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🌱 Townsend firefighters get funding for kids’ and seniors’ fire safety

Townsend, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Townsend! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Townsend firefighters get funding for kids’ and seniors’ fire safety
  • Townsend remains among Greater Boston’s few sub-$500,000 housing markets

Also on today's calendar: DISCOVER EVER PRESENT LOVE Active in your life.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 47, low: 38.
  • Friday: Cooler with occasional rain, with a high of 41 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State to give $41,000 for fire safety education (sentinelandenterprise.com) — Townsend firefighters will receive state funding to teach children and older adults how to prevent fires and stay safe. The department joins five others in the Worcester Middlesex Senate District receiving SAFE and Senior SAFE grants, which cover equipment and overtime for age-appropriate safety education.
   

• Greater Boston Is Barely Growing. That's Easing Housing Costs, Report Card Says (bankerandtradesman.com) — Townsend is one of just six Greater Boston communities where median single-family home prices remain below $500,000, according to a new housing report. Across the region, slowing population and job growth are easing housing demand, but prices remain steep and a slowdown in construction could limit future supply.
   

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  • Great Wolf Lodge posted a job opening for Lifeguard in Fitchburg. Apply here.
  • Open Sky Community Services posted a job opening for Residential Counselor (24 Hours) - Highland Avenue in Fitchburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Townsend here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pepperell

  • SMITH: Will Ayotte Veto The Big Bucket of Money for Nashua? (granitegrok.com)

Groton

  • State to give $41,000 for fire safety education (nashobavalleyvoice.com)
  • From road upsets to home sweeps, local volleyball teams made their mark in Monday's MIAA state tournament action (masslive.com)
  • Concert Review: Guitar Master Lanois Daniel Lanois Paints in Sound at City Winery (artsfuse.org)

Westford

  • Golf Club-Adjacent Home Hits The Market In Westford (patch.com)

Ok Townsend! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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