"When 9-year-old Suhas Wijegoonasekara decided he'd use his first ever lemonade stand to raise some money for the Franklin Food Pantry, he had no idea the show of goodwill he was in for.
On Aug. 21, the Franklin youth opened his stand next to the Franklin Town Common, and the donations began pouring in from people who had read about him in the newspaper and on Facebook, and heard about his effort through word of mouth.
His goal was to collect at least $100 for the pantry, with hopes of an extra $20 to put into his savings pile for a Legos set he's been eyeing.
The soon-to-be Kennedy School fourth grader bested his goal in spades, and on Thursday he made a $548 donation to the food pantry, presenting a box of cash to pantry Executive Director Erin Lynch."
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"The heavy showers and storms that passed through the region early Monday morning did little to ease drought conditions. In fact, the drought in Massachusetts is slightly worse, according to the weekly report from the U.S. Drought Monitor released this morning.
A large section of central and eastern Massachusetts is considered to be in extreme drought - the second highest level of drought on the monitor. That includes much of Middlesex, Essex and Norfolk counties as well as all of Suffolk County. In total, the area of the state in extreme drought is 16.86 percent. The area of the state in severe drought, which includes nearly all of Worcester County, is now 72.2 percent, up from last week's figure of 64 percent.
For the first time, the weekly monitor now indicates that 100 percent of the state is experiencing some level of drought or abnormally dry conditions."
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