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Auburn

Auburn High School

Friday, October 30, 2026 · 3:00 PM · Soccer Field (Pappas), 203A Pakachoag Street Auburn MA 01501

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Marlborough

Preschool Storytime & Craft

Friday, October 30, 2026 · 10:00 AM · 35 W Main St., Marlborough, MA, 01752, US

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Chatham

SHINE Open Enrollment Appointments

Friday, October 30, 2026 · 9:00 AM · Town Offices Annex, 261 George Ryder Road Chatham MA 02633

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Ludlow

Ludlow schools share family online safety guide

Ludlow Public Schools has shared a Family Cyber Safety Guide with tips on home Wi-Fi security, passwords and parental tools as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Sharon

Sharon urges early voting due to high school lot construction

Sharon's Town Clerk is urging residents to vote early at Town Hall because of ongoing construction at a Sharon High School parking lot, with in-person voting available through Friday and a 24/7 ballot drop box in the Town Hall foyer.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Medway

Medway releases second 'Our Vision' video on complex, school roofs

Medway released the second video in its "Our Vision" series, outlining plans for a Public Safety & Municipal Complex and roof replacements at the middle and high schools, and held a public forum on the projects Thursday at Thayer Homestead.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Needham

Broadmeadow School Council Agenda

Friday, October 30, 2026 · 7:45 AM · Broadmeadow School - Principal's Office (Room 105), Needham MA 02492

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Reading

Killam School construction update for October

Reading's October update on the Killam Elementary School project details ongoing excavation, soil removal and temporary drainage work, with environmental monitoring continuing as crews prepare the building footprint.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Chelmsford

Chelmsford Morning Brief, Oct. 30: Students helped push black plastic ban

Chelmsford students helped push forward a ban on black plastic takeout containers. Also in today's brief (13 items): Patch: students helped push black plastic ban; Library offers baby storytime this morning; Library's Book Brunch group meets this morning; All ages storytime held at library.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Foxborough

Foxborough Morning Brief, Oct. 30: Schools closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day

Foxborough schools will close Nov. 11 for Veterans Day amid a busy fall events calendar. Also in today's brief (6 items): Fall Jazz Festival set for Nov. 5; BIT Auction listed for Nov. 7; Kindergartners visit Franklin Children's Museum; AMS Student Council holds Fall Fest.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Middlesex County

Chelmsford Morning Brief, Oct. 30: Students helped push black plastic ban

Chelmsford students helped push forward a ban on black plastic takeout containers. Also in today's brief (13 items): Patch: students helped push black plastic ban; Library offers baby storytime this morning; Library's Book Brunch group meets this morning; All ages storytime held at library.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Sutton

Sutton Morning Brief, Oct. 30: School budget subcommittee meets Friday

Sutton's School Committee budget and finance subcommittee meets Friday afternoon at the district office. Also in today's brief (14 items): School budget subcommittee meets Friday; Library offers fall yoga class Friday; Cultural Council meets Monday evening; Planning Board meets Monday night.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Worcester County

Sutton Morning Brief, Oct. 30: School budget subcommittee meets Friday

Sutton's School Committee budget and finance subcommittee meets Friday afternoon at the district office. Also in today's brief (14 items): School budget subcommittee meets Friday; Library offers fall yoga class Friday; Cultural Council meets Monday evening; Planning Board meets Monday night.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Norfolk County

Wellesley Morning Brief, Oct. 30: Board rejects faster school AC funding

Wellesley's Select Board voted down a plan to speed up air conditioning funding for two elementary schools. From our own coverage: Housing panel weighs budget as maintenance staff dwindles; Planning Board delays five house reviews to Nov. 2.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Hampshire County

Hadley Morning Brief, Oct. 30: School Committee joins social media lawsuit

Hadley School Committee votes to join growing wave of social media lawsuits. From our own coverage: School Committee votes to join social media lawsuit. Also in today's brief (2 items): Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion hosts Mount Everett in soccer.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Norfolk County

Foxborough Morning Brief, Oct. 30: Schools closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day

Foxborough schools will close Nov. 11 for Veterans Day amid a busy fall events calendar. Also in today's brief (6 items): Fall Jazz Festival set for Nov. 5; BIT Auction listed for Nov. 7; Kindergartners visit Franklin Children's Museum; AMS Student Council holds Fall Fest.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 30, 2026
Woburn

Woburn schools earn state's biliteracy gold star award

Woburn Public Schools received the Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy Gold Star Award on Oct. 26, recognizing the district's work expanding multilingual achievement and equitable language learning access.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 29, 2026
Marlborough

Assabet hosts four-school culinary competition

Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School hosted a culinary competition Tuesday with three other technical schools, drawing over 110 attendees who judged student-prepared entrees and desserts.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 29, 2026

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