🌱 Patch AM: What Grafton police handled during a busy August on local streets

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In today's newsletter:

• What Grafton police handled during a busy August on local streets

Also on today's calendar: Nipmuc Open House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Grafton Police Stats In August: Over 250 Stops, 300 Citations (patch.com) — Grafton residents can see how busy local police were in August, with 31 arrests or criminal summonses, 259 traffic stops, and 308 citations recorded. Officers also handled 31 crashes, dozens of medical emergencies and disturbances, and several fraud, mental health, and breaking-and-entering calls, offering a snapshot of recent public safety activity in town.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grafton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Nipmuc Open House →
  Nipmuc Rod & Gun Club, 88 Fiske Mill Rd, Upton
  12:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• 9D Breathwork: 12-Week Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey →
  Pakachoag Center, 203 Pakachoag St, Auburn
  6:00 pm
Saturday November 14
• Fall Open House →
  Bancroft School, 110 Shore Dr, Worcester
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• Town Offices CLOSED for Labor Day →
  Grafton MA
Tuesday September 8
• Unplug with Art →
  Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Common, Grafton
  9:30 am
• Tasting Tuesday →
  Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Common, Grafton
  2:30 pm
• Grafton Opioid Recovery Community Partnership Meeting →
  Grafton Police Headquarters, Grafton
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Collectibles Fair Grafton Recreation →
  Grafton Middle School, 22 Providence Rd, Grafton
  10:00 am
Monday September 14
• The Declaration of Independence: Pathway to Our Precious Freedoms →
  Westborough Senior Center, 4 Rogers Rd, Westborough, MA, 01581
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• 79th Season Auditions- Another date added! →
  325 Main Street, Worcester, MA
  4:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Begonia and Gesneriad Show and Sale →
  New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, 11 French Dr, Boylston
  10:00 am
Friday September 25
• Ballet Magnificat! Performs Anchored: The Pilgrim Story →
  Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, Worcester
  7:00 pm

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

• Take a Breath With Dawn - 9D Breathwork — (860) 214-7573
• Learning First Charter Public School — (508) 799-7500
• Paradise moving — (617) 602-8112
• Bancroft School — (508) 462-9401
• Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• AVID Energy Solutions (AES) posted a job opening for Customer Intake Coordinator in Sutton. Apply here.
• UniBank posted a job opening for Float Relationship Banker in Whitinsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grafton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Millbury

• 9 Peaceful Massachusetts Nature Walks With Beautiful Fall Foliage And Easy Trails (takingthekids.com)
• Woman accused of filming jurors at Lindsay Clancy trial has bone-chilling backstory (amedpost.com)

Westborough

• New Westborough Foundation To Support Future Community Center (patch.com)
• Longtime Westborough firefighter celebrates retirement (dailydispatch.com)
• Radley's Goal Pushes Women's Soccer Past Union, 1-0 (babsonathletics.com)

Shrewsbury

• Acreage Holdings Lead Dispensary Associate (Full-Time) in Shrewsbury, MA (mlive.com)

Ok Grafton! 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: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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