🌱 How many Northbridge jobs are disappearing at this biotech plant?
Northbridge, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Northbridge! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How many Northbridge jobs are disappearing at this biotech plant?
- Have you seen this teen who often visits Northbridge?
- How Northbridge-Uxbridge youth football is keeping Officer LaPorta’s legacy alive
Also on today's calendar: Northbridge Holiday Food Drive and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What word begins with and E and ends with an E and has one letter in the middle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 51.
- Friday: Pleasantly warm with sunshine, with a high of 71 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. A failed clinical trial just cost 105 Mass. workers their jobs (masslive.com) — Northbridge residents working at EyePoint’s Commerce Drive manufacturing plant are among 105 employees losing their jobs after a key eye-disease clinical trial was halted. The Watertown-based biotech will shift focus to another trial while cutting more than half its workforce through 2027, citing cost savings and severance expenses. 
2. Auburn police seek missing 15-year-old James Tucci (thisweekinworcester.com) — Police are asking Northbridge-area residents to watch for 15-year-old James Tucci, who often spends time in Northbridge and Worcester and has been missing since late Sunday night. He was last seen in all-black clothing, possibly riding a black Xathaquia e-bike, and anyone with information is urged to contact Auburn detectives or submit anonymous tips.
3. 'Never forgotten': Parents recall Uxbridge Officer LaPorta as community honors him (telegram.com) — Northbridge-Uxbridge Bulldogs youth football players and families gathered at McCloskey Field to honor fallen Uxbridge Officer Stephen LaPorta, whose badge number now appears on their jerseys. His parents shared memories of his lifelong commitment to service and urged people to stay off icy roads, while the community raised funds and pledged to keep his legacy alive.
4. Phil Vandersea, LB who played for Packers in Super Bowl I, dies at 83 (wpxi.com) — A former Northbridge High School three-sport standout, Phil Vandersea went on to star at UMass and win Super Bowl I with the Green Bay Packers before a long career in corrections. The Whitinsville native and Shrewsbury resident is being remembered for his athletic achievements and public service after dying at 83 following a long illness.
📸 Around Northbridge
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Preschool Storytime & Playgroup →
Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whitinsville
10:30 am
Thursday October 29
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Other local events
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Builders & Makers (LEGO club) →
Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whitinsville
4:00 pm -
Silent Book Club →
Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whitinsville
6:00 pm -
Archaeology Days at Slater Mill
Blackstone River Valley National Park, 670 Linwood Ave, Whitinsville
10:00 am -
Remaking the Landscape
Blackstone River Valley National Park, 670 Linwood Ave, Whitinsville
1:30 pm -
Halloween Party and Parade →
Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whitinsville
10:30 am -
Library Littles Storytime & Playgroup
Tween & Teen Room Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Northbridge
10:30 am -
Tiny Art Show
Tween & Teen Room Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Northbridge
2:00 pm -
Fiction Book Club
Historical Room Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whiti
6:00 pm -
Northbridge Holiday Food Drive →
Northbridge Fire Dept., 1681 Providence Rd, Northbridge
9:00 am
Thursday October 29
Friday October 30
Saturday October 31
Monday November 2
Sunday November 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
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BVCC's Business Leadership Summit Series: AI →
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce, 670 Linwood Ave #5, Whitinsville
8:00 am -
Embroidery 101
Reading Room Uxbridge Free Public Library, 15 N Main St, Uxbridg
1:00 pm -
Local History Help →
Whitinsville Social Library, 17 Church St, Whitinsville
2:00 pm
Wednesday October 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser in Hopedale. Apply here.
- SPECTRUM posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist in Millbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Northbridge here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What word begins with and E and ends with an E and has one letter in the middle?" — Envelope (Thank you Mike C. for sending it in!)
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