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Westborough Angler Lands 2,000 Bass a Season the Old Way

A Westborough angler is drawing national fishing-press attention for landing roughly 2,000 bass a season using an old-school approach. The unnamed angler's decades-honed, low-tech routine has helped him catch that many bass a year across Massachusetts lakes and ponds, according to Outdo…

A Westborough bass angler is drawing attention in the national fishing press for landing roughly 2,000 bass a season using techniques honed over decades, according to a report picked up by Westborough Patch. The town's library also lines up a busy week of family and teen programming, and the Sustainable Westborough committee meets Wednesday night.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

Westborough Public Library has several sessions on the calendar for Tuesday, August 18, at WPL @ The Commons, 1500 Union St. Rhyme Time Storytime runs in two back-to-back sessions at 10 a.m. and 10:35 a.m., an Improv Workshop for Teens follows at 4 p.m., and Conversation Circles wraps the day at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Small Program Room.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"This Angler Caught 2,000 Bass Each Season by Fishing 'the Old Way'": a veteran Westborough bass angler's low-tech, obsessive on-the-water routine has helped him reel in roughly 2,000 bass a season across Massachusetts lakes and ponds, per Outdoor Life as aggregated by Westborough Patch (via outdoorlife.com, as shared by Westborough Patch).

COMING UP

The Boroughs Family Branch YMCA hosts a Warrior Wellness Adaptive Fitness Class for Veterans Tuesday, August 18, at 9 a.m. at 4 Valente Dr. That evening, the Rotary Club of Westborough holds its weekly meeting at 6 p.m. at Central One FCU. On Wednesday, August 19, Sustainable Westborough holds a hybrid meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Room 327 of the Forbes Municipal Building, 45 West Main St.


Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.

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