🌱 How a $600K vote could reshape West Concord’s fire and town services

What's up West Concord! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $600K vote could reshape West Concord’s fire and town services
• How a West Concord boutique is turning ripped clothes into favorites again

Also on today's calendar: Let's Groove Together! Dinner, Dance & Auction and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, a shower; cold, with a high of 47 and low of 39 degrees.
• Thursday: Clouds and sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 38.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘Inflection point': Town seeks $600K for land use planning (concordbridge.org) — Concord officials are asking Town Meeting voters to approve $600,000 for feasibility studies that include planning a new West Concord fire headquarters and other municipal reshuffling. The funding would also advance master planning for the former MCI-Concord prison site and Route 2 area, shaping where future housing, businesses, and public works facilities could go. Leaders say this “inflection point” will influence Concord’s footprint for decades.
   

• New Englanders patch holes to make sustainable wardrobes (ctpublic.org) — West Concord gets a spotlight as Loveday boutique hosts a hands-on visible mending pop-up, where residents learn creative stitching to revive worn clothes. The story follows New Englanders embracing repair fairs, library classes, and sewing circles to cut waste, save money, and keep favorite garments in use instead of sending them to landfills.
   

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📸 Around West Concord

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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Concord

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Acton COA Presents Big Band Swing Music Vol. 1 Presentation with John Clark
  Acton Senior Center, 30 Sudbury Rd Rear, Acton
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Hatha Yoga
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  9:00 am
• Aerobics
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  9:30 am
• Strength & Flex
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  10:45 am
• Regular Meeting
  Holy Family Church , Monument Sq , Concord
  12:00 pm
• Scam Prevention Talk
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  1:00 pm
• Cribbage
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  1:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Emotional Health Support Group
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  9:30 am

Friday May 1

• Let's Groove Together! Dinner, Dance & Auction
  Boxboro Regency , 242 Adams Pl , Boxborough
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Sudbury Witness House Tour
  Sudbury Historical Society , 288 Old Sudbury Rd , Sudbury
  11:00 am

Sunday May 3

• Maypole Dancing for ALL on the Sudbury Town Common
  First Parish of Sudbury , 327 Concord Rd , Sudbury
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Fall Prevention
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  9:30 am
• Blood Pressure Clinic
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  10:00 am
• Chess Class
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  10:00 am
• RX Take Back
  Concord, MA Calendar , 1276 Main St , Concord
  10:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making West Concord PatchAM possible:

• AlligatorShot boutique tennis academy — (617) 447-0532
  Tennis training in Acton
• Yoga for Stiff People! — (978) 201-3913
  Online group classes or private yoga sessions in person
• 128 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric — (781) 451-1017
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🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• Concord-Carlisle baseball routs Lexington, 15-1, in Patriots Day Battle (concordbridge.org)
• Owsley Stanley Foundation releases ‘Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives' (bloomingtonian.com)
• April 19 in History: Lexington and Concord, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and More (riverbender.com)

Maynard

• Why Jon Pousette-Dart is eager to perform at The Sanctuary in Maynard (wickedlocal.com)

Wayland

• Former MA Doctor Indicted On 81 Sexual Assault Charges Involving Patients (patch.com)

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Ok West Concord! 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: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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