Massachusetts Issues Emergency Order Restricting Kratom Sales
DATELINE — GRAFTON Massachusetts health regulators issued an emergency order this week restricting sales of the herbal supplement kratom, a move Patch reports affects stores statewide, including in Grafton. Closer to home, the town's library and farmers market both have concrete dates on the calendar in the coming weeks.
COMMUNITY & ARTS The Grafton Public Library will close Thursday, Aug. 27, for a quarterly staff professional development day, with normal hours resuming after. The town's weekly Farmers Market returns to the Common on Wednesday, Aug. 19, continuing its summer run alongside the library's ongoing Summer Reading Challenge and Friday drop-in cribbage sessions.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Massachusetts Issues Emergency Order Restricting Sale Of Kratom": state regulators have moved to pull the herbal supplement from stores across Massachusetts, citing Mayo Clinic warnings that it is unsafe and ineffective, according to Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/grafton).
"🌱 Patch AM: Why Grafton's sprawling flea market made this year's must-visit vintage list": Grafton's flea market landed on a roundup of the region's top vintage-shopping destinations this year, per Patch's daily newsletter (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/grafton).
"Popular Italian Eatery Announces Central MA Opening": a Rhode Island-based Italian restaurant plans to open in a Worcester County shopping center that is adding roughly 10 new businesses, according to Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/grafton).
COMING UP The Public Works Advisory Committee meets Monday, Aug. 17. The Grafton Housing Authority Board meets Tuesday, Aug. 18, the same day the town conducts State Primary ballot testing. Incoming Grafton High School freshmen with last names L-Z can take campus tours Wednesday, Aug. 19, and the Blackstone Valley Tech School Council meets Thursday, Aug. 20.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.