🌱 Patch AM: How close is Acton-Boxborough to cracking the Top 20?

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In today's newsletter:

• How close is Acton-Boxborough to cracking the Top 20?

Also on today's calendar: Latkes & Laughter: Concord Chanukah Celebration and 11 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 44, low: 39.
• Friday: Breezy with rain, with a high of 59 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: No. 1 ramping up for first tip (bostonglobe.com) — Acton-Boxborough girls’ basketball just missed the Boston Globe’s Top 20, landing in the next group of teams to watch as the season tips off. The statewide poll highlights where AB stands among Massachusetts programs and hints at how a strong early run could quickly boost their ranking.
   

📸 Around Acton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Acton

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Latkes & Laughter: Concord Chanukah Celebration
  HARVEY WHEELER COMMUNITY CENTER, 1276 Main St, Concord
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• The Magic Flute
  51 Walden St, Concord
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• To Be Here as We Are with First Parish of Sudbury
  First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am
• Holiday Drag Brunch - Two Seatings!
  Sanctuary, 82 Main St, Maynard
  10:30 am
• The Magic Flute
  51 Walden St, Concord
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service at First Parish of Sudbury
  First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Mt Calvary Community Supper December Menu
  Mt Calvary Lutheran Church , 472 Massachusetts Ave , Acton
  4:15 pm
• Longest Night Service
  Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd, Acton, MA, 01720
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Worship with Us! Fourth Sunday of Advent, Featuring a performance by the ACC Bell & Senior Choirs
  Acton Congregational Church , 12 Concord Rd , Acton
  9:30 am
• Fair Trade Handmade Craft Sale
  Church of the Good Shepherd , 164 Newtown Rd , Acton
  11:00 am
• "The Longest Night"
  Faulkner House , 5 High St , Acton
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Mt. Calvary Community Supper January 2026 Menu
  Mt Calvary Lutheran Church , 472 Massachusetts Ave , Acton
  4:30 am
• Family Christmas Eve Worship Service, Featuring Musical Guest Nino & Friends
  Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd, Acton, MA, 01720
  5:00 pm
• Christmas Eve Concert-Prelude
  Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd, Acton, MA, 01720
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ok bird lovers.
  What kind of bird is this? (For pic 3 it’s the one on right… not the sparrow on left) thanks in advance! (Nextdoor South Acton)
• Maynard Fire Department extinguishes a house fire on Parker Street, with traffic detoured at Great Road and Parker Street.
  2:49PM on Dec 15: A structure fire is reported on Parker Street in Maynard, MA, with fire showing on the Charlie side of the first floor of a two… (Nextdoor )

• Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Inc. posted a job opening for Meat Clerk in Acton. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Cleaning Associate in Acton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Acton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• Theater Review: Midwinter Revels 2025 (artsfuse.org)
• Program Record Five Crimson Earn NFHCA All-America Honors (gocrimson.com)

Maynard

• Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Conservation Law Foundation and Littleton, Massachusetts Pepsi-Product Manufacturing/Bottling Company Enter Into Consent Decree (jdsupra.com)

Sudbury

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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