrentham Patch calendar
Hello Wrentham! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Wrentham's regional 911 center is hiring and expanding its services
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Periods of rain, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 73, low: 66.
- Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Metacomet Emergency Communications Center (MECC) is hiring Public Safety Telecommunicators in Norfolk, MA (franklinmatters.org) — Wrentham residents are served by the regional Metacomet Emergency Communications Center, which is currently hiring full-time Public Safety Telecommunicators II. The center combines dispatch services for Wrentham and five neighboring towns, overseen by a regional board and director. Interested locals can apply online as a new multi-year contract is being negotiated. 
📸 Around Wrentham
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wrentham
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★ Featured events ★
- Watermelon Festival →
White Barn Farm, 431 South St, Wrentham
10:00 am
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Rooted in Wrentham Exhibit →
Wrentham, MA Calendar, 55 East Street, Wrentham
1:00 pm - Concert on the Common - Elastic Five →
Wrentham, MA Calendar, 1 Franklin Street, Wrentham
6:00 pm - New Staff Orientation Unit A
Wrentham , MA 02093
8:30 am - New Staff Orientation Unit B
Wrentham , MA 02093
8:30 am - Out of the Box Rehearsal
Art Barn Temple Sinai, 50 Sewall Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
9:00 am - Cars, Trucks, and Transportation Preschool Playgroup with Self He
Fiske Public Library Children's Program Room , 110 Randall R
10:30 am - NO SCHOOL, Professional Development
Wrentham , MA 02093
Sunday August 23
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
📣 Wrentham Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Simply Fit $4 →
Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038
9:30 am - Fiber Art Group
Norfolk Public Library Magazine/Reading Room , 2 Liberty Lane, No
10:30 am - STEM Bootcamp
Plainville Public Library Children's Room , 198 South St
1:00 pm - Pokeno →
Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038
1:00 pm
Friday August 21
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- Michael Mahoney Real Broker MA LLC — 6176159435
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Saia, Inc. posted a job opening for PT Dockworker - Providence, RI in Wrentham. Apply here.
- C. & J. Clark International, Ltd posted a job opening for Retail Assistant Store Manager in Wrentham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wrentham here.
🗞 Nearby News
Plainville
- Heavens Pic matches career best in Plainridge trot – U.S. Trotting News (ustrottingnews.com)
Franklin Town
- Yes, there can be important conversations between the generations (franklinmatters.org)
- New coach takes over after controversial football season in Smithfield (providencejournal.com)
- Franklin mailing services facility to close just three years after opening, laying off over 100 workers (boston.com)
Norfolk
- Barn completely destroyed by fire in Norfolk Wednesday morning, officials say (ctpost.com)
- GOOD DEEDS: 2026 Second Quarter Update (video) (franklinmatters.org)
Ok Wrentham! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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