🌱 How you can contribute to Oakmont’s new Travis Teixeira scholarship

Hey there, Ashburnham! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How you can contribute to Oakmont’s new Travis Teixeira scholarship
• How Ashburnham’s own Nola Patty powered Fitchburg State’s big Senior Day win

Also on today's calendar: Russell Watts & The Atlantic Avenue Band at The Tavern on Central, Ashburnham, MA and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cloudy, a shower; chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 36 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy; a morning shower, temps: high: 56, low: 35.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 52 and low of 32 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Travis Teixeira memorial scholarship created for Oakmont seniors (thegardnernews.com) — Ashburnham Westminster School District families are being invited to support a new memorial scholarship honoring Oakmont senior Travis Teixeira, who died in a March car crash. The fund will award an Oakmont senior heading to college or trade school, and donations can be mailed directly to the district office on Oakmont Drive in Ashburnham.
   

• Local roundup: Spartans earn road win over Bernardians (sentinelandenterprise.com) — An Ashburnham native, Nola Patty, tallied three goals and two assists to help Fitchburg State women’s lacrosse dominate Anna Maria, 20-2, on Senior Day. The broader roundup also highlights strong performances by nearby high school teams in lacrosse, baseball, and softball, including Oakmont and other familiar regional rivals.
   

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📸 Around Ashburnham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ashburnham

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Suffield Academy Varsity Softball @ Cushing Academy
  Cushing Academy, 39 School St, Ashburnham
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• 2026 Town-wide Roadside Clean-up - Keep Ashburnham Beautiful
  Ashburnham, MA Calendar Ashburnham, MA 01430
  8:30 am
• Russell Watts & The Atlantic Avenue Band at The Tavern on Central, Ashburnham, MA
  The Tavern on Central , 3 Central St , Ashburnham
  6:00 pm
• Russell Watts & Atlantic Avenue at The Tavern on Central, Ashburnham, MA
  The Tavern on Central , 3 Central St , Ashburnham
  6:00 pm
• Comedy Benefit at the Polish American Citizens Club
  Polish American Citizens Club , 171 Kendall Pond Rd W , Gardner
  7:00 pm
• Laugh Your Tail Off- Comedy Event
  Polish American Citizens Club , 171 Kendall Pond Rd W , Gardner
  8:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Frederick Historic Piano Collection • Ashburnham, MA — Maksim Shtrykov
  New Dawn Arts Center , 84 Main St , Ashburnham
  3:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Lawrence Academy Varsity Softball @ Cushing Academy
  Cushing Academy , 39 School St , Ashburnham
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
  Gardner MA Calendar , 95 Pleasant Street , Gardner
  6:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Animal Adventures Hubbardston: Story Time (Recommended Ages 2-6)
  Animal Adventures Hubbardston EBL Corp , 39 Burnshirt Rd , Hubbardston
  10:00 am
• Crafty Kiddos: Open Craft Time
  Beals Memorial Library , 50 Pleasant St , Winchendon
  2:00 pm
• Teen Percy Jackson Trivia
  Leominster Public Library , 30 West St , Leominster
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• New England Authentic Eats, Papa Gino's, D'Angelo's posted a job opening for Papa Gino's Team Member in Gardner. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Gardner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ashburnham here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Gardner

• Gardner's Lits Beach Club celebrates 100 years, plans renovations (thegardnernews.com)
• Vote for the Hometeam Girls' Lacrosse Player of the Week, presented by the YMCA of Central Mass. (thegardnernews.com)
• Real Estate Insider Briefs for April 20, 2026 (wbjournal.com)

Fitchburg

• Artists find affordable housing in Fitchburg amid city effort to welcome creatives (wgbh.org)
• Fitchburg State student's film 'The Black Gig' birthed from personal experience (sentinelandenterprise.com)
• Russell Francis Aldrich, Jr (thecricket.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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