🌱 Westborough Police Mobile Command Vehicle Coming This Fall

Hello Westborough! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• New mobile command vehicle to boost Westborough police response capabilities
• Smart water meters coming to Westborough homes and businesses
• How a Westborough candy shop is training young adults for work

Also on today's calendar: 3rd Annual Connect at the Courts Pickleball Tournament AND Community Day and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Westborough Police Mobile Command Vehicle Coming This Fall — Westborough residents can expect a new police mobile command vehicle to arrive this fall, enhancing the department's ability to manage emergencies, large events, and complex incidents throughout town. (Westborough Patch)
   

2. Westborough Begins Smart Water Meter Rollout Amid System Upgrades — Westborough is beginning a townwide rollout of smart water meters as part of broader system upgrades, aiming to improve billing accuracy, leak detection, and long-term water infrastructure management for local households and businesses. (Westborough Patch)
   

3. Westborough's BORO Sugar Shack combines candy-making and career training (wcvb.com) — Westborough students ages 18 to 22 are gaining real-world job skills at the BORO Sugar Shack, a local candy shop run through the public schools' adult transition program that blends sweets, workplace training, and confidence-building.
   

4. Abby Kelley stands out in new U.S. News high school rankings (theworcesterguardian.org) — Westborough families can take pride that their local high school ranks among Worcester County's stronger performers in new U.S. News rankings, even as Worcester's Abby Kelley Foster Charter leads the region and Massachusetts schools shine nationally.
   

📸 Around Westborough

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westborough

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• 3rd Annual Connect at the Courts Pickleball Tournament AND Community Day →
  Nelson Ball Pickleball Courts, Lyman St, Westborough
  8:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Pickleball for a Purpose →
  Ace Pickleball Club, MA-9, Westborough
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Advocates See Me 5K Run, Walk, and Roll →
  Hopkinton State Park, 164 Cedar St, Hopkinton
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Crafterpalooza! →
  Westborough Public Library, 1500 Union St, Westborough
  1:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Holy Eucharist at St. Paul's with Childhood Recipe Showcase to foll
  St. Stephens 3 John St, Westborough, MA 01581
  11:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Open Door Day
  Armstrong Elementary School 18 Fisher St, Westborough, MA 01581
  5:00 pm
• HES - Open Door Day for Students and Families
  Hastings Elementary School 111 East Main St, Westborough, MA 01581
  5:00 pm
• Planning Board 09-01-2026 Agenda and Legal Notice 16 Gleason St →
  Westborough, MA Calendar, Forbes Municipal Building, Great Hall 45 West Main Street, Westborough
  6:30 pm
• Cultural Council Meeting →
  Westborough, MA Calendar, Forbes Municipal Building, Great Hall 45 West Main Street, Westborough
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Regular Meeting 1
  Rotary Club of Westborough Tatnuck Bookseller 18 Lyman St Westborough Shopping Center Westbor
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• HYROX TRYBE Sim #1: The Teaser →
  400 Union St, Westborough
  10:00 am
Friday September 18
• Open House at RSM-MetroWest →
  5 Auburn St, Framingham
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 21 Mirick Attorneys Recognized in the 2027 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® —Andrea LePain Read on Patch
• Rangers Hit The Ice —Natalie Pursell Read on Patch

• Cumberland Farms posted a job opening for Janitor in Westborough. Apply here.
• Global Partners posted a job opening for Guest Service Associate/Cashier in Westborough. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Westborough here.

Ok Westborough! 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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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