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🌱 Patch AM: Grafton High School Moves Up On 2025 AP Honor Roll

And on the Grafton Patch calendar - Meadows Montessori School Open House

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What's up Grafton! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Grafton High earns upgraded national honor for AP success
  • Have doorbell footage from Main Street on September 18? Police need it.
  • How would Amazon's drone highway change daily life in Grafton?

Also on today's calendar: Meadows Montessori School Open House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Windy and cool with rain, with a high of 60 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Sunday: Windy and cool with rain, temps: high: 59, low: 53.
  • Monday: Remaining cool with rain, with a high of 59 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Grafton High School Moves Up On 2025 AP Honor Roll (patch.com) — Grafton residents can celebrate Grafton High School's jump to Silver status on the College Board's 2025 AP School Honor Roll, reflecting strong AP participation and high scores. With 443 AP exams taken and 85 percent scoring 3 or higher, the school credits students, teachers, and families for this national recognition.
   

• Grafton, MA: 17-Year-Old Jadeira Erickson Missing After Leaving Group Home on Main Street (theunionstar.com) — Grafton police are urgently asking residents, especially along Main Street between Railroad Court and the South Grafton Fire Station, to review security footage from 7–8 a.m. on September 18 for clues about 17-year-old Jadeira "Jada" Erickson's disappearance. She was last seen leaving a Main Street group home and getting into a dark mid-size SUV, and anyone with information is urged to contact Grafton police.
   

• Residents rally against Amazon as it seeks to bring drone delivery to Central Massachusetts (communityadvocate.com) — Amazon's proposed drone delivery hub in Westborough would fly hundreds of drones daily over a 7.5‑mile radius that fully includes Grafton, raising questions about noise, privacy, and safety for local neighborhoods. At a packed Westborough meeting, residents from across the region voiced strong concerns while Amazon awaits environmental, state, and local approvals hoped for by year's end.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Millbury

  • Caffe Nero, First Watch among new Millbury mall arrivals (masslive.com)
  • What is Wonder? Ghost kitchen concept popping up across Massachusetts (milforddailynews.com)

Westborough

Shrewsbury

  • Shrewsbury Names Recreation Building For Longtime Employee Dawn Shannon (patch.com)
  • Shrewsbury Plans $1.64M Road Paving Program, Police Station Repairs (patch.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: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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