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🌱 Patch AM: Why Grafton pulled the plug on its new license plate cameras
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Hi there, Grafton! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Grafton pulled the plug on its new license plate cameras
Also on today's calendar: The Best Flippin' Card Show Polar Park and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 71 and low of 62 degrees.
- Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 77, low: 62.
- Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Grafton deactivates Flock cameras after month of use (shrewsburypost.com) — Grafton police are shutting down all 12 Flock license plate reader cameras just a month after installing them, citing growing community concerns and recent vandalism and theft of the devices. The move follows a public approval process and mirrors similar pullbacks in other Massachusetts towns, raising ongoing questions about how Grafton should balance public safety with privacy. 
📸 Around Grafton
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grafton
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★ Featured events ★
- The Best Flippin' Card Show Polar Park →
Polar Park, 100 Madison St, Worcester
9:00 am - August 2026 Auditions →
325 Main St, Worcester
3:30 pm - 3rd Annual Connect at the Courts Pickleball Tournament AND Community Day →
Nelson Ball Pickleball Courts, Lyman St, Westborough
8:00 am
Saturday August 22
Tuesday August 25
Sunday August 30
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Other local events
- (Nelson) Fields 1,2,& 3 Grafton Woman's Softball Tabby Castonguay →
Nelson Park, 6 Prentice St, North Grafton
4:00 pm - Rose Gold Glasses →
Houlden Farm, 95 Wesson St, North Grafton
1:00 pm - Grafton Farmers Market — Tailored Shot Studios →
Grafton Farmers Market, 1 Grafton Cmn, Grafton
2:00 pm - Grafton Farmers Market →
Grafton Farmers Market, 1 Grafton Cmn, Grafton
2:00 pm
Sunday August 23
Sunday August 30
Wednesday September 2
Wednesday September 9
📣 Grafton Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tech Help with Eben
Millbury Public Library Community Room , 128 Elm Street, Millbury
10:00 am - Ms. Behavior at the Charles →
St Charles Hotel Inc, 126 W Main St, Millbury
8:00 pm - Drop-In Storytime (Greatroom)
Upton Town Library Greatroom Upton Community Center, 9 Milford Street, Upton, MA
9:30 am - Tech Help with Teide
Millbury Public Library Community Room , 128 Elm Street, Millbury
1:00 pm - Adult Book Club
Millbury Public Library Community Room , 128 Elm Street, Millbury
4:00 pm - AI Learning Session: Applications of AI in everyday life
Millbury Public Library Community Room , 128 Elm Street, Millbury
4:15 pm - Trust Fund Commissioners →
Upton, MA Calendar, 1 Main St, Upton
5:00 pm - Yarn Tales Knitting Group (Community Event)
Upton Town Library Classroom Upton Community Center Rooms, 9 Milford Street, Upton\
6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Whitsons Culinary Group posted a job opening for Food Service Worker(sub) - Grafton School Nutrition in Grafton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Millbury
- Toughest high school football schedules in MetroWest will test teams (metrowestdailynews.com)
Westborough
- New Skincare Business Marks Opening In Westborough (patch.com)
- 10 Town Jobs Available In Westborough (patch.com)
- Press Release Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $6.6 Million to Grow Massachusetts Robotics Industry (mass.gov)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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