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🌱 How do Topsfield gas prices stack up against nearby Essex County towns?
Happening soon: Understanding Dementia: Signs, Stages and Daily Challenges on the Topsfield Patch calendar

Good day Topsfield! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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In today's newsletter:
- How do Topsfield gas prices stack up against nearby Essex County towns?
Also on today's calendar: Understanding Dementia: Signs, Stages and Daily Challenges and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Cloudy, rain, mainly early, with a high of 66 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 70, low: 56.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lowest midgrade gas price in Essex County hits $4.39 for week ending Sept. 19 (northbostonnews.com) — Topsfield drivers are seeing midgrade gas around $5.59 per gallon, as part of a detailed breakdown of current prices across Essex County. The report compares local prices to statewide and national trends, explaining how refinery outages and global oil tensions have pushed 2026 fuel costs sharply higher. It also notes that prices can change daily, so these figures are a snapshot in time.
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📸 Around Topsfield
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Topsfield
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★ Featured events ★
- Understanding Dementia: Signs, Stages and Daily Challenges →
Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, 323 Locust St, Danvers
4:00 pm - Abraxas – The Ultimate Santana Tribute →
Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
8:00 pm - All Saints Annual Community Blessing of the Animals Oct. 3 from 1 - 3 PM →
All Saints Episcopal Church, 13 Holten St, Danvers
1:00 pm - Silent Auction Fundraiser →
Wenham Insight Meditation Center 72 Grapevine Road, Wenham MA,
4:30 pm - Dueling Pianos →
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
8:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh - Off →
Topsfield Fair, 207 Boston St., Topsfield
9:00 am - Jay Psaros Live at GOODFOLK →
7 Central St, Topsfield
7:00 pm - Grunge Fest - Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots Tribute Night →
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
8:00 pm - Reckoners with Kevin James Graham →
The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
8:00 pm - Open House →
Pingree School, 537 Highland St, Hamilton
11:00 am - Chelsea Berry →
The
7:00 pm - Direct from NYC: A Night of Big Apple Comedy →
Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
8:00 pm
Friday October 2
Friday October 9
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
📣 Topsfield Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- EMD Millipore posted a job opening for Production Team Lead in Danvers. Apply here.
- Sheehan Family Companies posted a job opening for Delivery Helper in Danvers. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Topsfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Danvers
- Celebrate your local friends during National Senior Center Month (cnhi.com)
Ipswich
- High school football notebook: Michael Walsh, Everett weather road test by going deep, twice (bostonglobe.com)
- This Cape Cod Massachusetts Hole-In-The-Wall Serves Fried Clams, Lobster Rolls, And Homemade Clam Cakes (takingthekids.com)
- Obituary: Sa-id Esfahanian (thelocalnews.news)
Beverly
- Melissa Joan Hart & Full Cast of 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' Announce 15-City Reunion Tour (parade.com)
- High school roundup/scores: Wilmington storms past Arlington Catholic, 42-7 (bostonherald.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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