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 calendar or event notice to [email protected].

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25   

• St. Patrick’s Church Autumn Recycling Event, 7 East Street, Whitinsville. 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Accepting gently used books (no encyclopedias), media & magazines, gently used textiles/clothing and accessories, electronics for a fee (no propane, batteries, lightbulbs), rinsed bottles/cans returnable in MA (no glass).

Please keep items for each station separate.  Call 508-234-5656 or contact 

[email protected] for price list or questions. Proceeds benefit Youth in Action service projects.

• Blackstone Valley Crop Hunger Walk will start at 9 a.m. at the Village Congregational Church in Whitinsville. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. For more information, contact Barbara Fortin at 508-234-2137.

• The Millbury Historical Society in the Asa Waters Mansion will be open 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Some of the museum’s holdings are: 100 years of Aftermath yearbooks; photos: churches, schools, downtown, sports; scrapbooks; research books & histories of Millbury & Sutton going back to colonial times. Also, President Taft photos and memorabilia; military uniforms, guns, and flags.

• The Sutton Historical Society will be set up at the M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop, 6 Singletary Avenue, from 4-7 p.m. as part of the OMG Pumpkin Festival 2025 hosting a miniature Halloween village exhibit, Revolutionary War metal detecting finds from several Sutton farms, and interpreters sharing some of Sutton’s more colorful and historic events.  This community event at the Sutton Common is sponsored by the Sutton Fourth organization and includes a costume parade, tractor parade, scarecrow and jack-o-lantern contests, trunk-or-treat at the school complex, as well as a Boo Bash at the Sutton Library.  More information can be found at thesuttonfourth.org.  This event is free and open to the general public of all ages.  The Historic Sutton Center Walking Tour begins at 5 p.m. on Sutton Town Common, 4 Uxbridge Road. Re-enactors will guide visitors to multiple stops around the Common sharing the town’s history and some stories befitting the Halloween season.  

Great food and fellowship can be had at the Community House Ham & Bean Supper, 5 p.m. at 8 Court Street, Uxbridge (behind the Uxbridge Town Common). Sponsored by the Uxbridge Congregational Church. The menu includes baked ham, home-cooked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, brown bread, beverages and dessert. $!5 per person, children under 6 years are free. For reservations, call 818-361-2881. Limited tickets will be sold at the door.      

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

• Howl-O-Ween Costume Parade at the Uxbridge Dog Park (rain date Nov. 2). A family friendly event that invites dogs of all shapes and sizes (and their humans) to show off their most creative costumes. Registration from 12-12:45 p.m. Parade starts at 1 p.m. sharp. Suggested donation: $10 per dog. Proceeds go towards maintaining the Uxbridge Dog Park. 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30

• “Vampires in New England? Myths and Realities of the Undead.” The Willard House Clock Museum presents Old Sturbridge Village Historian and Curator Tom Kelleher with an intriguing story that goes back hundreds of years. “Did some rural Yankees 200 years ago believe in vampires” Kelleher queries. “Why did scores of early new Englanders open the graves of their sweethearts, sons, daughters, husbands and wives?” What were they looking for and what did they do with the unearthed corpses? And what about Count Dracula? So many questions.

The presentation will take place from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the museum, 11 Willard Street, North Grafton. Wear your Halloween costume and the museum will have treats.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1

• Annual Holiday Fair from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.  at St. Denis Church, 23 Manchaug Road, Douglas. Crafts, raffles, baked goods, kids’ table. Luncheon served from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Vendor spaces still available. Visit SaintDenisChurch.com for more information.

• St. Peter’s Parish in Northbridge will hold its Annual Holiday Fair from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the parish hall, 39 Church Avenue, Northbridge. Come out with your family and friends to enjoy the day!  We will have all of your favorites:  White Elephant Table, Baked Goods Table, Holiday Table, Craft Table with beautiful handmade quilts.  There will also be tables filled with raffles (you never know what will be there!), a silent auction, scratch ticket raffle, quilt raffle and a gift basket raffle.  Stay and enjoy a bite to eat with all of your favorite foods being served.  For more information, please contact the parish office at 508-234-2156 or email: [email protected] 

•Meat Raffle, sponsored by the Millbury Lions Club will be held from 2 p.m.- 5 p.m., St. Charles Hotel, 126 West Main Street, Millbury. Early bird tickets available at 1:30 p.m. 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

• Then Grafton Land Trust will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 p.m. at the Highfields Golf Club in Grafton. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Stephen Mrozowski, the founding director of the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archeological Research at University of Massachusetts Boston.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

• A Polka Dance featuring Dennis Polisky & Maestro’s Men will be held from 1-5 p.m. at the Uxbridge Polish American Social Civil Club, 217 Mendon Street, Uxbridge. Plenty of seating and room for dancing. Full bar, food and raffle tickets will be available for purchase. $15 admission.  For more information, call 

508-278-7583.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

• Charlotte Wilson will share fascinating facts about Sutton’s citizenry during Revolutionary days at 7 p.m. in the first Congregational Church, 307 Boston Road, Sutton. Courtesy of the Sutton Historical Society.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

• The New England Country Music Club will hold a dance with live classic country music by Rustic Country at the Progressive Club, 18 Whitin Street, Uxbridge. Doors open at 12:15 p.m. Music plays from 1-5 p.m. Snacks may be brought in, cash bar for beverages.