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Sturbridge Village Book Signing Back by popular demand!

Sep 06, 2023 12:45PM

On select nights, join us for a book signing at the Miner Grant Store! Author of A Guide to Haunted New England, Thomas D’Agostino is one of the region’s most well-known writers and investigators

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Try Halloween at St-St-Sturbridge Village with Phantoms by Firelight

Sep 06, 2023 12:42PM

Sturbridge Village hosts its popular Halloween program for 12 nights this fall and it’s bigger than ever. You’re invited to step into the fire lit shadows of history and uncover its eerie tales. Learn

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Douglas Historical Society wine and cheese gathering

Sep 06, 2023 12:39PM

On September 23, 2023, from 7 - 9 p.m. the Douglas Historical Society invites you to a wine and cheese gathering at the E.N. Jenckes Store Museum. Listen to the guitar music of local musician Phil

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Art & Music Makers Festival is making a come-back at Alternatives’ Whitin Mill

Sep 06, 2023 12:30PM

As many gallery-goers would agree, touching art on display is usually a hard “no.” However, visitors to ValleyCAST’s recent exhibit “Weaving Community” at the Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage

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Douglas Oktoberfest

Sep 06, 2023 11:46AM

The Douglas Oktoberfest will be held 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7 on Main Street. The event draws more people to the area than any other local event. The downtown street fair is attended by

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Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center at Worcester Reopens

Sep 06, 2023 11:41AM

The Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center at Worcester (3 Paul Clancy Way, Worcester, MA) has reopened for visitors under the management of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation

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The Green Dome project

Aug 23, 2023 01:45PM

There is an ongoing effort to save the town’s reknowned green cupola that once graced the original Auburn High School. The old high school was opened in 1935 when the town realized it

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This little piggy …

Aug 23, 2023 12:30PM

The newest historic building in old Sturbridge Village is built neither of straw, sticks nor bricks, but sturdy timber framing. The Allen Piggery represents the best in porcine accommodations an

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HAPPENINGS!

Aug 23, 2023 12:22PM

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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It’s Wonderful, It’s Marvelous, It Was a Steve & Eydie Celebration

Aug 23, 2023 12:10PM ● By Chuck Tashjian

The article in the Worcester paper about a free tribute concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester intrigued me. The concert would have two local singers on stage paying homage to perhaps the

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