🌱 Animal World Experience and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Animal World Experience

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Becoming cloudy; not as cold, with a high of 28 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 39, low: 24.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 37 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ashburnham

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 22

• Library Matineé – It’s a Wonderful Life in Ashburnham
  Stevens Memorial Library, 20 Memorial Dr, Ashburnham
  12:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 29

• Animal World Experience
  Stevens Memorial Library , 20 Memorial Dr , Ashburnham
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Storytime (ages 3-5): Hibernation
  Forbush Memorial Library , 118 Main St , Westminster
  10:30 am
• Cookbook Club - Fat + Flour: The Art of the Simple Bake by Nicole Rucker
  Forbush Memorial Library , 118 Main St , Westminster
  12:00 pm
• License Commission Regular Meeting
  Gardner MA Calendar , 95 Pleasant Street , Gardner
  4:30 pm
• Graphic Novel Book Club II (gr. 6-8)
  Forbush Memorial Library , 118 Main St , Westminster
  4:30 pm
• The Game of Trivial Pursuit
  Eloranta Room Forbush Memorial Library , 118 Main St , Westminster
  5:00 pm
• Parks and Recreation Committee
  Winchendon Town Hall , 109 Front St , Winchendon
  6:30 pm
• Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
  Gardner MA Calendar , 95 Pleasant Street , Gardner
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Storytime with Miss Molly
  Fitchburg Public Library Temporary Location , 166 Boulder Drive, Suite 108 , Fitchburg
  10:30 am
• Chair and Stand (Senior Exercises Class)
  Eloranta Room Forbush Memorial Library , 118 Main St , Westminster
  12:00 pm
• Policy Subcommittee Regular Meeting
  Gardner MA Calendar , 70 Waterford Street , Gardner
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Securitas posted a job opening for Security Officer, Part Time, Sat & Sun, 1st Shift in Ashburnham. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Gardner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ashburnham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gardner

• New England string trio The Bottom Dollars to play Gardner Ale House (thegardnernews.com)
• Server Upgrade (gardnermagazine.com)

Fitchburg

• Local EV charging access expanded through Unitil initiative (sentinelandenterprise.com)
• Fitchburg DPW Alerts: Week of Dec. 15, 2025 (sentinelandenterprise.com)
• CT state police face loss of 150+ troopers in next two years. ‘It's a huge problem': lawmaker (courant.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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