🌱 How Webster Lake’s tongue-twister name crashed Merriam-Webster’s lookup charts

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• How Webster Lake’s tongue-twister name crashed Merriam-Webster’s lookup charts

Also on today's calendar: Annual Family Holiday Pops.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 31 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 43, low: 26.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year is 'slop' (krcgtv.com) — If you’ve ever boasted about living by Webster Lake, you’re now tied to a national language trend: its famously long Native name just made Merriam-Webster’s top lookups list. The same list crowned “slop” as 2025’s word of the year, reflecting growing concern over low-quality AI-generated content and how people are pushing back by seeking more authentic information.
   

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Saturday December 20

• Annual Family Holiday Pops
  Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, Worcester
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Annual Family Holiday Pops
  Mechanics Hall , 321 Main St , Worcester
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Yoga For Seniors (thru Charlton Senior Center)
  Charlton Public Library , 40 Main St. , Charlton
  9:45 am
• Tiny Tots Storytime (ages 0-2.5)
  Charlton Public Library , 40 Main St. , Charlton
  10:00 am
• Music & Movement with Deb Hudgins
  Simon Fairfield Public Library , 290 Main Street , Douglas
  11:30 am
• Jacob Edwards Library Board of Trustees
  Southbridge, MA Calendar , 236 Main Street , Southbridge
  12:00 pm
• Movies- The Naked Gun
  Charlton Public Library , 40 Main St. , Charlton
  1:00 pm
• Construction Crew
  Jacob Edwards Library
  3:30 pm
• Lego Club II
  Simon Fairfield Public Library , 290 Main Street , Douglas
  3:30 pm
• Crafty Evening
  Sutton Free Public Library , 4 Uxbridge Road , Sutton
  4:30 pm
• Drop-in Tech Help
  Charlton Public Library , 40 Main St. , Charlton
  4:30 pm
• Crafty Evenings
  Sutton Free Public Library , 4 Uxbridge Road , Sutton
  4:30 pm
• Board of Assessors
  Douglas, MA Calendar , Douglas Municipal Center 29 Depot Street , Douglas
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Acosta posted a job opening for Grocery Stocker in Webster. Apply here.
• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Stocking/Shelving Merchandiser in Webster. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Webster here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sutton

• Marquel Sutton, Max Mackinnon lead way in LSU's 89-77 victory over SMU (wtop.com)

Charlton

• An Audience With The Clash's Paul Simonon: 'I'm the Clint Eastwood of bass playing!' (uncut.co.uk)
• Chelsea host Palace in Women's FA Cup fourth round (allusanewshub.com)

Grafton

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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