🌱 How an Athol woman’s mystery box revived a historic poverty memoir

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• How an Athol woman’s mystery box revived a historic poverty memoir

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• Tuesday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Athol resident's discovery leads to publication of historic poverty memoir (atholdailynews.com) — An Athol resident’s discovery of her late father’s papers led to the long-lost Sargent Shriver poverty memoir finally being published, with a copy now available at Athol Public Library. Katherine Erwin’s find not only honors her father’s behind-the-scenes role in the 1960s War on Poverty, but also connects her present-day life in Athol and Orange to a pivotal chapter in national history.
   

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Tuesday June 23

• Athol Historical Commission meeting
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Wednesday June 24

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Tuesday June 23

• Silly Goose Story Time
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
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  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  3:30 pm
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• Pet Supplies Plus posted a job opening for Store Team Member (Cashier, Stocker, Animal Care) in Athol. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Orange

• Franklin County Community Meals Program back serving Greenfield meals (atholdailynews.com)

Gardner

• Gardner's historic 'Iron stairs' could see new life with plaza opening (thegardnernews.com)
• North Central MA – 6-21-26 (gardnermagazine.com)
• Trauma Talk: 4 Mystery Novels and Series Where the Protagonist Gets Therapy (crimereads.com)

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