What's Open, What's Closed on Columbus Day
It's a federal holiday and banks, schools and city offices are closed today.
Today is Columbus Day and many businesses are closed. Here's a look at which are affected. Closed: Open:
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Attleboro YMCA Works to Make Membership More Affordable
Attleboro YMCA simplifies membership assistance process.
In an effort to make membership at the Attleboro YMCA more affordable, the Y has introduced a new membership policy on rates. The new policy dubbed "Membership for All" is expected to make membership more affordable for everyone, according to the YMCA. In the past, the Y has offered financial assistance to members based on the same sliding scale. And when the Y's Board of Directors noticed that many people in the community and members utilizing the program were not aware that they qualified for assistance, they decided to revamp their policy. “With Membership for All, we’re eliminating the need to ask,” Attleboro YMCA Chief Executive Robin McDonald said in a press release. “You walk in the door, pick up your membership application, and …
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Attleboro Gymnasts Break World Record
YMCA Gymnasts from Attleboro and Norton help smash the World Record of Simultaneous Hand Stands.
Setting or breaking a record can be both amazing and inspiring according to participants at the YMCA on Saturday, Sept. 17, National Gymnastics Day. On this day Attleboro YMCA gymnasts joined gymnastic clubs across the country in obliteraiting the former world handstand record of 2,402 similtaneous handstands by perfoming the astonishing number of 20,478 handstands. At exactly 1 p.m. gymnasts, their families, friends and members of the Y community enthusiastically kicked up their feet in a show of strength and support for the sport of gymnastics and to raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network. Amanda Cyr, director of the Y's High Impact Gymnastics Academy has been involved in the sport since she was five. She was pleased with the …
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
YMCA Offers Training to Community Leaders on Spotting Sexual Abuse
Coaches, church leaders and others in the Attleboro will participate in the "Stewards of Children" training.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Attleboro YMCA Needs Volunteers to Kick Up Their Feet for a Good Cause
Anyone who can do a handstand is encouraged to help the YMCA for a good cause.
The Attleboro YMCA needs a helping hand from the community. Actually, the Y needs more than one helping hand they need two from each person willing to help the Y's High Impact Gymnastics Academy beat a world record. Gymnastics Director Amanda Cyr said the team will join forces with several gymnastics clubs across the nations Saturday, Sept. 17, which is National Gymnastics Day, to break the record for the most handstands held at the same time. The Y is asking anyone who can kick up their feet and do a handstand to participate in the event. Participation will help raise funds for Children's Miracle Network and also celebrate “The Year of the Handstand.” The Miracle Network benefits a variety of pediatric programs that impact children …
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Viewfinder: Church Groups Provide A Helping Hand
It takes the coordinated efforts of many churches to reach the needs of the Attleboro community.
What can one lunch, a supper once a month, pencils and a free bag of groceries make for one family? It can make the differences between having money to pay the rent or going to the emergency room and having to make it without, according to volunteers of the Attleboro Area Council of Churches. The big difference is when many churches work to feed and impact a group of people you start to see smiles appear. Before Tropical Storm Irene hit Attleboro, families were already going through a difficult time because it was the end of the month and a time when supplies and clothes were needed to go back to school. The Attleboro Area Council of Churches extended their food programs to the East St (Briggs) Playground. Twice a week the Council packaged…
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Teens Will Get a Crash Course on Multitasking Behind the Wheel
Arbella Insurance educates teens on distractology.
It's big, yellow and has wheels, but it's not a school bus. It's the Distractology 101 mobile classroom, a simulator that one insurance company hopes will make a huge impact on Attleboro area families. Richardson-Cuddy Insurance Agency is encouraging anyone who has recently received a driving permit or has had a license for less than three years to sit in the Distractology simulator and experience what happens when a driver is multitasking behind the wheel. Individuals will be faced with a number of different real-world scenarios. Why? Because, nearly 5,500 people in the U.S. were killed in 2009 due to multitasking behind the wheel and nearly 20 percent of those fatal accidents involved the use of a cell phone, according to the Arbella …
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wonder-Filled Wednesday at Oak Knoll; Sit and Be Fit at the Y
Here's a list of what you need to know today.
Today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82, according to the National Weather Service. Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary is hosting Wonder-Filled Wednesday today from 9 am to 3 pm. The Attleboro Dog Park Committee is holding its monthly meeting at the Attleboro Public Library beginning at 6:30 pm. The Attleboro Rotary Club is holding its weekly meeting today beginning at noon at the Highland Country Club. Today at 9:30 am, the Attleboro YMCA is hosting the Sit and Be Fit at its downtown branch in celebration of its Active Older Adults program.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Five Things To Know Today
Animals, Harry Potter and More at the Attleboro Public Library
Today has a call for young artists, a petting zoo at the library and home shopping at the Pleasant Street YMCA.
A traveling petting zoo is making a stop at the Attleboro Public Library today(pr-registration required). It's Christmas in July for the United Regional Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Organization. Try Home Shopping at the Attleboro YMCA's Pleasant Street branch between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Children ages 8 and above are invited to the Attleboro Public Library's Harry Potter party. Costumes and magic are encouraged. The Cranberry Coast Concerts are having a young artist concert tonight at 7:30 pm at Murray Unitarian Universalist Church.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Five Things To Know Today
Block Party North of the 'Boro, Cookoff at the YMCA
Here's what you need to know today.
Canterbury Woods is the place for the United Regional Chamber of Commerce's business-to-business Extreme Networking. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. Don't be late! There's a cookoff challenge between Attleboro YMCA staff members today at the North Main Street branch from 4 to 6 p.m. to celebrate Women's Health Month. There's a block party going on just over the border in the North Attleborough today from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Check here for details. Also over the border, but in Pawtucket, is the Mixed Magic Theatre at Slater Park. Cost for the show is "pay what you can." Barrie wins the Attleboro Patch "It's so Hot in Attleboro ..." contest. Congratulations, Barrie!
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8:45 pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
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