🌱 Blood Pressure Clinic and 10 more events

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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 41 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 55, low: 21.
• Saturday: Colder; windy in the morning, with a high of 35 and low of 29 degrees.

📸 Around Chester

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Blood Pressure Clinic
  Granville Town Hall , 707 Main Rd , Granville
  11:00 am
• Open Nurse hours with BP Screening and Holiday Stress Reduction Information
  Montgomery Town Hall , 161 Main Rd , Montgomery
  2:00 pm
• Switch Happy Hour
  Westhampton Public Library , 1 N Rd , Westhampton
  3:30 pm
• Holiday Candle Workshop
  Knox Trail Inn , 1898 E Otis Rd , East Otis
  5:00 pm
• Teen Craft Night
  Westhampton Public Library , 1 N Rd , Westhampton
  6:00 pm
• Solstice Event — Becket Arts Center
  Becket Arts Center , 7 Brooker Hill Rd , Becket
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• WRES PK-2 Concert
  Westfield , MA 01085
  10:00 am
• WRES 3-4 Band/ Chorus Concert
  Westfield , MA 01085
  1:30 pm
• 2025 Association Christmas Party
  Shortstop Bar & Grill , 99 Springfield Rd , Westfield
  5:30 pm
• It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play & Vintage Dinner Theater
  The Goldenrod Country Inn , 144 Huntington Rd , Worthington
  6:30 pm
• Holiday Baked Bingo — Bright Ideas Brewing
  Bright Ideas Brewing Westfield , 109 Apremont Way , Westfield
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• All clear following hoax call to school in Westfield, Massachusetts.
  9:49AM on Dec 16: A Westfield school was placed on shelter-in-place due to a swatting call. (Nextdoor )

• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Stocker in Becket. Apply here.
• H&R Block, Inc. posted a job opening for Bookkeeper - Franchise Location in Becket. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Becket

• Fuel spill causes temporary closure of Route 20 in Becket (wwlp.com)

Northampton

• One person killed in Northampton fire, second person escapes (nbcboston.com)
• Northampton mayor: Planned Resilience Hub at standstill as grant funding dries up (gazettenet.com)
• County communities land $5.1M in One Stop for Growth grants for variety of projects (gazettenet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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