🌱 How Athol’s Mitch Grosky plans to keep serving after transplant

Good morning Athol! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Athol’s Mitch Grosky plans to keep serving after transplant
• How tearing up Lord Pond Plaza could reshape downtown Athol this year

Also on today's calendar: Athol Mini Game Con: D&D One Shot and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, a shower; cold, with a high of 47 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 61, low: 35.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Athol official receives kidney transplant from former student (atholdailynews.com) — Athol Selectboard and School Committee member Mitch Grosky is undergoing a life-saving kidney transplant today, thanks to a former student who stepped up as a donor. Despite a long battle with kidney disease and his wife’s own serious diagnosis, he plans to keep serving Athol via Zoom meetings while he recovers over the next several months.
   

• A Small Central Mass. Town Is Tearing Up A Parking Lot to Make Its Downtown Greener and More Walkable (streetsblog.org) — Athol is transforming the Lord Pond Plaza parking lot into a greener, flood-resilient public space with a daylighted Mill Brook, new trees, and safer walkways. Backed by state grants and years of planning, the project aims to cool a major heat island, protect nearby neighborhoods from storms, and make downtown more inviting for walking, markets, and future investment.
   

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📸 Around Athol

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Athol

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Caregiver Coffee Hour at Over the Top Bakery
  Over The Top Bakery, 90 New Athol Rd, Orange
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Scavenger Hunt BINGO
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  9:30 am
• Mask Making Workshop
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  3:30 pm

Friday April 24

• ABNC-Mount Grace Vernal Pools
  Athol Bird and Nature Club , 101 Tully Rd , Orange
  10:00 am
• Baby & Toddler Time
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  11:00 am
• Athol Mini Game Con: D&D One Shot
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  12:00 pm
• Athol Mini Game Con: Teen Anime 5E
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  12:00 pm
• Athol Mini Game Con: Star Wars RPG One Shot
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Teen Scavenger Hunt BINGO
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  3:00 pm
• Make Tiny Art
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  3:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Scavenger Hunt BINGO
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  9:30 am
• Animal Adventures Hubbardston: Story Time (Recommended Ages 2-6)
  Animal Adventures Hubbardston EBL Corp , 39 Burnshirt Rd , Hubbardston
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Orange

• Denise Andrews: Your vote will define Orange's future (atholdailynews.com)
• Frost advisory for the Piedmont region for Tuesday (heraldsun.com)

Gardner

• Winchendon native John Reilly joins the race for state representative (thegardnernews.com)
• 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)

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Ok Athol! 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: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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