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🌱 How Dracut’s housing-law standoff could cost students crucial college credits

And check out Fall Book Sale on the Dracut Patch calendar

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Morning Dracut! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

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  • How Dracut's housing-law standoff could cost students crucial college credits

Also on today's calendar: Fall Book Sale and 9 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 78 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 82, low: 54.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dracut losing grants over MBTA Communities noncompliance (lowellsun.com) — Dracut High School students stand to lose a $120,000 Early College Support Grant because the town remains out of compliance with the state's MBTA Communities housing law. School leaders and the Board of Selectmen are now pushing a revised zoning article for November Town Meeting, hoping to restore access to education grants and protect key programs for Dracut families.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Lowell

  • City of Lowell Accepts $2.5 Million Grant to Improve Climate Resiliency at Lowell Regional Water Utility (insidelowell.com)
  • Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival set for Oct. 8-12 (bostonherald.com)
  • Open Streets Lowell Returns October 3 (insidelowell.com)

Tewksbury

  • Tewksbury Nonprofit Provides A Home For Monarch Butterflies (iheart.com)

Westford

  • Westford School Ranked High In New Analysis (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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