🌱 Patch AM: How a Chelmsford High junior turned food scraps into an award-winning app

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Chelmsford High junior turned food scraps into an award-winning app

Also on today's calendar: Hot Cocoa with Santa and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 34 and low of 26 degrees.
• Sunday: A little snow, up to 1", temps: high: 32, low: 12. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Cold, with a high of 27 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Trahan Names Winner of 2025 Congressional App Challenge (insidelowell.com) — A Chelmsford High School junior has just been named the winner of Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s 2025 Congressional App Challenge for MA-03, thanks to her food-waste-fighting app, Yard2Yum. The project connects restaurants and farms to turn scraps into compost and local products, highlighting how a Chelmsford student is tackling sustainability and supporting the regional food system.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chelmsford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Hot Cocoa with Santa
  24 Grasshopper Ln, Tewksbury
  5:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Outdoor Live Nativity at United Methodist Church of Westford
  10 Church St, Westford
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• HolidayPalooza
  Knights of Columbus , 177 Bedford St , Lexington
  10:00 am

Sunday December 14

• Yoga for Success! Free Session!
  Chelmsford Village Condominium , 255 North Rd , Chelmsford
  11:00 am
• Community Holiday Concert
  McCarthy Middle School , 250 North Rd , Chelmsford
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Permanent Building Committee
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar , 9 Alpha Rd. , Chelmsford
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Tree Committee
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar , 50 Billerica Rd. , Chelmsford
  4:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• "Somewhere Stories": CCA Writers Group Book Launch
  Chelmsford Center for the Arts , 1A North Rd , Chelmsford
  6:00 pm
• Science Fiction Book Group
  Main Library - Fireplace Area
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Book Brunch
  Main Library - Fireplace Area
  10:30 am

Saturday December 20

• International Day of Human Solidarity
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar Chelmsford, MA 01824

Monday December 22

• Select Board Meeting
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar , 50 Billerica Rd , Chelmsford
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Lowell

• Lowell Public Schools Receive MA FRESH Grant (insidelowell.com)
• Paws-on puzzles: Lowell Humane Society animals test out enrichment toys designed by UML students (lowellsun.com)
• Heroes and Helpers: Lowell Police, Firefighters, Massachusetts State Police and Pridestar Trinity EMTs Go Holiday Shopping with Lowell Youth (lowellpolice.org)

Westford

• Cold Chocolate to perform at Parish Center for the Arts in Westford MA (wickedlocal.com)

Tewksbury

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I demand a jury of my piers.
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