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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Education Board Weighs Merits of AI, Island High Restructure (alamedapost.com) — Alameda families should know the school board is weighing how students and teachers can use AI tools in classrooms while also considering major changes to Island High's structure and funding. Jewish students raised concerns about big events scheduled on religious holidays, and union leaders questioned how lactation time is handled for new parents, prompting board members to promise improvements.
• Alameda briefs: City addressing vacant Park, Webster street storefronts (eastbaytimes.com) — Alameda is moving to streamline zoning rules on Park and Webster streets, aiming to make it easier for new businesses to fill long-vacant storefronts. Residents can also pitch in locally this Saturday for Coastal Cleanup Day at Crown Beach and then look ahead to the Downtown Alameda Tequila & Mezcal Stroll fundraiser on Sept. 25 supporting cleaner, safer streets and local schools.
• Church letter sent in 1955 returned to sender: 'It's kind of delightful that we got it back' (wbtv.com) — Christ Episcopal Church in Alameda just received a baptism certificate that the post office took more than 70 years to return, after it was mailed in 1955 with an incomplete address. The church is now trying to get the keepsake to the woman's family, reflecting both the quirks of the local post office and the congregation's long history of persistence in the community.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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