🌱 How will Costco’s big expansion affect Avon shoppers’ options?

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• How will Costco's big expansion affect Avon shoppers' options?

Also on today's calendar: "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience and 9 more events.

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• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 67, low: 42.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Costco Plans 33 New Stores: New Location Proposed In MA (patch.com) — Avon is highlighted as one of seven existing Costco warehouse locations in Massachusetts while the company pursues a major expansion, including a proposed new store in Southborough. Local readers can track how this added site, still under review, might shift shopping patterns, traffic, and regional competition as Costco plans dozens of new warehouses worldwide through 2027.
   

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Wednesday October 14
• "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience →
  Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 701 Foundry St, Easton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Finance Committee →
  Avon MA
  6:30 pm
• Conservation Commission →
  Avon MA
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Ghost Shelf Craft
  Avon Public Library, 280 West Main Street, Avon
  2:00 pm
• Wareham at Avon →
  Avon High School, 285 West Main St, Avon
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Compost Site Open →
  Avon MA
  9:00 am
Monday October 12
• Town Offices Closed →
  Avon MA
  8:00 am
• Board of Assessors →
  65 East Main Street, Avon
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Compost Site Open →
  Avon MA
  9:00 am
• Decorate Candy Holders
  Avon Public Library, 280 West Main Street, Avon
  2:15 pm
• Westport at Avon →
  Avon High School, 285 West Main St, Avon
  5:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Little Miss and The Boom Presents: The Crimson Hour →
  Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows St, Easton
  7:00 pm

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• Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Pro Customer Service/Sales in Avon. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Stoughton

• At least one student at Stoughton High School hospitalized after taking THC edible (boston25news.com)
• FHS field hockey, volleyball, and boys soccer teams all post wins on Monday (franklinmatters.org)

Randolph

• Randolph man sentenced to 8 years in prison for drug trafficking, firearm crimes (wwlp.com)

Canton

• Utah medical company announces 'AI-powered prescriptions' (whee.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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