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🌱 Templeton weighs an override menu as budget reserves shrink
Templeton, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Templeton! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Templeton weighs an override menu as budget reserves shrink
- Templeton man's Gardner arrest leads to $100 fine
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 51 and low of 38 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy and cooler; p.m. rain, temps: high: 43, low: 35.
- Friday: Cold with occasional rain, with a high of 37 and low of 30 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Templeton Select Board 11-9-26 (gardnermagazine.com) — Templeton faces a fiscal 2028 budget squeeze after using $1.2 million in reserves to balance this year's budget, leaving roughly $350,000 in its stabilization fund. Interim Town Administrator Carter Terenzini plans to present a barebones budget alongside a menu of override options, letting voters decide which additional services to fund. The proposed rollout is early February. 
• Templeton man arrested for yelling at Gardner police officers who responded to a possible overdose call (newslinklive.com) — A Templeton man arrested in Gardner after police responded to a possible overdose call was fined $100 at a November 2 court appearance. The judge decriminalized both disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace charges against Kevin Laflamme, 33, finding him responsible for both but imposing a fine only for disorderly conduct.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Greater Gardner Member Coffee and Conversation →
Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce, 29 Parker Street, Gardner
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Veterans Day Celebration in Gardner →
Perry Auditorium, 95 Pleasant Street, Gardner
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The Gardner Museum - 21st Festival of Trees - No reservation required →
Gardner MA Calendar, 28 Pearl Street, Gardner
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Enter the Veterans' Appreciation Door Prize
Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl St, Gardner
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The Gardner Museum - 21st Festival of Trees →
Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl Street, Gardner
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Opening Day of the Annual Festival of Trees at The Gardner Museum →
Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl St, Gardner
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Beer Release Party | From America, With Love Imperial Stout →
Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker Street, Gardner
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Karaoke Night with DJ TVmixx at the Brew Barn →
Red Apple Farm, 455 Highland Ave., Phillipston
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Acoustic Wednesdays the Gardner Ale House →
Moon Hill Brewing and Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St, Gardner
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Storytimeđ
Levi Heywood Memorial Library, 55 W, Gardner
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MA Rural Health Transformation Program - Information & Listening Se
Athol Public Library, 568 Main St, Athol
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Bridge Group
Athol Public Library, 568 Main St, Athol
12:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Franklin Professionals posted a job opening for Accounts Receivable Specialist in Gardner. Apply here.
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Cashier / Service in Athol. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Templeton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Gardner
- Gardner athletic director resigns. What we know (thegardnernews.com)
- Veterans Day Commentary (gardnermagazine.com)
- Monadnock Community Hospital faces second day of phone and internet outages (ledgertranscript.com)
Winchendon
- Athol celebrates Veterans Day on Nov. 11 with memorial services (atholdailynews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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