🌱 Hopkinton community remembers the life of Dorothy Eleanor Thomas
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In today's newsletter:
- Hopkinton community remembers the life of Dorothy Eleanor Thomas
- Westborough and Hopkinton families honor the life of Joan Millett Walker
Also on today's calendar: Reckless Comedy for Safe Recovery and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: A man rode into Fenton on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How did he do that? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warmer with a stray shower, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid with sun and clouds, temps: high: 84, low: 65.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Dorothy Thomas, 98 (hopkintonindependent.com) — Hopkinton is mourning Dorothy Eleanor Thomas, a 98-year-old resident who passed away July 23 after a long, full life that began in Indianapolis and later brought her to Massachusetts to be near family. Remembered for her legal career, love of games, theater and travel, she leaves children, grandchildren and a great-grandson; services will be private, with donations suggested to any charity or food pantry. 
• Joan Millett Walker (penobscotbaypress.com) — Family and friends across New England are honoring Joan Millett Walker, a devoted educator, community volunteer and sailor whose life touched Westborough, Nantucket, Sargentville and beyond, and whose daughter Hilary now lives in Hopkinton. Her obituary recalls decades of civic service, teaching, sailing and family life, and notes a family memorial gathering planned for September to celebrate her legacy.
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Reckless Comedy for Safe Recovery →
First Congregational Church, 4 Congress St, Milford
7:00 pm
Friday July 31
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Other local events
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Summer Sunday Jazz: Bob Martin Jazz Trio →
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton
11:00 am -
Commission on Disability →
Town of Hopkinton, MA Remote Meeting
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Select Board Meeting
Town of Hopkinton, MA 18 Main St, Hopkinton, MA 01748
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Historical Commission
Town of Hopkinton, MA Town Hall-LL-Town Hall, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA, Lower L
7:00 pm -
7th Annual Dick Bliss Open - Golf Tournament →
Hopkinton Country Club, 204 Saddle Hill Rd, Hopkinton
10:00 am -
Create and Sip at the Center: Bold, Bright Abstracts →
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton
6:30 pm
Sunday August 2
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Friday August 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Annie Kids - July 31 →
Mill Pond School, 6 Olde Hickory Path, Westborough
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Electronics Recycling →
Ashland, MA Calendar, 20 Ponderosa Rd, Ashland
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Monthly Recycling →
Ashland, MA Calendar, 20 Ponderosa Rd, Ashland
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Morning Prayer
St. Stephens 3 John St, Westborough, MA 01581
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Town Dept/ Lavoie training
P Brent Trottier Middle School 49 Parkerville Rd, Southborough, MA 01772
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Room Reservation - KB - SB Meeting Room →
Ashland, MA Calendar, 101 Main street, Ashland
9:30 am
Friday July 31
Saturday August 1
Sunday August 2
Monday August 3
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Teen volunteers from Massachusetts serve Mississippi Coast communities and wildlife (wdam.com)
Framingham
- Framingham 4th Of July Shots Fired Report Leads To 2 Arrests: Cops (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: His horse's name was Friday (Thank you Coco S. for sending it in!)
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