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🌱 Bowdoin’s Alex Byrne just made Academic All-American history in Brunswick
Brunswick, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Brunswick! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Bowdoin’s Alex Byrne just made Academic All-American history in Brunswick
- How one Brunswick classroom reveals Gen Z’s growing political gender divide
Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 90 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Warm; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 58.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Alex Byrne Named First Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators (bowdoin.edu) — Brunswick’s Bowdoin College is celebrating as men’s lacrosse standout Alex Byrne earns First Team Academic All-American honors from College Sports Communicators, a program recognizing top student-athletes nationwide. The economics major and Long Stick Midfielder of the Year becomes the first Bowdoin men’s lacrosse player to receive this top academic distinction, joining men’s soccer senior Tyler Huck in a rare dual honor for the Polar Bears. 
• Gen Z's political gender divide is now showing up in schools (localnews8.com) — A Brunswick High School social studies teacher describes how her classroom now reflects a sharp political divide between boys and girls, mirroring national trends among Gen Z. The story explores how young men and women across the country are drifting apart politically, especially around Trump-era gender issues, feminism, and identity politics, and how that tension is reshaping friendships, classrooms, and even dating.
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🗞 Nearby News
Topsham
- Obituary: Alan Charles Larrivee (sunjournal.com)
Freeport
- Popular Tavern at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Maine, to Reopen (wjbq.com)
- Nirav Shah becomes first candidate to collects required signatures for Senate bid (wgme.com)
- This and that! (blogspot.com)
Yarmouth
- Six Maine events this week include Yarmouth Clam Festival, ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' (pressherald.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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