🌱 How a routine trip from Cape Neddick Harbor ended in tragedy

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In today's newsletter:

• How a routine trip from Cape Neddick Harbor ended in tragedy

Also on today's calendar: She Rises: Sunrise Hike & Swell Sips and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 64 and low of 56 degrees.
• Wednesday: Remaining cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 55.
• Thursday: Sun, then clouds, with a high of 71 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 84-Year-Old Massachusetts Boater Chester Wiggins Found Dead Off York, Maine, Days After Leaving Cape Neddick Harbor on His Blue Boston Whaler (centralrecorder.com) — An 84-year-old Massachusetts boater who left Cape Neddick Harbor Tuesday evening was found dead off the York shoreline Friday afternoon, ending days of intensive searching along this familiar stretch of coast. His empty blue Boston Whaler had earlier washed ashore near Freeman Street, and Maine Marine Patrol and York police are still investigating what caused the crash and his death.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cape Neddick

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Bingo Night →
  60 Shore Rd, Cape Neddick
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Ahead of the Reading Curve Book Chat
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  11:00 am
• Homeschool Library Tour
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  11:00 am
• Period Prep Party!
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Little Movers (Drop-in)
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  10:30 am
• Sensory-Friendly Hours (Youth Services)
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  12:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Baby and Toddler Storytime
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  10:30 am
• Week in Review Discussion Group
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• She Rises: Sunrise Hike & Swell Sips →
  Mount Agamenticus Trailhead and Parking, Mount Agamenticus Rd, Cape Neddick
  6:00 am
• YPL at Living History Day
  York Public Library, 3 Lindsay Road, York
  10:00 am
• Canine Cuddles
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  10:30 am
Monday October 5
• Budding Builders
  York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• York Hospital posted a job opening for Housekeeper - in York. Apply here.
• The Juicery posted a job opening for Maine Squeeze Team Member - Kittery in Kittery. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cape Neddick here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ogunquit

• 'Someone's got to stand up.' If you thought Ogunquit v. Lawn Roosters was over, check out the latest fine. (bostonglobe.com)

Kittery

• Power outages, downed trees surge across coast amid weekend nor'easter (pressherald.com)

South Berwick

• Seacoast high school football: Here are 6 players who stood out in Week 4 (fosters.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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