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- Holland Veterans Services – Coffee with the Veterans Agent (Holland) at Holland Community Center
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Weather forecast:
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.
- Friday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 80, low: 51.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 69 and low of 44 degrees.
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Thursday October 1 - Morning Mah Jongg (Jacob Edwards Library) →
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9:30 am - Hold for Meet & Greet →
Jacob Edwards Library
6:30 pm - Book Bedazzling at The Cursed Page
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 559 Main St, Sturbridge
6:30 pm Friday October 2 - Wiggles & Wonder
Wales Public Library, 77 Main St, Wales
10:30 am - Tales for Twos Story Time
Children's Room Jacob Edwards Library
10:30 am - Fall Story Time
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
10:45 am - Friends Book Donation Drop-off
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
2:00 pm - Author Talk - Suzanne Strempek Shea
DeSantis Community Room Monson Free Library, 2 High St, Monson
5:30 pm - Worcester Tech at Quaboag Regional →
Quaboag Regional High School, 284 Old West Brookfield Rd, Warren
7:00 pm Saturday October 3 - Brimfield Farmers Market →
Hitchcock Academy, 2 Brookfield Road, Brimfield
9:00 am - Beagle Walk →
Westville Lake Recreation Area, 125 Wallace Road, Sturbridge
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- Stop & Shop posted a job opening for PT Nonunion Closer - Store Admin - 0481 in Sturbridge. Apply here.
- Flexcon Industries posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Spencer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Holland here.
🗞 Nearby News
Monson
- Monson Savings Bank Donates $10,000 to Food Bank of Western Massachusetts (businesswest.com)
- Monson police warn of scam targeting vintage car buyers (wwlp.com)
- See who's No. 1 in the 1st MIAA girls soccer power rankings of 2026 (masslive.com)
Hampden
- Springfield K9 helps capture escapee after multi-agency manhunt (wwlp.com)
- Rhode Island men's golf team wins UConn Invitational at GreatHorse (southcotimes.com)
- Springfield man sentenced for robbing, assaulting elderly man (wwlp.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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