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🌱 Patch AM: Local Bar And Grill 'Goes Above And Beyond' For Community: Best Of 2025

You won't want to miss Annual Family Holiday Pops on the Grafton Patch calendar

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Hello Grafton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why one Grafton restaurant is being hailed as a community standout
  • How Grafton benefits from Shrewsbury’s new $920,000 public health grant

Also on today's calendar: Annual Family Holiday Pops and 5 more events.

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📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Grafton? Post it to Grafton photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 44, low: 39.
  • Friday: Windy with rain, with a high of 58 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Local Bar And Grill 'Goes Above And Beyond' For Community: Best Of 2025 (patch.com) — Grafton residents are celebrating Red Rock Grill and Bar for creating a warm, welcoming gathering place and actively supporting local events throughout 2025. A resident’s nomination highlights how the restaurant helps neighbors connect and feel at home, while Patch invites others in Grafton to share their own Best of 2025 favorites.
   

• Shrewsbury Select Board Approves Public Health Agreement With Grafton, West Boylston (patch.com) — Grafton is partnering with Shrewsbury and West Boylston on a shared-services public health agreement that will bring about $920,000 in state grant funding over two years. The deal supports inspectors, weekend coverage, and expanded health programming while Shrewsbury officials emphasize that local boards of health keep policy control.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Millbury. Apply here.
  • The Guitar Center posted a job opening for Music Teacher Store 554 in Millbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grafton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Millbury

  • Apple Opens Store in Millbury After Closing Solomon Pond Mall Location (wror.com)

Westborough

  • $8.8 million project would bring changes to Route 30 in Westborough (communityadvocate.com)
  • New Traffic Pattern On I-495 Northbound Amid I-495/I-90 Interchange Project (patch.com)

Northbridge

Ok Grafton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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