🌱 How Fitchburg’s River City festival is reshaping the local arts scene

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In today's newsletter:

• How Fitchburg's River City festival is reshaping the local arts scene
• What new federal money means for Fitchburg-area community college students

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 60.
• Saturday: A shower or two; not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'We're here for the community': Fifth annual River City Rhythm & Rock Festival showcases talent (sentinelandenterprise.com) — Fitchburg's River City Rhythm & Rock Festival just filled Riverfront Park with live music, art, and vendors, countering the idea that "nothing's going on" in town. Organizers say the fifth annual event is building a creative economy across North Central Massachusetts while giving local and regional performers a high-energy stage in the city.
   

• Lori Trahan announces $2 million in federal funding for 3rd District community colleges (sentinelandenterprise.com) — New federal funding secured by Rep. Lori Trahan will send more than $1.1 million to Mount Wachusett Community College and additional support to Middlesex and Northern Essex community colleges, strengthening programs for first-generation and low-income students. For Fitchburg-area residents who rely on MWCC and MCC, this money should expand advising, college access, and completion support over the next several years.
   

📸 Around Fitchburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fitchburg

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Friday September 4
• Take & Make Craft Kit:
  Fitchburg Public Library Children's Room Temporary Location\
Monday September 7
• NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY
  Fitchburg SD Fitchburg, MA 01420
Tuesday September 8
• CLASSES BEGIN FOR PRESCHOOL
  Fitchburg SD Fitchburg, MA 01420
• Storytime with Miss Jane
  Fitchburg Public Library Program Room Temporary Location, 166 Bou
  10:30 am
• Teen craft: Diamond Painting
  Fitchburg Public Library Conference Room Temporary Location, 166
  4:00 pm
• Family Craft Night: Very Hungry Caterpillar & Apple Craft
  Fitchburg Public Library Program Room Temporary Location, 166 Bou
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Storytime with Miss Molly
  Fitchburg Public Library Program Room Temporary Location, 166 Bou
  10:30 am
• Book Club - "How to Read a Book" by Monica Wood
  Fitchburg Public Library Program Room Temporary Location, 166 Bou
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• Municipal Grounds/Cemetery Commission Meeting →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 416 West Broadway, Gardner
  8:00 am
• Gardner Redevelopment Authority Regular Meeting →
  Gardner MA Calendar, 115 Pleasant Street, Gardner
  8:30 am
• JRB Kindergarten Orientation
  Ashburnham-Westminster SD Ashburnham, MA 01430
  9:00 am
• Stretch, Strengthen & Balance (Senior Exercise Class)
  Forbush Memorial Library Eloranta Room , 118 Main St, Westminster
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fitchburg State University posted a job opening for Part Time Day and Evening Faculty- Lab Instructor in Anatomy & Physiology (Open Pool) - Fitchburg State University in Fitchburg. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Fitchburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fitchburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lunenburg

• Mel Gibson pleads 'idiocy' after imitating ASL interpreter at fan event (sentinelandenterprise.com)

Leominster

• Editorial: Day to recognize opioid crisis a call to stay the course (sentinelandenterprise.com)
• Amazon-based delivery company in Littleton lays off 77 (sentinelandenterprise.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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