🌱 How a Charlton voc-tech is feeding high-tech manufacturing careers

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Charlton voc-tech is feeding high-tech manufacturing careers

Also on today's calendar: 9D Breathwork: Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Turning sunny; not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 44 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 64, low: 52.
• Monday: Breezy with a stray shower, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Students see the ‘bright' side of manufacturing at Emuge-Franken's West Boylston plant (wbjournal.com subscription) — Students from Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton joined peers from Worcester and Fitchburg for a Manufacturing Day tour of Emuge-Franken’s advanced West Boylston plant, seeing clean, high-tech production up close. The visit aimed to spark interest in well-paying manufacturing careers and strengthen the pipeline from local voc-tech programs into specialized jobs at Central Massachusetts manufacturers.
   

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📸 Around Charlton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Charlton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8

• 9D Breathwork: Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey →
  Pakachoag Center, 203 Pakachoag St, Auburn
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• Wiggles & Giggles for ages 2-5 (YFCP) →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  10:00 am
• Play Games! →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  12:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Yoga For Seniors (thru Charlton Senior Center) →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  9:45 am
• Movies- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  1:00 pm
• Movies- Star Wars:The Mandalorian and Grogu →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  1:00 pm
• Teen Volunteering →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  4:00 pm
• The Crafty Chapter for Tweens & Teens →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  5:30 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Drop-in Tech Help →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  9:30 am
• Better Read Than Dead Book Club - Lucky by Alice Sebold →
  Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St., Charlton
  11:00 am

Monday October 19

• National Mah Jongg for Beginners →
  Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Hill Rd, Charlton
  4:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Fall Open House →
  Bancroft School, 110 Shore Dr, Worcester
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Luxottica Group posted a job opening for Mold Technician (B) in Dudley. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Sturbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charlton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sturbridge

• 7 Underrated Massachusetts Towns Worth The Drive In 2026 (worldatlas.com)
• ‘Eerie storytelling' (sentinelandenterprise.com)

Auburn

• Dog fatally struck by hit-and-run driver while on walk in Auburn (wcvb.com)

Worcester

• Worcester Shootings, Robberies Decline Through August 2026 (patch.com)
• Worcester Earns 3-Star National Designation For Immigrant Inclusion (patch.com)

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Ok Charlton! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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