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🌱 Housing Assistance Nonprofit Opens New Downtown Worcester Office

And on the Worcester Patch calendar - Union Station Card Show

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Good day Worcester! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • New downtown office expands housing help for Worcester residents
  • Worcester offers free lot parking as storm approaches
  • Discover a growing creative hub just west of Worcester

Also on today's calendar: Union Station Card Show and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Winds becoming strong; rain, with a high of 58 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 58, low: 51.
  • Monday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 57 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Housing Assistance Nonprofit Opens New Downtown Worcester Office — Worcester residents will soon have easier access to housing help as a nonprofit opens a new downtown office, expanding local support for people facing housing instability and connecting them with services closer to where they live and work. (Worcester Patch)
   

2. Free Parking At Worcester Lots During Storm — Worcester drivers are being offered free parking in designated city lots during an approaching storm, giving residents a safer place to leave vehicles and helping keep neighborhood streets clearer for plows and emergency access. (Worcester Patch)
   

3. Westborough Makerspace Celebrates 1 Year Of Creativity, Community — Residents near Worcester can explore the Westborough Makerspace's first anniversary, highlighting a growing hub for creativity, collaboration, and hands-on learning in the region. (Westborough Patch)
   

4. A&C Market in Worcester searched, owner arrested on multiple charges (shrewsburypost.com) — Worcester police recently searched A&C Market on Boylston Street, seizing flavored tobacco, vapes, alcohol, and suspected synthetic marijuana, and arrested the owner on charges including Class C distribution and illegal alcohol and flavored tobacco sales.
   

5. 'City Vibes' returns with new look, new format and Worcester at its center (theworcesterguardian.org) — A new digital-first version of City Vibes is being filmed in downtown Worcester, spotlighting local people, businesses, and culture while offering production internships to Worcester State and high school students and donating sponsorship revenue to Worcester Public Schools arts programs.
   

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  • This is our dog Bombom ( in Portuguese ) He is a Cavapoo, and ran away earlier today.
    We believe at 4pm, he was very well trained in not leaving the house if not allowed. This time, he was very quick. For the door was not open for long… (Nextdoor Greendale)
  • My sweet Tommy is not back yet.
    Today marks a week since we saw him. Please share and help me find him. Thank you! We are between grafton st and Sunderland rd (Nextdoor Broadmeadow Brook)
  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Worcester. Apply here.
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager full time in Worcester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Worcester here.

Ok Worcester! 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: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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