🌱 Why Otter River Campground might be Baldwinville’s most underrated weekend escape

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• Why Otter River Campground might be Baldwinville’s most underrated weekend escape

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A little morning rain, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 78, low: 50.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 9 Massachusetts Campgrounds That Feel Like Your Own Private Wilderness (takingthekids.com) — If you’re looking to camp close to home, Otter River State Forest Campground in Baldwinville offers wooded sites, Beaman Pond swimming, and easy trails that feel surprisingly secluded. It’s one of nine featured Massachusetts campgrounds known for quiet, private-feeling wilderness, but it’s the only one right in Baldwinville’s backyard, making it an easy weekend escape without a long drive.
   

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📸 Around Baldwinville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Baldwinville

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Wednesday June 24

• Mu Alpha Theta Peer Tutoring Main Office
  Narragansett SD Baldwinville, MA 01436
  2:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday June 23

• Silly Goose Story Time
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  10:30 am
• VOC's Teen Dungeons and Dragons Club
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  3:30 pm
• Summer Kickoff
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  4:00 pm
• Community Development Block Grant Steering Committee Meeting →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 115 Pleasant Street, Gardner
  4:30 pm
• Athol Historical Commission meeting
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  5:45 pm

Wednesday June 24

• Last Day of School
  Early Childhood Center Jefferson, MA 01522
• Levi Heywood Memorial Library Summer Reading Kickoff →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 55 West Lynde Street, Gardner
• Economic and Community Development Committee Meeting →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 95 Pleasant Street, Gardner
  8:30 am
• Mu Alpha Theta Peer Tutoring Main Office
  Narragansett SD Baldwinville, MA 01436
  2:15 pm
• Grief Support Group
  Athol Public Library 568 Main St, Athol, MA, 01331, US
  5:00 pm

Thursday June 25

• Gardner Housing Authority Regular Meeting →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 116 Church Street, Gardner
  9:30 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Day Time & Closing Crew Member with Competitive Wage! in Winchendon. Apply here.
• Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Gardner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baldwinville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Gardner

• Gardner's historic 'Iron stairs' could see new life with plaza opening (thegardnernews.com)
• City Council 6-22-26 (gardnermagazine.com)
• North Central MA – 6-21-26 (gardnermagazine.com)

Athol

• Athol resident's discovery leads to publication of historic poverty memoir (atholdailynews.com)

Ashburnham

• Fitchburg, Lunenburg join forces on diamond (sentinelandenterprise.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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