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🌱 Patch AM: Why MassDOT is eyeing changes along Attleboro’s Route 123

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  • Why MassDOT is eyeing changes along Attleboro’s Route 123

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  • Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 38 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Slain MIT professor remembered as a 'bright light' as homicide investigation continues (turnto10.com) — Attleboro drivers are briefly highlighted in this piece through a note that MassDOT will be discussing improvements to Route 123 in the city, a key local corridor. The main story focuses on the fatal shooting of an MIT fusion scientist in Brookline and the ongoing homicide investigation, with no known link to Attleboro but clear regional relevance for Massachusetts readers.
   

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