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🌱 Patch AM: What the sudden Circle Furniture shutdown means for Acton-area residents

Also, don't miss Dead Ahead NYE Ball at Sanctuary Maynard on the Acton Patch calendar

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  • What the sudden Circle Furniture shutdown means for Acton-area residents

Also on today's calendar: Dead Ahead NYE Ball at Sanctuary Maynard and 4 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• Circle Furniture has closed all its stores - including one opened this year on Cape Cod (capecodtimes.com) — An Acton-headquartered mainstay, Circle Furniture, has abruptly closed all of its Massachusetts stores, laying off about 65 employees just before Christmas. After nearly 70 years in business and a recent expansion to Hyannis, the company says financial circumstances forced it to halt operations and shut its showrooms until further notice.
   

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