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• What Grafton police found inside this neighborhood marijuana grow house

Also on today's calendar: Grafton Republican Town Committee Meeting - January 2026.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 31 and low of 21 degrees.
• Sunday: A little snow in the morning, temps: high: 31, low: 7. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Cold with partial sunshine, with a high of 23 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Grafton Police Bust Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation, 27-Year-Old Suspect in Custody (hoodline.com) — Grafton police say they’ve shut down a sizable illegal marijuana grow in a local neighborhood, seizing numerous plants and arresting a 27-year-old man. Working with regional task forces and state police, Chief Neil Minardi emphasized the fire, chemical, and mold dangers such operations pose to nearby homes and pledged continued focus on keeping neighborhoods safe.
   

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Monday January 12

• Grafton Republican Town Committee Meeting - January 2026
  25 Main St , Grafton
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Drop-in Family Activities
  Children's Programming Room Hopkinton Public Library , 13 Main Street , Hopkinton
  9:00 am
• Little Kid Creative Drama
  Children's Program Room Shrewsbury Public Library , 609 Main Street , Shrewsbury
  10:00 am
• Vision Boarding for Your Goals with Local Expert Dominique Ross
  Greatroom Upton Community Center , 9 Milford Street , Upton
  10:00 am
• Lego Free Play
  Meeting Space WPL @ The Commons , 1500 Union St. , Westborough
  10:00 am
• Saturday Story Time
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  10:30 am
• Wood Book Box
  Southborough Library , 25 Main St , Southborough
  11:30 am
• Origami for Young Creators
  Children's Program Room Shrewsbury Public Library , 609 Main Street , Shrewsbury
  12:00 pm
• Chapters in Common Book Group
  Study Room D (215) Shrewsbury Public Library , 609 Main Street , Shrewsbury
  1:00 pm
• All Makers Time
  Learning Lab Shrewsbury Public Library , 609 Main Street , Shrewsbury
  1:30 pm
• Fiber Arts: Make a Mini Quilt
  Meeting Space WPL @ The Commons , 1500 Union St. , Westborough
  2:00 pm
• Dog Man Escape Room
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) has reopened after being closed.
  6:30AM on Jan 1: Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) is closed and expected to reopen at 7:30 AM. (Nextdoor )

• INX posted a job opening for Inplant Ink Tech / Production in Grafton. 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

• 'Dead' again: From rappers to zombies, Worcester's year in pop culture (worcestermag.com)

Westborough

• Travel Bag: Explore Sedona, Cottonwood and New England (phoenixmag.com)
• State public health officials alert residents about potential exposure to measles (lynnjournal.com)
• Hundreds brave frigid waters for annual L Street Brownies Polar Plunge (wcvb.com)

Worcester

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