SHREWSBURY DAILY: What's Happening Friday, Sept. 3

Hey, Shrewsbury! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 69 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in Shrewsbury today:

1. Shrewsbury Police Dept. Invites Residents To Groundbreaking (Shrewsbury Patch)
2. Today Is Food Truck Thursday In Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury Patch)
3. Ida Causes Flooding In Shrewsbury Parks (Shrewsbury Patch)
4. Census data documents population growth in Shrewsbury (Community Advocate)
5. Carolyn H. Breecher, 76, of Grafton and Northborough (Community Advocate)
6. Southborough jobs: Library Youth Services, Farm Field Crew, TTOR Event Planner, Harvard Resource Sharing Asst, Part-time Teller, and more school jobs (mysouthborough)
7. Eldridge speaks in support of HERO bill at Westborough Select Board meeting (Community Advocate)
8. PHOTO: Car ‘Swallowed By A Washed Away Driveway’ In West Boylston (CBS Boston)
9. Promotions, new faces come to Northborough Police (Community Advocate)
10. Grafton-based Apple Tree Arts celebrates return of live theater (thegraftonnews.com)

Today in Shrewsbury:

• No School for students - Professional Develop Day for faculty (12:00 AM)
• Professional Development for Unit A Educators/No School (12:00 AM)
• No School - Professional Development Day (12:00 AM)
• Good Day Virtual Memory Cafe - Shrewsbury Public Library (2:00 PM)

Shrewsbury Patch Notebook

• Don Gale - DG ToyRunner: "Happy 9th Birthday to this great girl, Scout the @coolcelticcanine She’s the sweetest table-scrap hound, bed & blanket hogger, doorbell barker and stuffed animal protector that there ever was!! ... #scout #rescuedog #rescuedogsof..." (Instagram)
• Shrewsbury Public Facilities: "Tonight’s Food Truck Thursday line up is @potatopotatoft and @konaice" (Instagram)

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— Christine Charnosky

About me: I am the freelance editor covering Grafton, Hopkinton-Holliston, Northborough, Shrewsbury, and Westborough. I have worked as a reporter/editor in three different regions: the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Westfield News, and Country Journal in Western Mass.; the Butler Eagle in Pittsburgh; and The Reporter and Intelligencer in Philadelphia. I have also taught college Freshmen English for many years. I enjoy nature, photography, and painting.

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