🌱 Worcester Store Sells $100K Lottery Ticket

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

In today's newsletter:

• Worcester shop turns an ordinary ticket into $100,000 win
• Beloved Central MA ice cream stand gets a fresh new start
• Mark Overdose Awareness Day with a community gathering in Worcester

Also on today's calendar: The Best Flippin' Card Show Polar Park and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 74 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 67, low: 62.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Worcester Store Sells $100K Lottery Ticket — Worcester residents are buzzing after a local store sold a $100,000 winning lottery ticket, keeping a big prize and plenty of excitement right in the city. (Worcester Patch)
   

2. New Creamery Takes Over Longtime Central MA Ice Cream Spot — Ice cream lovers across Central Massachusetts can look forward to a fresh new creamery taking over a longtime favorite spot, bringing new flavors while honoring the region's dessert tradition. (Worcester Patch)
   

3. Worcester To Host Overdose Awareness Day Event — Worcester residents are being invited to an Overdose Awareness Day gathering that aims to honor lives lost, support affected families, and connect people with local addiction and recovery resources. (Worcester Patch)
   

4. Worcester Home Sales Climb As Inventory Falls In July — Worcester's housing market heated up in July, with single-family home sales and prices rising faster than statewide trends even as local inventory shrank, tightening conditions for buyers. (Worcester Patch)
   

5. Worcester Bravehearts Look Ahead After Semifinal Loss — Worcester baseball fans are reflecting on the Bravehearts' heartbreaking semifinal exit while the team thanks supporters, highlights community events at Fitton Field, and begins planning promotions and roster moves for next summer's return. (Worcester Patch)
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Worcester

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• The Best Flippin' Card Show Polar Park →
  Polar Park, 100 Madison St, Worcester
  9:00 am
• Mediterranean Festival →
  St Mary's Syriac Orthodox, 1 Industrial Dr, Shrewsbury
  12:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• August 2026 Auditions →
  325 Main St, Worcester
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• The 9th Annual Jazz+ Live featuring The Love Dogs →
  The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Get Ready for Kindergarten
  Worcester Public Library Main Library - Children's Program Room
  10:00 am
• Mill to Meadow →
  3 Paul Clancy Wy, Worcester
  2:00 pm
Friday August 28
• The Sixties Show →
  The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester
  7:00 pm
• Patty Larkin →
  Worcester BrickBox Theater, 20 Franklin St, Worcester
  7:30 pm
• A Spectacular Night of Blues featuring Hometown Blues Queen Joanna Connor plus special performance b →
  Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, Worcester
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Family Fun Day at Big Blue Shrewsbury →
  Big Blue Swim School
  12:00 pm
• Killers of Kill Tony →
  The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester
  7:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Emo Night Brooklyn →
  Palladium, 261 Main St, Worcester
  8:00 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

• Please help my friend find her cat his name is Michael.
  Her name is Kim they live off Shrewsbury St next to East park. Please call if you see Michael thank you!!!! (Nextdoor Shrewsbury Street)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
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• Menzies Aviation, plc posted a job opening for Ramp Agent in Worcester. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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