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🌱 Patch AM: What Tufts’ elite library status means for Grafton’s vet school campus
Coming up: 9D Breathwork: Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey on the Grafton Patch calendar

Hi Grafton! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Tufts' elite library status means for Grafton's vet school campus
Also on today's calendar: 9D Breathwork: Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 60 and low of 51 degrees.
- Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 69, low: 52.
- Tuesday: A passing shower or two, with a high of 60 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tufts Joins Leading Association of Research Libraries (tufts.edu) — Tufts University's libraries, including the Webster Family Library at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton, have been invited to join the prestigious Association of Research Libraries. This recognition highlights the Grafton campus library's major veterinary collection and strengthens Tufts' role in shaping national research library policies and improving access to scholarly information.
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📸 Around Grafton
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grafton
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★ Featured events ★
- 9D Breathwork: Nervous System Reset & Personal Transformation Journey →
Pakachoag Center, 203 Pakachoag St, Auburn
6:00 pm - Kids' Thrift Sale - Shop Sustainably! →
18 Fisher St, Westborough
9:00 am
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Town Offices CLOSED for Indigenous Peoples' Day →
Grafton MA - (Gym) Tone and Stretch →
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9:30 am - (Gym) Fall Prevention →
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10:30 am - (Gym) Basketball - D. Cargill →
Gymnasium, 30 Providence Road, Grafton
6:00 pm - (Gym) Chair Yoga →
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9:00 am - Unplug with Art →
Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Common, Grafton
9:30 am - (Gym) Senior Exercise →
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10:30 am - Tasting Tuesday →
Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Common, Grafton
2:00 pm - WALPEX 2026 Oct 24th and 25th →
Boxboro Regency, 242 Adams Pl, Boxborough
10:00 am - The Warlock of Westborough →
Westborough Historical Society, 13 Parkman St, Westborough
2:00 pm
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
📣 Grafton Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Grafton PatchAM possible:
- Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
- 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
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- A First - this fall we have an American Mink crossing over our yard day and night hunting for food I assume.
Beautiful animals and in my 40 years of living here, never previously seen! (Nextdoor Grafton Common)
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Store Shelving Reset Merchandiser in Grafton. Apply here.
- Masis Professional Group posted a job opening for Shipping and Receiving II - Masis Staffing in Westborough. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grafton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Millbury
- LeVasser collection anchors Siegel's Oct. 13-15 U.S. stamp sale (linns.com)
- Volleyball Recap: Notre Dame Academy Gets Some Payback Against Blackstone Valley RVT (maxpreps.com)
Westborough
- Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ:KOPN) Stock Has Average Price Target of $7.17 (watchlistnews.com)
- Massachusetts Delivers Specialized Firefighter Training for Building Collapses and Major Emergencies (hollistonreporter.com)
- Volleyball Preview: After a Season-Low Score, Westborough's Offense Gets Another Shot Against Milton (maxpreps.com)
Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury Police Awarded $35K Road Safety Grant (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: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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