Girl's EEE Recovery Continues As Mosquito Threat Looms: Patch PM

SUDBURY, MA — It's an excruciatingly hot July 20 — the hottest day since this week one year ago, in fact — and there's plenty going on in the MetroWest and Worcester areas. Here's what Patch has been covering locally and across Massachusetts today.

The parents of Sudbury's Sophia Garabedian, 6, who survived Eastern equine encephalitis last year, are speaking out about their daughter's recovery — just as the state begins to discover mosquitoes infected with the rare but deadly disease.

Health officials are particularly concerned that EEE was found for the first time this summer in northern Massachusetts, a sign that the virus might reach farther than the usual hotspots in Plymouth County and Cape Cod.

Around MetroWest

New Cannabis Retailer Wants To Open In Marlborough

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Scam Targets Wellesley Municipal Light Plant Customers

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Around Worcester

Fitchburg Man Gets 5th OUI After Cape Cod Chase, Crash

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