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Massachusetts Town Changes Name to Dunkin' to Celebrate Chain's Return

STOW, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 24 – Stow marks the end of its 'Dunkin' desert' status with a new store opening and offers 100 days of free coffee to the first 100 Dunkin' Rewards members in line.

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STOW, Mass. (WPRI) — After years without a Dunkin', a Massachusetts town is celebrating the return of the beloved chain. Stow changed its name to "Dunkin'" for one day on Thursday. The town unanimously voted on the decision earlier this month. The town had been without a Dunkin' after its only two locations closed within 30 days of each other back in 2022. The town then became known as the "Dunkin’ Desert" after WBZ NewsRadio’s Matt Shearer post…

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Stow in Massachusetts Changed His Name to Dunkin’ for a Day

Yesterday, July 24, Stow, Massachusetts opened its first Dunkin’ Donuts, the chain famous throughout Massachusetts. On July 8, a local municipal board unanimously approved a motion to change the name of the town to Dunkin’ on Thursday, July 24. The name change was only ceremonial to celebrate the grand opening of the new Dunkin’.Originally, the town of Stow had two coffee venues but both closed in 2022, leaving the town without the beloved franc…

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Now entering Dunkin’, Massachusetts? Town changes name to celebrate return of beloved chain

Residents of one Massachusetts town were only seeing shades of orange and pink on Thursday.

·Boston, United States
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WPRI 12WPRI 12
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Massachusetts town changes name to Dunkin' to celebrate chain's return

STOW, Mass. (WPRI) — After years without a Dunkin', a Massachusetts town is celebrating the return of the beloved chain. Stow changed its name to "Dunkin'" for one day on Thursday. The town unanimously voted on the decision earlier this month. The town had been without a Dunkin' after its only two locations closed within 30 days of each other back in 2022. The town then became known as the "Dunkin’ Desert" after WBZ NewsRadio’s Matt Shearer post…

·East Providence, United States
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Mass LiveMass Live
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100 people to win free Dunkin’ for a year in Mass. town named Dunkin’

100 people are set to win free coffee for a year in a Massachusetts town named Dunkin’. But where is the town?

·Springfield, United States
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Town changes name to Dunkin' for one day. 'That's the dream.'

Stow, which is about 25 miles northwest of Boston, is shedding the notorious title it's been known by for the last three years — a Dunkin' desert.

·Memphis, United States
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A Dunkin’ desert no more, town honors coffee chain with name change

A small town in Massachusetts made headlines when the almost-ubiquitous Dunkin’ closed its last doors in Stow, Massachusetts.

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WJAR broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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