🌱 Which Hopedale track star will earn Fans Athlete of the Year?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Hopedale track star will earn Fans Athlete of the Year?

Also on today's calendar: The Lobster Roll That Changed Everything: Thirteen Years Later, Pauli's Unveils USS Lobstitution 2.0.

Today's riddle: What has more lives than a cat? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very hot; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 98 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 95, low: 62.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and less humid, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Vote for the 2026 Fans Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year (milforddailynews.com) — Hopedale track fans can now vote for their favorite local standout in the Daily News Fans Boys Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year poll, which features multiple Hopedale athletes among 16 statewide finalists. The online vote runs through noon on Thursday, July 9, giving residents a full week to support their hometown runners, jumpers, and throwers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopedale

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★ Featured events ★

Friday July 3

• The Lobster Roll That Changed Everything: Thirteen Years Later, Pauli's Unveils USS Lobstitution 2.0 →
  Pauli's, 65 Salem St, Boston
  9:00 am

Sunday July 5

• Milford Independence Day Fireworks! →
  Plains Park, 90 Cedar St, Milford
  9:30 pm

Wednesday July 8

• Reading of Delaration of Independence →
  244 Main St, Milford
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday July 3

• Simply Fit $4 →
  Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038
  9:30 am
• Pokeno →
  Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038
  1:00 pm
• Silvertones Singing →
  Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038
  2:00 pm
• 19-Pc Compaq Big Band w/ Special Guest Vocalist Julia Smulson FREE at Hopkinton Center for the Arts →
  Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton
  6:30 pm
• Milford 4th of July Fireworks Celebration 2026 →
  Plains Park, 90 Cedar St, Milford
  8:00 pm

Saturday July 4

• Independence Day →
  Bellingham, MA Calendar
• CLOSED - HOLIDAY
  Simon Fairfield Public Library 290 Main Street, Douglas, MA 01516
• Revolutionaries in White: A Look Across Three Centuries of Bridal Fashion →
  Franklin, MA Calendar, 80 W Central St, Franklin
• 4th of July Parade →
  North Street Elementary School, 60 North St, Grafton
  10:00 am
• Fourth of July at Southwick’s Zoo →
  Southwick's Zoo, 2 Southwick St, Mendon
  10:00 am

Sunday July 5

• Hopkinton: Sunday Morning Jazz on the Lawn →
  Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton
  11:00 am

Monday July 6

• Trivia →
  Franklin, MA Calendar Franklin, MA 02038

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Milford. Apply here.
• Whole Foods posted a job opening for Seafood Team Member (Service Counter) - Full Time in Bellingham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopedale here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Milford

• 3 Children Charged In Milford School Break-Ins, Vandalism (patch.com)

Northbridge

• $25K bail set in Worcester court for contractor accused of scamming customers (thegardnernews.com)

Grafton

• Final preparations underway for Grafton's Fourth of July parade (spectrumnews1.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A frog. Its croaks all day (Thank you Janice W. for sending it in!)
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