🌱 How fare-free buses and mobile clinics are reshaping healthcare access in Barre

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• How fare-free buses and mobile clinics are reshaping healthcare access in Barre

Also on today's calendar: Annual Family Holiday Pops.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, with a high of 29 and low of 21 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 40, low: 25.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A rural migration: Diverse communities are being priced out of Worcester, making it harder for healthcare providers and nonprofits to reach them (wbjournal.com subscription) — Residents priced out of Worcester are increasingly relocating to rural towns like Barre, where limited healthcare access and dependence on the Worcester Regional Transit Authority make medical visits harder. Local nonprofits, mobile clinics, and community health workers are experimenting with fare-free buses, a roaming Care Express Bus, and at‑home care models to keep primary and specialty services reachable for these newly rural families and seniors.
   

📸 Around Barre

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Barre

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Annual Family Holiday Pops
  Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, Worcester
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Annual Family Holiday Pops
  Mechanics Hall , 321 Main St , Worcester
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Library Closing at 3 p.m.
  Woods Memorial Library , 19 Pleasant Street , Barre
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Paws to Read
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• "Read with Benny the Bean" Reading Challenge Begins!
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
• Animal Adventures Hubbardston: Story Time for Toddlers
  Animal Adventures Hubbardston EBL Corp , 39 Burnshirt Rd , Hubbardston
  10:00 am
• Dept. of Public Utilities - Public Hearing for Electricity Aggregation
  Rutland, MA Calendar
  2:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Animal Adventures Hubbardston: Story Time (Recommended Ages 2-6)
  Animal Adventures Hubbardston EBL Corp , 39 Burnshirt Rd , Hubbardston
  10:00 am
• Preschool Playdate
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  11:00 am
• Homeschool DIY: Beaded Snowflakes
  Fobes Memorial Library , 4 Maple St , Oakham
  11:00 am
• Switch Gaming
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  3:30 pm
• Book Discussion: Another book by an author you’ve already read
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  5:00 pm
• Finance Committee Meeting
  Rutland, MA Calendar , Rutland Public Library 280 Main St. , Rutland
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Open Sky Community Services posted a job opening for ACCS Residential Counselor (10 Hours) - Athol House in Athol. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Gardner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barre here.

🗞 Nearby News

Templeton

• Fiscal year 2025 salaries for Hubbardston town employees (thegardnernews.com)

Athol

• Max Millette scores 1,000th point in win for Frontier boys basketball (masslive.com)

Gardner

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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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