🌱 Hopedale fitness company enters Chapter 7—what the filing reveals

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• Hopedale fitness company enters Chapter 7—what the filing reveals

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• Friday: Turning cloudy and very cold, temps: high: 24, low: 17.
• Saturday: Morning snow, 1-2"; cold, with a high of 27 and low of 14 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Weekly Bankruptcy Alert December 23, 2025 (For the week ending December 21, 2025) (natlawreview.com) — A Hopedale-based business, Formosa Fitness, Inc., has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Worcester, listing assets between $50,001 and $100,000 and liabilities up to $500,000 as of December 16. The broader report tracks recent business bankruptcy filings across New England and major Chapter 11 cases in New York and Delaware, offering a snapshot of current regional financial distress.
   

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Saturday December 27

• Hockey Vs Hopedale/BVT Hockey Tourney
  121 Plain St, Hopedale
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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Saturday Story Time
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  10:30 am
• Intergenerational Chess Club: Open Play
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
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Monday December 29

• Monday Story Time
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  10:30 am
• YA How to draw Manga Workshop
  Granite Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Squishmallow Paint Party
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  11:00 am

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Granite & Quarry Rooms Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  11:00 am

Saturday January 3

• Saturday Story Time
  Children's Program Room Milford Town Library , 80 Spruce St. , Milford
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• FRA: Bellingham High School Holiday Tournament
  Pirelli Veterans Arena , 910 Panther Way , Franklin
  5:30 pm
• Bellingham Blackhawks vs Wayland Warriors
  Bellingham High School , 60 Blackstone St , Bellingham
  6:45 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Slow Down & Warm Up - Kripalu Yoga for Winter
  Bellingham Public Library , 100 Blackstone Street , Bellingham
  8:30 am
• Sharks of New England
  Bellingham Public Library , 100 Blackstone Street , Bellingham
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) closed and then reopened.
  8:37PM on Dec 23: Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) is closed and expected to reopen Wednesday at 12:35 AM. (Nextdoor )

• Taskrabbit posted a job opening for Furniture Assembler (Taskrabbit) in Hopedale. Apply here.
• Big Y posted a job opening for Meat/Seafood Butcher in Milford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopedale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Uxbridge

• The challenges and joys of being a Christmas tree farmer in Massachusetts (boston.com)

Grafton

• Former Grafton Company To Pay $250K Settlement To State: AGO (patch.com)
• Worcester may ban parking on street plagued by traffic problems (thegardnernews.com)

Westborough

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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