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Samuel Slater Experience’s first-anniversary party is March 4

Feb 21, 2023 10:39AM

The non-traditional Samuel Slater Experience museum will celebrate its first anniversary in a traditional way, with balloons, raffles, photo stickers, food truck, fun, and free admission for kids

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Webster’s Gladys E. Kelly Library visitor numbers increase by 300%

Feb 07, 2023 04:08PM

The Gladys E. Kelly Library is alive, vibrant, and pleased to report a 300% increase in patrons visiting the educational institution over the past year. In 2021, visitors were tallied at 1,000. In

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S.A.F.E grant funds OK’d for local fire departments

Feb 07, 2023 02:42PM

Former Governor Charlie Baker and Secretary of Public Safety and Security Terrence Reidy recently announced that FY23 grant funds for the Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.)

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HAPPENINGS!

Feb 07, 2023 02:37PM

NOTE: Community bulletin board-type items are welcome for inclusion in the Happenings! section of the Xpress newspapers. Please allow enough lead time for publication. Email your

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WCC announces first-ever Community Photo Contest

Feb 07, 2023 02:06PM

The Whitin Community Center is excited to announce its first-ever “Community Photo Contest” in honor of the facility’s 100th anniversary!

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Puzzle Pals is an intergenerational hit at Plummer Place

Feb 07, 2023 01:54PM

Plummer Place, home of the Northbridge Senior Center, recently hosted an intergenerational program called Puzzle Pals for older adults in the community and members of local Daisy Troop

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I’ve been DECA-fied, and proud of it

Feb 07, 2023 01:39PM

Last year, a teacher I know in my local school system asked me to be a judge at a competition for high school students at the DCU Center in Worcester. I enjoyed that competition so much that I

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Samuel Slater Experience to host a basic weaving workshop in February

Jan 21, 2023 09:56PM ● By Chuck Tashjian

The Samuel Slater Experience museum will host a three-session rigid heddle loom weaving workshop in Webster on Saturday, February 4, 11 and 18, from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Booklovers’ Gourmet calls artists for Winter Light show

Jan 21, 2023 09:36PM

Deb Horan of Booklovers’ Gourmet, 72 E. Main St., Webster, has issued a “Call to Artists” for the store’s February group show “Winter Light.”

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SSE to host Open House for Dudley residents

Jan 21, 2023 09:32PM

Samuel Slater Experience, Webster’s museum dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution,” will host an Open House for residents of neighboring Dudley on Sunday, January 29,

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