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Monday Essentials: Coffee and Conversation at the Library and More

Your local forecast, one public meeting, coffee and conversation at the library and more in Tewksbury on July 29.


1. Your 3-day Local Forecast:

  • According to the National Weather Service, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high of 82 expected. Otherwise it will be partly sunny, with a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. 
  • Monday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 60. Expect a southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
  • Tuesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Expect a west wind from 5 to 9 mph.
  • Tuesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 58. Expect a west wind from 6 mph becoming calm after midnight and patchy fog after 5 a.m.
  • Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Expect patchy fog before 7 a.m.
  • Wednesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 63. Expect patchy fog after 5 a.m.
2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Many kids at early stages tend to take a path of least resistance. This casino might provide them something just that. I am not being negative I am worried for our future generation who would be sucked in this easy money to figure out after few years that it does not pay the bills and then it might be too late to get a decent education IMO. If they are projecting this as a carrier option then its something to worry about," reader bk commenting on the on the article, Penn National and Middlesex Community College Team Up With Worker Training Program.

3. Today in Public Meetings: The Planning Board and Zoning Bylaw Subcommittee will meet a 7 p.m. at the Tewksbury Senior Center. You can view the agenda here.

4. It's Happening Today: Check out Coffee and Conversation at the Tewksbury Public Library at 10:30 a.m. with Master Chef Brendan Cronin – the only Irish chef to attain the prestigious Swiss culinary title of ‘Chef de Cuisine Diplomé.

5. ICYMI: Middlesex Community College signed an agreement with Penn National Gaming for the college to train the workforce for the proposed slots parlor at 300 Ames Pond Drive in Tewksbury. Read more on Tewksbury Patch.

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