🌱 Orange community remembers longtime resident Charlotte Nadine Parsons

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In today's newsletter:

• Orange community remembers longtime resident Charlotte Nadine Parsons

Also on today's calendar: The Parlor Thrifty Gift Shop Open Mondays 1-4pm and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some brightening, with a high of 39 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and colder, temps: high: 22, low: 18.
• Saturday: Cold; morning snow, up to 1", with a high of 26 and low of 13 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Charlotte N. Parsons (atholdailynews.com) — Longtime Orange resident Charlotte Nadine Parsons, 75, has passed away, leaving a large family and many local connections. Her family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Friends of Wheeler Memorial Library in Orange or the Millers Falls Library, and notes that there will be no calling hours or memorial services per her wishes.
   

📸 Around Orange

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orange

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Stone Soup Community Meal
  Stone Soup Café, 399 Main St, Greenfield
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 29

• The Parlor Thrifty Gift Shop Open Mondays 1-4pm
  31 N Main St , Orange
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Starry Starry Night New Year’s Eve Event
  Orange, MA Calendar Orange, MA 01364
  6:00 pm

Monday January 5

• The Parlor Thrifty Gift Shop Open Mondays 1-4pm
  Orange, MA Calendar , 31 North Main , Orange
  1:00 pm

📣 Orange Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Veterans Luncheon
  Greenfield Elks Lodge #1296 , 3 Church St , Greenfield
  12:00 pm
• Gentle Yoga W/ Phyllis
  297 Central St , Gardner
  7:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Deer
  Great Falls Discovery Center , 2 Avenue A , Turners Falls
  10:30 am
• Baby & Toddler Time
  Athol Public Library , 568 Main St , Athol
  11:00 am
• Budgeting 101
  MassHire Franklin Hampshire , 101 Munson St Suite 210 , Greenfield
  1:30 pm
• Volunteer at Stone Soup Café: Service-Based Learning for Teens and Adults
  Stone Soup Café , 399 Main St , Greenfield
  2:30 pm
• Art Expression
  297 Central St , Gardner
  7:00 pm
• 4th Friday Contra for Experienced Dancers. Joy Factor with Julian Blechner
  Guiding Star Grange , 401 Chapman St , Greenfield
  8:00 pm

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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 )

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Orange. Apply here.
• Taskrabbit posted a job opening for Cleaner (Taskrabbit) in Shutesbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orange here.

🗞 Nearby News

Athol

• Athol Selectboard approves overnight parking at Fish Park (atholdailynews.com)
• MWCC celebrates Paramedic Class 7 with pinning ceremony (thegardnernews.com)
• New legislation aims to strengthen protections for school and public libraries (atholdailynews.com)

Montague

• Six Town Board seeks ballot vote for school regionalization (recorder.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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