🌱 How could Baystate Franklin’s new plan change care for Greenfield’s unhoused?
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In today's newsletter:
- How could Baystate Franklin’s new plan change care for Greenfield’s unhoused?
- Which local adults just launched new careers through Franklin Tech?
Also on today's calendar: Figure Drawing and 5 more events.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 43 and low of 22 degrees.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 39, low: 34.
- Friday: Morning rain; cloudy, breezy, with a high of 53 and low of 22 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Health needs report identifies homeless population as priority (recorder.com) — People experiencing homelessness in and around Greenfield have been named a top priority in Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s new Community Health Needs Assessment, which highlights a major local shortage of affordable and supported housing. The report suggests bringing detox beds to Greenfield, expanding addiction services, and increasing mobile outreach and trauma-informed care to better serve unhoused residents across Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. 
• Franklin County Career & Technical Institute celebrates 37 adult grads (recorder.com) — Franklin County Career & Technical Institute just graduated 37 adult students from intensive evening programs in trades like building maintenance, automotive technology, electrical, and welding, including several Greenfield residents. The free, grant-funded training, run with MassHire, is helping adults of all ages move into in-demand local jobs and has already led some graduates directly into new employment.
📸 Around Greenfield Town
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Drop In Tech Help
Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, 402 Main St, Greenfield
1:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
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Figure Drawing
Looky Here , 28 Chapman St , Greenfield
6:00 pm -
Knights of Columbus Council #133 Meeting
Blessed Trinity Pastoral Center & Parish Offices , 14 Beacon St , Greenfield
6:00 pm -
Greenfield Ukulele Players
Greenfield Public Library Conference Room
1:00 pm -
Volunteer at Stone Soup Café: Service-Based Learning for Teens and Adults
Stone Soup Café , 399 Main St , Greenfield
2:30 pm -
LIBERTY TAX FREE SHOW: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Greenfield Garden Cinemas , 361 Main St , Greenfield
11:00 am -
Spiraling into the Dark: A Winter Solstice Continuum Ceremony
Somanautiko , 16 Federal St 2nd Floor , Greenfield
1:00 pm -
Masshealth Information Session
Greenfield Public Library Main Lobby
1:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Friday December 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Open Mic for Writers
Looky Here , 28 Chapman St , Greenfield
7:00 pm -
HCSS Girls Varsity Basketball @ MTRHS
Mohawk Trail Regional School , 26 Ashfield Rd , Shelburne Falls
6:30 pm -
From Bobcats to Dragonflies: Nature-Inspired Story Hour
Great Falls Discovery Center , 2 Avenue A , Turners Falls
10:30 am -
STEM in Motion: Candlepin Bowling as Hands-On Learning
Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley , 43 Bridge St , Shelburne Falls
3:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Gill-Montague Regional School District posted a job opening for Lead District Custodian/Maintenance in Turners Falls. Apply here.
- Walgreens posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist in Turners Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenfield Town here.
🗞 Nearby News
Turners Falls
- Community Health Center CEO discusses ‘sea of changes' coming to health care (recorder.com)
- Montague Selectboard reviews options to address $263K deficit as FY27 budget talks get underway (recorder.com)
- H.S. Roundup: Greenfield hockey falls to East Longmeadow in home opener (recorder.com)
Shelburne
- Board of Managers approves nearly $393K FY27 budget for Senior Center in Shelburne Falls (recorder.com)
- Recital Chorus hosting 30th annual Holiday Concert in Shelburne Falls (recorder.com)
- Bulletin Board: Greenfield Suburban basketball teams sweep season openers (recorder.com)
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-- 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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