🌱 Patch AM: Westborough Company Raises Over $500K For Nonprofit Supporting Veterans

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In today's newsletter:

• Westborough-based retailer helps raise over $580K for veterans support

Also on today's calendar: Open House at Hillside Lower School (grades K-3): Cocoa & Coffee and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 32 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 44, low: 29.
• Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 48 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Westborough Company Raises Over $500K For Nonprofit Supporting Veterans (patch.com) — Residents may be interested to know that Westborough-based EG America helped raise more than $580,000 for Disabled American Veterans through a nationwide in-store campaign. The company’s effort, supported by customers at its Cumberland Farms and other convenience stores, will fund no-cost services that connect over a million veterans and their families with health care, benefits, and employment support.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westborough

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• Open House at Hillside Lower School (grades K-3): Cocoa & Coffee
  204 Robin Hill St, Marlboro
  10:00 am

Monday January 19

• 8th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration
  90 W Main St, Westborough
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• Chakra Yoga: Tune Up Your Energy, Turn Down the Chaos
  Circles of Joy LLC , 21 E Main St #1b , Westborough
  9:30 am

Friday January 9

• SoulSpeak: A Circle of Conscious Conversation
  Circles of Joy LLC , 21 E Main St #1b , Westborough
  6:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Friends of the Library Book Sale
  Meeting Space WPL @ The Commons , 1500 Union St. , Westborough
  9:00 am
• WESTBOROUGH, MA – Defend Democracy
  Art Lessons On the Rotary , 3 South St , Westborough
  11:00 am
• Crystal Grid for Abundance & Prosperity with Sonia Stingo
  Circles of Joy LLC , 21 E Main St #1b , Westborough
  12:00 pm
• Westborough Rangers vs Auburn Rockets
  Northstar Ice Sports , 15 Bridle Ln , Westborough
  7:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Move, Groove, & Learn
  Meeting Space WPL @ The Commons , 1500 Union St. , Westborough
  11:00 am
• Council On Aging Meeting
  Westborough, MA Calendar , Westborough Senior Center 4 Rogers Road , Westborough
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 7

• ELL Conversation Group - Intermediate Learners
  Ellsworth Conference Room Hopkinton Public Library , 13 Main Street , Hopkinton
  9:00 am
• Preschool Storytellers
  Children's Programming Room Hopkinton Public Library , 13 Main Street , Hopkinton
  10:00 am
• Story Time with Glory
  Southborough Library , 25 Main St , Southborough
  10:30 am
• Let's Read Science Together
  Ellsworth Conference Room Hopkinton Public Library , 13 Main Street , Hopkinton
  10:30 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Westborough PatchAM possible:

• Canvas n Cup, LLC. — (508) 381-2360
  Arts and Crafts Center, Paint and Sip Studio
• Elsie Kaye Artisan Studio & Gift Gallery — (617) 717-4843
  Gift Shop featuring local/regional artists & art studio
• Learning First Charter Public School — (508) 799-7500
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• RDSolutions posted a job opening for Store Scanning Specialist in Westborough. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Northborough

• RIP: Who we mourned in MetroWest, Greater Milford in 2025 (milforddailynews.com)

Southborough

• Southborough History & Art Museum promotes Opening & Art reception — Jan 17 (mysouthborough.com)
• Reminder: NSBORO Schools seeking feedback on next Strategic Plan (mysouthborough.com)
• Obituary: Leroy 'Lee' P. Watson, 80 (mysouthborough.com)

Marlborough

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-- The Patch AM Team

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