🌱 How Salem Cross Inn keeps 1700s cooking alive in West Brookfield
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In today's newsletter:
- How Salem Cross Inn keeps 1700s cooking alive in West Brookfield
Also on today's calendar: Fall Open House and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 43 degrees.
- Sunday: Cloudy most of the time, temps: high: 61, low: 49.
- Monday: Breezy with a brief shower, with a high of 65 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 16 Restaurants That Still Cook With Seriously Old Equipment (cheapism.com) — West Brookfield’s own Salem Cross Inn is featured for its centuries-old roasting jack, used during seasonal Fireplace Feasts where prime rib turns before a cherry-wood fire. Tickets run $89 with tax and tip included, and advance reservations are required. The piece also spotlights other historic restaurant kitchens nationwide that still rely on antique equipment. 
📸 Around West Brookfield
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Upcoming Events in
West Brookfield
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★ Featured events ★
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Boys Soccer: AKF @ Quaboag →
Quaboag Regional School District, 284 Old West Brookfield Rd, Warren
3:30 pm
Monday October 5
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Other local events
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West Brookfield Farmers Market →
West Brookfield Town Common, 9 School Street, West Brookfield
3:00 pm -
Timberyard Brewing Company →
Timberyard, 555 East Main Street (Route, MA-9, East Brookfield
8:00 pm -
Brookfield Apple Country Fair →
Apple Country Fair, 15 Main St, West Brookfield
10:00 am -
West Brookfield Farmers Market →
West Brookfield Town Common, 9 School Street, West Brookfield
3:00 pm -
Medusa Brewing — Fox and the Dragon →
The Clam Box, 245 W Main St, East Brookfield
7:30 pm -
Easy Season →
Oakholm Brewing Company, 80 Lake Rd, Brookfield
4:00 pm -
Fall Open House →
Bancroft School, 110 Shore Dr, Worcester
10:00 am
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
Saturday October 24
Saturday November 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Walking Club →
29 Forest St., North Brookfield
9:30 am -
Music Bingo →
29 Forest St., North Brookfield
11:00 am -
School Committee Policy Sub-Committee →
Kiva Room, New School Drive, North Brookfield
5:00 pm -
Library Trustees Meeting →
161 North Main Street, North Brookfield
6:00 pm
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- CIRCOR International, Inc. posted a job opening for Machinist A - 2nd shift in Warren. Apply here.
- Circor Energy posted a job opening for Supply Chain Expeditor- Pumps (subs) IPT Roles in Warren. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Brookfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sturbridge
- 7 Underrated Massachusetts Towns Worth The Drive In 2026 (worldatlas.com)
- ‘Eerie storytelling' (sentinelandenterprise.com)
Charlton
- Charlton College of Business ranks among top third of U.S. undergraduate business programs (umassd.edu)
Worcester
- Worcester Shootings, Robberies Decline Through August 2026 (patch.com)
- Worcester Earns 3-Star National Designation For Immigrant Inclusion (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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