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Coming up on the Boylston Patch calendar: Open House - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

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Good morning Boylston! 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:

  • Could Amazon delivery drones soon be flying over Boylston homes?
  • Why Boylston is still stuck in the beetle restriction zone
  • What a $90M warehouse sale means for Boylston's tax base

Also on today's calendar: Open House - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 78, low: 53.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Central Mass. legislators push back on Amazon drone proposal (masslive.com) — Boylston is included in Amazon's proposed 7.5‑mile drone delivery zone from its Westborough distribution center, which has prompted local legislators to ask the company to pause the plan. They want clearer details on flight paths, hours, noise, privacy, safety and environmental impacts before Westborough's Planning Board decides whether to approve the project, which would affect Boylston airspace and neighborhoods.
   

• Mass DCR update on Asian Longhorned Beetle in CMass (spectrumnews1.com) — Boylston remains inside the Asian Longhorned Beetle restricted zone, along with Worcester, West Boylston and part of Auburn, even as Shrewsbury and Holden have been deregulated. State forest health crews continue intensive surveys, and officials urge residents to report any suspicious insects quickly so Boylston can eventually be cleared and tree-cutting impacts minimized.
   

• Chicago firm buys Boylston distribution site for $90M (wbjournal.com) — A major distribution complex at 80 Pine Hill Drive in Boylston has been sold to Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management for $90.25 million, with Cardinal Health as its main tenant. The 396,000-square-foot site, assessed at $24 million by the Town of Boylston, underscores strong demand for Central Massachusetts logistics space and could influence local tax revenues and economic activity.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday October 1
  • Wiggle Words
    Meeting Room A Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main Street, Shrew
    10:00 am
  • Drop-In Mother Goose Story Time Session 1
    Stiles Meeting Room Beaman Memorial Public Library, 8 Newton Stre, West Boylston
    10:30 am
  • Monthly Meeting →
    Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union, 489 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury
    10:30 am
  • Preschool Time
    Children's Program Room Northborough Free Library, 34 Main, Northborough
    11:00 am
  • Drop-In Mother Goose Story Time Session 2
    Stiles Meeting Room Beaman Memorial Public Library, 8 Newton Stre, West Boylston
    11:00 am
  • Lunch Bunch
    Story Hour Room Beaman Memorial Public Library, 8 Newton Street, West Boylston
    12:00 pm
  • Tech Help with Leah
    Reading Room Bigelow Free Public Library, 54 Walnut St., Clinton
    3:00 pm
  • Business Basics: From Idea to Impact
    Learning Lab Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main Street, Shrewsb
    4:30 pm

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  • The Panther Group posted a job opening for Electro-Mechanical Assembler II in West Boylston. Apply here.
  • BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Clerk Part Time in Northborough. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boylston here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clinton

  • Central Mass. high school football Top 10 rankings: Where do teams sit after Week 3? (thegardnernews.com)

Northborough

  • Northborough & the MetroWest Corridor: Why Families Keep Choosing This Massachusetts Hub (dailyiowan.com)
  • Local Event: Women's Health Event: Understanding Alzheimer's, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia Support (patch.com)
  • Shrewsbury Route 20 Project Gets Nearly $10M Federal Boost (patch.com)

Worcester

  • Worcester Bakeshop Celebrates Opening Of Third Location (patch.com)
  • National Chicken Chain Expands In Worcester County (patch.com)
  • Cocaine, Fentanyl Pills And Loaded Gun Seized In Worcester (patch.com)

Ok Boylston! 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!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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