🌱 How Billerica kids spent summer training with Middlesex public safety pros

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In today's newsletter:

• How Billerica kids spent summer training with Middlesex public safety pros

Also on today's calendar: Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
• Monday: Warmer with sunshine, temps: high: 82, low: 57.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Middlesex Sheriff's Office Celebrates Successful 25th Season of its Youth Public Safety Academy (hollistonreporter.com) — Billerica kids were among the 513 young cadets who joined the Middlesex Sheriff’s Youth Public Safety Academy this summer, learning hands-on safety and leadership skills. Over five weeks in Chelmsford, participants trained with police, firefighters, EMTs, and other partners, exploring careers in public safety while building confidence and friendships with peers from across the county.
   

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📸 Around Billerica

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Billerica

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 20

• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 24

• New Teacher Orientation
  Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
• Adult - Intermediate Knitters Group
  Billerica Public Library Main Floor , 15 Concord Road, Billerica\
  10:00 am
• Masshire Lowell Mobile Career Center
  Billerica Public Library Parking lot behind library , 15 Concord R
  10:30 am
• Billerica Farmers Market →
  Billerica Community Farmers Market, 793 Boston Rd, Billerica
  3:00 pm
• Teen Silent Book Club
  Maynard Public Library Storytime Room , 77 Nason St, Maynard, MA
  3:30 pm
• Adult Program - Board Game Night featuring Mah Jongg Monday
  Billerica Public Library Main Floor , 15 Concord Road, Billerica\
  6:30 pm

Tuesday August 25

• New Teacher Orientation
  Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
• Reading with Worms (ages 3 1/2 - 8 years old)
  Billerica Public Library Meeting Room Lower Level , 15 Concord R
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24

• New Teacher Orientation
  Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
• No Story Time Today
  Tewksbury Public Library Meeting Room , 300 Chandler Street, Tewk
• In Person: QUEEN BEAN COFFEE TRUCK at TPL
  Tewksbury Public Library Outside Front Doors , 300 Chandler Street
  10:00 am
• Adult - Intermediate Knitters Group
  Billerica Public Library Main Floor , 15 Concord Road, Billerica\
  10:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Billerica PatchAM possible:

• Champion Soccer School
• 128 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric — (781) 451-1017
• Cardinal Pediatrics — (978) 934-9474
• Massachusetts Auto School LLC — 9786637483

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• MARGIE PALLADINO for Governor’s Council: She's Been Fighting For Families Long Before This Race —Samantha Pride Read on Patch

• Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Utility Worker - Sanitation Assistant in Billerica. Apply here.
• Pyramid Global Hospitality posted a job opening for Night Auditor - Part-Time in Burlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Billerica here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tewksbury

• This Old-Fashioned Massachusetts Butcher Shop Still Does Its Own Steak Cuts And Sausage (takingthekids.com)
• Psychiatrist describes Lindsay Clancy's recent life in a hospital (miamiherald.com)
• Shawsheen Tech presents reduced assessment for Tewksbury, introduces new business manager (homenewshere.com)

Wilmington

• Building on success: Woburn's Lombardo takes over as Wilmington High girls soccer coach (homenewshere.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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