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🌱 Patch AM: Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Tewksbury This Fall — And How To Carve Them

You won't want to miss North Andover Knights on the Run 5k and Kids Run on the Tewksbury Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Find your perfect pumpkin near Tewksbury and carve it right
  • How Tewksbury police intercepted a major fentanyl and cocaine haul
  • How a brief tech glitch hit Tewksbury's hometown grocery chain

Also on today's calendar: North Andover Knights on the Run 5k and Kids Run and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 39.
  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Tewksbury This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com) — Families in Tewksbury can celebrate fall by visiting nearby pumpkin patches, including Krochmal Farms right in town, along with several popular farms in surrounding communities. The piece also walks readers through choosing good carving pumpkins and offers clear, step-by-step tips and tools for creating standout jack-o'-lanterns at home.
   

• Two men arrested on drug trafficking charges in Tewksbury (newportdispatch.com) — Tewksbury police arrested two men Tuesday evening after spotting a suspected drug deal on Main Street, seizing about 97 grams of suspected fentanyl and 31 grams of suspected cocaine. The driver from Methuen and passenger from Lawrence face trafficking charges and are due in Lowell District Court, highlighting an ongoing local effort to curb dangerous opioids in town.
   

• Outage briefly takes Market Basket registers offline (bostonherald.com) — Shoppers at Market Basket, the Tewksbury-based grocery chain, briefly couldn't pay for groceries Wednesday afternoon when a technical glitch knocked out registers at some Massachusetts and New Hampshire stores. The company quickly restored systems and apologized, though it hasn't said how many locations were affected or what caused the outage, so Tewksbury residents should expect normal operations now.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Andover Gets New Leader Bank Branch In Downtown Elm Square (patch.com)

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Wilmington

  • Local Event: Fall Castleberry Fair (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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