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1. Big Accessibility Upgrades Underway At Shrewsbury Senior Center (patch.com) — Shrewsbury is rolling out major accessibility upgrades at the Senior Center on Maple Avenue, adding new ADA-compliant ramps, sidewalks, and parking spaces to better serve older residents and visitors with mobility challenges. Funded by grants and already under construction, the project aims to create a safer, more welcoming Council on Aging facility by early June.
2. Worcester County Home Prices On The Rise This Spring (patch.com) — Shrewsbury’s housing market tightened in April, with only 13 single-family homes sold but the median price jumping over 11% to $790,000. Inventory also rose to 39 homes for sale, part of a broader Worcester County trend of mixed sales, higher prices, and slowly improving supply that’s still challenging for many buyers.
3. Black bears are wandering Massachusetts towns this spring. Here is what to do if you see one. (bostonglobe.com) — A young black bear recently transported in Shrewsbury highlights how common bear visits to backyards are across Massachusetts this spring. State biologists urge residents to remove bird feeders, secure trash, and protect chickens with electric fencing, while keeping a safe distance if a bear wanders through the neighborhood. Calls about bears typically spike in May and June as juveniles leave their mothers.
4. By changing women's lives, the pill changed the nation (sfchronicle.com) — A pioneering chapter of Shrewsbury’s scientific history gets a brief spotlight here, highlighting Dr. Min-Chuech Chang’s work at the Worcester Foundation that helped develop the birth control pill. The story then zooms out to explain how the pill reshaped women’s autonomy, family life, and American society over the past six decades, including ongoing debates about reproductive rights.
5. Worcester Nonprofit Names New Leaders For Behavioral Health Services (patch.com) — A Shrewsbury-based psychiatrist, Dr. Prerna Moorjani, has been named a medical director at Worcester’s Open Sky Community Services, expanding local leadership in behavioral health and developmental disability services. Alongside Worcester’s Dr. Sarah Langenfeld, she’ll help guide programs serving children, families, and adults across Central Massachusetts, including urgent behavioral health care.
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