🌱 Massachusetts Colleges Make Princeton Review’s 2027 Best List

Good morning Marlborough! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• See which Massachusetts colleges made Princeton Review's 2027 list
• How Dolly Parton's book program is changing reading in Massachusetts
• How investigators traced a regional cocaine source to Marlborough

Also on today's calendar: The Big Free Admission Sports Card & Autograph Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Massachusetts Colleges Make Princeton Review's 2027 Best List — Massachusetts colleges earning spots on Princeton Review's 2027 Best Colleges list highlight the strength of higher education options available to Marlborough students considering in-state schools. (Across Massachusetts Patch)
   

2. How Music Icon Dolly Parton's 'Imagination Library' Spurred Child Literacy In MA — Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is boosting early childhood literacy across Massachusetts, expanding free book access that can benefit young families in Marlborough and nearby communities. (Salem Patch)
   

3. Over $90K worth of drugs seized in Marlborough bust (boston25news.com) — Police seized more than $90,000 in suspected cocaine and other evidence during a recent Marlborough bust that led to charges against a man investigators say was supplying drugs across Worcester County.
   

4. 15 most anticipated 2026 high school football games in MetroWest (metrowestdailynews.com) — Marlborough football fans can look forward to a high-scoring Mid-Wach B showdown this season as the Panthers, fresh off a Division 5 playoff return under new coach Ken Stukonis, face powerful Nashoba.
   

📸 Around Marlborough

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Marlborough

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• The Big Free Admission Sports Card & Autograph Show →
  Solomon Pond Mall, 601 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlboro
  10:00 am
Sunday August 30
• The Area's Biggest Free Admission Pokemon & TCG Show →
  Solomon Pond Mall, 601 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlboro
  10:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• High Strangeness Book Club
  Marlborough Public Library 35 W Main St., Marlborough, MA, 01752, US
  6:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Castle Island Walk Aug 28, 2026 →
  Courtyard by Marriott - South Boston, 63R Boston Street, Boston MA 02125
  9:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Castle Island Walk August 29, 2026 →
  Courtyard by Marriott - South Boston, 63R Boston Street, Boston MA 02125
  9:00 am
Thursday September 10
• Keys Across America Tour at New England Botanic Garden →
  New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, 11 French Dr, Boylston
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Electronic Recycling and Document Shredding →
  Memorial Congregational Church, 26 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  9:00 am
• Community High Holiday Services →
  Chabad Center of Sudbury, 100 Horse Pond Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am
• Nourishing Your Changing Body: A Perimenopause & Menopause Workshop →
  Earth & Aerial Yoga, 43 Broad St, Hudson
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Parent & Child Partner Aerial Yoga →
  Earth & Aerial Yoga, 43 Broad St, Hudson
  3:00 pm
• Community Shofar & Tashlich Ceremony at the Grist Mill →
  Wayside Inn Grist Mill, 72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have a very small job for an exacting, experienced carpenter… I need to have 4 "sub-blocks" (6 x 6 ?
  ) installed below my deck boards into the joists to support 4 corner pergola posts (I will install pergola?)…. can anyone recommend someone? (Nextdoor Marlborough)

• Marlborough Public Schools posted a job opening for ABA Behavior Technician- Goodnow Elementary School in Marlborough. Apply here.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Crew Member in Marlborough. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marlborough here.

Ok Marlborough! 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: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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